By Cook                                               H.B. No. 1999
         77R6749 JMC-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of a magistrate in certain counties to
 1-3     issue a search warrant for certain property or items.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Article 18.01(i), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (i)  In a county in which the only judge serving the county
 1-8     who is a licensed attorney is a district judge whose district
 1-9     includes more than one county or in which the only judges serving
1-10     the county who are licensed attorneys are two or more district
1-11     judges each of whose district includes more than one county, any
1-12     magistrate may issue a search warrant under Subdivision (10) or
1-13     Subdivision (12) of Article 18.02 of this code.  This section is
1-14     not applicable to a subsequent search warrant under Subdivision
1-15     (10) of Article 18.02 of this code.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.