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        |  | 
      
        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of | 
      
        |  | the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | ARTICLE 1.  NONSUBSTANTIVE REVISION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE | 
      
        |  | CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.01.  Title 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Chapter 18A to read as follows: | 
      
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        |  | CHAPTER 18A. DETECTION, INTERCEPTION, AND USE OF WIRE, ORAL, AND | 
      
        |  | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.001.  DEFINITIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.002.  NONAPPLICABILITY | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION FOR INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.051.  JUDGE OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.052.  REQUEST FOR FILING OF INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | APPLICATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.053.  JURISDICTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.054.  ALTERNATE JURISDICTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.055.  APPLICATION FOR INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C. ISSUANCE OF INTERCEPTION ORDER AND RELATED ORDERS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.101.  OFFENSES FOR WHICH INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | MAY BE ISSUED | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.102.  JUDICIAL DETERMINATIONS REQUIRED FOR | 
      
        |  | ISSUANCE OF INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.103.  CONTENTS OF INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.104.  LIMITATION ON COVERT ENTRY | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.105.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CERTAIN ANCILLARY | 
      
        |  | ORDERS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.106.  ORDER TO THIRD PARTY TO ASSIST WITH | 
      
        |  | EXECUTION OF INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.107.  DURATION OF INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.108.  EXTENSION OF INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.109.  REPORT ON NEED FOR CONTINUED | 
      
        |  | INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.110.  SUBSEQUENT CRIMINAL PROSECUTION RELATED | 
      
        |  | TO INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER D.  INTERCEPTION ORDER FOR COMMUNICATION BY | 
      
        |  | SPECIFIED PERSON | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.151.  REQUIREMENTS REGARDING INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | ORDER FOR COMMUNICATION BY SPECIFIED | 
      
        |  | PERSON | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.152.  IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.153.  MOTION TO MODIFY OR QUASH INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | ORDER | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER E.  EMERGENCY INSTALLATION AND USE OF INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | DEVICE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.201.  DEFINITIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.202.  POSSESSION AND USE OF INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | DEVICE IN EMERGENCY SITUATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.203.  CONSENT FOR EMERGENCY INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.204.  WRITTEN ORDER AUTHORIZING INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.205.  CERTAIN EVIDENCE NOT ADMISSIBLE | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER F.  DETECTION OF CELLULAR TELEPHONE OR OTHER WIRELESS | 
      
        |  | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE IN CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.251.  DEFINITION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.252.  USE OF INTERCEPTION DEVICE BY INSPECTOR | 
      
        |  | GENERAL | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.253.  REPORTING USE OF INTERCEPTION DEVICE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.254.  NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER G.  AGENCIES AND PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS AND USE | 
      
        |  | INTERCEPTION DEVICES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.301.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZED | 
      
        |  | TO POSSESS AND USE INTERCEPTION DEVICE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.302.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 
      
        |  | AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS AND USE | 
      
        |  | INTERCEPTION DEVICE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.303.  TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT | 
      
        |  | AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS AND USE | 
      
        |  | INTERCEPTION DEVICE | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER H.  DISCLOSURE AND USE OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.351.  DISCLOSURE OR USE OF INTERCEPTED | 
      
        |  | COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.352.  DISCLOSURE UNDER OATH | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.353.  PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.354.  DISCLOSURE OR USE OF INCIDENTALLY | 
      
        |  | INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.355.  NOTICE AND DISCLOSURE OF INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | APPLICATION, INTERCEPTION ORDER, AND | 
      
        |  | INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.356.  NOTICE OF INTERCEPTION REQUIRED | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.357.  COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.358.  SUPPRESSION OF CONTENTS OF INTERCEPTED | 
      
        |  | COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER I.  USE AND DISPOSITION OF APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.401.  SEALING OF APPLICATION OR ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.402.  CUSTODY OF APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.403.  DISCLOSURE OF APPLICATION OR ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.404.  DESTRUCTION OF APPLICATION OR ORDER | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER J.  CREATION, USE, AND DISPOSITION OF RECORDINGS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.451.  CREATION OF RECORDINGS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.452.  DUPLICATION OF RECORDINGS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.453.  SEALING AND CUSTODY OF RECORDINGS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.454.  DESTRUCTION OF RECORDINGS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.455.  PREREQUISITE FOR USE OR DISCLOSURE OF | 
      
        |  | RECORDING IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER K.  VIOLATION; SANCTIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.501.  CONTEMPT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.502.  RECOVERY OF CIVIL DAMAGES BY AGGRIEVED | 
      
        |  | PERSON | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.503.  ACTION BROUGHT BY FEDERAL OR STATE | 
      
        |  | GOVERNMENT; INJUNCTION; PENALTIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.504.  GOOD FAITH DEFENSE AVAILABLE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.505.  NO CAUSE OF ACTION | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER L.  REPORTS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.551.  REPORT OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS BY | 
      
        |  | JUDGE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.552.  REPORT OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS BY | 
      
        |  | PROSECUTOR | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.553.  REPORT OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS BY | 
      
        |  | DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | 
      
        |  | CHAPTER 18A. DETECTION, INTERCEPTION, AND USE OF WIRE, ORAL, AND | 
      
        |  | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Access," "computer," "computer network," | 
      
        |  | "computer system," and "effective consent" have the meanings | 
      
        |  | assigned by Section 33.01, Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Aggrieved person" means a person who was a party | 
      
        |  | to an intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication or a | 
      
        |  | person against whom the interception was directed. | 
      
        |  | (3)  "Aural transfer" means a transfer containing the | 
      
        |  | human voice at any point between and including the point of origin | 
      
        |  | and the point of reception. | 
      
        |  | (4)  "Communication common carrier" means a person | 
      
        |  | engaged as a common carrier for hire in the transmission of wire or | 
      
        |  | electronic communications. | 
      
        |  | (5)  "Computer trespasser" means a person who accesses | 
      
        |  | a protected computer without effective consent of the owner and has | 
      
        |  | no reasonable expectation of privacy in a communication transmitted | 
      
        |  | to, through, or from the protected computer.  The term does not | 
      
        |  | include a person who accesses the protected computer under an | 
      
        |  | existing contractual relationship with the owner or operator of the | 
      
        |  | computer. | 
      
        |  | (6)  "Contents," with respect to a wire, oral, or | 
      
        |  | electronic communication, includes any information concerning the | 
      
        |  | substance, purport, or meaning of that communication. | 
      
        |  | (7)  "Covert entry" means an entry that is made into or | 
      
        |  | onto premises and that, if not authorized by a court order under | 
      
        |  | this chapter, would violate the Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | (8)  "Department" means the Department of Public Safety | 
      
        |  | of the State of Texas. | 
      
        |  | (9)  "Director" means: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the public safety director of the department; | 
      
        |  | or | 
      
        |  | (B)  if the public safety director is absent or | 
      
        |  | unable to serve, the assistant director of the department. | 
      
        |  | (10)  "Electronic communication" means a transfer of | 
      
        |  | any signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence | 
      
        |  | transmitted wholly or partly by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, | 
      
        |  | photoelectronic, or photo-optical system.  The term does not | 
      
        |  | include: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a wire or oral communication; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a communication made through a tone-only | 
      
        |  | paging device; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  a communication from a tracking device. | 
      
        |  | (11)  "Electronic communications service" means a | 
      
        |  | service that provides to users of the service the ability to send or | 
      
        |  | receive wire or electronic communications. | 
      
        |  | (12)  "ESN reader," "pen register," and "trap and trace | 
      
        |  | device" have the meanings assigned by Article 18B.001. | 
      
        |  | (13)  "Intercept" means the aural or other acquisition | 
      
        |  | of the contents of a wire, oral, or electronic communication | 
      
        |  | through the use of an interception device. | 
      
        |  | (14)  "Interception device" means an electronic, | 
      
        |  | mechanical, or other device that may be used for the nonconsensual | 
      
        |  | interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications.  The term | 
      
        |  | does not include a telephone or telegraph instrument, the equipment | 
      
        |  | or a facility used for the transmission of electronic | 
      
        |  | communications, or a component of the equipment or a facility used | 
      
        |  | for the transmission of electronic communications if the | 
      
        |  | instrument, equipment, facility, or component is: | 
      
        |  | (A)  provided to a subscriber or user by a | 
      
        |  | provider of a wire or electronic communications service in the | 
      
        |  | ordinary course of the service provider's business and used by the | 
      
        |  | subscriber or user in the ordinary course of the subscriber's or | 
      
        |  | user's business; | 
      
        |  | (B)  provided by a subscriber or user for | 
      
        |  | connection to the facilities of a wire or electronic communications | 
      
        |  | service for use in the ordinary course of the subscriber's or user's | 
      
        |  | business; | 
      
        |  | (C)  used by a communication common carrier in the | 
      
        |  | ordinary course of the carrier's business; or | 
      
        |  | (D)  used by an investigative or law enforcement | 
      
        |  | officer in the ordinary course of the officer's duties. | 
      
        |  | (15)  "Interception order" means an order authorizing | 
      
        |  | the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication. | 
      
        |  | (16)  "Investigative or law enforcement officer" | 
      
        |  | means: | 
      
        |  | (A)  an officer of this state or a political | 
      
        |  | subdivision of this state who is authorized by law to investigate or | 
      
        |  | make arrests for offenses described by Article 18A.101; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  an attorney authorized by law to prosecute or | 
      
        |  | participate in the prosecution of those offenses. | 
      
        |  | (17)  "Judge of competent jurisdiction" means a judge | 
      
        |  | described by Article 18A.051. | 
      
        |  | (18)  "Mobile tracking device" has the meaning assigned | 
      
        |  | by Article 18B.201. | 
      
        |  | (19)  "Oral communication" means a communication | 
      
        |  | uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that the | 
      
        |  | communication is not subject to interception under circumstances | 
      
        |  | justifying that expectation.  The term does not include an | 
      
        |  | electronic communication. | 
      
        |  | (20)  "Prosecutor" means a district attorney, criminal | 
      
        |  | district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a | 
      
        |  | district attorney, with jurisdiction in the county within an | 
      
        |  | administrative judicial region described by Article 18A.053. | 
      
        |  | (21)  "Protected computer" means a computer, computer | 
      
        |  | network, or computer system that is: | 
      
        |  | (A)  owned by a financial institution or | 
      
        |  | governmental entity; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  used by or for a financial institution or | 
      
        |  | governmental entity, if conduct constituting an offense affects | 
      
        |  | that use. | 
      
        |  | (22)  "Residence" means a structure or the portion of a | 
      
        |  | structure used as a person's home or fixed place of habitation to | 
      
        |  | which the person indicates an intent to return after a temporary | 
      
        |  | absence. | 
      
        |  | (23)  "User" means a person who uses an electronic | 
      
        |  | communications service and is authorized by the service provider to | 
      
        |  | use the service. | 
      
        |  | (24)  "Wire communication" means an aural transfer made | 
      
        |  | wholly or partly through the use of facilities for the transmission | 
      
        |  | of communications by the aid of wire, cable, or other similar | 
      
        |  | connection between the point of origin and the point of reception, | 
      
        |  | including the use of the connection in a switching station, if those | 
      
        |  | facilities are provided or operated by a person authorized to | 
      
        |  | provide or operate the facilities for the transmission of | 
      
        |  | communications as a communication common carrier.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. 1(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) (part), | 
      
        |  | (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (18), (21), | 
      
        |  | (24), (25), (26); New.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.002.  NONAPPLICABILITY.  This chapter does not | 
      
        |  | apply to conduct described as an affirmative defense under Section | 
      
        |  | 16.02(c), Penal Code, except as otherwise specifically provided by | 
      
        |  | that section. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 17.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION FOR INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.051.  JUDGE OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.  (a) For | 
      
        |  | purposes of this chapter, a judge of competent jurisdiction is a | 
      
        |  | judge from the panel of nine active district judges with criminal | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction who is appointed by the presiding judge of the court of | 
      
        |  | criminal appeals under this article. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals, by | 
      
        |  | order filed with the clerk of that court, shall appoint one district | 
      
        |  | judge from each of the administrative judicial regions of this | 
      
        |  | state to serve at the presiding judge's pleasure as the judge of | 
      
        |  | competent jurisdiction in that administrative judicial region. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The presiding judge shall fill vacancies as those | 
      
        |  | vacancies occur in the same manner. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, | 
      
        |  | Secs. 1(7), 3(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.052.  REQUEST FOR FILING OF INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | APPLICATION.  (a)  The director may, based on written affidavits, | 
      
        |  | request in writing that a prosecutor apply for an interception | 
      
        |  | order. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The head of a local law enforcement agency or, if the | 
      
        |  | head of the agency is absent or unable to serve, the acting head of | 
      
        |  | the local law enforcement agency may, based on written affidavits, | 
      
        |  | request in writing that a prosecutor apply for an interception | 
      
        |  | order. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Before making a request under Subsection (b), the head | 
      
        |  | of a local law enforcement agency must submit the request and | 
      
        |  | supporting affidavits to the director.  The director shall make a | 
      
        |  | written finding as to whether the request and supporting affidavits | 
      
        |  | establish that other investigative procedures have been attempted | 
      
        |  | and have failed or those procedures reasonably appear unlikely to | 
      
        |  | succeed or to be too dangerous if attempted, is feasible, is | 
      
        |  | justifiable, and whether the department has the necessary resources | 
      
        |  | available. | 
      
        |  | (d)  A prosecutor may file the application requested under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (b) only after a written positive finding by the | 
      
        |  | director on all of the requirements provided by Subsection (c). | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 6.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.053.  JURISDICTION.  Except as provided by Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.054, a judge of competent jurisdiction may act on an | 
      
        |  | application for an interception order if any of the following is | 
      
        |  | located in the administrative judicial region with respect to which | 
      
        |  | the judge is appointed: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the site of: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the proposed interception; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  the interception device to be installed or | 
      
        |  | monitored; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the communication device to be intercepted; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the billing, residential, or business address of | 
      
        |  | the subscriber to the electronic communications service to be | 
      
        |  | intercepted; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the headquarters of the law enforcement agency | 
      
        |  | that makes the request for or will execute the interception order; | 
      
        |  | or | 
      
        |  | (5)  the headquarters of the service provider.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 3(b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.054.  ALTERNATE JURISDICTION.  (a)  An application | 
      
        |  | for an interception order may be made to the judge of competent | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction in an administrative judicial region adjacent to a | 
      
        |  | region described by Article 18A.053 if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the judge of competent jurisdiction for the | 
      
        |  | administrative judicial region described by Article 18A.053 is | 
      
        |  | absent or unable to serve; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  exigent circumstances exist. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Exigent circumstances under Subsection (a)(2) do not | 
      
        |  | include a denial of a previous application on the same facts and | 
      
        |  | circumstances.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. 3(b) (part), | 
      
        |  | (c) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.055.  APPLICATION FOR INTERCEPTION ORDER.  (a)  A | 
      
        |  | prosecutor applying for an interception order must make the | 
      
        |  | application in writing under oath to a judge of competent | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An application must: | 
      
        |  | (1)  identify the prosecutor making the application and | 
      
        |  | state the prosecutor's authority to make the application; | 
      
        |  | (2)  identify the officer requesting the application; | 
      
        |  | (3)  include a complete statement of the facts and | 
      
        |  | circumstances relied on by the prosecutor to justify the | 
      
        |  | prosecutor's belief that an order should be issued, including: | 
      
        |  | (A)  details about the particular offense that has | 
      
        |  | been, is being, or is about to be committed; | 
      
        |  | (B)  except as otherwise provided by this chapter, | 
      
        |  | a particular description of the nature and location of the | 
      
        |  | facilities from which or the place where the communication is to be | 
      
        |  | intercepted; | 
      
        |  | (C)  a particular description of the type of | 
      
        |  | communication sought to be intercepted; and | 
      
        |  | (D)  the identity of the person, if known, | 
      
        |  | committing the offense and whose communications are to be | 
      
        |  | intercepted; | 
      
        |  | (4)  include a complete statement as to whether other | 
      
        |  | investigative procedures have been attempted and have failed or why | 
      
        |  | those procedures reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed or to | 
      
        |  | be too dangerous if attempted; | 
      
        |  | (5)  include a statement of the period for which the | 
      
        |  | interception is required to be maintained and, if the nature of the | 
      
        |  | investigation indicates that the interception order should not | 
      
        |  | automatically terminate when the described type of communication is | 
      
        |  | first obtained, a particular description of facts establishing | 
      
        |  | probable cause to believe that additional communications of the | 
      
        |  | same type will occur after the described type of communication is | 
      
        |  | obtained; | 
      
        |  | (6)  include a statement whether a covert entry will be | 
      
        |  | necessary to properly and safely install wiretapping, electronic | 
      
        |  | surveillance, or eavesdropping equipment and, if a covert entry is | 
      
        |  | requested, a statement as to why a covert entry is necessary and | 
      
        |  | proper under the facts of the particular investigation, including a | 
      
        |  | complete statement as to whether other investigative techniques | 
      
        |  | have been attempted and have failed or why those techniques | 
      
        |  | reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed or to be too dangerous | 
      
        |  | if attempted or are not feasible under the circumstances or | 
      
        |  | exigencies of time; | 
      
        |  | (7)  include a complete statement of the facts | 
      
        |  | concerning all applications known to the prosecutor that have been | 
      
        |  | previously made to a judge for an interception order involving any | 
      
        |  | persons, facilities, or places specified in the application and of | 
      
        |  | the action taken by the judge on each application; | 
      
        |  | (8)  if the application is for the extension of an | 
      
        |  | order, include a statement providing the results already obtained | 
      
        |  | from the interception or a reasonable explanation of the failure to | 
      
        |  | obtain results; and | 
      
        |  | (9)  if the application is made under Article 18A.054, | 
      
        |  | fully explain the circumstances justifying application under that | 
      
        |  | article. | 
      
        |  | (c)  In an ex parte hearing in chambers, the judge may | 
      
        |  | require additional testimony or documentary evidence to support the | 
      
        |  | application.  The testimony or documentary evidence must be | 
      
        |  | preserved as part of the application.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 18.20, Secs. 3(c) (part), 8.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C. ISSUANCE OF INTERCEPTION ORDER AND RELATED ORDERS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.101.  OFFENSES FOR WHICH INTERCEPTION ORDER MAY BE | 
      
        |  | ISSUED.  A judge of competent jurisdiction may issue an | 
      
        |  | interception order only if the prosecutor applying for the order | 
      
        |  | shows probable cause to believe that the interception will provide | 
      
        |  | evidence of the commission of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a felony under any of the following provisions of | 
      
        |  | the Health and Safety Code: | 
      
        |  | (A)  Chapter 481, other than felony possession of | 
      
        |  | marihuana; | 
      
        |  | (B)  Chapter 483; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  Section 485.032; | 
      
        |  | (2)  an offense under any of the following provisions | 
      
        |  | of the Penal Code: | 
      
        |  | (A)  Section 19.02; | 
      
        |  | (B)  Section 19.03; | 
      
        |  | (C)  Section 20.03; | 
      
        |  | (D)  Section 20.04; | 
      
        |  | (E)  Chapter 20A; | 
      
        |  | (F)  Chapter 34, if the criminal activity giving | 
      
        |  | rise to the proceeds involves the commission of an offense under | 
      
        |  | Title 5, Penal Code, or an offense under federal law or the laws of | 
      
        |  | another state containing elements that are substantially similar to | 
      
        |  | the elements of an offense under Title 5; | 
      
        |  | (G)  Section 38.11; | 
      
        |  | (H)  Section 43.04; | 
      
        |  | (I)  Section 43.05; or | 
      
        |  | (J)  Section 43.26; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit | 
      
        |  | an offense listed in Subdivision (1) or (2). (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 18.20, Sec. 4.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.102.  JUDICIAL DETERMINATIONS REQUIRED FOR | 
      
        |  | ISSUANCE OF INTERCEPTION ORDER.  On receipt of an application under | 
      
        |  | Subchapter B, the judge may issue an ex parte interception order, as | 
      
        |  | requested or as modified, if the judge determines from the evidence | 
      
        |  | submitted by the prosecutor that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  there is probable cause to believe that a person is | 
      
        |  | committing, has committed, or is about to commit a particular | 
      
        |  | offense described by Article 18A.101; | 
      
        |  | (2)  there is probable cause to believe that particular | 
      
        |  | communications concerning that offense will be obtained through the | 
      
        |  | interception; | 
      
        |  | (3)  normal investigative procedures have been | 
      
        |  | attempted and have failed or reasonably appear to be unlikely to | 
      
        |  | succeed or to be too dangerous if attempted; | 
      
        |  | (4)  there is probable cause to believe that the | 
      
        |  | facilities from which or the place where the wire, oral, or | 
      
        |  | electronic communications are to be intercepted is being used or is | 
      
        |  | about to be used in connection with the commission of an offense or | 
      
        |  | is leased to, listed in the name of, or commonly used by the person; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (5)  a covert entry is or is not necessary to properly | 
      
        |  | and safely install the wiretapping, electronic surveillance, or | 
      
        |  | eavesdropping equipment. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 9(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.103.  CONTENTS OF INTERCEPTION ORDER.  (a)  An | 
      
        |  | interception order must specify: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the identity of the person, if known, whose | 
      
        |  | communications are to be intercepted; | 
      
        |  | (2)  except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the | 
      
        |  | nature and location of the communications facilities as to which or | 
      
        |  | the place where authority to intercept is granted; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a particular description of the type of | 
      
        |  | communication sought to be intercepted and a statement of the | 
      
        |  | particular offense to which the communication relates; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the identity of the officer making the request and | 
      
        |  | the identity of the prosecutor; | 
      
        |  | (5)  the period during which the interception is | 
      
        |  | authorized, including a statement of whether the interception will | 
      
        |  | automatically terminate when the described communication is first | 
      
        |  | obtained; and | 
      
        |  | (6)  whether a covert entry or surreptitious entry is | 
      
        |  | necessary to properly and safely install wiretapping, electronic | 
      
        |  | surveillance, or eavesdropping equipment. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Each interception order and extension of that order must | 
      
        |  | provide that the authorization to intercept be executed as soon as | 
      
        |  | practicable, be conducted in a way that minimizes the interception | 
      
        |  | of communications not otherwise subject to interception under this | 
      
        |  | chapter, and terminate on obtaining the authorized objective or | 
      
        |  | within 30 days, whichever occurs sooner. | 
      
        |  | (c)  For purposes of Subsection (b), if the intercepted | 
      
        |  | communication is in code or a foreign language and an expert in that | 
      
        |  | code or language is not reasonably available during the period of | 
      
        |  | interception, minimization may be accomplished as soon as | 
      
        |  | practicable after the interception.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, | 
      
        |  | Secs. 9(b), (d) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.104.  LIMITATION ON COVERT ENTRY.  (a)  An | 
      
        |  | interception order may not authorize a covert entry for the purpose | 
      
        |  | of intercepting an oral communication unless: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the judge, in addition to making the | 
      
        |  | determinations required under Article 18A.102, determines: | 
      
        |  | (A)  that: | 
      
        |  | (i)  the premises into or onto which the | 
      
        |  | covert entry is authorized or the person whose communications are | 
      
        |  | to be obtained has been the subject of a pen register previously | 
      
        |  | authorized in connection with the same investigation; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  the premises into or onto which the | 
      
        |  | covert entry is authorized or the person whose communications are | 
      
        |  | to be obtained has been the subject of an interception of wire or | 
      
        |  | electronic communications previously authorized in connection with | 
      
        |  | the same investigation; and | 
      
        |  | (iii)  the procedures under Subparagraphs | 
      
        |  | (i) and (ii) have failed; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  that the procedures under Paragraph (A) | 
      
        |  | reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed or to be too dangerous | 
      
