85R10110 JCG-D
 
  By: Canales H.B. No. 669
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 669:
 
  By:  Moody C.S.H.B. No. 669
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed
  orders.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 2.101 to read as follows:
         Art. 2.101.  MAGISTRATE'S NAME ON SIGNED ORDER. Any signed
  order that is issued by a magistrate under this code or any signed
  order pertaining to a criminal matter that is issued by a magistrate
  under the Family Code, Government Code, or other law of this state
  must include, with the magistrate's signature, the magistrate's
  name in legible handwriting, legible typewritten form, or legible
  stamp print.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act in adding
  Article 2.101, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to a signed
  order issued by a magistrate on or after the effective date of this
  Act.  A signed order issued by a magistrate before the effective
  date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
  order was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.