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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood |
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specimen from certain persons suspected of committing certain |
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intoxication offenses. |
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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 18.065 to read as follows: |
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Art. 18.065. WARRANT FOR BLOOD SPECIMEN IN INTOXICATION |
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OFFENSE MAY BE EXECUTED IN CONTIGUOUS COUNTY. Notwithstanding any |
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other law, a warrant issued under Article 18.02(a)(10) to collect a |
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blood specimen from a person suspected of committing an |
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intoxication offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, |
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49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, may be executed in a county |
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that is contiguous to the county in which the warrant is issued, |
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regardless of whether the issuing court's jurisdiction extends |
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outside the county in which that court is located. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a search warrant issued on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A search warrant issued before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was issued, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |