Bill Text: TX HB3791 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3791 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3791-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 3791

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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3791 was passed by the House on May 5,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3791 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor