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Amend CSSB 298 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                       

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added 	Article 65.04, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 3, between lines 6 
and 7), insert the following:
	Art. 65.05.  REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF CHECKPOINTS.  (a)  
Not later than January 15 of each calendar year, a law enforcement 
agency shall report the operation of each checkpoint during the 
preceding calendar year to the traffic safety section of the 
traffic operations division of the Texas Department of 
Transportation at its offices in Austin.
	(b)  The traffic operations division is entitled to inspect 
any information in the possession of the law enforcement agency 
that relates to the operation of a sobriety checkpoint by the 
agency.
	(c)  Not later than February 1, 2015, the traffic operations 
division shall submit a report on the effectiveness of sobriety 
checkpoints operated under this chapter to the governor, the 
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of 
representatives.
	Art. 65.06.  EXPIRATION.  This chapter expires August 31, 
2015.       
	(2)  Between SECTIONS 1 and 2 of the bill (page 3, between 
lines 6 and 7), insert an appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill 
to read as follows and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  A law enforcement agency authorized to operate 
a sobriety checkpoint under Chapter 65, Code of Criminal Procedure, 
as added by this Act, shall submit the first report required by 
Article 65.05 of that chapter not later than January 15, 2010.