By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1000
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                                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, and any affidavit filed
1-14     with the magistrate and related to the issuance of the warrant, to
1-15     the defendant as soon as possible.  If the officer does not have
1-16     the warrant in his possession at the time of arrest he shall then
1-17     inform the defendant of the offense charged and of the fact that a
1-18     warrant has been issued. The arrest warrant, and any affidavit
1-19     filed with the magistrate and related to the issuance of the
1-20     warrant, is public information beginning immediately when the
1-21     warrant is executed, and the magistrate's clerk and the attorney
1-22     representing the state in the prosecution of the case shall make a
 2-1     copy of the warrant and the affidavit available in the clerk's or
 2-2     attorney's office during normal business hours.