H.B. No. 3377




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.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 3377 was passed by the House on May 2, 
2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 3377 was passed by the Senate on May 
22, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor