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Amend CSSB 298 (Senate committee printing), in SECTION 1 of
the bill, by striking added Article 65.02, Code of Criminal
Procedure (page 1, lines 30-35), and substituting the following:
Art. 65.02. AUTHORIZATION FOR SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS. A law
enforcement agency may operate a temporary checkpoint as provided
by this chapter to determine whether persons operating motor
vehicles on a highway or street are intoxicated and in violation of
Section 49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code. The checkpoint must be
operated on a highway or street other than:
(1) a limited-access or controlled-access highway;
(2) an overpass;
(3) a bridge or causeway; or
(4) the single ingress to or egress from a designated
area.