        |  | if attempted or are not feasible under the circumstances or | 
      
        |  | exigencies of time; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the interception order, in addition to the matters | 
      
        |  | required to be specified under Article 18A.103(a), specifies that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the covert entry is for the purpose of | 
      
        |  | intercepting oral communications of two or more persons; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  there is probable cause to believe that the | 
      
        |  | persons described by Paragraph (A) are committing, have committed, | 
      
        |  | or are about to commit a particular offense described by Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.101. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An interception order may not authorize a covert entry | 
      
        |  | into a residence solely for the purpose of intercepting a wire or | 
      
        |  | electronic communication. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. | 
      
        |  | 9(e), (f).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.105.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CERTAIN ANCILLARY ORDERS. | 
      
        |  | An interception order may include an order to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  install or use a pen register, ESN reader, trap and | 
      
        |  | trace device, or mobile tracking device or similar equipment that | 
      
        |  | combines the function of a pen register and trap and trace device; | 
      
        |  | or | 
      
        |  | (2)  disclose a stored communication, information | 
      
        |  | subject to an administrative subpoena, or information subject to | 
      
        |  | access under Chapter 18B. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 9(c) | 
      
        |  | (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.106.  ORDER TO THIRD PARTY TO ASSIST WITH EXECUTION | 
      
        |  | OF INTERCEPTION ORDER.  (a)  On request of the prosecutor applying | 
      
        |  | for an interception order, the judge may issue a separate order | 
      
        |  | directing a provider of a wire or electronic communications | 
      
        |  | service, communication common carrier, landlord, custodian, or | 
      
        |  | other person to provide to the prosecutor all information, | 
      
        |  | facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the | 
      
        |  | interception unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with | 
      
        |  | the services that the service provider, carrier, landlord, | 
      
        |  | custodian, or other person is providing the person whose | 
      
        |  | communications are to be intercepted. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A provider of a wire or electronic communications | 
      
        |  | service, communication common carrier, landlord, custodian, or | 
      
        |  | other person that provides facilities or technical assistance under | 
      
        |  | an order described by Subsection (a) is entitled to compensation, | 
      
        |  | at the prevailing rates, by the prosecutor for reasonable expenses | 
      
        |  | incurred in providing the facilities or assistance. (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 9(c) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.107.  DURATION OF INTERCEPTION ORDER.  An | 
      
        |  | interception order may not authorize the interception of a | 
      
        |  | communication for a period that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  is longer than is necessary to achieve the | 
      
        |  | objective of the authorization; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  exceeds 30 days.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 9(d) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.108.  EXTENSION OF INTERCEPTION ORDER.  (a)  A judge | 
      
        |  | who issues an interception order may grant extensions of the order. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An extension of an interception order may be granted | 
      
        |  | only if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  an application for an extension is made in | 
      
        |  | accordance with Article 18A.055; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the judge makes the findings required by Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.102. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The period of extension may not: | 
      
        |  | (1)  be longer than the judge considers necessary to | 
      
        |  | achieve the purposes for which the extension is granted; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  exceed 30 days.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 9(d) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.109.  REPORT ON NEED FOR CONTINUED INTERCEPTION. | 
      
        |  | (a)  An interception order may require reports to the judge who | 
      
        |  | issued the order that show any progress toward achieving the | 
      
        |  | authorized objective and the need for continued interception. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Reports under this article must be made at any interval | 
      
        |  | the judge requires. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 9(g).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.110.  SUBSEQUENT CRIMINAL PROSECUTION RELATED TO | 
      
        |  | INTERCEPTION ORDER.  A judge who issues an interception order may | 
      
        |  | not hear a criminal prosecution in which: | 
      
        |  | (1)  evidence derived from the interception may be | 
      
        |  | used; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the order may be an issue. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 18.20, Sec. 9(h).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER D.  INTERCEPTION ORDER FOR COMMUNICATION BY | 
      
        |  | SPECIFIED PERSON | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.151.  REQUIREMENTS REGARDING INTERCEPTION ORDER | 
      
        |  | FOR COMMUNICATION BY SPECIFIED PERSON.  The requirements of | 
      
        |  | Articles 18A.055(b)(3)(B) and 18A.103(a)(2) relating to the | 
      
        |  | specification of the facilities from which or the place where a | 
      
        |  | communication is to be intercepted do not apply if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  in the case of an application for an interception | 
      
        |  | order that authorizes the interception of an oral communication: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the application contains a complete | 
      
        |  | statement as to why the specification is not practical and | 
      
        |  | identifies the person committing or believed to be committing the | 
      
        |  | offense and whose communications are to be intercepted; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  a judge of competent jurisdiction finds that | 
      
        |  | the specification is not practical; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  in the case of an application for an interception | 
      
        |  | order that authorizes the interception of a wire or electronic | 
      
        |  | communication: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the application identifies the person | 
      
        |  | committing or believed to be committing the offense and whose | 
      
        |  | communications are to be intercepted; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a judge of competent jurisdiction finds that | 
      
        |  | the prosecutor has made an adequate showing of probable cause to | 
      
        |  | believe that the actions of the person identified in the | 
      
        |  | application could have the effect of preventing interception from a | 
      
        |  | specified facility; and | 
      
        |  | (C)  the authority to intercept a wire or | 
      
        |  | electronic communication under the interception order is limited to | 
      
        |  | a period in which it is reasonable to presume that the person | 
      
        |  | identified in the application will be reasonably proximate to the | 
      
        |  | interception device.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 9A(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.152.  IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERCEPTION ORDER.  A | 
      
        |  | person implementing an interception order that authorizes the | 
      
        |  | interception of an oral communication and that, as permitted by | 
      
        |  | this subchapter, does not specify the facility from which or the | 
      
        |  | place where a communication is to be intercepted may begin | 
      
        |  | interception only after the person ascertains the place where the | 
      
        |  | communication is to be intercepted.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 9A(b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.153.  MOTION TO MODIFY OR QUASH INTERCEPTION ORDER. | 
      
        |  | (a)  A provider of a wire or electronic communications service that | 
      
        |  | receives an interception order that authorizes the interception of | 
      
        |  | a wire or electronic communication and that, as permitted by this | 
      
        |  | subchapter, does not specify the facility from which or the place | 
      
        |  | where a communication is to be intercepted may move the court to | 
      
        |  | modify or quash the order on the ground that the service provider's | 
      
        |  | assistance with respect to the interception cannot be performed in | 
      
        |  | a timely or reasonable manner. | 
      
        |  | (b)  On notice to the state, the court shall decide the | 
      
        |  | motion expeditiously.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 9A(c).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER E.  EMERGENCY INSTALLATION AND USE OF INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | DEVICE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.201.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Immediate life-threatening situation" means a | 
      
        |  | hostage, barricade, or other emergency situation in which a person | 
      
        |  | unlawfully and directly: | 
      
        |  | (A)  threatens another with death; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  exposes another to a substantial risk of | 
      
        |  | serious bodily injury. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Member of a law enforcement unit specially | 
      
        |  | trained to respond to and deal with life-threatening situations" | 
      
        |  | means a peace officer who, as evidenced by the submission of | 
      
        |  | appropriate documentation to the Texas Commission on Law | 
      
        |  | Enforcement: | 
      
        |  | (A)  receives each year a minimum of 40 hours of | 
      
        |  | training in hostage and barricade suspect situations; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  has received a minimum of 24 hours of | 
      
        |  | training on kidnapping investigations and is: | 
      
        |  | (i)  the sheriff of a county with a | 
      
        |  | population of 3.3 million or more or the sheriff's designee; or | 
      
        |  | (ii)  the police chief of a police | 
      
        |  | department in a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or | 
      
        |  | the chief's designee.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. 1(22), | 
      
        |  | (23).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.202.  POSSESSION AND USE OF INTERCEPTION DEVICE IN | 
      
        |  | EMERGENCY SITUATION.  (a)  The prosecutor in a county in which an | 
      
        |  | interception device is to be installed or used shall designate in | 
      
        |  | writing each peace officer in the county, other than a commissioned | 
      
        |  | officer of the department, who is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a member of a law enforcement unit specially | 
      
        |  | trained to respond to and deal with life-threatening situations; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (2)  authorized to possess an interception device and | 
      
        |  | responsible for the installation, operation, and monitoring of the | 
      
        |  | device in an immediate life-threatening situation. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A peace officer designated under Subsection (a) or | 
      
        |  | Article 18A.301(c) may possess, install, operate, or monitor an | 
      
        |  | interception device if the officer: | 
      
        |  | (1)  reasonably believes an immediate life-threatening | 
      
        |  | situation exists that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  is within the territorial jurisdiction of the | 
      
        |  | officer or another officer the officer is assisting; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  requires interception of communications | 
      
        |  | before an interception order can, with due diligence, be obtained | 
      
        |  | under this subchapter; | 
      
        |  | (2)  reasonably believes there are sufficient grounds | 
      
        |  | under this subchapter on which to obtain an interception order; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  before beginning the interception, obtains oral or | 
      
        |  | written consent to the interception from: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a judge of competent jurisdiction; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a district judge for the county in which the | 
      
        |  | device will be installed or used; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  a judge or justice of a court of appeals or of | 
      
        |  | a higher court. | 
      
        |  | (c)  If a peace officer installs or uses an interception | 
      
        |  | device under Subsection (b), the officer shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  promptly report the installation or use to the | 
      
        |  | prosecutor in the county in which the device is installed or used; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (2)  within 48 hours after the installation is complete | 
      
        |  | or the interception begins, whichever occurs first, obtain a | 
      
        |  | written interception order from a judge of competent jurisdiction. | 
      
        |  | (d)  A peace officer may certify to a communication common | 
      
        |  | carrier that the officer is acting lawfully under this subchapter. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. 8A(a), (b), (d), (g).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.203.  CONSENT FOR EMERGENCY INTERCEPTION.  (a)  An | 
      
        |  | official described by Article 18A.202(b)(3) may give oral or | 
      
        |  | written consent to the interception of communications under this | 
      
        |  | subchapter to provide evidence of the commission of a felony, or of | 
      
        |  | a threat, attempt, or conspiracy to commit a felony, in an immediate | 
      
        |  | life-threatening situation. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Oral or written consent given under this subchapter | 
      
        |  | expires on the earlier of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  48 hours after the grant of consent; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the conclusion of the emergency justifying the | 
      
        |  | interception.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 8A(c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.204.  WRITTEN ORDER AUTHORIZING INTERCEPTION.  (a) | 
      
        |  | A judge of competent jurisdiction under Article 18A.051 or under | 
      
        |  | Article 18A.202(b) may issue a written interception order under | 
      
        |  | this subchapter during the 48-hour period prescribed by Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.202(c)(2). | 
      
        |  | (b)  A written interception order under this subchapter | 
      
        |  | expires on the earlier of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the 30th day after the date of execution of the | 
      
        |  | order; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the conclusion of the emergency that initially | 
      
        |  | justified the interception. | 
      
        |  | (c)  If an interception order is denied or is not issued | 
      
        |  | within the 48-hour period, the officer shall terminate use of and | 
      
        |  | remove the interception device promptly on the earlier of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the denial; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the end of the emergency that initially justified | 
      
        |  | the interception; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  the expiration of 48 hours.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 18.20, Sec. 8A(e).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.205.  CERTAIN EVIDENCE NOT ADMISSIBLE.  The state | 
      
        |  | may not use as evidence in a criminal proceeding information gained | 
      
        |  | through the use of an interception device installed under this | 
      
        |  | subchapter if authorization for the device is not sought or is | 
      
        |  | sought but not obtained.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, | 
      
        |  | Secs. 8A(b) (part), (f).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER F.  DETECTION OF CELLULAR TELEPHONE OR OTHER WIRELESS | 
      
        |  | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE IN CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.251.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, | 
      
        |  | "correctional facility" means: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a place described by Section 1.07(a)(14), Penal | 
      
        |  | Code; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  a "secure correctional facility" or "secure | 
      
        |  | detention facility" as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code. (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 8B(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.252.  USE OF INTERCEPTION DEVICE BY INSPECTOR | 
      
        |  | GENERAL.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter | 
      
        |  | or Chapter 18B, the office of inspector general of the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice may: | 
      
        |  | (1)  without a warrant, use an interception device to | 
      
        |  | detect the presence or use of a cellular telephone or other wireless | 
      
        |  | communications device in a correctional facility; | 
      
        |  | (2)  without a warrant, intercept, monitor, detect, or, | 
      
        |  | as authorized by applicable federal laws and regulations, prevent | 
      
        |  | the transmission of a communication through a cellular telephone or | 
      
        |  | other wireless communications device in a correctional facility; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (3)  use, to the extent authorized by law, any | 
      
        |  | information obtained under Subdivision (2), including the contents | 
      
        |  | of an intercepted communication, in a criminal or civil proceeding | 
      
        |  | before a court or other governmental agency or entity. | 
      
        |  | (b)  When using an interception device under Subsection (a), | 
      
        |  | the office of inspector general shall minimize the impact of the | 
      
        |  | device on a communication that is not reasonably related to the | 
      
        |  | detection of the presence or use of a cellular telephone or other | 
      
        |  | wireless communications device in a correctional facility.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. 8B(b), (d).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.253.  REPORTING USE OF INTERCEPTION DEVICE.  Not | 
      
        |  | later than the 30th day after the date on which the office of | 
      
        |  | inspector general uses an interception device under Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.252(a), the inspector general shall report the use of the | 
      
        |  | device to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a prosecutor with jurisdiction in the county in | 
      
        |  | which the device was used; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the special prosecution unit established under | 
      
        |  | Subchapter E, Chapter 41, Government Code, if that unit has | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction in the county in which the device was used.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 8B(c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.254.  NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.  (a)  A person | 
      
        |  | confined in a correctional facility does not have an expectation of | 
      
        |  | privacy with respect to the possession or use of a cellular | 
      
        |  | telephone or other wireless communications device located on the | 
      
        |  | premises of the facility. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A person confined in a correctional facility, and any | 
      
        |  | person with whom the confined person communicates through the use | 
      
        |  | of a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device, | 
      
        |  | does not have an expectation of privacy with respect to the contents | 
      
        |  | of a communication transmitted by the telephone or device.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 8B(e).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER G.  AGENCIES AND PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS AND USE | 
      
        |  | INTERCEPTION DEVICES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.301.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZED TO | 
      
        |  | POSSESS AND USE INTERCEPTION DEVICE.  (a)  Except as otherwise | 
      
        |  | provided by this subchapter and Subchapters E and F, only the | 
      
        |  | department is authorized by this chapter to own, possess, install, | 
      
        |  | operate, or monitor an interception device. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An investigative or law enforcement officer or other | 
      
        |  | person may assist the department in the operation and monitoring of | 
      
        |  | an interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications if the | 
      
        |  | officer or other person: | 
      
        |  | (1)  is designated by the director for that purpose; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (2)  acts in the presence and under the direction of a | 
      
        |  | commissioned officer of the department. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The director shall designate in writing the | 
      
        |  | commissioned officers of the department who are responsible for the | 
      
        |  | possession, installation, operation, and monitoring of | 
      
        |  | interception devices for the department.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 18.20, Secs. 5(a), (b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.302.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 
      
        |  | AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS AND USE INTERCEPTION DEVICE.  (a)  The Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice may own an interception device for a | 
      
        |  | use or purpose authorized by Section 500.008, Government Code. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The inspector general of the Texas Department of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Justice, a commissioned officer of that office, or a | 
      
        |  | person acting in the presence and under the direction of the | 
      
        |  | commissioned officer may possess, install, operate, or monitor the | 
      
        |  | interception device as provided by Section 500.008, Government | 
      
        |  | Code.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 5(c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.303.  TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED | 
      
        |  | TO POSSESS AND USE INTERCEPTION DEVICE.  (a)  The Texas Juvenile | 
      
        |  | Justice Department may own an interception device for a use or | 
      
        |  | purpose authorized by Section 242.103, Human Resources Code. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice | 
      
        |  | Department, a commissioned officer of that office, or a person | 
      
        |  | acting in the presence and under the direction of the commissioned | 
      
        |  | officer may possess, install, operate, or monitor the interception | 
      
        |  | device as provided by Section 242.103, Human Resources Code.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 5(d).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER H.  DISCLOSURE AND USE OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.351.  DISCLOSURE OR USE OF INTERCEPTED | 
      
        |  | COMMUNICATIONS.  An investigative or law enforcement officer who, | 
      
        |  | by means authorized by this chapter, obtains knowledge of the | 
      
        |  | contents of a wire, oral, or electronic communication or evidence | 
      
        |  | derived from the communication may: | 
      
        |  | (1)  use the contents or evidence to the extent the use | 
      
        |  | is appropriate to the proper performance of the officer's official | 
      
        |  | duties; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  disclose the contents or evidence to another | 
      
        |  | investigative or law enforcement officer, including a law | 
      
        |  | enforcement officer or agent of the United States or of another | 
      
        |  | state, to the extent that the disclosure is appropriate to the | 
      
        |  | proper performance of the official duties of the officer making or | 
      
        |  | receiving the disclosure.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, | 
      
        |  | Secs. 7(a), (b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.352.  DISCLOSURE UNDER OATH.  A person who | 
      
        |  | receives, by means authorized by this chapter, information | 
      
        |  | concerning a wire, oral, or electronic communication or evidence | 
      
        |  | derived from a communication intercepted in accordance with this | 
      
        |  | chapter may disclose the contents of that communication or evidence | 
      
        |  | while giving testimony under oath in any proceeding held under the | 
      
        |  | authority of the United States, this state, or a political | 
      
        |  | subdivision of this state.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 7(c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.353.  PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS.  (a)  An otherwise | 
      
        |  | privileged wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepted in | 
      
        |  | accordance with, or in violation of, this chapter does not lose its | 
      
        |  | privileged character. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Evidence derived from a privileged communication | 
      
        |  | described by Subsection (a) against a party to that communication | 
      
        |  | is privileged.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 7(d).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.354.  DISCLOSURE OR USE OF INCIDENTALLY INTERCEPTED | 
      
        |  | COMMUNICATIONS.  (a)  This article applies only to the contents of | 
      
        |  | and evidence derived from wire, oral, or electronic communications | 
      
        |  | that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  are intercepted by an investigative or law | 
      
        |  | enforcement officer while engaged in intercepting wire, oral, or | 
      
        |  | electronic communications in a manner authorized by this chapter; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (2)  relate to offenses other than those specified by | 
      
        |  | the interception order. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The contents of and evidence derived from a | 
      
        |  | communication described by Subsection (a) may be disclosed or used | 
      
        |  | as provided by Article 18A.351. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The contents of and evidence derived from a | 
      
        |  | communication described by Subsection (a) may be used under Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.352 when authorized by a judge of competent jurisdiction if the | 
      
        |  | judge finds, on subsequent application, that the contents were | 
      
        |  | otherwise intercepted in accordance with this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (d)  An application under Subsection (c) must be made as soon | 
      
        |  | as practicable.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 7(e).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.355.  NOTICE AND DISCLOSURE OF INTERCEPTION | 
      
        |  | APPLICATION, INTERCEPTION ORDER, AND INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS. | 
      
        |  | (a)  Within a reasonable period but not later than the 90th day | 
      
        |  | after the date an application for an interception order is denied or | 
      
        |  | after the date an interception order or the last extension, if any, | 
      
        |  | expires, the judge who granted or denied the application shall | 
      
        |  | cause to be served on each person named in the order or application | 
      
        |  | and any other party to an intercepted communication, if any, an | 
      
        |  | inventory that must include notice of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the application or the issuance of the order; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the date of denial of the application, or the date | 
      
        |  | of the issuance of the order and the authorized interception | 
      
        |  | period; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  whether during any authorized interception period | 
      
        |  | wire, oral, or electronic communications were intercepted. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The judge may, on motion, make available for inspection | 
      
        |  | to a person or the person's counsel any portion of an intercepted | 
      
        |  | communication, application, or order that the judge determines to | 
      
        |  | disclose to that person in the interest of justice. | 
      
        |  | (c)  On an ex parte showing of good cause to the judge, the | 
      
        |  | serving of the inventory required under Subsection (a) may be | 
      
        |  | postponed. | 
      
        |  | (d)  Evidence derived from an order under this chapter may | 
      
        |  | not be disclosed in a trial until after the inventory has been | 
      
        |  | served.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 13.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.356.  NOTICE OF INTERCEPTION REQUIRED.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | contents of an intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication | 
      
        |  | or evidence derived from the communication may not be received in | 
      
        |  | evidence or otherwise disclosed in a trial, hearing, or other | 
      
        |  | proceeding in a federal or state court unless each party, not later | 
      
        |  | than the 10th day before the date of the trial, hearing, or other | 
      
        |  | proceeding, has been provided with a copy of the interception order | 
      
        |  | and application under which the interception was authorized. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The judge may waive the 10-day period described by | 
      
        |  | Subsection (a) on a finding that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  it is not possible to provide the party with the | 
      
        |  | information 10 days before the trial, hearing, or proceeding; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the party will not be prejudiced by the delay in | 
      
        |  | receiving the information.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. | 
      
        |  | 14(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.357.  COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.  (a) | 
      
        |  | The contents of an intercepted communication and evidence derived | 
      
        |  | from the communication may be received in evidence in any trial, | 
      
        |  | hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, | 
      
        |  | department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative | 
      
        |  | committee, or other authority of the United States, this state, or a | 
      
        |  | political subdivision of this state unless: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the communication was intercepted in violation of | 
      
        |  | this chapter, Section 16.02, Penal Code, or federal law; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the disclosure of the contents of the | 
      
        |  | communication or evidence derived from the communication would | 
      
        |  | violate a law described by Subdivision (1). | 
      
        |  | (b)  The contents of an intercepted communication and | 
      
        |  | evidence derived from the communication may be received in a civil | 
      
        |  | trial, hearing, or other proceeding only if the civil trial, | 
      
        |  | hearing, or other proceeding arises out of a violation of a penal | 
      
        |  | law. | 
      
        |  | (c)  This article does not prohibit the use or admissibility | 
      
        |  | of the contents of an intercepted communication or evidence derived | 
      
        |  | from the communication if the communication was intercepted in a | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction outside this state in compliance with the law of that | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 2.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.358.  SUPPRESSION OF CONTENTS OF INTERCEPTED | 
      
        |  | COMMUNICATIONS.  (a) An aggrieved person charged with an offense in | 
      
        |  | a trial, hearing, or proceeding in or before a court, department, | 
      
        |  | officer, agency, regulatory body, or other authority of the United | 
      
        |  | States, this state, or a political subdivision of this state may | 
      
        |  | move to suppress the contents of an intercepted wire, oral, or | 
      
        |  | electronic communication or evidence derived from the | 
      
        |  | communication on the ground that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the communication was unlawfully intercepted; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the interception order is insufficient on its | 
      
        |  | face; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  the interception was not made in conformity with | 
      
        |  | the interception order. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A person identified by a party to an intercepted wire, | 
      
        |  | oral, or electronic communication during the course of that | 
      
        |  | communication may move to suppress the contents of the | 
      
        |  | communication on: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a ground provided under Subsection (a); or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the ground that the harm to the person resulting | 
      
        |  | from the person's identification in court exceeds the value to the | 
      
        |  | prosecution of the disclosure of the contents. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The motion to suppress must be made before the trial, | 
      
        |  | hearing, or proceeding unless: | 
      
        |  | (1)  there was not an opportunity to make the motion; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the aggrieved person was not aware of the grounds | 
      
        |  | of the motion. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The hearing on the motion to suppress shall be held in | 
      
        |  | camera on the written request of the aggrieved person. | 
      
        |  | (e)  If the motion to suppress is granted, the contents of | 
      
        |  | the intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication and | 
      
        |  | evidence derived from the communication shall be treated as having | 
      
        |  | been obtained in violation of this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (f)  The judge, on the filing of the motion to suppress by the | 
      
