By Mowery                                              H.B. No. 553
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the admissibility in a criminal proceeding of a
 1-3     statement made as a result of certain custodial interrogations and
 1-4     obtained in compliance with the laws of another state or the United
 1-5     States.
 1-6           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-7           SECTION 1.  Article 38.22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-8     amended by adding Section 8 to read as follows:
 1-9           Sec. 8.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,
1-10     a written, oral, or sign language statement of an accused made as a
1-11     result of a custodial interrogation is admissible against the
1-12     accused in a criminal proceeding in this state if:
1-13                 (1)  the statement was obtained in another state and
1-14     was obtained in compliance with the laws of that state; or
1-15                 (2)  the statement was obtained by a federal law
1-16     enforcement officer in this state or another state and was obtained
1-17     in compliance with the laws of the United States.
1-18           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-19     to the admissibility of a statement made on or after the effective
1-20     date of this Act.  The admissibility of a statement made before the
1-21     effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the
1-22     statement was made, and the former law is continued in effect for
1-23     that purpose.
1-24           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.