1-1     By:  Mowery (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)              H.B. No. 553
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
 1-4     Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the admissibility in a criminal proceeding of a
 1-9     statement made as a result of certain custodial interrogations and
1-10     obtained in compliance with the laws of another state or the United
1-11     States.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Article 38.22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-14     amended by adding Section 8 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 8.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,
1-16     a written, oral, or sign language statement of an accused made as a
1-17     result of a custodial interrogation is admissible against the
1-18     accused in a criminal proceeding in this state if:
1-19                 (1)  the statement was obtained in another state and
1-20     was obtained in compliance with the laws of that state; or
1-21                 (2)  the statement was obtained by a federal law
1-22     enforcement officer in this state or another state and was obtained
1-23     in compliance with the laws of the United States.
1-24           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-25     to the admissibility of a statement made on or after the effective
1-26     date of this Act.  The admissibility of a statement made before the
1-27     effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the
1-28     statement was made, and the former law is continued in effect for
1-29     that purpose.
1-30           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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