        |  | aggrieved person, shall make available to the aggrieved person or | 
      
        |  | the person's counsel for inspection any portion of the intercepted | 
      
        |  | communication or evidence derived from the communication that the | 
      
        |  | judge determines to make available in the interest of justice. | 
      
        |  | (g)  A judge of this state, on hearing a pretrial motion | 
      
        |  | regarding conversations intercepted by wire in accordance with this | 
      
        |  | chapter, or who otherwise becomes informed that there exists on | 
      
        |  | such an intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication | 
      
        |  | identification of a specific individual who is not a suspect or a | 
      
        |  | party to the subject of interception shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  give notice and an opportunity to be heard on the | 
      
        |  | matter of suppression of references to that individual if | 
      
        |  | identification is sufficient to give notice; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  suppress references to that individual if | 
      
        |  | identification is: | 
      
        |  | (A)  sufficient to potentially cause | 
      
        |  | embarrassment or harm that outweighs the probative value, if any, | 
      
        |  | of the mention of that individual; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  insufficient to require the notice under | 
      
        |  | Subdivision (1).  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. 14(b), (c), | 
      
        |  | (d), (e).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER I.  USE AND DISPOSITION OF APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.401.  SEALING OF APPLICATION OR ORDER.  The judge | 
      
        |  | shall seal each application made and order issued under this | 
      
        |  | chapter.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 11 (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.402.  CUSTODY OF APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS.  Custody | 
      
        |  | of applications and orders issued under this chapter shall be | 
      
        |  | wherever the judge directs.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 11 | 
      
        |  | (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.403.  DISCLOSURE OF APPLICATION OR ORDER.  An | 
      
        |  | application made or order issued under this chapter may be | 
      
        |  | disclosed only on a showing of good cause before a judge of | 
      
        |  | competent jurisdiction.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 11 | 
      
        |  | (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.404.  DESTRUCTION OF APPLICATION OR ORDER.  An | 
      
        |  | application made or order issued under this chapter may be | 
      
        |  | destroyed only on or after the 10th anniversary of the date the | 
      
        |  | application or order was sealed and only if the judge of competent | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction for the administrative judicial region in which the | 
      
        |  | application was made or the order was issued orders the | 
      
        |  | destruction.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 11 (part).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER J.  CREATION, USE, AND DISPOSITION OF RECORDINGS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.451.  CREATION OF RECORDINGS.  The contents of a | 
      
        |  | wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepted by means | 
      
        |  | authorized by this chapter shall be recorded on tape, wire, or other | 
      
        |  | comparable device in a way that protects the recording from editing | 
      
        |  | or other alterations.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 10(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.452.  DUPLICATION OF RECORDINGS.  Recordings under | 
      
        |  | Article 18A.451 may be duplicated for use or disclosure under | 
      
        |  | Article 18A.351 for investigations. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 10(c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.453.  SEALING AND CUSTODY OF RECORDINGS.  (a) | 
      
        |  | Immediately on the expiration of the period of an interception | 
      
        |  | order and all extensions, if any, the recordings under Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.451 shall be: | 
      
        |  | (1)  made available to the judge issuing the order; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  sealed under the judge's directions. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Custody of the recordings shall be wherever the judge | 
      
        |  | orders. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 10(b) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.454.  DESTRUCTION OF RECORDINGS.  A recording under | 
      
        |  | Article 18A.451 may be destroyed only on or after the 10th | 
      
        |  | anniversary of the date of expiration of the interception order and | 
      
        |  | the last extension, if any, and only if the judge of competent | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction for the administrative judicial region in which the | 
      
        |  | interception was authorized orders the destruction.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 10(b) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.455.  PREREQUISITE FOR USE OR DISCLOSURE OF | 
      
        |  | RECORDING IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS.  The presence of the seal | 
      
        |  | required by Article 18A.453(a) or a satisfactory explanation of the | 
      
        |  | seal's absence is a prerequisite for the use or disclosure of the | 
      
        |  | contents of a wire, oral, or electronic communication or evidence | 
      
        |  | derived from the communication under Article 18A.352. (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 10(d).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER K.  VIOLATION; SANCTIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.501.  CONTEMPT.  A violation of Subchapter I or J | 
      
        |  | may be punished as contempt of court.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 18.20, Sec. 12.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.502.  RECOVERY OF CIVIL DAMAGES BY AGGRIEVED | 
      
        |  | PERSON.  A person whose wire, oral, or electronic communication is | 
      
        |  | intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this chapter or | 
      
        |  | Chapter 16, Penal Code: | 
      
        |  | (1)  has a civil cause of action against any person who | 
      
        |  | intercepts, discloses, or uses or solicits another person to | 
      
        |  | intercept, disclose, or use the communication; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  is entitled to recover from the person: | 
      
        |  | (A)  actual damages but not less than liquidated | 
      
        |  | damages computed at a rate of $100 for each day the violation occurs | 
      
        |  | or $1,000, whichever is higher; | 
      
        |  | (B)  punitive damages; and | 
      
        |  | (C)  reasonable attorney's fees and other | 
      
        |  | litigation costs reasonably incurred.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 18.20, Sec. 16(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.503.  ACTION BROUGHT BY FEDERAL OR STATE | 
      
        |  | GOVERNMENT; INJUNCTION; PENALTIES.  (a)  A person is subject to suit | 
      
        |  | by the federal or state government in a court of competent | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction for appropriate injunctive relief if the person | 
      
        |  | engages in conduct that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  constitutes an offense under Section 16.05, Penal | 
      
        |  | Code, but is not for a tortious or illegal purpose or for the | 
      
        |  | purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage or private | 
      
        |  | commercial gain; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  involves a radio communication that is: | 
      
        |  | (A)  transmitted on frequencies allocated under | 
      
        |  | Subpart D of Part 74 of the rules of the Federal Communications | 
      
        |  | Commission; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  not scrambled or encrypted. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The attorney general or the county or district attorney | 
      
        |  | of the county in which the conduct described by Subsection (a) is | 
      
        |  | occurring may file suit under that subsection on behalf of the | 
      
        |  | state. | 
      
        |  | (c)  A defendant is liable for a civil penalty of $500 if it | 
      
        |  | is shown at the trial of the civil suit brought under Subsection (a) | 
      
        |  | that the defendant has been: | 
      
        |  | (1)  convicted of an offense under Section 16.05, Penal | 
      
        |  | Code; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  found liable in a civil action brought under | 
      
        |  | Article 18A.502. | 
      
        |  | (d)  Each violation of an injunction ordered under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (a) is punishable by a fine of $500.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 18.20, Secs. 16(c), (d), (e), (f).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.504.  GOOD FAITH DEFENSE AVAILABLE.  A good faith | 
      
        |  | reliance on a court order or legislative authorization constitutes | 
      
        |  | a complete defense to an action brought under Article 18A.502 or | 
      
        |  | 18A.503.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 16(b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.505.  NO CAUSE OF ACTION.  A computer trespasser or | 
      
        |  | a user, aggrieved person, subscriber, or customer of a | 
      
        |  | communication common carrier or provider of an electronic | 
      
        |  | communications service does not have a cause of action against the | 
      
        |  | carrier or service provider, the officers, employees, or agents of | 
      
        |  | the carrier or service provider, or other specified persons for | 
      
        |  | providing information, facilities, or assistance as required by a | 
      
        |  | good faith reliance on: | 
      
        |  | (1)  legislative authority; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  a court order, warrant, subpoena, or certification | 
      
        |  | under this chapter.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 16(g).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER L.  REPORTS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.551.  REPORT OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS BY | 
      
        |  | JUDGE.  (a)  Within 30 days after the date an interception order or | 
      
        |  | the last extension, if any, expires or after the denial of an | 
      
        |  | interception order, the issuing or denying judge shall report to | 
      
        |  | the Administrative Office of the United States Courts: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the fact that an order or extension was applied | 
      
        |  | for; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the kind of order or extension applied for; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the fact that the order or extension was granted as | 
      
        |  | applied for, was modified, or was denied; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the period of interceptions authorized by the | 
      
        |  | order and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; | 
      
        |  | (5)  the offense specified in the order or application | 
      
        |  | or extension; | 
      
        |  | (6)  the identity of the requesting officer and the | 
      
        |  | prosecutor; and | 
      
        |  | (7)  the nature of the facilities from which or the | 
      
        |  | place where communications were to be intercepted. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A judge required to file a report under this article | 
      
        |  | shall forward a copy of the report to the director.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. 15(a), (c) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.552.  REPORT OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS BY | 
      
        |  | PROSECUTOR.  (a)  In January of each year each prosecutor shall | 
      
        |  | report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts the | 
      
        |  | following information for the preceding calendar year: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the information required by Article 18A.551(a) | 
      
        |  | with respect to each application for an interception order or | 
      
        |  | extension made; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a general description of the interceptions made | 
      
        |  | under each order or extension, including: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the approximate nature and frequency of | 
      
        |  | incriminating communications intercepted; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the approximate nature and frequency of other | 
      
        |  | communications intercepted; | 
      
        |  | (C)  the approximate number of persons whose | 
      
        |  | communications were intercepted; and | 
      
        |  | (D)  the approximate nature, amount, and cost of | 
      
        |  | the personnel and other resources used in the interceptions; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the number of arrests resulting from interceptions | 
      
        |  | made under each order or extension and the offenses for which the | 
      
        |  | arrests were made; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the number of trials resulting from interceptions; | 
      
        |  | (5)  the number of motions to suppress made with | 
      
        |  | respect to interceptions and the number granted or denied; | 
      
        |  | (6)  the number of convictions resulting from | 
      
        |  | interceptions, the offenses for which the convictions were | 
      
        |  | obtained, and a general assessment of the importance of the | 
      
        |  | interceptions; and | 
      
        |  | (7)  the information required by Subdivisions (2) | 
      
        |  | through (6) with respect to orders or extensions obtained. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A prosecutor required to file a report under this | 
      
        |  | article shall forward a copy of the report to the director.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. 15(b), (c) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18A.553.  REPORT OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS BY | 
      
        |  | DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  (a)  On or before March 1 of each year, | 
      
        |  | the director shall submit a report of all intercepts conducted | 
      
        |  | under this chapter and terminated during the preceding calendar | 
      
        |  | year to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the governor; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the lieutenant governor; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the speaker of the house of representatives; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the chair of the senate jurisprudence committee; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (5)  the chair of the house of representatives criminal | 
      
        |  | jurisprudence committee. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The report must include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the reports of judges and prosecuting attorneys | 
      
        |  | forwarded to the director as required by Articles 18A.551(b) and | 
      
        |  | 18A.552(b); | 
      
        |  | (2)  the number of department personnel authorized to | 
      
        |  | possess, install, or operate an interception device; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the number of department and other law enforcement | 
      
        |  | personnel who participated or engaged in the seizure of intercepts | 
      
        |  | under this chapter during the preceding calendar year; and | 
      
        |  | (4)  the total cost to the department of all activities | 
      
        |  | and procedures relating to the seizure of intercepts during the | 
      
        |  | preceding calendar year, including costs of equipment, personnel, | 
      
        |  | and expenses incurred as compensation for use of facilities or | 
      
        |  | technical assistance provided to the department.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.20, Sec. 15(c) (part).) | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.02.  Title 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Chapter 18B to read as follows: | 
      
        |  |  | 
      
        |  | CHAPTER 18B.  INSTALLATION AND USE OF TRACKING EQUIPMENT; ACCESS TO | 
      
        |  | COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.001.  DEFINITIONS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B.  APPLICATION FOR ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND | 
      
        |  | USE OF EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.051.  REQUIREMENTS REGARDING REQUEST FOR AND | 
      
        |  | FILING OF APPLICATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.052.  JURISDICTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.053.  APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C.  ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE OF EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.101.  ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE | 
      
        |  | OF PEN REGISTER, ESN READER, OR | 
      
        |  | SIMILAR EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.102.  ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE | 
      
        |  | OF TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE OR SIMILAR | 
      
        |  | EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.103.  COMPENSATION FOR CARRIER OR SERVICE | 
      
        |  | PROVIDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.104.  DURATION OF ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.105.  SEALING RECORDS OF APPLICATION AND ORDER | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER D.  EMERGENCY INSTALLATION AND USE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.151.  EMERGENCY INSTALLATION AND USE OF PEN | 
      
        |  | REGISTER OR TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.152.  ORDER AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY INSTALLATION | 
      
        |  | AND USE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.153.  ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OBTAINED | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER E.  MOBILE TRACKING DEVICES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.201.  DEFINITION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.202.  ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE | 
      
        |  | OF MOBILE TRACKING DEVICE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.203.  JURISDICTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.204.  NOTIFICATION OF JUDGE FOLLOWING | 
      
        |  | ACTIVATION OF MOBILE TRACKING DEVICE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.205.  DURATION OF ORDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.206.  REMOVAL OF DEVICE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.207.  NONAPPLICABILITY | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER F.  LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND DUTIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.251.  POLICY REQUIRED | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.252.  PEACE OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS, | 
      
        |  | INSTALL, OPERATE, OR MONITOR EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.253.  LIMITATION: PEN REGISTERS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.254.  APPLICATION OR ORDER NOT REQUIRED FOR | 
      
        |  | CERTAIN SEARCHES | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER G.  OVERSIGHT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.301.  COMPLIANCE AUDIT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.302.  REPORT OF EXPENDITURES | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER H.  ACCESS TO STORED COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER STORED | 
      
        |  | CUSTOMER DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.351.  GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER | 
      
        |  | DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.352.  COURT ORDER FOR GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO | 
      
        |  | STORED CUSTOMER DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.353.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: | 
      
        |  | APPLICABILITY | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.354.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: | 
      
        |  | APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF WARRANT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.355.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: EXECUTION | 
      
        |  | OF WARRANT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.356.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: | 
      
        |  | COMPLIANCE WITH WARRANT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.357.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: | 
      
        |  | AUTHENTICATION OF RECORDS BY SERVICE | 
      
        |  | PROVIDER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.358.  WARRANT ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.359.  GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO CERTAIN STORED | 
      
        |  | CUSTOMER DATA WITHOUT LEGAL PROCESS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER I.  BACKUP PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.401.  BACKUP PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC | 
      
        |  | CUSTOMER DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.402.  NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBER OR CUSTOMER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.403.  RELEASE OF COPY OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER | 
      
        |  | DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.404.  DESTRUCTION OF COPY OF ELECTRONIC | 
      
        |  | CUSTOMER DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.405.  REQUEST FOR COPY OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER | 
      
        |  | DATA BY AUTHORIZED PEACE OFFICER | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.406.  PROCEEDINGS TO QUASH SUBPOENA OR VACATE | 
      
        |  | COURT ORDER | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER J.  PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.451.  SUBPOENA AUTHORITY | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.452.  REPORT OF ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.453.  COMPLIANCE WITH POLICY FOR INSTALLATION | 
      
        |  | AND USE OF EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER K.  SERVICE PROVIDER POWERS AND DUTIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.501.  PRECLUSION OF NOTIFICATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.502.  DISCLOSURE BY SERVICE PROVIDER | 
      
        |  | PROHIBITED | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.503.  REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER L.  REMEDIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.551.  CAUSE OF ACTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.552.  NO CAUSE OF ACTION | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.553.  EXCLUSIVITY OF REMEDIES | 
      
        |  | CHAPTER 18B.  INSTALLATION AND USE OF TRACKING EQUIPMENT; ACCESS TO | 
      
        |  | COMMUNICATIONS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Authorized peace officer" means: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a sheriff or deputy sheriff; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a constable or deputy constable; | 
      
        |  | (C)  a marshal or police officer of a | 
      
        |  | municipality; | 
      
        |  | (D)  a ranger or officer commissioned by the | 
      
        |  | Public Safety Commission or the director of the department; | 
      
        |  | (E)  an investigator of a prosecutor's office; | 
      
        |  | (F)  a law enforcement agent of the Texas | 
      
        |  | Alcoholic Beverage Commission; | 
      
        |  | (G)  a law enforcement officer commissioned by the | 
      
        |  | Parks and Wildlife Commission; | 
      
        |  | (H)  an enforcement officer appointed by the | 
      
        |  | inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under | 
      
        |  | Section 493.019, Government Code; | 
      
        |  | (I)  an investigator commissioned by the attorney | 
      
        |  | general under Section 402.009, Government Code; or | 
      
        |  | (J)  a member of an arson investigating unit | 
      
        |  | commissioned by a municipality, a county, or the state. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Communication common carrier," "electronic | 
      
        |  | communication," "electronic communications service," "user," and | 
      
        |  | "wire communication" have the meanings assigned by Article 18A.001. | 
      
        |  | (3)  "Department" means the Department of Public Safety | 
      
        |  | of the State of Texas. | 
      
        |  | (4)  "Designated law enforcement office or agency" | 
      
        |  | means: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the sheriff's department of a county with a | 
      
        |  | population of 3.3 million or more; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a police department in a municipality with a | 
      
        |  | population of 500,000 or more; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  the office of inspector general of the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice. | 
      
        |  | (5)  "Domestic entity" has the meaning assigned by | 
      
        |  | Section 1.002, Business Organizations Code. | 
      
        |  | (6)  "Electronic communications system" means: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a wire, radio, electromagnetic, | 
      
        |  | photo-optical, or photoelectronic facility for the transmission of | 
      
        |  | wire or electronic communications; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  any computer facility or related electronic | 
      
        |  | equipment for the electronic storage of wire or electronic | 
      
        |  | communications. | 
      
        |  | (7)  "Electronic customer data" means data or records | 
      
        |  | that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  are in the possession, care, custody, or | 
      
        |  | control of a provider of an electronic communications service or | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  contain: | 
      
        |  | (i)  information revealing the identity of | 
      
        |  | customers of the applicable service; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  information about a customer's use of | 
      
        |  | the applicable service; | 
      
        |  | (iii)  information that identifies the | 
      
        |  | recipient or destination of a wire or electronic communication sent | 
      
        |  | to or by a customer; | 
      
        |  | (iv)  the content of a wire or electronic | 
      
        |  | communication sent to or by a customer; and | 
      
        |  | (v)  any data stored with the applicable | 
      
        |  | service provider by or on behalf of a customer. | 
      
        |  | (8)  "Electronic storage" means storage of electronic | 
      
        |  | customer data in a computer, computer network, or computer system, | 
      
        |  | regardless of whether the data is subject to recall, further | 
      
        |  | manipulation, deletion, or transmission.  The term includes storage | 
      
        |  | of a wire or electronic communication by an electronic | 
      
        |  | communications service or a remote computing service. | 
      
        |  | (9)  "ESN reader" means a device that, without | 
      
        |  | intercepting the contents of a communication, records the | 
      
        |  | electronic serial number from the data track of a wireless | 
      
        |  | telephone, cellular telephone, or similar communication device | 
      
        |  | that transmits its operational status to a base site. | 
      
        |  | (10)  "Pen register" means a device or process that | 
      
        |  | records or decodes dialing, routing, addressing, or signaling | 
      
        |  | information transmitted by an instrument or facility from which a | 
      
        |  | wire or electronic communication is transmitted, if the information | 
      
        |  | does not include the contents of the communication.  The term does | 
      
        |  | not include a device used by a provider or customer of a wire or | 
      
        |  | electronic communications service in the ordinary course of the | 
      
        |  | service provider's or customer's business for purposes of: | 
      
        |  | (A)  billing or recording incident to billing for | 
      
        |  | communications services; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  cost accounting, security control, or other | 
      
        |  | ordinary business purposes. | 
      
        |  | (11)  "Prosecutor" means a district attorney, criminal | 
      
        |  | district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a | 
      
        |  | district attorney. | 
      
        |  | (12)  "Remote computing service" means the provision of | 
      
        |  | computer storage or processing services to the public by means of an | 
      
        |  | electronic communications system. | 
      
        |  | (13)  "Trap and trace device" means a device or process | 
      
        |  | that records an incoming electronic or other impulse that | 
      
        |  | identifies the originating number or other dialing, routing, | 
      
        |  | addressing, or signaling information reasonably likely to identify | 
      
        |  | the source of a wire or electronic communication, if the | 
      
        |  | information does not include the contents of the communication. | 
      
        |  | The term does not include a device or telecommunications network | 
      
        |  | used in providing: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a caller identification service authorized | 
      
        |  | by the Public Utility Commission of Texas under Subchapter E, | 
      
        |  | Chapter 55, Utilities Code; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the services referenced by Section | 
      
        |  | 55.102(b), Utilities Code; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  a caller identification service provided by a | 
      
        |  | commercial mobile radio service provider licensed by the Federal | 
      
        |  | Communications Commission.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.20, Secs. | 
      
        |  | 1(17), (20); Art. 18.21, Secs. 1(1) (part), (2), (3), (3-a), (3-b), | 
      
        |  | (3-c), (4), (6), (7), (8), (10).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B.  APPLICATION FOR ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND | 
      
        |  | USE OF EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.051.  REQUIREMENTS REGARDING REQUEST FOR AND FILING | 
      
        |  | OF APPLICATION.  (a)  A prosecutor with jurisdiction in a county | 
      
        |  | within a judicial district described by Article 18B.052 may file | 
      
        |  | with a district judge in the judicial district an application for | 
      
        |  | the installation and use of a pen register, ESN reader, trap and | 
      
        |  | trace device, or similar equipment that combines the function of a | 
      
        |  | pen register and a trap and trace device. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A prosecutor may file an application under this | 
      
        |  | subchapter or under federal law  on: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the prosecutor's own motion; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the request of an authorized peace officer, | 
      
        |  | regardless of whether the peace officer is commissioned by the | 
      
        |  | department. | 
      
        |  | (c)  A prosecutor must make an application personally and may | 
      
        |  | not make the application through an assistant or other person | 
      
        |  | acting on the prosecutor's behalf if the prosecutor: | 
      
        |  | (1)  files an application on the prosecutor's own | 
      
        |  | motion; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  files an application for the installation and use | 
      
        |  | of a pen register, ESN reader, or similar equipment on the request | 
      
        |  | of an authorized peace officer not commissioned by the department, | 
      
        |  | other than an authorized peace officer employed by a designated law | 
      
        |  | enforcement office or agency. | 
      
        |  | (d)  A prosecutor may make an application through an | 
      
        |  | assistant or other person acting on the prosecutor's behalf if the | 
      
        |  | prosecutor files an application for the installation and use of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a pen register, ESN reader, or similar equipment | 
      
        |  | on the request of: | 
      
        |  | (A)  an authorized peace officer who is | 
      
        |  | commissioned by the department; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  an authorized peace officer of a designated | 
      
        |  | law enforcement office or agency; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  a trap and trace device or similar equipment on the | 
      
        |  | request of an authorized peace officer, regardless of whether the | 
      
        |  | peace officer is commissioned by the department.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 2(a) (part), (b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.052.  JURISDICTION.  An application under this | 
      
        |  | subchapter must be filed in a judicial district in which is located: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the site of the proposed installation or use of the | 
      
        |  | device or equipment; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the site of the communication device on which the | 
      
        |  | device or equipment is proposed to be installed or used; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the billing, residential, or business address of | 
      
        |  | the subscriber to the electronic communications service on which | 
      
        |  | the device or equipment is proposed to be installed or used; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the headquarters of: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the office of the prosecutor filing an | 
      
        |  | application under this subchapter; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  a law enforcement agency that requests the | 
      
        |  | prosecutor to file an application under this subchapter or that | 
      
        |  | proposes to execute an order authorizing installation and use of | 
      
        |  | the device or equipment; or | 
      
        |  | (5)  the headquarters of a service provider ordered to | 
      
        |  | install the device or equipment.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 2(a) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.053.  APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.  An application | 
      
        |  | under this subchapter must: | 
      
        |  | (1)  be made in writing under oath; | 
      
        |  | (2)  include the name of the subscriber and the | 
      
        |  | telephone number and location of the communication device on which | 
      
        |  | the pen register, ESN reader, trap and trace device, or similar | 
      
        |  | equipment will be used, to the extent that information is known or | 
      
        |  | is reasonably ascertainable; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  state that the installation and use of the device | 
      
        |  | or equipment will likely produce information that is material to an | 
      
        |  | ongoing criminal investigation.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 2(c).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C.  ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE OF EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.101.  ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE OF PEN | 
      
        |  | REGISTER, ESN READER, OR SIMILAR EQUIPMENT.  (a)  On presentation of | 
      
        |  | an application under Subchapter B, a judge may order the | 
      
        |  | installation and use of a pen register, ESN reader, or similar | 
      
        |  | equipment by an authorized peace officer commissioned by the | 
      
        |  | department or an authorized peace officer of a designated law | 
      
        |  | enforcement office or agency. | 
      
        |  | (b)  On request of the applicant, the judge shall direct in | 
      
        |  | the order that a communication common carrier or a provider of an | 
      
        |  | electronic communications service provide all information, | 
      
        |  | facilities, and technical assistance necessary to facilitate the | 
      
        |  | installation and use of the device or equipment by the department or | 
      
        |  | designated law enforcement office or agency unobtrusively and with | 
      
        |  | a minimum of interference to the services provided by the carrier or | 
      
        |  | service provider.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 2(d) | 
      
        |  | (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.102.  ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE OF | 
      
        |  | TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE OR SIMILAR EQUIPMENT.  (a)  On presentation of | 
      
        |  | an application under Subchapter B, a judge may order the | 
      
        |  | installation and use of a trap and trace device or similar equipment | 
      
        |  | on the appropriate line by a communication common carrier or other | 
      
        |  | person. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The judge may direct the communication common carrier or | 
      
        |  | other person, including any landlord or other custodian of | 
      
        |  | equipment, to provide all information, facilities, and technical | 
      
        |  | assistance necessary to install or use the device or equipment | 
      
        |  | unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference to the services | 
      
        |  | provided by the communication common carrier, landlord, custodian, | 
      
        |  | or other person. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the results of | 
      
        |  | the device or equipment shall be provided to the applicant, as | 
      
        |  | designated by the court, at reasonable intervals during regular | 
      
        |  | business hours, for the duration of the order.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 18.21, Sec. 2(e) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.103.  COMPENSATION FOR CARRIER OR SERVICE PROVIDER. | 
      
        |  | (a)  A communication common carrier or a provider of an electronic | 
      
        |  | communications service that provides facilities and assistance to | 
      
        |  | the department or a designated law enforcement office or agency | 
      
        |  | under Article 18B.101(b) is entitled to compensation at the | 
      
        |  | prevailing rates for the facilities and assistance. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A communication common carrier that provides facilities | 
      
        |  | and assistance to a designated law enforcement office or agency | 
      
        |  | under Article 18B.102(b) is entitled to compensation at the | 
      
        |  | prevailing rates for the facilities and assistance.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 2(d) (part), (e) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.104.  DURATION OF ORDER.  (a)  An order for the | 
      
        |  | installation and use of a device or equipment under this subchapter | 
      
        |  | is valid for a period not to exceed 60 days after the earlier of the | 
      
        |  | date the device or equipment is installed or the 10th day after the | 
      
        |  | date the order is entered, unless the prosecutor applies for and | 
      
        |  | obtains an extension of the order from the court before the order | 
      
        |  | expires. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Each extension granted under Subsection (a) may not | 
      
        |  | exceed a period of 60 days, except that the court may extend an | 
      
        |  | order for a period not to exceed one year with the consent of the | 
      
        |  | subscriber or customer of the service on which the device or | 
      
        |  | equipment is used.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 2(f).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.105.  SEALING RECORDS OF APPLICATION AND ORDER.  A | 
      
        |  | district court shall seal an application and order granted under | 
      
        |  | this chapter.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 2(g).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER D.  EMERGENCY INSTALLATION AND USE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.151.  EMERGENCY INSTALLATION AND USE OF PEN | 
      
        |  | REGISTER OR TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE.  (a)  In this article, "immediate | 
      
        |  | life-threatening situation" has the meaning assigned by Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.201. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A peace officer authorized to possess, install, | 
      
        |  | operate, or monitor a device under Subchapter E, Chapter 18A, may | 
      
        |  | install and use a pen register or trap and trace device if the peace | 
      
        |  | officer reasonably believes: | 
      
        |  | (1)  an immediate life-threatening situation exists | 
      
        |  | that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  is within the territorial jurisdiction of the | 
      
        |  | peace officer or another officer the peace officer is assisting; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (B)  requires the installation of a pen register | 
      
        |  | or trap and trace device before an order authorizing the | 
      
        |  | installation and use can, with due diligence, be obtained under | 
      
        |  | this chapter; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  there are sufficient grounds under this chapter on | 
      
        |  | which to obtain an order authorizing the installation and use of a | 
      
        |  | pen register or trap and trace device.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 18.21, Secs. 1(1) (part), 3(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.152.  ORDER AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY INSTALLATION AND | 
      
        |  | USE.  (a)  A peace officer who installs or uses a pen register or | 
      
        |  | trap and trace device under Article 18B.151 shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  promptly report the installation or use of the | 
      
        |  | device to the prosecutor in the county in which the device is | 
      
        |  | installed or used; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  within 48 hours after the installation of the | 
      
        |  | device is complete or the use of the device begins, whichever occurs | 
      
        |  | first, obtain an order under Subchapter C authorizing the | 
      
        |  | installation and use of the device. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A judge may issue an order authorizing the installation | 
      
        |  | and use of a device under this subchapter during the 48-hour period | 
      
        |  | prescribed by Subsection (a)(2).  If an order is denied or is not | 
      
        |  | issued within the 48-hour period, the peace officer shall terminate | 
      
        |  | use of and remove the pen register or trap and trace device promptly | 
      
        |  | on the earlier of the denial or the expiration of 48 hours.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 3(a) (part), (b), (c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.153.  ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OBTAINED.  The | 
      
        |  | state may not use as evidence in a criminal proceeding any | 
      
        |  | information gained through the use of a pen register or trap and | 
      
        |  | trace device installed under this subchapter if an authorized peace | 
      
        |  | officer: | 
      
        |  | (1)  does not apply for authorization for the pen | 
      
        |  | register or trap and trace device; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  applies for but does not obtain that | 
      
        |  | authorization.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 3(d).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER E.  MOBILE TRACKING DEVICES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.201.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "mobile | 
      
        |  | tracking device" means an electronic or mechanical device that | 
      
        |  | permits tracking the movement of a person, vehicle, container, | 
      
        |  | item, or object.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 1(5).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.202.  ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE OF | 
      
        |  | MOBILE TRACKING DEVICE.  (a)  A district judge may issue an order | 
      
        |  | for the installation and use of a mobile tracking device only on the | 
      
        |  | application of an authorized peace officer. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An application must be written, signed, and sworn to | 
      
        |  | before the judge. | 
      
        |  | (c)  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 identified under Subdivision (2); | 
      
        |  | (4)  state the judicial jurisdictional area in which | 
      
        |  | the vehicle, container, or item identified under 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 that criminal activity.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 14(a) (part), (c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.203.  JURISDICTION.  (a)  A district judge may issue | 
      
        |  | an order for the installation and use of a mobile tracking device in | 
      
        |  | the same judicial district as the site of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the investigation; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the person, vehicle, container, item, or object | 
      
        |  | the movement of which will be tracked by the 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.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 18.21, Secs. 14(a), (b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.204.  NOTIFICATION OF JUDGE FOLLOWING ACTIVATION OF | 
      
        |  | MOBILE TRACKING DEVICE.  Within 72 hours after the time a mobile | 
      
        |  | tracking device is activated in place on or within a vehicle, | 
      
        |  | container, or item, the applicant for whom an order was issued under | 
      
        |  | this subchapter shall notify in writing the judge who issued the | 
      
        |  | order.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 14(d).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.205.  DURATION OF ORDER.  (a)  An order under this | 
      
        |  | subchapter expires not later than the 90th day after the date that | 
      
        |  | the mobile tracking device was activated in place on or within the | 
      
        |  | vehicle, container, or item. | 
      
        |  | (b)  For good cause shown, the judge may grant an extension | 
      
        |  | for an additional 90-day period. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 14(e).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.206.  REMOVAL OF DEVICE.  (a)  The applicant shall | 
      
        |  | remove or cause to be removed the mobile tracking device as soon as | 
      
        |  | is practicable after the authorization period expires. | 
      
        |  | (b)  If removal is not practicable, the device may not be | 
      
        |  | monitored after the expiration of the order.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 18.21, Sec. 14(f).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.207.  NONAPPLICABILITY.  (a)  This subchapter 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. | 
      
        |  | (b)  In an emergency, a private entity may monitor a device | 
      
        |  | described by Subsection (a).  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. | 
      
        |  | 14(g).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER F.  LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND DUTIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.251.  POLICY REQUIRED.  Each designated law | 
      
        |  | enforcement office or agency shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  adopt a written policy governing the application | 
      
        |  | of this chapter to the office or agency; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  submit the policy to the director of the | 
      
        |  | department, or the director's designee, for approval.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 2(j).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.252.  PEACE OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS, | 
      
        |  | INSTALL, OPERATE, OR MONITOR EQUIPMENT.  (a)  A peace officer of a | 
      
        |  | designated law enforcement office or agency is authorized to | 
      
        |  | possess, install, operate, or monitor a pen register, ESN reader, | 
      
        |  | or similar equipment if the peace officer's name is on the list | 
      
        |  | submitted to the director of the department under Subsection (b). | 
      
        |  | (b)  If the director of the department or the director's | 
      
        |  | designee approves the policy submitted under Article 18B.251, the | 
      
        |  | inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or | 
      
        |  | the inspector general's designee, or the sheriff or chief of a | 
      
        |  | designated law enforcement agency or the sheriff's or chief's | 
      
        |  | designee, as applicable, shall submit to the director a written | 
      
        |  | list of all peace officers in the designated law enforcement office | 
      
        |  | or agency who are authorized to possess, install, operate, or | 
      
        |  | monitor pen registers, ESN readers, or similar equipment.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 2(i), (k).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.253.  LIMITATION: PEN REGISTERS.  To prevent | 
      
        |  | inclusion of the contents of a wire or electronic communication, a | 
      
        |  | governmental agency authorized to install and use a pen register | 
      
        |  | under this chapter 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 the communication.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 16.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.254.  APPLICATION OR ORDER NOT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN | 
      
        |  | SEARCHES.  A peace officer is not required to file an application | 
      
        |  | under Subchapter B or obtain an order under Subchapter C before the | 
      
        |  | peace officer makes an otherwise lawful search, with or without a | 
      
        |  | warrant, to determine the contents of a caller identification | 
      
        |  | message, pager message, or voice message that is contained within | 
      
        |  | the memory of an end-user's identification, paging, or answering | 
      
        |  | device.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 2(h).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER G.  OVERSIGHT | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.301.  COMPLIANCE AUDIT.  (a)  The department may | 
      
        |  | conduct an audit of a designated law enforcement office or agency to | 
      
        |  | ensure compliance with this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (b)  If the department determines from the audit that the | 
      
        |  | designated law enforcement office or agency is not in compliance | 
      
        |  | with the policy adopted by the office or agency under Article | 
      
        |  | 18B.251, the department shall notify the office or agency in | 
      
        |  | writing that the office or agency, as applicable, is not in | 
      
        |  | compliance. | 
      
        |  | (c)  If the department determines that the office or agency | 
      
        |  | still is not in compliance with the policy on the 90th day after the | 
      
        |  | date the office or agency receives written notice under Subsection | 
      
        |  | (b), the office or agency loses the authority granted by this | 
      
        |  | chapter until: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the office or agency adopts a new written policy | 
      
        |  | governing the application of this chapter to the office or agency; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the department approves that policy.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 2(l).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.302.  REPORT OF EXPENDITURES.  (a)  The inspector | 
      
        |  | general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the sheriff | 
      
        |  | or chief of a designated law enforcement agency, as applicable, | 
      
        |  | shall submit to the director of the department a written report of | 
      
        |  | expenditures made by the designated law enforcement office or | 
      
        |  | agency to purchase and maintain a pen register, ESN reader, or | 
      
        |  | similar equipment authorized under this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The director of the department shall report the | 
      
        |  | expenditures publicly on an annual basis on the department's | 
      
        |  | Internet website or by other comparable means.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 18.21, Sec. 2(m).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER H.  ACCESS TO STORED COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER STORED | 
      
        |  | CUSTOMER DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.351.  GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER | 
      
        |  | DATA.  (a)  An authorized peace officer may require a provider of an | 
      
        |  | electronic communications service or a provider of a remote | 
      
        |  | computing service to disclose electronic customer data that is in | 
      
        |  | electronic storage by obtaining a warrant under Article 18B.354. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An authorized peace officer may require a provider of an | 
      
        |  | electronic communications service or a provider of a remote | 
      
        |  | computing service to disclose only electronic customer data that is | 
      
        |  | information revealing the identity of customers of the applicable | 
      
        |  | service or information about a customer's use of the applicable | 
      
        |  | service, without giving the subscriber or customer notice: | 
      
        |  | (1)  by obtaining an administrative subpoena | 
      
        |  | authorized by statute; | 
      
        |  | (2)  by obtaining a grand jury subpoena; | 
      
        |  | (3)  by obtaining a court order under Article 18B.352; | 
      
        |  | (4)  by obtaining a warrant under Article 18B.354; | 
      
        |  | (5)  by obtaining the consent of the subscriber or | 
      
        |  | customer to the disclosure of the data; or | 
      
        |  | (6)  as otherwise permitted by applicable federal law. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 4(a), (b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.352.  COURT ORDER FOR GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO STORED | 
      
        |  | CUSTOMER DATA.  (a)  A court shall issue an order authorizing | 
      
        |  | disclosure of contents, records, or other information of a wire or | 
      
        |  | electronic communication held in electronic storage if the court | 
      
        |  | determines that there is a reasonable belief that the information | 
      
        |  | sought is relevant to a legitimate law enforcement inquiry. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A court may grant a motion by the service provider to | 
      
        |  | quash or modify the order issued under Subsection (a) if the court | 
      
        |  | determines that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the information or records requested are unusually | 
      
        |  | voluminous; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  compliance with the order would cause an undue | 
      
        |  | burden on the provider.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 5.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.353.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: APPLICABILITY. | 
      
        |  | Articles 18B.354-18B.357 apply to a warrant required under Article | 
      
        |  | 18B.351 to obtain electronic customer data, including the contents | 
      
        |  | of a wire or electronic communication.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 18.21, Sec. 5A(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.354.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: APPLICATION AND | 
      
        |  | ISSUANCE OF WARRANT.  (a)  On the filing of an application by an | 
      
        |  | authorized peace officer, a district judge may issue a search | 
      
        |  | warrant under this article for electronic customer data held in | 
      
        |  | electronic storage, including the contents of and records and other | 
      
        |  | information related to a wire or electronic communication held in | 
      
        |  | electronic storage, by a provider of an electronic communications | 
      
        |  | service or a provider of a remote computing service described by | 
      
        |  | Article 18B.355(b), regardless of whether the customer data is held | 
      
        |  | at a location in this state or another state.  An application made | 
      
        |  | under this subsection must demonstrate probable cause for the | 
      
        |  | issuance of the warrant and must be supported by the oath of the | 
      
        |  | authorized peace officer. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A search warrant may not be issued under this article | 
      
        |  | unless the sworn affidavit required by Article 18.01(b) provides | 
      
        |  | sufficient and substantial facts to establish probable cause that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a specific offense has been committed; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the electronic customer data sought: | 
      
        |  | (A)  constitutes evidence of that offense or | 
      
        |  | evidence that a particular person committed that offense; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  is held in electronic storage by the service | 
      
        |  | provider on which the warrant is served under Article 18B.355(c). | 
      
        |  | (c)  Only the electronic customer data described in the sworn | 
      
        |  | affidavit required by Article 18.01(b) may be seized under the | 
      
        |  | warrant. | 
      
        |  | (d)  A warrant issued under this article shall run in the | 
      
        |  | name of "The State of Texas." | 
      
        |  | (e)  Article 18.011 applies to an affidavit presented under | 
      
        |  | Article 18.01(b) for the issuance of a warrant under this article, | 
      
        |  | and the affidavit may be sealed in the manner provided by that | 
      
        |  | article.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 5A(b), (c), (d), | 
      
        |  | (e), (f).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.355.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: EXECUTION OF | 
      
        |  | WARRANT.  (a)  Not later than the 11th day after the date of | 
      
        |  | issuance, an authorized peace officer shall execute a warrant | 
      
        |  | issued under Article 18B.354, except that the peace officer shall | 
      
        |  | execute the warrant within a shorter period if the district judge | 
      
        |  | directs a shorter period in the warrant.  For purposes of this | 
      
        |  | subsection, a warrant is executed when the warrant is served in the | 
      
        |  | manner described by Subsection (c). | 
      
        |  | (b)  A warrant issued under Article 18B.354 may be served | 
      
        |  | only on a provider of an electronic communications service or a | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service that is a domestic entity or | 
      
        |  | a company or entity otherwise doing business in this state under a | 
      
        |  | contract or a terms of service agreement with a resident of this | 
      
        |  | state, if any part of that contract or agreement is to be performed | 
      
        |  | in this state. | 
      
        |  | (c)  A search warrant issued under Article 18B.354 is served | 
      
        |  | when an authorized peace officer delivers the warrant by hand, by | 
      
        |  | facsimile transmission, or, in a manner allowing proof of delivery, | 
      
        |  | by means of the United States mail or a private delivery service to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a person specified by Section 5.255, Business | 
      
        |  | Organizations Code; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the secretary of state in the case of a company or | 
      
        |  | entity to which Section 5.251, Business Organizations Code, | 
      
        |  | applies; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  any other person or entity designated to receive | 
      
        |  | the service of process. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The district judge shall hear and decide any motion to | 
      
        |  | quash the warrant not later than the fifth business day after the | 
      
        |  | date the service provider files the motion. The judge may allow the | 
      
        |  | service provider to appear at the hearing by teleconference.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 5A(b) (part), (g), (h) (part), (i), | 
      
        |  | (m).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.356.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE:  COMPLIANCE | 
      
        |  | WITH WARRANT.  (a)  A district judge shall indicate in a warrant | 
      
        |  | issued under Article 18A.354 that the deadline for compliance by | 
      
        |  | the provider of an electronic communications service or the | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service is the 15th business day | 
      
        |  | after the date the warrant is served if the warrant is to be served | 
      
        |  | on a domestic entity or a company or entity otherwise doing business | 
      
        |  | in this state, except that the deadline for compliance with a | 
      
        |  | warrant served in accordance with Section 5.251, Business | 
      
        |  | Organizations Code, may be extended to a date that is not later than | 
      
        |  | the 30th day after the date the warrant is served. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The judge may indicate in the warrant that the deadline | 
      
        |  | for compliance is earlier than the 15th business day after the date | 
      
        |  | the warrant is served if the authorized peace officer who applies | 
      
        |  | for the warrant makes a showing and the judge finds that failure to | 
      
        |  | comply with the warrant by the earlier deadline would cause serious | 
      
        |  | jeopardy to an investigation, cause undue delay of a trial, or | 
      
        |  | create a material risk of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  danger to the life or physical safety of any | 
      
        |  | person; | 
      
        |  | (2)  flight from prosecution; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the tampering with or destruction of evidence; or | 
      
        |  | (4)  intimidation of potential witnesses. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The service provider shall produce all electronic | 
      
        |  | customer data, contents of communications, and other information | 
      
        |  | sought, regardless of where the information is held and within the | 
      
        |  | period allowed for compliance with the warrant, as provided by | 
      
        |  | Subsection (a) or (b). | 
      
        |  | (d)  A court may find any designated officer, designated | 
      
        |  | director, or designated owner of a company or entity in contempt of | 
      
        |  | court if the person by act or omission is responsible for the | 
      
        |  | failure of the company or entity to comply with the warrant within | 
      
        |  | the period allowed for compliance. | 
      
        |  | (e)  The failure of a company or entity to timely deliver the | 
      
        |  | information sought in the warrant does not affect the admissibility | 
      
        |  | of that evidence in a criminal proceeding. | 
      
        |  | (f)  On a service provider's compliance with a warrant issued | 
      
        |  | under Article 18B.354, an authorized peace officer shall file a | 
      
        |  | return of the warrant and a copy of the inventory of the seized | 
      
        |  | property as required under Article 18.10. | 
      
        |  | (g)  A provider of an electronic communications service or a | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service responding to a warrant | 
      
        |  | issued under Article 18B.354 may request an extension of the period | 
      
        |  | for compliance with the warrant if extenuating circumstances exist | 
      
        |  | to justify the extension. The district judge shall grant a request | 
      
        |  | for an extension based on those circumstances if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the authorized peace officer who applied for the | 
      
        |  | warrant or another appropriate authorized peace officer agrees to | 
      
        |  | the extension; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the district judge finds that the need for the | 
      
        |  | extension outweighs the likelihood that the extension will cause an | 
      
        |  | adverse circumstance described by Subsection (b).  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 5A(b) (part), (h) (part), (j), (l), (n).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.357.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE:  AUTHENTICATION | 
      
        |  | OF RECORDS BY SERVICE PROVIDER.  If an authorized peace officer | 
      
        |  | serving a warrant under Article 18B.355 also delivers an affidavit | 
      
        |  | form to the provider of an electronic communications service or the | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service responding to the warrant, | 
      
        |  | and the peace officer also notifies the service provider in writing | 
      
        |  | that an executed affidavit is required, the service provider shall | 
      
        |  | verify the authenticity of the customer data, contents of | 
      
        |  | communications, and other information produced in compliance with | 
      
        |  | the warrant by including with the information an affidavit form | 
      
        |  | that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  is completed and sworn to by a person who is a | 
      
        |  | custodian of the information or a person otherwise qualified to | 
      
        |  | attest to the authenticity of the information; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  states that the information was stored in the | 
      
        |  | course of regularly conducted business of the service provider and | 
      
        |  | specifies whether the regular practice of the service provider is | 
      
        |  | to store that information.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. | 
      
        |  | 5A(k).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.358.  WARRANT ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE.  Any | 
      
        |  | domestic entity that provides electronic communications services | 
      
        |  | or remote computing services to the public shall comply with a | 
      
        |  | warrant issued in another state and seeking information described | 
      
        |  | by Article 18B.354(a), if the warrant is served on the entity in a | 
      
        |  | manner equivalent to the service of process requirements provided | 
      
        |  | by Article 18B.355(b).  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 5B.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.359.  GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO CERTAIN STORED CUSTOMER | 
      
        |  | DATA WITHOUT LEGAL PROCESS.  (a)  A provider of a telephonic | 
      
        |  | communications service shall disclose to an authorized peace | 
      
        |  | officer, without legal process, subscriber listing information, | 
      
        |  | including name, address, and telephone number or similar access | 
      
        |  | code: | 
      
        |  | (1)  that the service provider provides to others in | 
      
        |  | the course of providing publicly available directory or similar | 
      
        |  | assistance; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  that is solely for use in the dispatch of emergency | 
      
        |  | vehicles and personnel responding to a distress call directed to an | 
      
        |  | emergency dispatch system or when the information is reasonably | 
      
        |  | necessary to aid in the dispatching of emergency vehicles and | 
      
        |  | personnel for the immediate prevention of death, personal injury, | 
      
        |  | or destruction of property. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A provider of a telephonic communications service shall | 
      
        |  | provide to an authorized peace officer the name of the subscriber of | 
      
        |  | record whose published telephone number is provided to the service | 
      
        |  | provider by an authorized peace officer.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 18.21, Secs. 4(c), (d).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER I.  BACKUP PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.401.  BACKUP PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER | 
      
        |  | DATA.  (a)  A subpoena or court order under Article 18B.351(b) for | 
      
        |  | disclosure of certain electronic customer data held in electronic | 
      
        |  | storage by a provider of an electronic communications service or a | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service may, for the purpose of | 
      
        |  | preserving the customer data sought by the subpoena or court order, | 
      
        |  | require that service provider to create a copy of that data. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The service provider shall create the copy within a | 
      
        |  | reasonable period as determined by the court issuing the subpoena | 
      
        |  | or court order. | 
      
        |  | (c)  On creating a copy under this article, the service | 
      
        |  | provider shall immediately notify the authorized peace officer who | 
      
        |  | presented the subpoena or court order requesting the copy. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The service provider may not inform the subscriber or | 
      
        |  | customer whose data is being sought that the subpoena or court order | 
      
        |  | has been issued.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 6(a), (b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.402.  NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBER OR CUSTOMER.  Not later | 
      
        |  | than the third day after the date of the receipt of the notice under | 
      
        |  | Article 18B.401(c) from the applicable service provider, the | 
      
        |  | authorized peace officer who presented the subpoena or court order | 
      
        |  | requesting the copy shall provide notice of the creation of the copy | 
      
        |  | to the subscriber or customer whose electronic customer data is the | 
      
        |  | subject of the subpoena or court order.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 18.21, Secs. 6(b) (part), (c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.403.  RELEASE OF COPY OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER DATA. | 
      
        |  | The provider of an electronic communications service or the | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service shall release a copy created | 
      
        |  | under this subchapter to the requesting authorized peace officer | 
      
        |  | not earlier than the 14th day after the date of the peace officer's | 
      
        |  | notice to the subscriber or customer if the service provider has | 
      
        |  | not: | 
      
        |  | (1)  initiated proceedings to challenge the request of | 
      
        |  | the peace officer for the copy; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  received notice from the subscriber or customer | 
      
        |  | that the subscriber or customer has initiated proceedings to | 
      
        |  | challenge the request.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 6(d).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.404.  DESTRUCTION OF COPY OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER | 
      
        |  | DATA.  The provider of an electronic communications service or the | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service may not destroy or permit the | 
      
        |  | destruction of a copy created under this subchapter until the later | 
      
        |  | of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the delivery of electronic customer data to the | 
      
        |  | applicable law enforcement agency; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the resolution of any court proceedings, including | 
      
        |  | appeals of any proceedings, relating to the subpoena or court order | 
      
        |  | requesting the creation of the copy.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 6(e).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.405.  REQUEST FOR COPY OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER DATA | 
      
        |  | BY AUTHORIZED PEACE OFFICER.  (a)  An authorized peace officer who | 
      
        |  | reasonably believes that notice to a subscriber or customer | 
      
        |  | regarding a subpoena or court order would result in the destruction | 
      
        |  | of or tampering with the electronic customer data sought may | 
      
        |  | request the creation of a copy of the data. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The peace officer's belief is not subject to challenge | 
      
        |  | by the subscriber or customer or by a provider of an electronic | 
      
        |  | communications service or a provider of a remote computing service. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 6(f).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.406.  PROCEEDINGS TO QUASH SUBPOENA OR VACATE COURT | 
      
        |  | ORDER.  (a)  Not later than the 14th day after the date a subscriber | 
      
        |  | or customer receives notice under Article 18B.402, the subscriber | 
      
        |  | or customer may file a written motion to quash the subpoena or | 
      
        |  | vacate the court order in the court that issued the subpoena or | 
      
        |  | court order.  The motion must contain an affidavit or other sworn | 
      
        |  | statement stating: | 
      
        |  | (1)  that the applicant is a subscriber or customer of | 
      
        |  | the provider of an electronic communications service or the | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service from which the electronic | 
      
        |  | customer data held in electronic storage for the subscriber or | 
      
        |  | customer has been sought; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the applicant's reasons for believing that the | 
      
        |  | customer data sought is not relevant to a legitimate law | 
      
        |  | enforcement inquiry or that there has not been substantial | 
      
        |  | compliance with the provisions of this chapter in some other | 
      
        |  | respect. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The subscriber or customer shall give written notice to | 
      
        |  | the applicable service provider of the challenge to the subpoena or | 
      
        |  | court order.  The authorized peace officer requesting the subpoena | 
      
        |  | or court order must be served a copy of the filed papers by personal | 
      
        |  | delivery or by registered or certified mail. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The court shall order the authorized peace officer to | 
      
        |  | file a sworn response to the motion filed by the subscriber or | 
      
        |  | customer if the court determines that the subscriber or customer | 
      
        |  | has complied with the requirements of Subsections (a) and (b).  On | 
      
        |  | request of the peace officer, the court may permit the response to | 
      
        |  | be filed in camera.  The court may conduct any additional | 
      
        |  | proceedings the court considers appropriate if the court is unable | 
      
        |  | to make a determination on the motion on the basis of the parties' | 
      
        |  | initial allegations and response. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The court shall rule on the motion as soon as | 
      
        |  | practicable after the filing of the peace officer's response.  The | 
      
        |  | court shall deny the motion if the court finds that the applicant is | 
      
        |  | not the subscriber or customer whose data is the subject of the | 
      
        |  | subpoena or court order or that there is reason to believe that the | 
      
        |  | peace officer's inquiry is legitimate and that the data sought is | 
      
        |  | relevant to that inquiry.  The court shall quash the subpoena or | 
      
        |  | vacate the court order if the court finds that the applicant is the | 
      
        |  | subscriber or customer whose data is the subject of the subpoena or | 
      
        |  | court order and that there is not a reason to believe that the data | 
      
        |  | is relevant to a legitimate law enforcement inquiry or that there | 
      
        |  | has not been substantial compliance with the provisions of this | 
      
        |  | chapter. | 
      
        |  | (e)  A court order denying a motion or application under this | 
      
        |  | article is not a final order, and an interlocutory appeal may not be | 
      
        |  | taken from the denial.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Secs. 6(g), | 
      
        |  | (h).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER J.  PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.451.  SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.  The director of the | 
      
        |  | department or the director's designee, the inspector general of the | 
      
        |  | Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the inspector general'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 communication common carrier or a | 
      
        |  | provider of an electronic communications service to compel the | 
      
        |  | production of any carrier's or service provider's business records | 
      
        |  | that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  disclose information about: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the carrier's or service provider's | 
      
        |  | customers; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  users of the services offered by the carrier | 
      
        |  | or service provider; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  are material to a criminal investigation.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 15(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.452.  REPORT OF ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA.  Not later | 
      
        |  | than the 30th day after the date on which an administrative subpoena | 
      
        |  | is issued under Article 18B.451, the inspector general of the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice or the sheriff or chief of a | 
      
        |  | designated law enforcement agency, as applicable, shall report to | 
      
        |  | the department the issuance of the subpoena.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 18.21, Sec. 15(b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.453.  COMPLIANCE WITH POLICY FOR INSTALLATION AND | 
      
        |  | USE OF EQUIPMENT.  (a)  If, based on a report received under Article | 
      
        |  | 18B.452, the department determines that a designated law | 
      
        |  | enforcement office or agency is not in compliance with the policy | 
      
        |  | adopted by the office or agency under Article 18B.251, the | 
      
        |  | department shall notify the office or agency in writing that the | 
      
        |  | office or agency, as applicable, is not in compliance. | 
      
        |  | (b)  If the department determines that the office or agency | 
      
        |  | still is not in compliance with the policy on the 90th day after the | 
      
        |  | date the office or agency receives written notice under this | 
      
        |  | article, the office or agency loses the authority granted by this | 
      
        |  | chapter until: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the office or agency adopts a new written policy | 
      
        |  | governing the application of this chapter to the office or agency; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the department approves that policy.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 15(c).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER K.  SERVICE PROVIDER POWERS AND DUTIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.501.  PRECLUSION OF NOTIFICATION.  (a)  An | 
      
        |  | authorized peace officer seeking electronic customer data under | 
      
        |  | Article 18B.351 may apply to the court for an order commanding the | 
      
        |  | service provider to whom a warrant, subpoena, or court order is | 
      
        |  | directed not to disclose to any person the existence of the warrant, | 
      
        |  | subpoena, or court order.  The order is effective for the period the | 
      
        |  | court considers appropriate. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The court shall enter the order if the court determines | 
      
        |  | that there is reason to believe that notification of the existence | 
      
        |  | of the warrant, subpoena, or court order will have an adverse | 
      
        |  | result. | 
      
        |  | (c)  In this article, an "adverse result" means: | 
      
        |  | (1)  endangering the life or physical safety of an | 
      
        |  | individual; | 
      
        |  | (2)  flight from prosecution; | 
      
        |  | (3)  destruction of or tampering with evidence; | 
      
        |  | (4)  intimidation of a potential witness; or | 
      
        |  | (5)  otherwise seriously jeopardizing an investigation | 
      
        |  | or unduly delaying a trial.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 8.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.502.  DISCLOSURE BY SERVICE PROVIDER PROHIBITED. | 
      
        |  | (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a provider of an | 
      
        |  | electronic communications service may not knowingly divulge the | 
      
        |  | contents of a communication that is in electronic storage. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a provider of a | 
      
        |  | remote computing service may not knowingly divulge the contents of | 
      
        |  | a communication that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  is in electronic storage on behalf of a subscriber | 
      
        |  | or customer of the service provider; | 
      
        |  | (2)  is received by means of electronic transmission | 
      
        |  | from the subscriber or customer or created by means of computer | 
      
        |  | processing of communications received by means of electronic | 
      
        |  | transmission from the subscriber or customer; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  is solely for the purpose of providing storage or | 
      
        |  | computer processing services to the subscriber or customer, if the | 
      
        |  | service provider is not authorized to obtain access to the contents | 
      
        |  | of that communication for purposes of providing any service other | 
      
        |  | than storage or computer processing. | 
      
        |  | (c)  A provider of an electronic communications service or a | 
      
        |  | provider of a remote computing service may disclose the contents of | 
      
        |  | an electronically stored communication: | 
      
        |  | (1)  to an intended recipient of the communication or | 
      
        |  | the intended recipient's agent; | 
      
        |  | (2)  to the addressee or the addressee's agent; | 
      
        |  | (3)  with the consent of the originator, to the | 
      
        |  | addressee or the intended recipient of the communication, or the | 
      
        |  | subscriber of a remote computing service; | 
      
        |  | (4)  to a person whose facilities are used to transmit | 
      
        |  | the communication to its destination or the person's employee or | 
      
        |  | authorized representative; | 
      
        |  | (5)  as may be necessary to provide the service or to | 
      
        |  | protect the property or rights of the service provider; | 
      
        |  | (6)  to a law enforcement agency if the contents were | 
      
        |  | obtained inadvertently by the service provider and the contents | 
      
        |  | appear to pertain to the commission of an offense; or | 
      
        |  | (7)  as authorized under federal or other state law. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 11.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.503.  REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS.  (a)  Except as | 
      
        |  | provided by Subsection (c), an authorized peace officer who obtains | 
      
        |  | electronic customer data under Article 18B.351 or 18B.359 or other | 
      
        |  | information under this chapter shall reimburse the person | 
      
        |  | assembling or providing the data or information for all costs that | 
      
        |  | are reasonably necessary and that have been directly incurred in | 
      
        |  | searching for, assembling, reproducing, or otherwise providing the | 
      
        |  | data or information, including costs arising from necessary | 
      
        |  | disruption of normal operations of a provider of an electronic | 
      
        |  | communications service or a provider of a remote computing service | 
      
        |  | in which the electronic customer data may be held in electronic | 
      
        |  | storage or in which the other information may be stored. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The authorized peace officer and the person providing | 
      
        |  | the electronic customer data or other information may agree on the | 
      
        |  | amount of reimbursement.  If there is not an agreement, the court | 
      
        |  | that issued the order for production of the data or information | 
      
        |  | shall determine the amount.  If a court order was not issued for | 
      
        |  | production of the data or information, the court before which any | 
      
        |  | criminal prosecution relating to the data or information would be | 
      
        |  | brought shall determine the amount. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Subsection (a) does not apply to records or other | 
      
        |  | information that is maintained by a communication common carrier | 
      
        |  | and that relates to telephone toll records or telephone listings | 
      
        |  | obtained under Article 18B.359(a), unless the court determines | 
      
        |  | that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the amount of information required was unusually | 
      
        |  | voluminous; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  an undue burden was imposed on the service | 
      
        |  | provider.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 9.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER L.  REMEDIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.551.  CAUSE OF ACTION.  (a)  Except as provided by | 
      
        |  | Article 18B.552, a provider of an electronic communications service | 
      
        |  | or a provider of a remote computing service, or a subscriber or | 
      
        |  | customer of that service provider, that is aggrieved by a violation | 
      
        |  | of this chapter has a civil cause of action if the conduct | 
      
        |  | constituting the violation was committed knowingly or | 
      
        |  | intentionally and is entitled to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  injunctive relief; | 
      
        |  | (2)  reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation | 
      
        |  | costs reasonably incurred; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  the amount of the actual damages suffered and any | 
      
        |  | profits made by the violator as a result of the violation or $1,000, | 
      
        |  | whichever is more. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The reliance in good faith on a court order, warrant, | 
      
        |  | subpoena, or legislative authorization is a complete defense to any | 
      
        |  | civil action brought under this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (c)  A civil action under this article may be presented not | 
      
        |  | later than the second anniversary of the date the claimant first | 
      
        |  | discovered or had reasonable opportunity to discover the violation. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 12.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.552.  NO CAUSE OF ACTION.  A subscriber or customer | 
      
        |  | of a provider of an electronic communications service or a provider | 
      
        |  | of a remote computing service does not have a cause of action | 
      
        |  | against a service provider or the service provider's officers, | 
      
        |  | employees, or agents or against other specified persons for | 
      
        |  | providing information, facilities, or assistance as required by a | 
      
        |  | court order, warrant, subpoena, or certification under this | 
      
        |  | chapter.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, Sec. 10.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 18B.553.  EXCLUSIVITY OF REMEDIES.  The remedies and | 
      
        |  | sanctions under this chapter are the exclusive judicial remedies | 
      
        |  | and sanctions for a violation of this chapter, other than a | 
      
        |  | violation that infringes on a right of a party that is guaranteed by | 
      
        |  | a state or federal constitution.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 18.21, | 
      
        |  | Sec. 13.) | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.03.  Title 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Chapter 66 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  |  | 
      
        |  | CHAPTER 66.  CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.001.  DEFINITIONS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B.  CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.051.  PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.052.  IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.053.  INFORMATION COLLECTED | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.054.  FINGERPRINT AND ARREST INFORMATION IN | 
      
        |  | CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C.  COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.101.  COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | DATABASE | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.102.  INFORMATION CONTAINED IN COMPUTERIZED | 
      
        |  | CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.103.  DUTIES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | JUSTICE REGARDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.104.  DUTIES OF LICENSING AGENCIES TO PROVIDE | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION REGARDING LICENSE HOLDERS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.105.  INFORMATION RELATED TO MISUSED IDENTITY | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.106.  INFORMATION RELATED TO NON-FINGERPRINT | 
      
        |  | SUPPORTED ACTIONS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER D.  CORRECTIONS TRACKING SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.151.  CORRECTIONS TRACKING SYSTEM DATABASE | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.152.  INFORMATION CONTAINED IN CORRECTIONS | 
      
        |  | TRACKING SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER E.  ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.201.  ACCESS TO DATABASES BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 
      
        |  | AGENCIES AND OTHER ENTITIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.202.  REQUEST FOR DATA FILE FROM DATABASES | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.203.  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DATA PROHIBITED | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER F.  DATA COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.251.  UNIFORM INCIDENT FINGERPRINT CARD | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.252.  REPORTING OF INFORMATION BY LOCAL | 
      
        |  | ENTITIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.253.  COMPATIBILITY OF DATA | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.254.  ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.255.  INFORMATION ON SUBSEQUENT ARRESTS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER G.  DUTIES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES AND CERTAIN | 
      
        |  | COURT CLERKS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.301.  DUTIES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.302.  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE NOT AUTHORIZED | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.303.  PROHIBITED ACTS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.304.  APPLICABILITY TO DISTRICT COURT AND | 
      
        |  | COUNTY COURT CLERKS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER H.  OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.351.  BIENNIAL PLANS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.352.  EXAMINATION OF RECORDS AND OPERATIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.353.  MONITORING AND REPORTING DUTIES OF | 
      
        |  | DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.354.  LOCAL DATA ADVISORY BOARDS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER I.  GRANTS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.401.  GRANTS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.402.  CERTIFICATION REQUIRED | 
      
        |  | CHAPTER 66.  CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Administration of criminal justice" means the | 
      
        |  | detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial | 
      
        |  | release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or | 
      
        |  | rehabilitation of an offender.  The term includes criminal | 
      
        |  | identification activities and the collection, storage, and | 
      
        |  | dissemination of criminal history record information. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Computerized criminal history system" means the | 
      
        |  | database containing arrest, disposition, and other criminal | 
      
        |  | history maintained by the Department of Public Safety. | 
      
        |  | (3)  "Corrections tracking system" means the database | 
      
        |  | maintained by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on all | 
      
        |  | offenders under the department's supervision. | 
      
        |  | (4)  "Council" means the Criminal Justice Policy | 
      
        |  | Council. | 
      
        |  | (5)  "Criminal justice agency" means a federal or state | 
      
        |  | agency that is engaged in the administration of criminal justice | 
      
        |  | under a statute or executive order and allocates a substantial part | 
      
        |  | of the agency's annual budget to the administration of criminal | 
      
        |  | justice. | 
      
        |  | (6)  "Criminal justice information system" means the | 
      
        |  | computerized criminal history system and the corrections tracking | 
      
        |  | system. | 
      
        |  | (7)  "Disposition" means an action that results in the | 
      
        |  | termination, transfer to another jurisdiction, or indeterminate | 
      
        |  | suspension of the prosecution of a criminal charge. | 
      
        |  | (8)  "Electronic means" means the transmission of data | 
      
        |  | between word processors, data processors, or similar automated | 
      
        |  | information equipment over dedicated cables, commercial lines, or | 
      
        |  | other similar methods of transmission. | 
      
        |  | (9)  "Incident number" means the unique number assigned | 
      
        |  | to a specific person during a specific arrest. | 
      
        |  | (10)  "Offender" means any person who is assigned an | 
      
        |  | incident number. | 
      
        |  | (11)  "Offense code" means the numeric code for each | 
      
        |  | offense category. | 
      
        |  | (12)  "Release" means the termination of jurisdiction | 
      
        |  | over an individual by the criminal justice system. | 
      
        |  | (13)  "State identification number" means the unique | 
      
        |  | number assigned by the Department of Public Safety to each person | 
      
        |  | whose name appears in the criminal justice information system. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 60.01(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), | 
      
        |  | (9), (10), (11), (13), (14), (16).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B.  CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.051.  PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS.  The criminal justice | 
      
        |  | information system shall be maintained to supply the state with a | 
      
        |  | system: | 
      
        |  | (1)  that provides an accurate criminal history record | 
      
        |  | depository to: | 
      
        |  | (A)  law enforcement officers; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  criminal justice agencies for operational | 
      
        |  | decision making; | 
      
        |  | (2)  from which accurate criminal justice system | 
      
        |  | modeling can be conducted; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  that improves: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the quality of data used to conduct impact | 
      
        |  | analyses of proposed legislative changes in the criminal justice | 
      
        |  | system; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  the ability of interested parties to analyze | 
      
        |  | the functioning of the criminal justice system.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 60.02(c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.052.  IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM.  (a) The Department of Public Safety | 
      
        |  | shall designate offense codes and has the sole responsibility for | 
      
        |  | designating the state identification number for each person whose | 
      
        |  | name appears in the criminal justice information system. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department | 
      
        |  | of Criminal Justice shall implement a system to link the | 
      
        |  | computerized criminal history system and the corrections tracking | 
      
        |  | system.  (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 60.02(e), (f) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.053.  INFORMATION COLLECTED.  For each arrest for a | 
      
        |  | felony or misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine | 
      
        |  | only, the criminal justice information system must include | 
      
        |  | information relating to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  offenders; | 
      
        |  | (2)  arrests; | 
      
        |  | (3)  prosecutions; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the disposition of cases by courts; | 
      
        |  | (5)  sentencing; and | 
      
        |  | (6)  the handling of offenders received by a | 
      
        |  | correctional agency, facility, or other institution.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 60.05.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.054.  FINGERPRINT AND ARREST INFORMATION IN CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM.  (a)  When a jurisdiction transmits | 
      
        |  | fingerprints and arrest information by a remote terminal accessing | 
      
        |  | the statewide automated fingerprint identification system, the | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety shall use that transmission to create: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a permanent record in the criminal justice | 
      
        |  | information system; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  a temporary arrest record in the criminal justice | 
      
        |  | information system to be maintained by the department until the | 
      
        |  | department receives and processes the physical copy of the arrest | 
      
        |  | information. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The Department of Public Safety shall make available to | 
      
        |  | a criminal justice agency making a background criminal inquiry any | 
      
        |  | information contained in a temporary arrest record maintained by | 
      
        |  | the department, including a statement that a physical copy of the | 
      
        |  | arrest information was not available at the time the information | 
      
        |  | was entered in the criminal justice information system.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 60.12.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C.  COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.101.  COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | DATABASE.  (a)  The Department of Public Safety shall record data | 
      
        |  | and maintain the computerized criminal history system that serves | 
      
        |  | as the record creation point for criminal history information | 
      
        |  | maintained by the state. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The computerized criminal history system must contain | 
      
        |  | the information required by this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The Department of Public Safety shall operate the | 
      
        |  | computerized criminal history system and develop the necessary | 
      
        |  | interfaces in the system to accommodate inquiries from the | 
      
        |  | statewide automated fingerprint identification system implemented | 
      
        |  | by the department.  (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 60.02(b), (d), (g).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.102.  INFORMATION CONTAINED IN COMPUTERIZED | 
      
        |  | CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM.  (a)  In this article: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Appeal" means the review of a decision of a lower | 
      
        |  | court by a superior court other than by collateral attack. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Rejected case" means: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a charge that, after the arrest of the | 
      
        |  | offender, the prosecutor declines to include in an information or | 
      
        |  | present to a grand jury; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  an information or indictment that, after the | 
      
        |  | arrest of the offender, the prosecutor refuses to prosecute. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Information in the computerized criminal history system | 
      
        |  | relating to an offender must include the offender's: | 
      
        |  | (1)  name, including other names by which the offender | 
      
        |  | is known; | 
      
        |  | (2)  date of birth; | 
      
        |  | (3)  physical description, including sex, weight, | 
      
        |  | height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars, marks, and | 
      
        |  | tattoos; and | 
      
        |  | (4)  state identification number. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Information in the computerized criminal history system | 
      
        |  | relating to an arrest must include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the offender's name; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the offender's state identification number; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the arresting law enforcement agency; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the arrest charge, by offense code and incident | 
      
        |  | number; | 
      
        |  | (5)  whether the arrest charge is a misdemeanor or | 
      
        |  | felony; | 
      
        |  | (6)  the date of the arrest; | 
      
        |  | (7)  the exact disposition of the case by a law | 
      
        |  | enforcement agency following the arrest; and | 
      
        |  | (8)  the date of disposition of the case by the law | 
      
        |  | enforcement agency. | 
      
        |  | (d)  Information in the computerized criminal history system | 
      
        |  | relating to a prosecution must include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  each charged offense, by offense code and incident | 
      
        |  | number; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the level of the offense charged or the degree of | 
      
        |  | the offense charged for each offense in Subdivision (1); and | 
      
        |  | (3)  for a rejected case: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the date of rejection; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the offense code; | 
      
