78R12573 GWK-D


By:  Rangel, Canales, Garza                                       H.B. No. 3377



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the filing of a notice of seizure and intended 
forfeiture in an asset forfeiture case.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 59.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  If property is seized at a federal checkpoint, the 
notice of seizure and intended forfeiture may be filed in and the 
proceeding may be held in:
		(1)  the county in which the seizure occurred; or                      
		(2)  with the consent of the owner, operator, or agent 
in charge of the property, a county that is adjacent to the county 
in which the seizure occurred, if both counties are in the same 
judicial district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.