Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2260 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/22/2019

                    86R9684 GCB-F
 By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 2260


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authority of a magistrate to issue a search warrant
 to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain
 intoxication offenses.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Article 18.01(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (j)  Any magistrate [who is an attorney licensed by this
 state] may issue a search warrant under Article 18.02(a)(10)
 [18.02(10)] to collect a blood specimen from a person who:
 (1)  is arrested for an offense under Section 49.04,
 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code; and
 (2)  refuses to submit to a breath or blood alcohol
 test.
 SECTION 2.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
 over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
 relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
 codes.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.