Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1728	House Author:  Madden
Effective:  9-1-09	Senate Sponsor:  Whitmire

            House Bill 1728 amends the Government Code to authorize the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to issue an administrative subpoena to a communications common carrier or an electronic communications service provider for business records that disclose information about the carrier's or provider's customers or service users and that are material to a criminal investigation of an escape, a potential escape, or the offense of providing a prohibited substance or item to a person in the custody of certain adult or juvenile correctional or detention facilities.