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. 1-34 * * * * *