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.