        |  | (C)  the incident number; and | 
      
        |  | (D)  whether the rejection is a result of a | 
      
        |  | successful pretrial diversion program. | 
      
        |  | (e)  Information in the computerized criminal history system | 
      
        |  | relating to the disposition of a case other than a rejected case | 
      
        |  | must include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the final pleading to each charged offense and the | 
      
        |  | level of the offense; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a listing of each charged offense disposed of by | 
      
        |  | the court and: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the date of disposition; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the offense code for the disposed charge and | 
      
        |  | incident number; and | 
      
        |  | (C)  the type of disposition; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  for a conviction that is appealed, the final court | 
      
        |  | decision and the final disposition of the offender's case on | 
      
        |  | appeal. | 
      
        |  | (f)  Information in the computerized criminal history system | 
      
        |  | relating to sentencing must include for each sentence: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the sentencing date; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the sentence for each offense, by offense code and | 
      
        |  | incident number; | 
      
        |  | (3)  if the offender was sentenced to confinement: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the agency that receives custody of the | 
      
        |  | offender; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the length of the sentence for each offense; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (C)  if multiple sentences were ordered, whether | 
      
        |  | the sentences were ordered to be served consecutively or | 
      
        |  | concurrently; | 
      
        |  | (4)  if the offender was sentenced to pay a fine, the | 
      
        |  | amount of the fine; | 
      
        |  | (5)  if a sentence to pay a fine or to confinement was | 
      
        |  | ordered but was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not | 
      
        |  | imposed: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the length of the sentence or the amount of | 
      
        |  | the fine that was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not | 
      
        |  | imposed; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  the offender's name, offense code, and | 
      
        |  | incident number; and | 
      
        |  | (6)  if a sentence other than a fine or confinement was | 
      
        |  | ordered, a description of the sentence ordered. | 
      
        |  | (g)  The Department of Public Safety shall maintain in the | 
      
        |  | computerized criminal history system any information the | 
      
        |  | department maintains in the central database under Article 62.005. | 
      
        |  | (h)  In addition to the information described by this | 
      
        |  | article, information in the computerized criminal history system | 
      
        |  | must include the age of the victim of the offense if the offender | 
      
        |  | was arrested for or charged with an offense under the following | 
      
        |  | provisions of the Penal Code: | 
      
        |  | (1)  Section 20.04(a)(4) (Aggravated Kidnapping), if | 
      
        |  | the offender committed the offense with the intent to violate or | 
      
        |  | abuse the victim sexually; | 
      
        |  | (2)  Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons), if the | 
      
        |  | offender: | 
      
        |  | (A)  trafficked a person with the intent or | 
      
        |  | knowledge that the person would engage in sexual conduct, as | 
      
        |  | defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  benefited from participating in a venture | 
      
        |  | that involved a trafficked person engaging in sexual conduct, as | 
      
        |  | defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (3)  Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young | 
      
        |  | Child or Children); | 
      
        |  | (4)  Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child); | 
      
        |  | (5)  Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault) or 22.021 | 
      
        |  | (Aggravated Sexual Assault); | 
      
        |  | (6)  Section 30.02 (Burglary), if the offense is | 
      
        |  | punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the offender | 
      
        |  | committed the offense with the intent to commit an offense | 
      
        |  | described by Subdivision (1), (4), or (5); | 
      
        |  | (7)  Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Prostitution); or | 
      
        |  | (8)  Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child). | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 60.01(2), (12), 60.051.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.103.  DUTIES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 
      
        |  | REGARDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM.  Data received by | 
      
        |  | the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that is required by the | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety for the preparation of a criminal | 
      
        |  | history record shall be made available to the computerized criminal | 
      
        |  | history system not later than the seventh day after the date on | 
      
        |  | which the Texas Department of Criminal Justice receives the request | 
      
        |  | for the data from the Department of Public Safety.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 60.02(f) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.104.  DUTIES OF LICENSING AGENCIES TO PROVIDE | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION REGARDING LICENSE HOLDERS.  (a)  The Texas Medical | 
      
        |  | Board, the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, the | 
      
        |  | State Board of Dental Examiners, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, | 
      
        |  | the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and the State | 
      
        |  | Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall provide to the | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety through electronic means, magnetic | 
      
        |  | tape, or disk, as specified by the department, a list of each person | 
      
        |  | licensed by the respective agency, including the person's name and | 
      
        |  | date of birth and any other personal descriptive information | 
      
        |  | required by the department.  Each agency shall update the | 
      
        |  | information and submit the updated information quarterly to the | 
      
        |  | department. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The Department of Public Safety shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  perform at least quarterly a computer match of the | 
      
        |  | licensing list against the convictions maintained in the | 
      
        |  | computerized criminal history system; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  report to the appropriate licensing agency for | 
      
        |  | verification and administrative action, as considered appropriate | 
      
        |  | by the licensing agency, the name of any person found to have a | 
      
        |  | record of conviction, other than a defendant whose prosecution is | 
      
        |  | deferred during a period of community supervision without an | 
      
        |  | adjudication of guilt or a plea of guilty. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The Department of Public Safety may charge a licensing | 
      
        |  | agency a fee not to exceed the actual direct cost incurred by the | 
      
        |  | department in performing a computer match and reporting to the | 
      
        |  | agency under Subsection (b). | 
      
        |  | (d)  The transmission of information by electronic means | 
      
        |  | under Subsection (a) does not affect whether the information is | 
      
        |  | subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 60.061.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.105.  INFORMATION RELATED TO MISUSED IDENTITY.  (a) | 
      
        |  | On receipt of information from a local law enforcement agency under | 
      
        |  | Article 2.28, the Department of Public Safety shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  provide the notice described by Article 2.28(1) to | 
      
        |  | the person whose identity was misused, if the local law enforcement | 
      
        |  | agency was unable to notify the person under that subdivision; | 
      
        |  | (2)  take action to ensure that the information | 
      
        |  | maintained in the computerized criminal history system reflects the | 
      
        |  | use of the person's identity as a stolen alias; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  notify the Texas Department of Criminal Justice | 
      
        |  | that the person's identifying information may have been falsely | 
      
        |  | used by an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice. | 
      
        |  | (b)  On receipt of a declaration under Section 411.0421, | 
      
        |  | Government Code, or on receipt of information similar to that | 
      
        |  | contained in a declaration filed under that section, the Department | 
      
        |  | of Public Safety shall separate information maintained in the | 
      
        |  | computerized criminal history system regarding an individual whose | 
      
        |  | identity has been misused from information maintained in that | 
      
        |  | system regarding the person who misused the identity.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 60.19.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.106.  INFORMATION RELATED TO NON-FINGERPRINT | 
      
        |  | SUPPORTED ACTIONS.  (a)  On receipt of a report of prosecution or | 
      
        |  | court disposition information from a jurisdiction for which | 
      
        |  | corresponding arrest data does not exist in the computerized | 
      
        |  | criminal history system, the Department of Public Safety shall | 
      
        |  | enter the report into a non-fingerprint supported file that is | 
      
        |  | separate from the computerized criminal history system. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The Department of Public Safety shall grant access to | 
      
        |  | records in a non-fingerprint supported file created under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (a) that include the subject's name or other identifier | 
      
        |  | in the same manner as the department is required to grant access to | 
      
        |  | criminal history record information under Subchapter F, Chapter | 
      
        |  | 411, Government Code. | 
      
        |  | (c)  On receipt of a report of arrest information that | 
      
        |  | corresponds to a record in a non-fingerprint supported file created | 
      
        |  | under Subsection (a), the Department of Public Safety shall | 
      
        |  | transfer the record from the non-fingerprint supported file to the | 
      
        |  | computerized criminal history system.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 60.20.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER D.  CORRECTIONS TRACKING SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.151.  CORRECTIONS TRACKING SYSTEM DATABASE.  (a) | 
      
        |  | The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall record data and | 
      
        |  | establish and maintain the corrections tracking system. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The corrections tracking system must contain the | 
      
        |  | information required by this chapter.  (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. | 
      
        |  | 60.02(a), (d).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.152.  INFORMATION CONTAINED IN CORRECTIONS TRACKING | 
      
        |  | SYSTEM.  (a)  Information in the corrections tracking system | 
      
        |  | relating to a sentence to be served under the jurisdiction of the | 
      
        |  | Texas Department of Criminal Justice must include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the offender's name; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the offender's state identification number; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the sentencing date; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the sentence for each offense, by offense code and | 
      
        |  | incident number; | 
      
        |  | (5)  if the offender was sentenced to imprisonment: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the unit of imprisonment; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the length of the sentence for each offense; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (C)  if multiple sentences were ordered, whether | 
      
        |  | the sentences were ordered to be served consecutively or | 
      
        |  | concurrently; and | 
      
        |  | (6)  if a sentence other than a fine or imprisonment was | 
      
        |  | ordered, a description of the sentence ordered. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Sentencing information in the corrections tracking | 
      
        |  | system must also include the following information about each | 
      
        |  | community supervision, including deferred adjudication community | 
      
        |  | supervision, or other alternative to imprisonment ordered: | 
      
        |  | (1)  each conviction for which a sentence was ordered | 
      
        |  | but was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed, by | 
      
        |  | offense code and incident number; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  if a sentence or portion of a sentence of | 
      
        |  | imprisonment was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not | 
      
        |  | imposed: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the offense, the sentence, and the amount of | 
      
        |  | the sentence deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not | 
      
        |  | imposed; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a statement of whether any return to | 
      
        |  | imprisonment or confinement was a condition of community | 
      
        |  | supervision or an alternative sentence; | 
      
        |  | (C)  the community supervision and corrections | 
      
        |  | department exercising jurisdiction over the offender; | 
      
        |  | (D)  the date the offender was received by a | 
      
        |  | community supervision and corrections department; | 
      
        |  | (E)  any program in which the offender is placed | 
      
        |  | or has previously been placed and the level of supervision on which | 
      
        |  | the offender is placed while under the jurisdiction of a community | 
      
        |  | supervision and corrections department; | 
      
        |  | (F)  the date a program described by Paragraph (E) | 
      
        |  | begins, the date the program ends, and whether the program was | 
      
        |  | completed successfully; | 
      
        |  | (G)  the date a level of supervision described by | 
      
        |  | Paragraph (E) begins and the date the level of supervision ends; | 
      
        |  | (H)  if the offender's community supervision is | 
      
        |  | revoked: | 
      
        |  | (i)  the reason for the revocation and the | 
      
        |  | date of revocation, by offense code and incident number; and | 
      
        |  | (ii)  other current sentences of community | 
      
        |  | supervision or other alternatives to confinement that have not been | 
      
        |  | revoked, by offense code and incident number; and | 
      
        |  | (I)  the date of the offender's release from the | 
      
        |  | community supervision and corrections department. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Information in the corrections tracking system relating | 
      
        |  | to the handling of offenders must include the following information | 
      
        |  | about each imprisonment, confinement, or execution of an offender: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the date of the imprisonment or confinement; | 
      
        |  | (2)  if the offender was sentenced to death: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the date of execution; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  if the death sentence was commuted, the | 
      
        |  | sentence to which the sentence of death was commuted and the date of | 
      
        |  | commutation; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the date the offender was released from | 
      
        |  | imprisonment or confinement and whether the release was a discharge | 
      
        |  | or a release on parole or to mandatory supervision; | 
      
        |  | (4)  if the offender is released on parole or to | 
      
        |  | mandatory supervision: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the offense for which the offender was | 
      
        |  | convicted, by offense code and incident number; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the date the offender was received by an | 
      
        |  | office of the parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice; | 
      
        |  | (C)  the county in which the offender resides | 
      
        |  | while under supervision; | 
      
        |  | (D)  any program in which the offender is placed | 
      
        |  | or has previously been placed and the level of supervision on which | 
      
        |  | the offender is placed while under the jurisdiction of the parole | 
      
        |  | division; | 
      
        |  | (E)  the date a program described by Paragraph (D) | 
      
        |  | begins, the date the program ends, and whether the program was | 
      
        |  | completed successfully; | 
      
        |  | (F)  the date a level of supervision described by | 
      
        |  | Paragraph (D) begins and the date the level of supervision ends; | 
      
        |  | (G)  if the offender's release status is revoked, | 
      
        |  | the reason for the revocation and the date of revocation; | 
      
        |  | (H)  the expiration date of the sentence; and | 
      
        |  | (I)  the date on which the offender is: | 
      
        |  | (i)  released from the parole division; or | 
      
        |  | (ii)  granted clemency; and | 
      
        |  | (5)  if the offender is released under Article | 
      
        |  | 42A.202(b), the date of the offender's release.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 60.052.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER E.  ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.201.  ACCESS TO DATABASES BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 
      
        |  | AGENCIES AND OTHER ENTITIES.  (a)  Criminal justice agencies, the | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board, and the council are entitled to access | 
      
        |  | the databases of the Department of Public Safety, the Texas | 
      
        |  | Juvenile Justice Department, and the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice in accordance with applicable state or federal law or | 
      
        |  | regulations. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The access granted by this article does not entitle a | 
      
        |  | criminal justice agency, the Legislative Budget Board, or the | 
      
        |  | council to add, delete, or alter data maintained by another agency. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 60.03(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.202.  REQUEST FOR DATA FILE FROM DATABASES. | 
      
        |  | (a)  The council or the Legislative Budget Board may submit to the | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, | 
      
        |  | and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice an annual request for a | 
      
        |  | data file containing data elements from the departments' systems. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The Department of Public Safety, the Texas Juvenile | 
      
        |  | Justice Department, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice | 
      
        |  | shall provide the council and the Legislative Budget Board with the | 
      
        |  | data file for the period requested, in accordance with state and | 
      
        |  | federal law and regulations. | 
      
        |  | (c)  If the council submits a data file request other than | 
      
        |  | the annual data file request, the director of the agency | 
      
        |  | maintaining the requested records must approve the request. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The Legislative Budget Board may submit a data file | 
      
        |  | request other than the annual data file request without the | 
      
        |  | approval of the director of the agency maintaining the requested | 
      
        |  | records.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 60.03(b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.203.  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DATA PROHIBITED.  A | 
      
        |  | criminal justice agency, the council, and the Legislative Budget | 
      
        |  | Board may not disclose to the public information in an individual's | 
      
        |  | criminal history record if the record is protected by state or | 
      
        |  | federal law or regulation.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 60.03(c).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER F.  DATA COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.251.  UNIFORM INCIDENT FINGERPRINT CARD.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety, in consultation with the council, | 
      
        |  | shall design, print, and distribute a uniform incident fingerprint | 
      
        |  | card to each law enforcement agency in this state. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The uniform incident fingerprint card must be: | 
      
        |  | (1)  serially numbered with an incident number in such | 
      
        |  | a manner that the individual incident of arrest may be readily | 
      
        |  | ascertained; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  a multiple-part form that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  has space for information relating to each | 
      
        |  | charge for which a person is arrested, the person's fingerprints, | 
      
        |  | and other information relevant to the arrest; | 
      
        |  | (B)  can be transmitted with the offender through | 
      
        |  | the criminal justice process; and | 
      
        |  | (C)  allows each law enforcement agency to report | 
      
        |  | required data to the Department of Public Safety or the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Subject to available telecommunications capacity, the | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety shall develop the capability to receive | 
      
        |  | the information on the uniform incident fingerprint card by | 
      
        |  | electronic means from a law enforcement agency.  The information | 
      
        |  | must be in a form that is compatible with the form required for data | 
      
        |  | supplied to the criminal justice information system.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Arts. 60.01(15), 60.07.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.252.  REPORTING OF INFORMATION BY LOCAL ENTITIES. | 
      
        |  | (a)  The Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Justice by rule shall develop reporting procedures that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  ensure that the offender processing data is | 
      
        |  | reported from the time an offender is arrested until the time an | 
      
        |  | offender is released; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  provide measures and policies designed to identify | 
      
        |  | and eliminate redundant reporting of information to the criminal | 
      
        |  | justice information system. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The arresting law enforcement agency shall prepare a | 
      
        |  | uniform incident fingerprint card described by Article 66.251 and | 
      
        |  | initiate the reporting process for each offender charged with a | 
      
        |  | felony or a misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine | 
      
        |  | only. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The clerk of the court exercising jurisdiction over a | 
      
        |  | case shall report the disposition of the case to the Department of | 
      
        |  | Public Safety. | 
      
        |  | (d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e) or as otherwise | 
      
        |  | required by applicable state law or rule, information or data | 
      
        |  | required by this chapter to be reported to the Department of Public | 
      
        |  | Safety or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall be | 
      
        |  | reported promptly but not later than the 30th day after the date on | 
      
        |  | which the information or data is received by the agency responsible | 
      
        |  | for reporting it. | 
      
        |  | (e)  An offender's arrest shall be reported to the Department | 
      
        |  | of Public Safety not later than the seventh day after the date of | 
      
        |  | the arrest. | 
      
        |  | (f)  A court that orders the release of an offender under | 
      
        |  | Article 42A.202(b) when the offender is under a bench warrant and | 
      
        |  | not physically imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice shall report the release to the department not later than | 
      
        |  | the seventh day after the date of the release.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 60.08.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.253.  COMPATIBILITY OF DATA.  (a)  Data supplied to | 
      
        |  | the criminal justice information system must: | 
      
        |  | (1)  be compatible with the system; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  contain both incident numbers and state | 
      
        |  | identification numbers. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A discrete submission of information under this chapter | 
      
        |  | must contain, in conjunction with the required information, the | 
      
        |  | person's name and state identification number.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 60.04.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.254.  ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF INFORMATION.  Whenever | 
      
        |  | possible, information relating to dispositions and subsequent | 
      
        |  | offender processing data shall be reported electronically.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 60.02(h).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.255.  INFORMATION ON SUBSEQUENT ARRESTS.  The | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice shall develop the capability to send by electronic means | 
      
        |  | information about the subsequent arrest of a person under | 
      
        |  | supervision to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the community supervision and corrections | 
      
        |  | department serving the court of original jurisdiction; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the district parole office supervising the person. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 60.18.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER G.  DUTIES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES AND CERTAIN | 
      
        |  | COURT CLERKS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.301.  DUTIES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES.  (a)  Each | 
      
        |  | criminal justice agency shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  compile and maintain records needed for reporting | 
      
        |  | data required by the Department of Public Safety and the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice; | 
      
        |  | (2)  transmit to the Department of Public Safety and | 
      
        |  | the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, when and in the manner | 
      
        |  | each department directs, all data required by the appropriate | 
      
        |  | department; | 
      
        |  | (3)  give the Department of Public Safety and the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice, or the departments' accredited | 
      
        |  | agents, access to the agency for the purpose of inspection to | 
      
        |  | determine the completeness and accuracy of data reported; | 
      
        |  | (4)  cooperate with the Department of Public Safety and | 
      
        |  | the Texas Department of Criminal Justice so that each department | 
      
        |  | may properly and efficiently perform the department's duties under | 
      
        |  | this chapter; and | 
      
        |  | (5)  cooperate with the Department of Public Safety | 
      
        |  | and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to identify and | 
      
        |  | eliminate redundant reporting of information to the criminal | 
      
        |  | justice information system. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An optical disk or other technology may be used instead | 
      
        |  | of microfilm as a medium to store information if allowed by the | 
      
        |  | applicable state laws or rules relating to the archiving of state | 
      
        |  | agency information. (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 60.06(a), (d).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.302.  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE NOT AUTHORIZED.  (a)  An | 
      
        |  | individual's identifiable description or a notation of an | 
      
        |  | individual's arrest, detention, indictment, information, or other | 
      
        |  | formal criminal charge and of any disposition of the charge, | 
      
        |  | including sentencing, correctional supervision, and release, that | 
      
        |  | is collected and compiled by the Department of Public Safety or the | 
      
        |  | Texas Department of Criminal Justice from criminal justice agencies | 
      
        |  | and maintained in a central location is not subject to public | 
      
        |  | disclosure except as authorized by federal or state law or | 
      
        |  | regulation. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a document maintained | 
      
        |  | by a criminal justice agency that is the source of information | 
      
        |  | collected by the Department of Public Safety or the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice.  Each criminal justice agency shall | 
      
        |  | retain the documents described by this subsection.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Arts. 60.06(b), (c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.303.  PROHIBITED ACTS.  An agency official may not | 
      
        |  | intentionally conceal or destroy any record with the intent to | 
      
        |  | violate this subchapter.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 60.06(e).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.304.  APPLICABILITY TO DISTRICT COURT AND COUNTY | 
      
        |  | COURT CLERKS.  The duties imposed on a criminal justice agency under | 
      
        |  | this subchapter are also imposed on district court and county court | 
      
        |  | clerks.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 60.06(f).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER H.  OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.351.  BIENNIAL PLANS.  The Department of Public | 
      
        |  | Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, with advice | 
      
        |  | from the council and the Department of Information Resources, shall | 
      
        |  | develop biennial plans to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  improve the reporting and accuracy of the criminal | 
      
        |  | justice information system; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  develop and maintain monitoring systems capable of | 
      
        |  | identifying missing information.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 60.02(i).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.352.  EXAMINATION OF RECORDS AND OPERATIONS.  (a)  At | 
      
        |  | least once during each five-year period, the council shall | 
      
        |  | coordinate an examination of the records and operations of the | 
      
        |  | criminal justice information system to ensure: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the accuracy and completeness of information in | 
      
        |  | the system; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the promptness of information reporting. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The state auditor or other appropriate entity selected | 
      
        |  | by the council shall conduct the examination under Subsection (a) | 
      
        |  | with the cooperation of the council, the Department of Public | 
      
        |  | Safety, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The council, the Department of Public Safety, and the | 
      
        |  | Texas Department of Criminal Justice may examine the records of the | 
      
        |  | agencies required to report information to the Department of Public | 
      
        |  | Safety or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The examining entity under Subsection (b) shall submit | 
      
        |  | to the legislature and the council a report that summarizes the | 
      
        |  | findings of each examination and contains recommendations for | 
      
        |  | improving the criminal justice information system. | 
      
        |  | (e)  Not later than the first anniversary of the date the | 
      
        |  | examining entity under Subsection (b) submits a report under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (d), the Department of Public Safety shall report to the | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board, the governor, and the council the | 
      
        |  | department's progress in implementing the examining entity's | 
      
        |  | recommendations, including the reason for not implementing any | 
      
        |  | recommendation. | 
      
        |  | (f)  Each year following the submission of the report | 
      
        |  | described by Subsection (e), the Department of Public Safety shall | 
      
        |  | submit a similar report until each of the examining entity's | 
      
        |  | recommendations is implemented. | 
      
        |  | (g)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, | 
      
        |  | work performed under this article by the state auditor is subject to | 
      
        |  | approval by the legislative audit committee for inclusion in the | 
      
        |  | audit plan under Section 321.013(c), Government Code. (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Arts. 60.02(j), (m).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.353.  MONITORING AND REPORTING DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT | 
      
        |  | OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  (a)  The Department of Public Safety shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  monitor the submission of arrest and disposition | 
      
        |  | information by local jurisdictions; | 
      
        |  | (2)  annually submit to the Legislative Budget Board, | 
      
        |  | the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state auditor, and the | 
      
        |  | standing committees in the senate and house of representatives with | 
      
        |  | primary jurisdiction over criminal justice and the department a | 
      
        |  | report regarding the level of reporting by local jurisdictions; | 
      
        |  | (3)  identify local jurisdictions that do not report | 
      
        |  | arrest or disposition information or that partially report | 
      
        |  | information; and | 
      
        |  | (4)  for use in determining the status of outstanding | 
      
        |  | dispositions, publish monthly on the department's Internet website | 
      
        |  | or in another electronic publication a report listing by local | 
      
        |  | jurisdiction each arrest for which there is no corresponding final | 
      
        |  | court disposition. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The report described by Subsection (a)(2) must contain a | 
      
