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| 1 | 1 | 89R3248 CJD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Spiller H.B. No. 945 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to issue a | |
| 10 | 10 | search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested | |
| 11 | 11 | for certain intoxication criminal offenses. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Article 18.01(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 14 | 14 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (j) A [Any] magistrate who is an attorney licensed by this | |
| 16 | 16 | state or a justice of the peace may issue a search warrant under | |
| 17 | 17 | Article 18.02(a)(10) to collect a blood specimen from a person who: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) is arrested for an offense under Section 49.04, | |
| 19 | 19 | 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code; | |
| 20 | 20 | and | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) refuses to submit to a breath or blood alcohol | |
| 22 | 22 | test. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |