By Talton H.B. No. 1654 77R4692 JD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the disclosure to the public of information in certain 1-3 arrest warrants and the affidavits filed in connection with the 1-4 application for those warrants. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 15, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended 1-7 by adding Article 15.265 to read as follows: 1-8 Art. 15.265. NONDISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ARREST WARRANTS AND 1-9 RELATED AFFIDAVITS. (a) Information in an arrest warrant issued by 1-10 a magistrate is not required to be disclosed to the public until 1-11 the date the warrant is executed or the third day after the date 1-12 the warrant is issued, whichever is later. 1-13 (b) An affidavit filed with a magistrate in connection with 1-14 the application for the issuance of an arrest warrant is not 1-15 required to be disclosed to the public until the date the warrant 1-16 is executed or the third day after the date the affidavit is filed, 1-17 whichever is later. 1-18 (c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this article do not prohibit 1-19 disclosure to the public of information contained in an arrest 1-20 warrant or an affidavit filed in connection with the application 1-21 for the issuance of the warrant, if: 1-22 (1) disclosure of the information to the public would 1-23 assist in the arrest of the individual named in the warrant; or 1-24 (2) nondisclosure of the information to the public 2-1 would jeopardize the safety of the public. 2-2 (d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this article do not apply to 2-3 a warrant for the arrest of an individual for a misdemeanor offense 2-4 punishable by fine only or an affidavit filed in connection with 2-5 the application for the issuance of the warrant. 2-6 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-7 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-8 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-9 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-10 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.