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78R9179 GWK-D

By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 1799



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 (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  If property is seized at a checkpoint, with the consent 
of the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the property, the 
notice of seizure and intended forfeiture may be filed in and the 
proceeding may be held in 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.