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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the seizure of the circuit board of a gambling device or |
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equipment, altered gambling equipment, or gambling paraphernalia. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 18.095 to read as follows: |
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Art. 18.095. SEIZURE OF CIRCUIT BOARD OF GAMBLING DEVICE, |
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EQUIPMENT, OR PARAPHERNALIA. For purposes of this chapter, an |
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officer directed under a search warrant to search for and seize a |
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gambling device or equipment, altered gambling equipment, or |
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gambling paraphernalia in the discretion of the officer may: |
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(1) seize only the programmable main circuit board of |
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the device, equipment, or paraphernalia if that circuit board is |
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designed as a subassembly or essential part of the device, |
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equipment, or paraphernalia to provide the information necessary |
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for the device, equipment, or paraphernalia to operate as a |
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gambling device or equipment, altered gambling equipment, or |
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gambling paraphernalia; |
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(2) carry the circuit board before the magistrate; and |
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(3) retain custody of the circuit board as the |
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property seized pursuant to the warrant as required under this |
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chapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |