1-1     By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1000
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 1999; March 10, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     April 19, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 19, 1999,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1000                  By:  Nelson
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to making arrest warrants and certain affidavits made in
1-11     connection with the issuance of arrest warrants available for
1-12     public inspection.
1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14           SECTION 1.  Article 15.26, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-15     amended to read as follows:
1-16           Art. 15.26.  Authority to Arrest Must be Made Known.  In
1-17     executing a warrant of arrest, it shall always be made known to the
1-18     accused under what authority the arrest is made.  The warrant shall
1-19     be executed by the arrest of the defendant.  The officer need not
1-20     have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest,
1-21     provided the warrant was issued under the provisions of this Code,
1-22     but upon request he shall show the warrant to the defendant as soon
1-23     as possible.  If the officer does not have the warrant in his
1-24     possession at the time of arrest he shall then inform the defendant
1-25     of the offense charged and of the fact that a warrant has been
1-26     issued. The arrest warrant, and any affidavit filed with the
1-27     magistrate and related to the issuance of the warrant, is public
1-28     information beginning immediately when the warrant is executed, and
1-29     the magistrate's clerk and the attorney representing the state in
1-30     the prosecution of the case shall make a copy of the warrant and
1-31     the affidavit available in the clerk's or attorney's office during
1-32     normal business hours.
1-33           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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