TITLE: Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.

SUMMARY: Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 18.067, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: Art. 18.067. EXECUTION OF WARRANT FOR BLOOD SPECIMEN IN INTOXICATION OFFENSE. Notwithstanding any other law, a warrant issued under Article 18.02(a)(10) to collect a blood specimen from a person suspected of committing an intoxication offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, may be executed by any peace officer [: [(1)] in any county adjacent to the county in which the warrant was issued [; and [(2) by any law enforcement officer authorized to make an arrest in the county of execution].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, 2025.