TITLE: Relating to the sealing of applications and orders for the installation and use of mobile tracking devices in certain law enforcement investigations.

SUMMARY: Relating to the sealing of applications and orders for the installation and use of mobile tracking devices in certain law enforcement investigations.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the sealing of applications and orders for the installation and use of mobile tracking devices in certain law enforcement investigations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 14, Article 18.21, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: (e-1) The district judge shall seal any documents submitted to the court under this section, and any order or extension of an order issued under this section, until the period authorized by the order and extension expires. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an application for a mobile tracking device that is submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a mobile tracking device that is submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.