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| 1 | 1 | 83R5827 GCB-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Fletcher H.B. No. 1322 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the sealing of applications and orders for the | |
| 8 | 8 | installation and use of mobile tracking devices in certain law | |
| 9 | 9 | enforcement investigations. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 14, Article 18.21, Code of Criminal | |
| 12 | 12 | Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as | |
| 13 | 13 | follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (e-1) The district judge shall seal any documents submitted | |
| 15 | 15 | to the court under this section, and any order or extension of an | |
| 16 | 16 | order issued under this section, until the period authorized by the | |
| 17 | 17 | order and extension expires. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 19 | 19 | to an application for a mobile tracking device that is submitted on | |
| 20 | 20 | or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a mobile | |
| 21 | 21 | tracking device that is submitted before the effective date of this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was | |
| 23 | 23 | submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 24 | 24 | purpose. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |