83R2807 JSC-F
By: Pitts, Carter H.B. No. 516
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood
specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 18.065 to read as follows:
Art. 18.065. WARRANT FOR BLOOD SPECIMEN IN INTOXICATION
OFFENSE MAY BE EXECUTED IN CONTIGUOUS COUNTY. Notwithstanding any
other law, a warrant issued under Article 18.02(10) to collect a
blood specimen from a person suspected of committing an
intoxication offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06,
49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, may be executed in a county
that is contiguous to the county in which the warrant is issued,
regardless of whether the issuing court's jurisdiction extends
outside the county in which that court is located.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a search warrant issued on or after the effective date of this
Act. A search warrant issued before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was issued,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.