Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7B.103 · Subchapter C. PROTECTIVE ORDER PROHIBITING OFFENSE MOTIVATED BY BIAS OR PREJUDICE
ENFORCEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The procedure for the enforcement of a protective order under Title 4, Family Code, applies to the fullest extent practicable to the enforcement of a protective order under this subchapter, including provisions relating to findings, contents, duration, warning, delivery, law enforcement duties, and modification, except that:
(1) the printed statement on the warning must refer to the prosecution of subsequent offenses committed because of bias or prejudice;
(2) the court shall require a constable to serve a protective order issued under this subchapter; and
(3) the clerk of the court shall forward a copy of a protective order issued under this subchapter to the Department of Public Safety with a designation indicating that the order was issued to prevent offenses committed because of bias or prejudice.
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History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2021.
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