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1		-	By: Riddle (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2300
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
3		-	May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
4		-	Justice; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to eliminating telegraph transmission as a method to
12	6		communicate certain information in a criminal case.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Article 15.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
15	9		amended to read as follows:
16	10		Art. 15.08. WARRANT MAY BE FORWARDED. A warrant of arrest
17	11		may be forwarded by any method that ensures the transmission of a
18	12		duplicate of the original warrant, including secure facsimile
19	13		transmission or other secure electronic means [or a telegraph
20	14		transmission from any telegraph office to another in this State].
21	15		If issued by any magistrate named in Article 15.06, the peace
22	16		officer receiving the same shall execute it without delay. If it be
23	17		issued by any other magistrate than is named in Article 15.06, the
24	18		peace officer receiving the same shall proceed with it to the
25	19		nearest magistrate of the peace officer's county, who shall endorse
26	20		thereon, in substance, these words:
27	21		"Let this warrant be executed in the county of
28	22		. . . . . . . . . . .", which endorsement shall be dated and
29	23		signed officially by the magistrate making the same.
30	24		SECTION 2. Article 15.19(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
31	25		amended to read as follows:
32	26		(a) If the arrested person fails or refuses to give bail, as
33	27		provided in Article 15.18, the arrested person shall be committed
34	28		to the jail of the county where the person was arrested. The[; and
35	29		the] magistrate committing the arrested person shall immediately
36	30		provide notice to the sheriff of the county in which the offense is
37	31		alleged to have been committed regarding:
38	32		(1) the arrest and commitment, which notice may be
39	33		given by [telegraph,] mail[,] or other written means or by secure
40	34		facsimile transmission or other secure electronic means; and
41	35		(2) whether the person was also arrested under a
42	36		warrant issued under Section 508.251, Government Code.
43	37		SECTION 3. Articles 15.10, 15.11, 15.12, and 15.13, Code of
44	38		Criminal Procedure, are repealed.
45	39		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	40	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	41	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	42	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2300 was passed by the House on May 8,
	43	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, 2 present, not
	44	+	voting.
	45	+	______________________________
	46	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	47	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2300 was passed by the Senate on May
	48	+	26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	49	+	______________________________
	50	+	Secretary of the Senate
	51	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	52	+	Date
	53	+	_____________________
	54	+	Governor