By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1000 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to making arrest warrants and certain affidavits made in 1-2 connection with the issuance of arrest warrants available for 1-3 public inspection. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 15.26, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 15.26. Authority to Arrest Must be Made Known. In 1-8 executing a warrant of arrest, it shall always be made known to the 1-9 accused under what authority the arrest is made. The warrant shall 1-10 be executed by the arrest of the defendant. The officer need not 1-11 have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest, 1-12 provided the warrant was issued under the provisions of this Code, 1-13 but upon request he shall show the warrant to the defendant as soon 1-14 as possible. If the officer does not have the warrant in his 1-15 possession at the time of arrest he shall then inform the defendant 1-16 of the offense charged and of the fact that a warrant has been 1-17 issued. The arrest warrant, and any affidavit filed with the 1-18 magistrate and related to the issuance of the warrant, is public 1-19 information beginning immediately when the warrant is executed, and 1-20 the magistrate's clerk and the attorney representing the state in 1-21 the prosecution of the case shall make a copy of the warrant and 1-22 the affidavit available in the clerk's or attorney's office during 1-23 normal business hours. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.