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Code of Criminal Procedure §3

In force on Dec 07, 2023 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2023 · amended later, effective Sep 01, 2025

In this article, "person with a disability" means a person 13 years of age or older who because of age or physical or mental disease, disability, or injury is substantially unable to protect the person's self from harm or to provide food, shelter, or medical care for the person's self.

History: Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 590, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Sec. 1 amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.25, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 284 (S.B. 643 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 710 (H.B. 2846 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 710 (H.B. 2846 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 24 ), Sec. 2.07, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 1527 ), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2023.

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Attorney General opinions that cite it

KP-0417 (Apr 01, 2022): Whether a magistrate has authority to modify a bond set by a magistrate in a different county where the accused was arrested
KP-0402 (Sep 01, 2021): Whether Code of Criminal Procedure article 55.01(a)(1)(C), which provides for the expunction of all records and files relating to the arrest of a person convicted of unlawfully carrying certain weapons, includes expunction of the conviction itself
KP-0270 (Apr 17, 2019): Authority of the State to obtain an arrest warrant for a defendant previously released on pretrial bond conditions if credible evidence exists he violated those conditions
KP-0248 (Oct 26, 2018): Whether the repeal of 40 U.S.C. § 318 affects the authority the Legislature granted to Federal Protective Service officers under article 2.122(b) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
GA-0927 (Nov 02, 2011): Whether article 4.19 of the Code of Criminal Procedure permits a child under the age of seventeen who has been transferred to criminal court for prosecution to be detained in a facility that does not comply with subsection 51.12(f) of the Family Code
GA-0866 (Jan 31, 2011): Investigative Authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission
GA-0718 (Nov 20, 2008): Authority of justice of the peace and county court at law to cause the amendment of a death certificate concerning the cause of death
GA-0526 (Sep 06, 2006): Whether a municipality may prohibit Post Office Box 12068 registered sex offenders from living in Austin, Texas 7871 1-2068 certain locations within the municipality
GA-0479 (Apr 26, 2006): Application of chapter 706 of the Texas Transportation Code, which permits a political subdivision to contract with theTexas Department of Public Safety to provide information necessary for the department to deny renewal of the driver’s license of a person who fails to appear in court or fails to pay or satisfy a judgment ordering payment of a tine and costs
GA-0424 (Oct 20, 2005): Use of county jail inmate labor on projects for nonprofit organizations
GA-0422 (Aug 22, 2005): Confidentiality of grand and petit jury lists
JM-1131 (Dec 29, 1989): Applicability of article and Drug Abuse 5561cc, V.T.C.S., to local 1705 Guadalupe substance abuse treatment Austin, Texas 78701-1214 facilities or court residen- tial treatment facilities
JM-0759 (Jul 28, 1987): Whether the TexasDepartment of Corrections granting of good time to prisoners for time iu- carcerated in a county jail vio- lates section 3(c) of article 6181-l. V.T.C.S.
JM-0749 (Jul 15, 1987): Acceptance of credit cards in payment of fines, fees and other charges
JM-0662 (Mar 31, 1987): Authority of Harris County to establish a special "detention court"
WW-0998 (Feb 23, 1961): Constitutionality of H. B. 57, amending Article 680, Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas, to provide for alternate jurors in felony cases'when a juror becomes unable or disqualified to continue. The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee of the House of Representatives has requested an opinion on the constitutionality of H. B. 57, 57th Legis- lature, which would amend Article 680 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas, 1925, so as to make Article 680, C. C. P. read as follows: "In felony cases the courtmay direct that one (1) or two (2) jurors in addition to the regular jury be called and impane
JC-0019: Whether a sheriff of a county governed by article 2372p-3 of the Revised Civil Statutes is required by Code of Criminal Procedure article 17.11, section 2 to refuse the bond of a bondsman licensed in the county when on notice that the bondsman is in default on a bond in another county
DM-0072: Whether the Dallas City Council may control the use of funds confiscated pursuant to the asset forfeiture law
JM-0627: Payment of witness fees under section 35.27 of the Code of Criminal Procedure

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