        |  | disposition completeness percentage for each county in this state. | 
      
        |  | For purposes of this subsection, "disposition completeness | 
      
        |  | percentage" means the percentage of arrest charges a county reports | 
      
        |  | to the Department of Public Safety, to be entered in the | 
      
        |  | computerized criminal history system under this chapter, that were | 
      
        |  | brought against a person in the county and for which a disposition | 
      
        |  | has been subsequently reported and entered in the computerized | 
      
        |  | criminal history system.  (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 60.21(b), (c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.354.  LOCAL DATA ADVISORY BOARDS.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | commissioners court of each county may create a local data advisory | 
      
        |  | board to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  analyze the structure of local automated and | 
      
        |  | manual data systems to identify redundant data entry and data | 
      
        |  | storage; | 
      
        |  | (2)  develop recommendations for the commissioners to | 
      
        |  | improve the local data systems; | 
      
        |  | (3)  develop recommendations, when appropriate, for | 
      
        |  | the effective electronic transfer of required data from local | 
      
        |  | agencies to state agencies; and | 
      
        |  | (4)  perform any related duties to be determined by the | 
      
        |  | commissioners court. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Local officials responsible for collecting, storing, | 
      
        |  | reporting, and using data may be appointed to a local data advisory | 
      
        |  | board. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The council and the Department of Public Safety shall, | 
      
        |  | to the extent that resources allow, provide technical assistance | 
      
        |  | and advice on the request of a local data advisory board.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 60.09.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER I.  GRANTS | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.401.  GRANTS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS.  The | 
      
        |  | council, the Department of Public Safety, the criminal justice | 
      
        |  | division of the governor's office, and the Department of | 
      
        |  | Information Resources cooperatively shall develop and adopt a grant | 
      
        |  | program, to be implemented by the criminal justice division at a | 
      
        |  | time and in a manner determined by the division, to aid local law | 
      
        |  | enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and court personnel in | 
      
        |  | obtaining equipment and training necessary to operate a | 
      
        |  | telecommunications network capable of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  making inquiries to and receiving responses from | 
      
        |  | the statewide automated fingerprint identification system and from | 
      
        |  | the computerized criminal history system; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  transmitting information to those systems.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 60.02(k).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 66.402.  CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.  Before allocating | 
      
        |  | money to a county from any federal or state grant program for the | 
      
        |  | enhancement of criminal justice programs, an agency of the state | 
      
        |  | must certify that, using all or part of the allocated money, the | 
      
        |  | county has taken or will take all action necessary to provide the | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice any criminal history records maintained by the county in | 
      
        |  | the manner specified for purposes of those departments.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 60.14.) | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.04.  Title 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Chapter 67 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  |  | 
      
        |  | CHAPTER 67.  COMPILATION OF INFORMATION PERTAINING TO COMBINATIONS | 
      
        |  | AND CRIMINAL STREET GANGS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.001.  DEFINITIONS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B.  INTELLIGENCE DATABASES | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.051.  INTELLIGENCE DATABASES REQUIRED | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.052.  DEPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE DATABASE | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.053.  INTELLIGENCE DATABASE USER TRAINING; | 
      
        |  | RULES | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.054.  SUBMISSION CRITERIA | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C.  RELEASE AND USE OF INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.101.  RELEASE AND USE OF INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.102.  CRIMINAL INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.103.  UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OR USE OF CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION; PENALTY | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER D.  REMOVAL OF INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.151.  REMOVAL OF INFORMATION RELATING TO | 
      
        |  | INDIVIDUAL OTHER THAN CHILD | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.152.  REMOVAL OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER E.  RIGHTS OF SUBJECT OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.201.  RIGHT TO REQUEST EXISTENCE OF CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.202.  RIGHT TO REQUEST REVIEW OF CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.203.  JUDICIAL REVIEW | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER F.  GANG RESOURCE SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.251.  ESTABLISHMENT OF GANG RESOURCE SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.252.  INFORMATION INCLUDED IN GANG RESOURCE | 
      
        |  | SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.253.  INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION PROHIBITED | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.254.  COLLECTION OF INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.255.  USE OF INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.256.  ACCESS TO INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER G.  TEXAS VIOLENT GANG TASK FORCE | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.301.  DEFINITION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.302.  PURPOSE | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.303.  TASK FORCE MEMBERS | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.304.  DUTIES OF TASK FORCE | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.305.  DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT REGARDING TASK FORCE | 
      
        |  | CHAPTER 67.  COMPILATION OF INFORMATION PERTAINING TO COMBINATIONS | 
      
        |  | AND CRIMINAL STREET GANGS | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Administration of criminal justice" has the | 
      
        |  | meaning assigned by Article 66.001. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Child" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.02, | 
      
        |  | Family Code. | 
      
        |  | (3)  "Combination" has the meaning assigned by Section | 
      
        |  | 71.01, Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | (4)  "Criminal activity" means conduct that is subject | 
      
        |  | to prosecution. | 
      
        |  | (5)  "Criminal information" means facts, material, | 
      
        |  | photographs, or data reasonably related to the investigation or | 
      
        |  | prosecution of criminal activity. | 
      
        |  | (6)  "Criminal justice agency" means: | 
      
        |  | (A)  an entity defined as a criminal justice | 
      
        |  | agency under Article 66.001; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  a municipal or county agency, or school | 
      
        |  | district law enforcement agency, that is engaged in the | 
      
        |  | administration of criminal justice under a statute or executive | 
      
        |  | order. | 
      
        |  | (7)  "Criminal street gang" has the meaning assigned by | 
      
        |  | Section 71.01, Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | (8)  "Department" means the Department of Public Safety | 
      
        |  | of the State of Texas. | 
      
        |  | (9)  "Intelligence database" means a collection or | 
      
        |  | compilation of data organized for search and retrieval to evaluate, | 
      
        |  | analyze, disseminate, or use intelligence information relating to a | 
      
        |  | combination or criminal street gang for the purpose of | 
      
        |  | investigating or prosecuting a criminal offense. | 
      
        |  | (10)  "Juvenile justice agency" has the meaning | 
      
        |  | assigned by Section 58.101, Family Code. | 
      
        |  | (11)  "Law enforcement agency" does not include the | 
      
        |  | Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice | 
      
        |  | Department, or a local juvenile probation department.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 61.01.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B.  INTELLIGENCE DATABASES | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.051.  INTELLIGENCE DATABASES REQUIRED.  (a)  Subject | 
      
        |  | to Subsection (b), a criminal justice agency or juvenile justice | 
      
        |  | agency shall compile criminal information into an intelligence | 
      
        |  | database for the purpose of investigating or prosecuting the | 
      
        |  | criminal activities of combinations or criminal street gangs. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A law enforcement agency in a municipality with a | 
      
        |  | population of 50,000 or more or in a county with a population of | 
      
        |  | 100,000 or more shall compile and maintain in a local or regional | 
      
        |  | intelligence database criminal information relating to a criminal | 
      
        |  | street gang as provided by Subsection (a).  The agency must compile | 
      
        |  | and maintain the information in accordance with the criminal | 
      
        |  | intelligence systems operating policies established under 28 | 
      
        |  | C.F.R. Section 23.1 et seq. and the submission criteria established | 
      
        |  | under Article 67.054(b). | 
      
        |  | (c)  Information described by this article may be compiled on | 
      
        |  | paper, by computer, or in any other useful manner by a criminal | 
      
        |  | justice agency, juvenile justice agency, or law enforcement agency. | 
      
        |  | (d)  A local law enforcement agency described by Subsection | 
      
        |  | (b) shall send to the department information the agency compiles | 
      
        |  | and maintains under this chapter.  (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. | 
      
        |  | 61.02(a), (b), (b-1), 61.03(c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.052.  DEPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE DATABASE.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | department shall establish an intelligence database and shall | 
      
        |  | maintain information received from an agency under Article | 
      
        |  | 67.051(d) in the database in accordance with the criminal | 
      
        |  | intelligence systems operating policies established under 28 | 
      
        |  | C.F.R. Section 23.1 et seq. and the submission criteria under | 
      
        |  | Article 67.054(b). | 
      
        |  | (b)  The department shall designate a code to distinguish | 
      
        |  | criminal information relating to a child and contained in the | 
      
        |  | department's intelligence database from criminal information | 
      
        |  | relating to an adult offender and contained in the database.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Arts. 61.02(b) (part), 61.03(d), (e).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.053.  INTELLIGENCE DATABASE USER TRAINING; RULES. | 
      
        |  | (a)  The department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding | 
      
        |  | with the United States Department of Justice or other appropriate | 
      
        |  | federal department or agency to provide any person in this state who | 
      
        |  | enters information into or retrieves information from an | 
      
        |  | intelligence database described by this chapter with training | 
      
        |  | regarding the operating principles described by 28 C.F.R. Part 23, | 
      
        |  | as those principles relate to an intelligence database established | 
      
        |  | or maintained under this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A person in this state who enters information into or | 
      
        |  | retrieves information from an intelligence database described by | 
      
        |  | this chapter shall complete continuing education training on the | 
      
        |  | material described by Subsection (a) at least once for each | 
      
        |  | continuous two-year period the person has primary responsibility | 
      
        |  | for performing a function described by this subsection. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement | 
      
        |  | this article.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.12.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.054.  SUBMISSION CRITERIA.  (a)  In this article: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Family member" means a person related to another | 
      
        |  | person within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity, as | 
      
        |  | described by Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, except | 
      
        |  | that the term does not include a person who is considered to be | 
      
        |  | related to another person by affinity only as described by Section | 
      
        |  | 573.024(b), Government Code. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Penal institution" means: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a confinement facility operated by or under | 
      
        |  | contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a confinement facility operated by or under | 
      
        |  | contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; | 
      
        |  | (C)  a juvenile secure pre-adjudication or | 
      
        |  | post-adjudication facility operated by or under a local juvenile | 
      
        |  | probation department; or | 
      
        |  | (D)  a county jail. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Criminal information collected under this chapter | 
      
        |  | relating to a criminal street gang must: | 
      
        |  | (1)  be relevant to the identification of an | 
      
        |  | organization that is reasonably suspected of involvement in | 
      
        |  | criminal activity; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  consist of: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a judgment under any law that includes, as a | 
      
        |  | finding or as an element of a criminal offense, participation in a | 
      
        |  | criminal street gang; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a self-admission by an individual of criminal | 
      
        |  | street gang membership that is made during a judicial proceeding; | 
      
        |  | or | 
      
        |  | (C)  except as provided by Subsection (c), any two | 
      
        |  | of the following: | 
      
        |  | (i)  a self-admission by the individual of | 
      
        |  | criminal street gang membership that is not made during a judicial | 
      
        |  | proceeding, including the use of the Internet or other electronic | 
      
        |  | format or medium to post photographs or other documentation | 
      
        |  | identifying the individual as a member of a criminal street gang; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  an identification of the individual as | 
      
        |  | a criminal street gang member by a reliable informant or other | 
      
        |  | individual; | 
      
        |  | (iii)  a corroborated identification of the | 
      
        |  | individual as a criminal street gang member by an informant or other | 
      
        |  | individual of unknown reliability; | 
      
        |  | (iv)  evidence that the individual frequents | 
      
        |  | a documented area of a criminal street gang and associates with | 
      
        |  | known criminal street gang members; | 
      
        |  | (v)  evidence that the individual uses, in | 
      
        |  | more than an incidental manner, criminal street gang dress, hand | 
      
        |  | signals, tattoos, or symbols, including expressions of letters, | 
      
        |  | numbers, words, or marks, regardless of how or the means by which | 
      
        |  | the symbols are displayed, that are associated with a criminal | 
      
        |  | street gang that operates in an area frequented by the individual | 
      
        |  | and described by Subparagraph (iv); | 
      
        |  | (vi)  evidence that the individual has been | 
      
        |  | arrested or taken into custody with known criminal street gang | 
      
        |  | members for an offense or conduct consistent with criminal street | 
      
        |  | gang activity; | 
      
        |  | (vii)  evidence that the individual has | 
      
        |  | visited a known criminal street gang member, other than a family | 
      
        |  | member of the individual, while the gang member is confined in or | 
      
        |  | committed to a penal institution; or | 
      
        |  | (viii)  evidence of the individual's use of | 
      
        |  | technology, including the Internet, to recruit new criminal street | 
      
        |  | gang members. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Evidence described by Subsections (b)(2)(C)(iv) and | 
      
        |  | (vii) is not sufficient to create the eligibility of a person's | 
      
        |  | information to be included in an intelligence database described by | 
      
        |  | this chapter unless the evidence is combined with information | 
      
        |  | described by another subparagraph of Subsection (b)(2)(C).  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Arts. 61.02(c), (d), (e).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C.  RELEASE AND USE OF INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.101.  RELEASE AND USE OF INFORMATION.  (a)  On | 
      
        |  | request, a criminal justice agency may release information | 
      
        |  | maintained under this chapter to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  another criminal justice agency; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a court; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  a defendant in a criminal proceeding who is | 
      
        |  | entitled to the discovery of the information under Chapter 39. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A criminal justice agency or court may use information | 
      
        |  | received under this article or Article 67.051(d) or 67.052 only for | 
      
        |  | the administration of criminal justice. | 
      
        |  | (c)  A defendant may use information received under this | 
      
        |  | article or Article 67.051(d) or 67.052 only for a defense in a | 
      
        |  | criminal proceeding.  (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 61.03(a), (b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.102.  CRIMINAL INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD.  (a) | 
      
        |  | Notwithstanding Chapter 58, Family Code, criminal information | 
      
        |  | relating to a child associated with a combination or criminal | 
      
        |  | street gang may be compiled and released under this chapter | 
      
        |  | regardless of the age of the child. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A criminal justice agency or juvenile justice agency may | 
      
        |  | release information maintained under this chapter to an attorney | 
      
        |  | representing a child who is a party to a proceeding under Title 3, | 
      
        |  | Family Code, if the juvenile court determines the information: | 
      
        |  | (1)  is material to the proceeding; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  is not privileged under law. | 
      
        |  | (c)  An attorney may use information received under this | 
      
        |  | article only for a child's defense in a proceeding under Title 3, | 
      
        |  | Family Code. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The governing body of a county or municipality served by | 
      
        |  | a law enforcement agency described by Article 67.051(b) may adopt a | 
      
        |  | policy to notify the parent or guardian of a child of the agency's | 
      
        |  | observations relating to the child's association with a criminal | 
      
        |  | street gang.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.04.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.103.  UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OR USE OF CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION; PENALTY.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the | 
      
        |  | person knowingly: | 
      
        |  | (1)  uses criminal information obtained under this | 
      
        |  | chapter for an unauthorized purpose; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  releases the information to a person who is not | 
      
        |  | entitled to the information. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An offense under this article is a Class A misdemeanor. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.05.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER D.  REMOVAL OF INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.151.  REMOVAL OF INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL | 
      
        |  | OTHER THAN CHILD.  (a)  This article does not apply to information | 
      
        |  | collected under this chapter by the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Subject to Subsection (c), information collected under | 
      
        |  | this chapter relating to a criminal street gang must be removed | 
      
        |  | after five years from an intelligence database established under | 
      
        |  | Article 67.051 and the intelligence database maintained by the | 
      
        |  | department under Article 67.052 if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the information relates to the investigation or | 
      
        |  | prosecution of criminal activity engaged in by an individual other | 
      
        |  | than a child; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the individual who is the subject of the | 
      
        |  | information has not been arrested for criminal activity reported to | 
      
        |  | the department under Chapter 66. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The five-year period described by Subsection (b) does | 
      
        |  | not include any period during which the individual who is the | 
      
        |  | subject of the information is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  confined in a correctional facility operated by or | 
      
        |  | under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | 
      
        |  | (2)  committed to a secure correctional facility, as | 
      
        |  | defined by Section 51.02, Family Code, operated by or under | 
      
        |  | contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  confined in a county jail or confined in or | 
      
        |  | committed to a facility operated by a juvenile board in lieu of | 
      
        |  | being confined in a correctional facility described by Subdivision | 
      
        |  | (1) or committed to a secure correctional facility described by | 
      
        |  | Subdivision (2).  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.06.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.152.  REMOVAL OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD.  (a) | 
      
        |  | This article does not apply to information collected under this | 
      
        |  | chapter by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Texas | 
      
        |  | Juvenile Justice Department. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Subject to Subsection (c), information collected under | 
      
        |  | this chapter relating to a criminal street gang must be removed | 
      
        |  | after two years from an intelligence database established under | 
      
        |  | Article 67.051 and the intelligence database maintained by the | 
      
        |  | department under Article 67.052 if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the information relates to the investigation or | 
      
        |  | prosecution of criminal activity engaged in by a child; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the child who is the subject of the information has | 
      
        |  | not been: | 
      
        |  | (A)  arrested for criminal activity reported to | 
      
        |  | the department under Chapter 66; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  taken into custody for delinquent conduct | 
      
        |  | reported to the department under Chapter 58, Family Code. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The two-year period described by Subsection (b) does not | 
      
        |  | include any period during which the child who is the subject of the | 
      
        |  | information is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department | 
      
        |  | for conduct that violates a penal law of the grade of felony; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  confined in the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.07.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER E.  RIGHTS OF SUBJECT OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.201.  RIGHT TO REQUEST EXISTENCE OF CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION.  (a)  A person or the parent or guardian of a child may | 
      
        |  | request that a law enforcement agency determine whether the agency | 
      
        |  | has collected or is maintaining, under submission criteria | 
      
        |  | established under Article 67.054(b), criminal information relating | 
      
        |  | solely to the person or child.  The law enforcement agency shall | 
      
        |  | respond to the request not later than the 10th business day after | 
      
        |  | the date the agency receives the request. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Before responding to a request under Subsection (a), a | 
      
        |  | law enforcement agency may require reasonable written verification | 
      
        |  | of the identity of the person making the request and the | 
      
        |  | relationship between the parent or guardian and the child, if | 
      
        |  | applicable, including written verification of an address, date of | 
      
        |  | birth, driver's license number, state identification card number, | 
      
        |  | or social security number.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.075.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.202.  RIGHT TO REQUEST REVIEW OF CRIMINAL | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION.  (a)  On receipt of a written request of a person or the | 
      
        |  | parent or guardian of a child that includes a showing by the person | 
      
        |  | or the parent or guardian that a law enforcement agency may have | 
      
        |  | collected criminal information under this chapter relating to the | 
      
        |  | person or child that is inaccurate or does not comply with the | 
      
        |  | submission criteria under Article 67.054(b), the head of the agency | 
      
        |  | or the designee of the agency head shall review criminal | 
      
        |  | information collected by the agency under this chapter relating to | 
      
        |  | the person or child to determine if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  reasonable suspicion exists to believe that the | 
      
        |  | information is accurate; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the information complies with the submission | 
      
        |  | criteria established under Article 67.054(b). | 
      
        |  | (b)  If, after conducting a review of criminal information | 
      
        |  | under Subsection (a), the agency head or designee determines that | 
      
        |  | reasonable suspicion does not exist to believe that the information | 
      
        |  | is accurate, or determines that the information does not comply | 
      
        |  | with the submission criteria, the agency shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  destroy all records containing the information; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (2)  notify the department and the person who requested | 
      
        |  | the review of the agency's determination and the destruction of the | 
      
        |  | records. | 
      
        |  | (c)  If, after conducting a review of criminal information | 
      
        |  | under Subsection (a), the agency head or designee determines that | 
      
        |  | reasonable suspicion exists to believe that the information is | 
      
        |  | accurate, and determines that the information complies with the | 
      
        |  | submission criteria, the agency shall notify the person who | 
      
        |  | requested the review: | 
      
        |  | (1)  of the agency's determination; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  that the person is entitled to seek judicial | 
      
        |  | review of the agency's determination under Article 67.203. | 
      
        |  | (d)  On receipt of notice under Subsection (b)(2), the | 
      
        |  | department immediately shall destroy all records containing the | 
      
        |  | information that is the subject of the notice in the intelligence | 
      
        |  | database maintained by the department under Article 67.052. | 
      
        |  | (e)  A person who is committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice | 
      
        |  | Department or confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice | 
      
        |  | does not, while committed or confined, have the right to request | 
      
        |  | review of criminal information under this article.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 61.08.) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.203.  JUDICIAL REVIEW.  (a)  A person who is entitled | 
      
        |  | to seek judicial review of a determination made under Article | 
      
        |  | 67.202(c) may file a petition for review in district court in the | 
      
        |  | county in which the person resides. | 
      
        |  | (b)  On the filing of a petition for review under Subsection | 
      
        |  | (a), the district court shall conduct an in camera review of the | 
      
        |  | criminal information that is the subject of the determination to | 
      
        |  | determine if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  reasonable suspicion exists to believe that the | 
      
        |  | information is accurate; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the information complies with the submission | 
      
        |  | criteria under Article 67.054(b). | 
      
        |  | (c)  If, after conducting an in camera review of criminal | 
      
        |  | information under Subsection (b), the court finds that reasonable | 
      
        |  | suspicion does not exist to believe that the information is | 
      
        |  | accurate, or finds that the information does not comply with the | 
      
        |  | submission criteria, the court shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  order the law enforcement agency that collected | 
      
        |  | the information to destroy all records containing the information; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (2)  notify the department of the court's determination | 
      
        |  | and the destruction of the records. | 
      
        |  | (d)  A petitioner may appeal a final judgment of a district | 
      
        |  | court conducting an in camera review under this article. | 
      
        |  | (e)  Information that is the subject of an in camera review | 
      
        |  | under this article is confidential and may not be disclosed.  (Code | 
      
        |  | Crim. Proc., Art. 61.09.) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER F.  GANG RESOURCE SYSTEM | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.251.  ESTABLISHMENT OF GANG RESOURCE SYSTEM.  The | 
      
        |  | office of the attorney general shall establish an electronic gang | 
      
        |  | resource system to provide criminal justice agencies and juvenile | 
      
        |  | justice agencies with information about criminal street gangs in | 
      
        |  | this state.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.11(a) (part).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.252.  INFORMATION INCLUDED IN GANG RESOURCE SYSTEM. | 
      
        |  | (a)  The gang resource system established under Article 67.251 may | 
      
        |  | include the following information with regard to any gang: | 
      
        |  | (1)  gang name; | 
      
        |  | (2)  gang identifiers, such as colors used, tattoos, | 
      
        |  | and clothing preferences; | 
      
        |  | (3)  criminal activities; | 
      
        |  | (4)  migration trends; | 
      
        |  | (5)  recruitment activities; and | 
      
        |  | (6)  a local law enforcement contact. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Information in the gang resource system shall be | 
      
        |  | accessible according to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  municipality or county; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  gang name. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The office of the attorney general may coordinate with | 
      
        |  | the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to include information in | 
      
        |  | the gang resource system regarding groups that have been identified | 
      
        |  | by the Security Threat Group Management Office of the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice.  (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 61.11(a) | 
      
        |  | (part), (g), (h).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.253.  INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION PROHIBITED. | 
      
        |  | Information relating to the identity of a specific offender or | 
      
        |  | alleged offender may not be maintained in the gang resource system. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.11(d).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.254.  COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.  (a)  On request by | 
      
        |  | the office of the attorney general, a criminal justice agency or | 
      
        |  | juvenile justice agency shall make a reasonable attempt to provide | 
      
        |  | gang information to the office of the attorney general for the | 
      
        |  | purpose of maintaining an updated, comprehensive gang resource | 
      
        |  | system. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The office of the attorney general shall cooperate with | 
      
        |  | criminal justice agencies and juvenile justice agencies in | 
      
        |  | collecting and maintaining the accuracy of the information included | 
      
        |  | in the gang resource system.  (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 61.11(b), | 
      
        |  | (c).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.255.  USE OF INFORMATION.  Information in the gang | 
      
