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Amend CSHB 1829 (senate committee printing) by striking SECTION 1 of the bill and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Section 573.012, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
(h) A judge or magistrate may permit an applicant who is a physician to present an application by:
(1) e-mail with the application attached as a secure document in a portable document format (PDF); or
(2) secure electronic means, including:
(A) satellite transmission;
(B) [,] closed-circuit television transmission;[,] or
(C) any other method of two-way electronic communication that:
(i) [(1)] is secure;
(ii) [(2)] is available to the judge or magistrate; and
(iii) [(3)] provides for a simultaneous, compressed full-motion video and interactive communication of image and sound between the judge or magistrate and the applicant.
(h-1) After the presentation of an application under Subsection (h), the judge or magistrate may transmit a warrant to the applicant:
(1) electronically, if a digital signature, as defined by Article 2.26, Code of Criminal Procedure, is transmitted with the document; or
(2) by e-mail with the warrant attached as a secure document in a portable document format (PDF), if the identifiable legal signature of the judge or magistrate is transmitted with the document.