82R3020 MAW-D     By: Gonzalez H.B. No. 778       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the execution of lawful process by county jailers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Article 2.31 to read as follows:          Art. 2.31.  COUNTY JAILERS. A jailer licensed under Chapter   1701, Occupations Code, may execute lawful process issued to the   jailer by any magistrate or court on a person confined in the jail   at which the jailer is employed to the same extent that a peace   officer is authorized to execute process under Article 2.13(b)(2),   including:                (1)  a warrant under Chapter 15, 17, or 18;                (2)  a capias under Chapter 17 or 23;                (3)  a subpoena under Chapter 20 or 24; or                (4)  an attachment under Chapter 20 or 24.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.