H.B. No. 2472
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reporting of certain warrant or capias information
  to the national crime information center.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 2.195, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 2.195.  [DUTY TO] REPORT OF WARRANT OR CAPIAS
  INFORMATION. Not later than the 30th day after [Within 30 days of]
  the date [day] the court clerk issues the warrant or capias, the
  sheriff:
               (1)  shall report to the national crime information
  center each warrant or capias issued for a defendant charged with a
  felony who fails to appear in court when summoned; and
               (2)  may [shall] report to the national crime
  information center each warrant or capias issued for a defendant
  charged with a misdemeanor [an offense] other than a Class C
  misdemeanor who fails to appear in court when summoned.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a warrant or capias issued on or after the effective date of this
  Act. A warrant or capias issued before the effective date of this
  Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant or
  capias was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2472 was passed by the House on April
  26, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2472 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor