84R18881 JSC-D
 
  By: Bell, Wray, Moody H.B. No. 460
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 460:
 
  By:  Herrero C.S.H.B. No. 460
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of a search warrant for taking a blood
  specimen from certain persons suspected of committing certain
  intoxication offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 18.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
         (k)(1)  An officer seeking a warrant under Article
  18.02(a)(10) to collect a blood specimen from a person suspected of
  committing an intoxication offense under Section 49.04, 49.045,
  49.05, 49.06, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, may obtain the
  warrant:
                     (A)  from a magistrate with jurisdiction in the
  county in which the suspect was stopped; or
                     (B)  from a magistrate with jurisdiction in a
  county contiguous to the county in which the suspect was stopped,
  provided that the officer attempted and was unable to obtain a
  warrant from a magistrate serving a criminal court in the county in
  which the suspect was stopped.
               (2)  Notwithstanding any other law, a warrant issued
  under Subdivision (1)(B) may be executed in the contiguous county
  in which the suspect was stopped, regardless of whether the issuing
  court's jurisdiction extends outside the county in which the
  suspect was stopped.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a search warrant issued on or after the effective date of this
  Act. A search warrant issued before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was issued,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.