Bill Text: TX HB2553 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB2553 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2553-Introduced.html
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By: Thierry | H.B. No. 2553 |
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relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a warrant authorizing | ||
the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer in certain | ||
municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 15, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Article 15.251 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 15.251. NO-KNOCK WARRANT PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN | ||
MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this article, "no-knock entry" means a | ||
peace officer's entry, for the purpose of executing a warrant, into | ||
a building or other place without giving notice of the officer's | ||
authority or purpose before entering. | ||
(b) A magistrate may not issue a warrant under this chapter | ||
that authorizes a no-knock entry into a building or other place | ||
located in a municipality with a population of two million or more. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Article 18.025 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 18.025. NO-KNOCK WARRANT PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN | ||
MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this article, "no-knock entry" has the | ||
meaning assigned by Article 15.251. | ||
(b) A magistrate may not issue a warrant under this chapter | ||
that authorizes a no-knock entry into a building or other place | ||
located in a municipality with a population of two million or more. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a warrant issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |