By:  West                                                                 S.B. No. 93



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the modification of an order for emergency protection.            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows:
	(l-1)  After notice to each affected party and a hearing, the 
magistrate issuing an order for emergency protection under this 
article may modify the order if:
		(1)  the order is determined to be unworkable; and                     
		(2)  the modification will not place the victim at 
greater risk or endanger other persons protected under the order.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.