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2008 SESSION
HB 173 Emergency custody orders; magistrate may designate police department or sheriff to execute.
Introduced by: Onzlee Ware | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Execution of emergency custody orders; sheriffs. Provides that a magistrate issuing an emergency custody order or temporary detention order may designate either a jurisdiction's police department or sheriff to execute the order.
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HISTORY
- 12/26/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081039776
- 01/02/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/08 House: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
- 01/21/08 House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote