84R13671 ADM-F
By: Faircloth H.B. No. 4045
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of certain search warrants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 18.01(i), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(i) In a county that does not have a municipal court of
record with a courtroom located in that county and a judge [of a
municipal court of record] who is an attorney licensed by the state,
a county court judge who is an attorney licensed by the state, or a
statutory county court judge, any magistrate may issue a search
warrant under Subdivision (10) or Subdivision (12) of Article 18.02
of this code. This subsection is not applicable to a subsequent
search warrant under Subdivision (10) of Article 18.02 of this
code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a search warrant that is 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, 2015.