Bill Text: TX HB1993 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a peace officer commissioned by the comptroller to apply for an order authorizing the installation and use of a mobile tracking device.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-02 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1993 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1993-Engrossed.html
| 88R7135 JCG-F | ||
| By: Harris of Anderson, Cook | H.B. No. 1993 | |
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| relating to the authority of a peace officer commissioned by the | ||
| comptroller to apply for an order authorizing the installation and | ||
| use of a mobile tracking device. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 18B.202(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A district judge may issue an order for the installation | ||
| and use of a mobile tracking device only on the application of: | ||
| (1) an authorized peace officer; or | ||
| (2) a peace officer commissioned by the comptroller. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
