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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of recordings of certain interactions |
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with a peace officer relating to intoxication offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 2.139 to read as follows: |
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Art. 2.139. VIDEO RECORDINGS OF ARRESTS FOR INTOXICATION |
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OFFENSES. A person stopped or arrested on suspicion of an offense |
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under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, is |
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entitled to receive from a law enforcement agency employing the |
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peace officer who made the stop or arrest a copy of any video made by |
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or at the direction of the officer that contains footage of: |
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(1) the stop; |
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(2) the arrest; |
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(3) the conduct of the person stopped during any |
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interaction with the officer, including during the administration |
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of a field sobriety test; or |
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(4) a procedure in which a specimen of the person's |
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breath or blood is taken. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a recording of conduct that occurs on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3791 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3791 was passed by the Senate on May |
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27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |