TITLE: Relating to the provision of recordings of certain interactions with a peace officer relating to intoxication offenses.

SUMMARY: Relating to the provision of recordings of certain interactions with a peace officer relating to intoxication offenses.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the provision of recordings of certain interactions with a peace officer relating to intoxication offenses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2.139 to read as follows: Art. 2.139. VIDEO RECORDINGS OF ARRESTS FOR INTOXICATION OFFENSES. A person stopped or arrested on suspicion of an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, is entitled to receive from a law enforcement agency employing the peace officer who made the stop or arrest a copy of any video made by or at the direction of the officer that contains footage of: (1) the stop; (2) the arrest; (3) the conduct of the person stopped during any interaction with the officer, including during the administration of a field sobriety test; or (4) a procedure in which a specimen of the person's breath or blood is taken. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a recording of conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.