Text of article effective on January 01, 2025
Art. 2A.152.  GENERAL DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES.  Each magistrate shall:
(1)  preserve the peace within the magistrate's jurisdiction using all lawful means;
(2)  issue all process intended to aid in preventing and suppressing crime; and
(3)  cause the arrest of offenders using lawful means so that the offenders may be brought to punishment.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.