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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of certain search warrants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 18.01(i), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(i) In a county that does not have a municipal court of |
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record with a courtroom located in that county and a judge [of a
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municipal court of record] who is an attorney licensed by the state, |
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a county court judge who is an attorney licensed by the state, or a |
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statutory county court judge, any magistrate may issue a search |
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warrant under [Subdivision (10) or Subdivision (12) of] Article |
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18.02(a)(10) or (12) [18.02 of this code]. This subsection is not |
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applicable to a subsequent search warrant under [Subdivision (10)
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of] Article 18.02(a)(10) [18.02 of this code]. |
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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, 2017. |