| CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CHAPTER 18. SEARCH WARRANTS discovered or had reasonable opportunity to discover the violation, and not afterward. Exclusivity of remedies Sec. 13. The remedies and sanctions described in this article are the exclusive judicial remedies and sanctions for a violation of this article other than a violation that infringes on a right of a party guaranteed by a state or federal constitution. Mobile tracking devices Sec. 14. (a) A district judge may issue an order for the installation and use within the judge's judicial district of a mobile tracking device. (b) The order may authorize the use of a mobile tracking device outside the judicial district but within the state, if the device is installed within the district. (c) A district judge may issue the order only on the application of an authorized peace officer. An application must be written and signed and sworn to or affirmed before the judge. The affidavit must: (1) state the name, department, agency, and address of the applicant; (2) identify the vehicle, container, or item to which, in which, or on which the mobile tracking device is to be attached, placed, or otherwise installed; (3) state the name of the owner or possessor of the vehicle, container, or item described in Subdivision (2); (4) state the judicial jurisdictional area in which the vehicle, container, or item described in Subdivision (2) is expected to be found; and (5) state the facts and circumstances that provide the applicant with a reasonable suspicion that: (A) criminal activity has been, is, or will be committed; and (B) the installation and use of a mobile tracking device is likely to produce information that is material to an ongoing criminal investigation of the criminal activity described in Paragraph (A). (d) Within 72 hours after the time the mobile tracking device was activated in place on or within the vehicle, container, or item, the applicant shall notify in writing the judge who issued an order under this section. (e) An order under this section expires not later than the 90th day after the date that the device has been activated in place on or within the vehicle, container, or item. For good cause shown, the judge may grant an extension for an additional 90-day period. (f) The applicant shall remove or cause to be removed a mobile tracking device as soon as is practicable after the authorization period expires. If removal is not practicable, monitoring of the device shall cease on expiration of the authorization order. (g) This section does not apply to a global positioning or similar device installed in or on an item of property by the owner or with the consent of the owner of the property. A device described by this subsection may be monitored by a private entity in an emergency. Sec. 15. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY. (a) The director of the department, the director's designee, or the sheriff or chief of a designated law enforcement agency, or the sheriff's or chief's designee, may issue an administrative subpoena to a communications common carrier or an electronic communications service to compel the production of the carrier's or service's business records that: (1) disclose information about: (A) the carrier's or service's customers; or (B) users of the services offered by the carrier or service; and (2) are material to a criminal investigation. (b) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the administrative subpoena is issued under Subsection (a), the sheriff or chief of a designated law enforcement agency shall report the issuance of the subpoena to the department. (c) If, based on reports received under Subsection (b), the department determines that a designated law enforcement agency is not in compliance with the policy adopted by the agency under Section 2(j), the department shall notify the agency in writing that it is not in compliance. If the department determines that the agency still is not in compliance with the policy 90 days after the date the agency receives written notice under this subsection, the agency loses the authority granted by this article until: (1) the agency adopts a new written policy governing the application of this article to the agency; and (2) the department approves the written policy. Limitation Sec. 16. A governmental agency authorized to install and use a pen register under this article or other law must use reasonably available technology to only record and decode electronic or other impulses used to identify the numbers dialed, routed, addressed, or otherwise processed or transmitted by a wire or electronic communication so as to not include the contents of the communication. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 587, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 26, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 958, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Sec. 1(14) amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 659, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 170, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Sec. 2(f) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Sec. 1 amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1051, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Sec. 1(2)(H) amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(40), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Sec. 2(f) amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1051, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Sec. 3 amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1051, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Sec. 16 added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1051, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Sec. 1(7) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.20, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Sec. 1(1) amended by and Sec. 1(8), (9) added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1270, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Sec. 2 amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1270, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Sec. 3 amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1270, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Sec. 14(g) added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1270, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Sec. 1 amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Sec. 2(b), (c) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Sec. 14(a)-(f) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Sec. 16 amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 186, Sec. 2, eff. May 23, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 186, Sec. 3, eff. May 23, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 186, Sec. 4, eff. May 23, 2007. Art. 18.22. TESTING FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES FOLLOWING CERTAIN ARRESTS. (a) A person who is arrested for a misdemeanor or felony and who during the commission of that offense or an arrest following the commission of that offense causes a peace officer to come into contact with the person's bodily fluids shall, at the direction of the court having jurisdiction over the arrested person, undergo a medical procedure or test designed to show or help show whether the person has a communicable disease. The court may direct the person to undergo the procedure or test on its own motion or on the request of the peace officer. If the person refuses to submit voluntarily to the procedure or test, the court shall require the person to submit to the procedure or test. Notwithstanding any other law, the person performing the procedure or test shall make the test results available to the local health authority, and the local health authority shall notify the peace officer of the test result. The state may not use the fact that a medical procedure or test was performed on a person under this article, or use the results of the procedure or test, in any criminal proceeding arising out of the alleged offense. (b) Testing under this article shall be conducted in accordance with written infectious disease control protocols adopted by the Texas Board of Health that clearly establish procedural guidelines that provide criteria for testing and that respect the rights of the arrested person and the peace officer. (c) Nothing in this article authorizes a court to release a test result to a person other than a person specifically authorized by this article, and Section 81.103(d), Health and Safety Code, does not authorize that disclosure. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1480, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1250, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Art. 18.23. EXPENSES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE TOWED AND STORED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. (a) A law enforcement agency that directs the towing and storage of a motor vehicle for an evidentiary or examination purpose shall pay the cost of the towing and storage. (b) Subsection (a) applies whether the motor vehicle is taken to or stored on property that is: (1) owned or operated by the law enforcement agency; or (2) owned or operated by another person who provides storage services to the law enforcement agency, including: (A) a governmental entity; and (B) a vehicle storage facility, as defined by Section 2303.002, Occupations Code. (c) Subsection (a) does not require a law enforcement agency to pay the cost of: (1) towing or storing a motor vehicle for a purpose that is not an evidentiary or examination purpose, including towing or storing a vehicle that has been abandoned, illegally parked, in an accident, or recovered after being stolen; or (2) storing a motor vehicle after the date the law enforcement agency authorizes the owner or operator of the property to which the vehicle was taken or on which the vehicle is stored to release the vehicle to the vehicle's owner. (d) This subsection applies only to a motor vehicle taken to or stored on property described by Subsection (b)(2). After a law enforcement agency authorizes the release of a motor vehicle held for an evidentiary or examination purpose, the owner or operator of the storage property may not refuse to release the vehicle to the vehicle's owner because the law enforcement agency has not paid the cost of the towing and storage. (e) Subchapter J, Chapter 2308, Occupations Code, does not apply to a motor vehicle directed by a law enforcement agency to be towed and stored for an evidentiary or examination purpose. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1197, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046, Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2007. |
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