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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sealing of applications and orders for the |
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installation and use of mobile tracking devices in certain law |
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enforcement investigations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 14, Article 18.21, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e-1) The district judge shall seal any documents submitted |
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to the court under this section, and any order or extension of an |
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order issued under this section, until the period authorized by the |
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order and extension expires. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a mobile tracking device that is submitted on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a mobile |
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tracking device that is submitted before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was |
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submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |