87R51 JSC-D
By: Smithee H.B. No. 1893
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood
specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 18.067 to read as follows:
Art. 18.067. EXECUTION OF WARRANT FOR BLOOD SPECIMEN IN
INTOXICATION OFFENSE. Notwithstanding any other law, a warrant
issued under Article 18.02(a)(10) to collect a blood specimen from
a person suspected of committing an intoxication offense under
Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal
Code, may be executed:
(1) in any county adjacent to the county in which the
warrant was issued; and
(2) by any law enforcement officer authorized to make
an arrest in the county of execution.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a search warrant 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, 2021.