82R6950 PEP-D
 
  By: Cain H.B. No. 2524
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the criminal offenses for which and the circumstances
  under which certain communication devices may be detected and
  communications may be intercepted.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 4, Article 18.20, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 4.  OFFENSES FOR WHICH INTERCEPTIONS MAY BE AUTHORIZED.
  A judge of competent jurisdiction may issue an order authorizing
  interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications only if
  the prosecutor applying for the order shows probable cause to
  believe that the interception will provide evidence of the
  commission of:
               (1)  a felony under Section 19.02, 19.03, or 43.26,
  Penal Code;
               (2)  a felony under:
                     (A)  Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, other
  than felony possession of marihuana;
                     (B)  Section 485.032, Health and Safety Code; or
                     (C)  Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code;
               (3)  an offense under Section 20.03 or 20.04, Penal
  Code;
               (4)  an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code;
               (5)  an offense under Chapter 34, Penal Code, if the
  criminal activity giving rise to the proceeds involves the
  commission of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, or an offense
  under federal law or the laws of another state containing elements
  that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under
  Title 5;
               (6)  an offense under Section 38.09 or 38.11, Penal
  Code; [or]
               (7)  a felony under Section 38.06 or 38.07, Penal Code,
  if the escape relates to a person serving a sentence in a
  correctional facility following conviction of a felony; or
               (8)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit
  an offense listed in this section.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 8B, Article 18.20, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 8B.  DETECTION OF CELLULAR TELEPHONE OR OTHER WIRELESS
  COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE IN OR NEAR CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION
  FACILITY.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 8B(b), (d), and (e), Article 18.20,
  Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or
  Article 18.21, the office of the inspector general of the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice may:
               (1)  without a warrant, use electronic, mechanical, or
  other devices to detect the presence or use of a cellular telephone
  or other wireless communications device in:
                     (A)  a correctional facility; or
                     (B)  the immediate vicinity of a correctional
  facility during the commission or attempted commission of an
  offense under Section 38.06 or 38.07, Penal Code;
               (2)  without a warrant, intercept, monitor, detect, or,
  as authorized by applicable federal laws and regulations, prevent
  the transmission of any communication transmitted through the use
  of a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device in
  a location described by Subdivision (1) [correctional facility];
  and
               (3)  use, to the extent authorized by law, any
  information obtained under Subdivision (2), including the contents
  of an intercepted communication, in any criminal or civil
  proceeding before a court or other governmental agency or entity.
         (d)  When using an electronic, mechanical, or other device
  under Subsection (b), the office of the inspector general shall
  minimize the impact of the device on any communication that is not
  reasonably related to the detection of the presence or use of a
  cellular telephone or other wireless communications device in a
  location described by Subsection (b)(1) [correctional facility].
         (e)  A person confined in a correctional facility does not
  have an expectation of privacy with respect to the possession or use
  of a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device
  located on the premises or in the immediate vicinity of the
  facility. The person who is confined, and any person with whom that
  person communicates through the use of a cellular telephone or
  other wireless communications device, does not have an expectation
  of privacy with respect to the contents of any communication
  transmitted by the cellular telephone or wireless communications
  device.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.