PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2239
(Reference to printed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Title 13, chapter 38, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3904, to read:
13-3904. Arrest warrant; grounds; form of warrant; definition
A. A magistrate shall issue an arrest warrant after reviewing an affidavit that is sworn to or affirmed before the magistrate and that contains facts sufficient to establish probable cause that a specific offense has been committed and that a particular person committed that offense.
B. The arrest warrant shall be in a form substantially similar to a form that is adopted by the Arizona supreme court.
C. For the purposes of this section, "arrest warrant" means a written order that is issued in the name of the state of Arizona, that is signed by a magistrate, that is directed to a peace officer and that commands a peace officer to arrest the person named in the warrant and take that person before a magistrate as prescribed by the Arizona rules of criminal procedure."
Amend title to conform