| 1 | 1 | | 84R13671 ADM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Faircloth H.B. No. 4045 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the issuance of certain search warrants. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Article 18.01(i), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (i) In a county that does not have a municipal court of |
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| 12 | 12 | | record with a courtroom located in that county and a judge [of a |
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| 13 | 13 | | municipal court of record] who is an attorney licensed by the state, |
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| 14 | 14 | | a county court judge who is an attorney licensed by the state, or a |
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| 15 | 15 | | statutory county court judge, any magistrate may issue a search |
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| 16 | 16 | | warrant under Subdivision (10) or Subdivision (12) of Article 18.02 |
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| 17 | 17 | | of this code. This subsection is not applicable to a subsequent |
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| 18 | 18 | | search warrant under Subdivision (10) of Article 18.02 of this |
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| 19 | 19 | | code. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 21 | 21 | | to a search warrant that is issued on or after the effective date of |
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| 22 | 22 | | this Act. A search warrant issued before the effective date of this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was |
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| 24 | 24 | | issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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