By:  Wentworth                                         S.B. No. 999
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to making certain affidavits required for the issuance of
 1-2     search warrants available for public inspection.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Article 18.01(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  No search warrant shall issue for any purpose in this
 1-7     state unless sufficient facts are first presented to satisfy the
 1-8     issuing magistrate that probable cause does in fact exist for its
 1-9     issuance.  A sworn affidavit setting forth substantial facts
1-10     establishing probable cause shall be filed in every instance in
1-11     which a search warrant is requested.  The affidavit is public
1-12     information if executed, and the magistrate's clerk shall make a
1-13     copy of the affidavit available for public inspection in the
1-14     clerk's office during normal business hours.