Bill Text: TX SB1358 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to electronically transmitting a warrant for emergency detention.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-19 - Referred to Public Health [SB1358 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1358-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Lucio S.B. No. 1358
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to electronically transmitting a warrant for emergency
  detention.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 573.012, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (h-1) to
  read as follows:
         (h)  A judge or magistrate may permit an applicant who is a
  physician to present an application by:
               (1)  e-mail with the application attached as a secure
  document in a portable document format (PDF); or
               (2)  secure electronic means, including:
                     (A)  satellite transmission;
                     (B)  [,] closed-circuit television
  transmission;[,] or
                     (C)  any other method of two-way electronic
  communication that:
                           (i) [(1)]  is secure;
                           (ii) [(2)]  is available to the judge or
  magistrate; and
                           (iii) [(3)]  provides for a simultaneous,
  compressed full-motion video and interactive communication of
  image and sound between the judge or magistrate and the applicant.
         (h-1)  After the presentation of an application under
  Subsection (h), the judge or magistrate may transmit a warrant to
  the applicant:
               (1)  electronically, if a digital signature, as defined
  by Article 2.26, Code of Criminal Procedure, is transmitted with
  the document; or
               (2)  by e-mail with the warrant attached as a secure
  document in a portable document format (PDF), if the identifiable
  legal signature of the judge or magistrate is transmitted with the
  document.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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