84R13671 ADM-F
 
  By: Faircloth H.B. No. 4045
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of certain search warrants.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 18.01(i), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (i)  In a county that does not have a municipal court of
  record with a courtroom located in that county and a judge [of a
  municipal court of record] who is an attorney licensed by the state,
  a county court judge who is an attorney licensed by the state, or a
  statutory county court judge, any magistrate may issue a search
  warrant under Subdivision (10) or Subdivision (12) of Article 18.02
  of this code.  This subsection is not applicable to a subsequent
  search warrant under Subdivision (10) of Article 18.02 of this
  code.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a search warrant that is 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.