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  89R2279 CJD-F     By: Vasut H.B. No. 525       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a subpoena to compel the attendance of certain peace   officers who are witnesses in a misdemeanor case punishable by fine   only.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 24.16, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended to read as follows:          Art. 24.16.  APPLICATION FOR OUT-COUNTY WITNESS. In [ Where,   in ] misdemeanor cases in which confinement in jail is a permissible   punishment, or in felony cases, if a witness resides out of the   county in which the prosecution is pending, or in a misdemeanor case   punishable by fine only, if a peace officer is a witness residing   out of the county in which the prosecution is pending, the state   [ State ] or the defendant is [ shall be ] entitled, either in   term-time or in vacation, to a subpoena to compel the attendance of   the [ such ] witness on application to the proper clerk or   magistrate.   The [ Such ] application must [ shall ] be in the manner   and form as provided in Article 24.03.  Witnesses in [ such ]   misdemeanor cases shall be compensated in the same manner as in   felony cases.  This article does [ Article shall ] not apply to more   than one character witness in a misdemeanor case.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a criminal proceeding that commences on or after the effective   date of this Act.  A criminal proceeding that commences before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the proceeding commenced, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.