Amend CSHB 1654 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
appropriately:
      SECTION __. Article 15.26, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
      Art. 15.26.  AUTHORITY TO ARREST MUST BE MADE KNOWN.  In
executing a warrant of arrest, it shall always be made known to the
accused under what authority the arrest is made.  The warrant shall
be executed by the arrest of the defendant.  The officer need not
have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest,
provided the warrant was issued under the provisions of this Code,
but upon request he shall show the warrant, and any affidavit
presented to the magistrate in support of the issuance of the
warrant, to the defendant as soon as possible.  If the officer does
not have the warrant in his possession at the time of arrest he
shall then inform the defendant of the offense charged and of the
fact that a warrant has been issued.  The arrest warrant, and any
affidavit presented to the magistrate in support of the issuance of
the warrant, is public information, and beginning immediately when
the warrant is executed the magistrate's clerk shall make a copy of
the warrant and the affidavit available for public inspection in
the clerk's office during normal business hours.