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| 1 | 1 | 87R51 JSC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Smithee H.B. No. 1893 | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood | |
| 8 | 8 | specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Article 18.067 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 18.067. EXECUTION OF WARRANT FOR BLOOD SPECIMEN IN | |
| 13 | 13 | INTOXICATION OFFENSE. Notwithstanding any other law, a warrant | |
| 14 | 14 | issued under Article 18.02(a)(10) to collect a blood specimen from | |
| 15 | 15 | a person suspected of committing an intoxication offense under | |
| 16 | 16 | Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal | |
| 17 | 17 | Code, may be executed: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) in any county adjacent to the county in which the | |
| 19 | 19 | warrant was issued; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) by any law enforcement officer authorized to make | |
| 21 | 21 | an arrest in the county of execution. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 23 | 23 | to a search warrant issued on or after the effective date of this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act. A search warrant issued before the effective date of this Act | |
| 25 | 25 | is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was issued, | |
| 26 | 26 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |