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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of peace officers to conduct certain |
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searches. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 1.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 1.06. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES. (a) The people shall be |
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secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions from all |
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unreasonable seizures or searches. No warrant to search any place |
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or to seize any person or thing shall issue without describing them |
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as near as may be, nor without probable cause supported by oath or |
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affirmation. |
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(b) A peace officer who stops a motor vehicle for any |
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alleged violation of a law or ordinance regulating traffic may not |
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request the operator of the motor vehicle for consent to search the |
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vehicle, unless the peace officer has probable cause or another |
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legal basis for the search. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |