81R18699 HLT-D
 
  By: Madden H.B. No. 1728
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1728:
 
  By:  McReynolds C.S.H.B. No. 1728
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of the inspector general of the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice to issue administrative subpoenas
  for certain communication records.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 493.0191 to read as follows:
         Sec. 493.0191.  ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS. (a) The
  inspector general may issue an administrative subpoena to a
  communications common carrier or an electronic communications
  service to compel the production of the carrier's or service's
  business records that:
               (1)  disclose information about:
                     (A)  the carrier's or service's customers; or
                     (B)  users of the services offered by the carrier
  or service; and
               (2)  are material to a criminal investigation of an
  escape or a potential escape or a violation of Section 38.11, Penal
  Code.
         (b)  In this section:
               (1)  "Communications common carrier" means a person
  that provides commercial telephone services or a provider that
  bills customers for those services, regardless of the technology
  used to provide the service.
               (2)  "Electronic communications service" means a
  service that provides to users of the service the ability to send or
  receive wire or electronic communications.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.