Bill Text: TX HB3689 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a DNA specimen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3689 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3689-Introduced.html
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| By: Carter | H.B. No. 3689 | |
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| relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a DNA | ||
| specimen. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 18.065 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 18.065. WARRANT FOR DNA SPECIMEN MAY BE EXECUTED IN ANY | ||
| COUNTY. Notwithstanding any other law, a warrant issued under | ||
| Article 18.02(10) to collect a DNA specimen from a person for the | ||
| purpose of connecting that person to an offense may be executed in | ||
| any county in this state, regardless of whether the issuing court's | ||
| jurisdiction extends outside the county in which that court is | ||
| located. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a search warrant 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, 2013. | ||
