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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to issue a |
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search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested |
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for certain intoxication criminal offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 18.01(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(j) A [Any] magistrate who is an attorney licensed by this |
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state or a justice of the peace may issue a search warrant under |
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Article 18.02(a)(10) to collect a blood specimen from a person who: |
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(1) is arrested for an offense under Section 49.04, |
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49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code; and |
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(2) refuses to submit to a breath or blood alcohol |
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test. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |