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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 in certain 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 18.067 to read as follows: |
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Art. 18.067. EXECUTION OF WARRANT FOR BLOOD SPECIMEN IN |
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INTOXICATION OFFENSE. Notwithstanding any other law, a warrant |
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issued under Article 18.02(a)(10) to collect a blood specimen from |
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a person suspected of committing an intoxication offense under |
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Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal |
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Code, may be executed: |
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(1) in any county adjacent to the county in which the |
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warrant was issued; and |
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(2) by any law enforcement officer authorized to make |
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an arrest in the county of execution. |
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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, 2021. |