1-1     By:  Cook (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)               H.B. No. 1999
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     April 30, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the authority of a magistrate in certain counties to
 1-9     issue a search warrant for certain property or items.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Article 18.01(i), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           (i)  In a county in which the only judge serving the county
1-14     who is a licensed attorney is a district judge whose district
1-15     includes more than one county or in which the only judges serving
1-16     the county who are licensed attorneys are two or more district
1-17     judges each of whose district includes more than one county, any
1-18     magistrate may issue a search warrant under Subdivision (10) or
1-19     Subdivision (12) of Article 18.02 of this code.  This section is
1-20     not applicable to a subsequent search warrant under Subdivision
1-21     (10) of Article 18.02 of this code.
1-22           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-23     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-24     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-25     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-26     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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