Text of article effective until January 01, 2025

Art. 13.38.  VENUE FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER OFFENSES.
The venue for an offense under Section 25.07 or 25.072, Penal Code, is in the county in which the order was issued or, without regard to the identity or location of the court that issued the protective order, in the county in which the offense was committed.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 614, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 739, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.16, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 96 (S.B. 743), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.
Transferred and redesignated from Code of Criminal Procedure, Art/Sec 5.07 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 4.001, eff. September 1, 2019.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 3.001(6), eff. January 1, 2025.