        |  | resource system may be used in investigating gang-related crimes. | 
      
        |  | Information from the system may be included in an affidavit or | 
      
        |  | subpoena or used in connection with any other legal or judicial | 
      
        |  | proceeding only if the information is corroborated by information | 
      
        |  | not provided by or maintained in the system.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 61.11(e).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.256.  ACCESS TO INFORMATION.  Access to the gang | 
      
        |  | resource system shall be limited to criminal justice agency | 
      
        |  | personnel and juvenile justice agency personnel.  (Code Crim. | 
      
        |  | Proc., Art. 61.11(f).) | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER G.  TEXAS VIOLENT GANG TASK FORCE | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.301.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "task force" | 
      
        |  | means the Texas Violent Gang Task Force.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. | 
      
        |  | 61.10(a).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.302.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of the task force is to | 
      
        |  | form a strategic partnership among local, state, and federal | 
      
        |  | criminal justice, juvenile justice, and correctional agencies to | 
      
        |  | better enable those agencies to take a proactive stance toward | 
      
        |  | tracking gang activity and the growth and spread of gangs | 
      
        |  | statewide.  (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.10(b).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.303.  TASK FORCE MEMBERS.  The task force shall | 
      
        |  | consist of: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a representative of the department designated by | 
      
        |  | the director of the department; | 
      
        |  | (2)  two representatives of the Texas Department of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Justice, including a representative of the parole | 
      
        |  | division, designated by the executive director of that agency; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a representative of the office of the inspector | 
      
        |  | general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice designated by | 
      
        |  | the inspector general; | 
      
        |  | (4)  two representatives of the Texas Juvenile Justice | 
      
        |  | Department designated by the executive director of that agency; | 
      
        |  | (5)  a representative of the office of the attorney | 
      
        |  | general designated by the attorney general; | 
      
        |  | (6)  six representatives who are local law enforcement | 
      
        |  | officers or local community supervision personnel, including | 
      
        |  | juvenile probation personnel, designated by the governor; | 
      
        |  | (7)  two representatives who are local prosecutors | 
      
        |  | designated by the governor; and | 
      
        |  | (8)  a representative of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage | 
      
        |  | Commission designated by the executive director of that agency. | 
      
        |  | (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 61.10(f).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.304.  DUTIES OF TASK FORCE.  (a)  The task force | 
      
        |  | shall focus its efforts on: | 
      
        |  | (1)  developing, through regional task force meetings, | 
      
        |  | a statewide networking system that will provide timely access to | 
      
        |  | gang information; | 
      
        |  | (2)  establishing communication between different | 
      
        |  | criminal justice, juvenile justice, and correctional agencies, | 
      
        |  | combining independent agency resources, and joining agencies | 
      
        |  | together in a cooperative effort to focus on gang membership, gang | 
      
        |  | activity, and gang migration trends; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  forming a working group of criminal justice, | 
      
        |  | juvenile justice, and correctional representatives from throughout | 
      
        |  | this state to discuss specific cases and investigations involving | 
      
        |  | gangs and other related gang activities. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The task force may take any other actions necessary to | 
      
        |  | accomplish the purposes of this subchapter. | 
      
        |  | (c)  If practicable, the task force shall consult with | 
      
        |  | representatives from one or more United States attorneys' offices | 
      
        |  | in this state and with representatives from the following federal | 
      
        |  | agencies who are available and assigned to a duty station in this | 
      
        |  | state: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the Federal Bureau of Investigation; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the Federal Bureau of Prisons; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the United States Drug Enforcement | 
      
        |  | Administration; | 
      
        |  | (4)  United States Immigration and Customs | 
      
        |  | Enforcement; | 
      
        |  | (5)  United States Customs and Border Protection; | 
      
        |  | (6)  the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and | 
      
        |  | Explosives; | 
      
        |  | (7)  the United States Marshals Service; and | 
      
        |  | (8)  the United States Probation and Pretrial Services | 
      
        |  | System.  (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 61.10(c), (d), (g).) | 
      
        |  | Art. 67.305.  DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT REGARDING TASK FORCE. | 
      
        |  | The department shall support the task force to assist in | 
      
        |  | coordinating statewide antigang initiatives.  (Code Crim. Proc., | 
      
        |  | Art. 61.10(e).) | 
      
        |  | ARTICLE 2.  CONFORMING AMENDMENTS FOR ARTICLES 18.20 AND 18.21, | 
      
        |  | CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: CHAPTER 16, PENAL CODE | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.01.  Sections 16.02(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and | 
      
        |  | (e-1), Penal Code, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  In this section: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Communication [ , "computer trespasser," "covert  | 
      
        |  | entry," "communication] common carrier," "computer trespasser," | 
      
        |  | "contents," "covert entry," "electronic communication," | 
      
        |  | [ "electronic, mechanical, or other device," "immediate  | 
      
        |  | life-threatening situation,"] "intercept," "interception device," | 
      
        |  | "investigative or law enforcement officer," [ "member of a law  | 
      
        |  | enforcement unit specially trained to respond to and deal with  | 
      
        |  | life-threatening situations,"] "oral communication," "protected | 
      
        |  | computer," [ "readily accessible to the general public,"] and "wire | 
      
        |  | communication" have the meanings assigned by [ given those terms in] | 
      
        |  | Article 18A.001 [ 18.20], Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Immediate life-threatening situation" and | 
      
        |  | "member of a law enforcement unit specially trained to respond to | 
      
        |  | and deal with life-threatening situations" have the meanings | 
      
        |  | assigned by Article 18A.201, Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | (3)  "Readily accessible to the general public" means, | 
      
        |  | with respect to a radio communication, a communication that is not: | 
      
        |  | (A)  scrambled or encrypted; | 
      
        |  | (B)  transmitted using modulation techniques | 
      
        |  | whose essential parameters have been withheld from the public with | 
      
        |  | the intention of preserving the privacy of the communication; | 
      
        |  | (C)  carried on a subcarrier or other signal | 
      
        |  | subsidiary to a radio transmission; | 
      
        |  | (D)  transmitted over a communication system | 
      
        |  | provided by a common carrier, unless the communication is a | 
      
        |  | tone-only paging system communication; | 
      
        |  | (E)  transmitted on frequencies allocated under | 
      
        |  | Part 25, Subpart D, E, or F of Part 74, or Part 94 of the rules of the | 
      
        |  | Federal Communications Commission, unless, in the case of a | 
      
        |  | communication transmitted on a frequency allocated under Part 74 | 
      
        |  | that is not exclusively allocated to broadcast auxiliary services, | 
      
        |  | the communication is a two-way voice communication by radio; or | 
      
        |  | (F)  an electronic communication. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A person commits an offense if the person: | 
      
        |  | (1)  intentionally intercepts, endeavors to intercept, | 
      
        |  | or procures another person to intercept or endeavor to intercept a | 
      
        |  | wire, oral, or electronic communication; | 
      
        |  | (2)  intentionally discloses or endeavors to disclose | 
      
        |  | to another person the contents of a wire, oral, or electronic | 
      
        |  | communication if the person knows or has reason to know the | 
      
        |  | information was obtained through the interception of a wire, oral, | 
      
        |  | or electronic communication in violation of this subsection; | 
      
        |  | (3)  intentionally uses or endeavors to use the | 
      
        |  | contents of a wire, oral, or electronic communication if the person | 
      
        |  | knows or is reckless about whether the information was obtained | 
      
        |  | through the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic | 
      
        |  | communication in violation of this subsection; | 
      
        |  | (4)  knowingly or intentionally effects a covert entry | 
      
        |  | for the purpose of intercepting wire, oral, or electronic | 
      
        |  | communications without court order or authorization; or | 
      
        |  | (5)  intentionally uses, endeavors to use, or procures | 
      
        |  | any other person to use or endeavor to use any interception | 
      
        |  | [ electronic, mechanical, or other] device to intercept any oral | 
      
        |  | communication when the device: | 
      
        |  | (A)  is affixed to, or otherwise transmits a | 
      
        |  | signal through a wire, cable, or other connection used in wire | 
      
        |  | communications; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  transmits communications by radio or | 
      
        |  | interferes with the transmission of communications by radio. | 
      
        |  | (c)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (b) that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  an operator of a switchboard or an officer, | 
      
        |  | employee, or agent of a communication common carrier whose | 
      
        |  | facilities are used in the transmission of a wire or electronic | 
      
        |  | communication intercepts a communication or discloses or uses an | 
      
        |  | intercepted communication in the normal course of employment while | 
      
        |  | engaged in an activity that is a necessary incident to the rendition | 
      
        |  | of service or to the protection of the rights or property of the | 
      
        |  | carrier of the communication, unless the interception results from | 
      
        |  | the communication common carrier's use of service observing or | 
      
        |  | random monitoring for purposes other than mechanical or service | 
      
        |  | quality control checks; | 
      
        |  | (2)  an officer, employee, or agent of a communication | 
      
        |  | common carrier provides information, facilities, or technical | 
      
        |  | assistance to an investigative or law enforcement officer who is | 
      
        |  | authorized as provided by this section to intercept a wire, oral, or | 
      
        |  | electronic communication; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a person acting under color of law intercepts: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a wire, oral, or electronic communication, if | 
      
        |  | the person is a party to the communication or if one of the parties | 
      
        |  | to the communication has given prior consent to the interception; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a wire, oral, or electronic communication, if | 
      
        |  | the person is acting under the authority of Chapter 18A [ Article  | 
      
        |  | 18.20], Code of Criminal Procedure; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  a wire or electronic communication made by a | 
      
        |  | computer trespasser and transmitted to, through, or from a | 
      
        |  | protected computer, if: | 
      
        |  | (i)  the interception did not acquire a | 
      
        |  | communication other than one transmitted to or from the computer | 
      
        |  | trespasser; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  the owner of the protected computer | 
      
        |  | consented to the interception of the computer trespasser's | 
      
        |  | communications on the protected computer; and | 
      
        |  | (iii)  the actor was lawfully engaged in an | 
      
        |  | ongoing criminal investigation and the actor had reasonable | 
      
        |  | suspicion to believe that the contents of the computer trespasser's | 
      
        |  | communications likely to be obtained would be material to the | 
      
        |  | investigation; | 
      
        |  | (4)  a person not acting under color of law intercepts a | 
      
        |  | wire, oral, or electronic communication, if: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the person is a party to the communication; | 
      
        |  | or | 
      
        |  | (B)  one of the parties to the communication has | 
      
        |  | given prior consent to the interception, unless the communication | 
      
        |  | is intercepted for the purpose of committing an unlawful act; | 
      
        |  | (5)  a person acting under color of law intercepts a | 
      
        |  | wire, oral, or electronic communication if: | 
      
        |  | (A)  oral or written consent for the interception | 
      
        |  | is given by a magistrate before the interception; | 
      
        |  | (B)  an immediate life-threatening situation | 
      
        |  | exists; | 
      
        |  | (C)  the person is a member of a law enforcement | 
      
        |  | unit specially trained to: | 
      
        |  | (i)  respond to and deal with | 
      
        |  | life-threatening situations; or | 
      
        |  | (ii)  install interception [ electronic,  | 
      
        |  | mechanical, or other] devices; and | 
      
        |  | (D)  the interception ceases immediately on | 
      
        |  | termination of the life-threatening situation; | 
      
        |  | (6)  an officer, employee, or agent of the Federal | 
      
        |  | Communications Commission intercepts a communication transmitted | 
      
        |  | by radio or discloses or uses an intercepted communication in the | 
      
        |  | normal course of employment and in the discharge of the monitoring | 
      
        |  | responsibilities exercised by the Federal Communications | 
      
        |  | Commission in the enforcement of Chapter 5, Title 47, United States | 
      
        |  | Code; | 
      
        |  | (7)  a person intercepts or obtains access to an | 
      
        |  | electronic communication that was made through an electronic | 
      
        |  | communication system that is configured to permit the communication | 
      
        |  | to be readily accessible to the general public; | 
      
        |  | (8)  a person intercepts radio communication, other | 
      
        |  | than a cordless telephone communication that is transmitted between | 
      
        |  | a cordless telephone handset and a base unit, that is transmitted: | 
      
        |  | (A)  by a station for the use of the general | 
      
        |  | public; | 
      
        |  | (B)  to ships, aircraft, vehicles, or persons in | 
      
        |  | distress; | 
      
        |  | (C)  by a governmental, law enforcement, civil | 
      
        |  | defense, private land mobile, or public safety communications | 
      
        |  | system that is readily accessible to the general public, unless the | 
      
        |  | radio communication is transmitted by a law enforcement | 
      
        |  | representative to or from a mobile data terminal; | 
      
        |  | (D)  by a station operating on an authorized | 
      
        |  | frequency within the bands allocated to the amateur, citizens band, | 
      
        |  | or general mobile radio services; or | 
      
        |  | (E)  by a marine or aeronautical communications | 
      
        |  | system; | 
      
        |  | (9)  a person intercepts a wire or electronic | 
      
        |  | communication the transmission of which causes harmful | 
      
        |  | interference to a lawfully operating station or consumer electronic | 
      
        |  | equipment, to the extent necessary to identify the source of the | 
      
        |  | interference; | 
      
        |  | (10)  a user of the same frequency intercepts a radio | 
      
        |  | communication made through a system that uses frequencies monitored | 
      
        |  | by individuals engaged in the provision or the use of the system, if | 
      
        |  | the communication is not scrambled or encrypted; or | 
      
        |  | (11)  a provider of an electronic communications | 
      
        |  | service records the fact that a wire or electronic communication | 
      
        |  | was initiated or completed in order to protect the provider, | 
      
        |  | another provider furnishing service towards the completion of the | 
      
        |  | communication, or a user of that service from fraudulent, unlawful, | 
      
        |  | or abusive use of the service. | 
      
        |  | (d)  A person commits an offense if the person: | 
      
        |  | (1)  intentionally manufactures, assembles, possesses, | 
      
        |  | or sells an interception [ electronic, mechanical, or other] device | 
      
        |  | knowing or having reason to know that the device is designed | 
      
        |  | primarily for nonconsensual interception of wire, electronic, or | 
      
        |  | oral communications and that the device or a component of the device | 
      
        |  | has been or will be used for an unlawful purpose; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  places in a newspaper, magazine, handbill, or | 
      
        |  | other publication an advertisement of an interception [ electronic,  | 
      
        |  | mechanical, or other] device: | 
      
        |  | (A)  knowing or having reason to know that the | 
      
        |  | device is designed primarily for nonconsensual interception of | 
      
        |  | wire, electronic, or oral communications; | 
      
        |  | (B)  promoting the use of the device for the | 
      
        |  | purpose of nonconsensual interception of wire, electronic, or oral | 
      
        |  | communications; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  knowing or having reason to know that the | 
      
        |  | advertisement will promote the use of the device for the purpose of | 
      
        |  | nonconsensual interception of wire, electronic, or oral | 
      
        |  | communications. | 
      
        |  | (e)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (d) that the manufacture, assembly, possession, or sale | 
      
        |  | of an interception [ electronic, mechanical, or other] device that | 
      
        |  | is designed primarily for the purpose of nonconsensual interception | 
      
        |  | of wire, electronic, or oral communication is by: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a communication common carrier or a provider of | 
      
        |  | wire or electronic communications service or an officer, agent, or | 
      
        |  | employee of or a person under contract with a communication common | 
      
        |  | carrier or service provider acting in the normal course of the | 
      
        |  | provider's or [ communication] carrier's business; | 
      
        |  | (2)  an officer, agent, or employee of a person under | 
      
        |  | contract with, bidding on contracts with, or doing business with | 
      
        |  | the United States or this state acting in the normal course of the | 
      
        |  | activities of the United States or this state; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a member of the Department of Public Safety who is | 
      
        |  | specifically trained to install wire, oral, or electronic | 
      
        |  | communications intercept equipment; or | 
      
        |  | (4)  a member of a local law enforcement agency that has | 
      
        |  | an established unit specifically designated to respond to and deal | 
      
        |  | with life-threatening situations. | 
      
        |  | (e-1)  It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (d)(1) | 
      
        |  | that the interception [ electronic, mechanical, or other] device is | 
      
        |  | possessed by a person authorized to possess the device under | 
      
        |  | Section 500.008, Government Code, or Section 242.103, Human | 
      
        |  | Resources Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.02.  Sections 16.03(b) and (c), Penal Code, are | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  In this section: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Authorized"[ , "authorized] peace officer," | 
      
        |  | [ "communications common carrier,"] "pen register," and "trap and | 
      
        |  | trace device" have the meanings assigned by Article 18B.001 | 
      
        |  | [ 18.21], Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Communication common carrier" has the meaning | 
      
        |  | assigned by Article 18A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | (c)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (a) that the actor is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  an officer, employee, or agent of a communication | 
      
        |  | [ communications] common carrier and the actor installs or uses a | 
      
        |  | device or equipment to record a number dialed from or to a telephone | 
      
        |  | instrument in the normal course of business of the carrier for | 
      
        |  | purposes of: | 
      
        |  | (A)  protecting property or services provided by | 
      
        |  | the carrier; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  assisting another who the actor reasonably | 
      
        |  | believes to be a peace officer authorized to install or use a pen | 
      
        |  | register or trap and trace device under Chapter 18B [ Article  | 
      
        |  | 18.21], Code of Criminal Procedure; | 
      
        |  | (2)  an officer, employee, or agent of a lawful | 
      
        |  | enterprise and the actor installs or uses a device or equipment | 
      
        |  | while engaged in an activity that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  is a necessary incident to the rendition of | 
      
        |  | service or to the protection of property of or services provided by | 
      
        |  | the enterprise; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  is not made for the purpose of gathering | 
      
        |  | information for a law enforcement agency or private investigative | 
      
        |  | agency, other than information related to the theft of | 
      
        |  | communication or information services provided by the enterprise; | 
      
        |  | or | 
      
        |  | (3)  a person authorized to install or use a pen | 
      
        |  | register or trap and trace device under Chapter 18B [ Article  | 
      
        |  | 18.21], Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.03.  Sections 16.04(a) and (e), Penal Code, are | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  In this section: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Electronic[ , "electronic] communication," | 
      
        |  | [ "electronic storage,"] "user," and "wire communication" have the | 
      
        |  | meanings assigned by [ to those terms in] Article 18A.001 [18.21], | 
      
        |  | Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Electronic storage" has the meaning assigned by | 
      
        |  | Article 18B.001, Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | (e)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (b) that the conduct was authorized by: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the provider of the wire or electronic | 
      
        |  | communications service; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the user of the wire or electronic communications | 
      
        |  | service; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the addressee or intended recipient of the wire or | 
      
        |  | electronic communication; or | 
      
        |  | (4)  Chapter 18B [ Article 18.21], Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.04.  Section 16.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  In this section, "electronic [ communication,"  | 
      
        |  | "electronic] communications service" has [service," and  | 
      
        |  | "electronic communications system" have] the meaning assigned by | 
      
        |  | [ meanings given those terms in] Article 18A.001 [18.20], Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | ARTICLE 3.  OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS FOR ARTICLES 18.20 AND | 
      
        |  | 18.21, CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.01.  Section 71.0083(b), Agriculture Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  An agriculture warrant may be issued only by a | 
      
        |  | magistrate authorized to issue a search warrant under Chapter 18, | 
      
        |  | 18A, or 18B, Code of Criminal Procedure, only after the department | 
      
        |  | has exercised reasonable efforts to obtain consent to conduct a | 
      
        |  | search, and on application by the department accompanied by a | 
      
        |  | supporting affidavit that establishes probable cause for the | 
      
        |  | issuance of the warrant.  The warrant must describe: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the street address and municipality or the parcel | 
      
        |  | number and county of each place or premises subject to the warrant; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (2)  each type of plant pest or disease that is the | 
      
        |  | subject of the warrant. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.02.  Section 123.001(2), Civil Practice and | 
      
        |  | Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Interception" means the aural acquisition of the | 
      
        |  | contents of a communication through the use of an interception | 
      
        |  | [ electronic, mechanical, or other] device that is made without the | 
      
        |  | consent of a party to the communication, but does not include the | 
      
        |  | ordinary use of: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a telephone or telegraph instrument or | 
      
        |  | facility or telephone and telegraph equipment; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a hearing aid designed to correct subnormal | 
      
        |  | hearing to not better than normal; | 
      
        |  | (C)  a radio, television, or other wireless | 
      
        |  | receiver; or | 
      
        |  | (D)  a cable system that relays a public wireless | 
      
        |  | broadcast from a common antenna to a receiver. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.03.  Article 18.02(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(13): | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Electronic communication" [ , "electronic  | 
      
        |  | communication," "electronic storage,"] and "wire communication" | 
      
        |  | have the meanings assigned by Article 18A.001. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Electronic [ 18.20, and "electronic] customer | 
      
        |  | data" and "electronic storage" have [ has] the meanings [meaning] | 
      
        |  | assigned by Article 18B.001 [ 18.21]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.04.  Article 18.0215(d), Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  Notwithstanding any other law, a peace officer may | 
      
        |  | search a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device | 
      
        |  | without a warrant if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the owner or possessor of the telephone or device | 
      
        |  | consents to the search; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the telephone or device is reported stolen by the | 
      
        |  | owner or possessor; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  the officer reasonably believes that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the telephone or device is in the possession | 
      
        |  | of a fugitive from justice for whom an arrest warrant has been | 
      
        |  | issued for committing a felony offense; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  there exists an immediate life-threatening | 
      
        |  | situation, as defined by [ Section 1,] Article 18A.201 [18.20]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.05.  Article 18.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Art. 18.04.  CONTENTS OF WARRANT.  A search warrant issued | 
      
        |  | under this chapter, Chapter 18A, or Chapter 18B shall be sufficient | 
      
        |  | if it contains the following requisites: | 
      
        |  | (1)  that it run in the name of "The State of Texas"; | 
      
        |  | (2)  that it identify, as near as may be, that which is | 
      
        |  | to be seized and name or describe, as near as may be, the person, | 
      
        |  | place, or thing to be searched; | 
      
        |  | (3)  that it command any peace officer of the proper | 
      
        |  | county to search forthwith the person, place, or thing named; | 
      
        |  | (4)  that it be dated and signed by the magistrate; and | 
      
        |  | (5)  that the magistrate's name appear in clearly | 
      
        |  | legible handwriting or in typewritten form with the magistrate's | 
      
        |  | signature. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.06.  Article 18.06(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A peace officer to whom a search warrant is delivered | 
      
        |  | shall execute the warrant without delay and forthwith return the | 
      
        |  | warrant to the proper magistrate. A search warrant issued under | 
      
        |  | [ Section 5A,] Article 18B.354 [18.21,] must be executed in the | 
      
        |  | manner provided by Article 18B.355 [ that section] not later than | 
      
        |  | the 11th day after the date of issuance.  In all other cases, a | 
      
        |  | search warrant must be executed within three days from the time of | 
      
        |  | its issuance.  A warrant issued under this chapter, Chapter 18A, or | 
      
        |  | Chapter 18B shall be executed within a shorter period if so directed | 
      
        |  | in the warrant by the magistrate. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.07.  Articles 18.07(a) and (b), Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The period allowed for the execution of a search | 
      
        |  | warrant, exclusive of the day of its issuance and of the day of its | 
      
        |  | execution, is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  15 whole days if the warrant is issued solely to | 
      
        |  | search for and seize specimens from a specific person for DNA | 
      
        |  | analysis and comparison, including blood and saliva samples; | 
      
        |  | (2)  10 whole days if the warrant is issued under | 
      
        |  | [ Section 5A,] Article 18B.354 [18.21]; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  three whole days if the warrant is issued for a | 
      
        |  | purpose other than that described by Subdivision (1) or (2). | 
      
        |  | (b)  The magistrate issuing a search warrant under this | 
      
        |  | chapter, Chapter 18A, or Chapter 18B shall endorse on the search | 
      
        |  | warrant the date and hour of its issuance. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.08.  Section 54.978(e), Government Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  In this subsection, [ "pen register,"] "ESN reader," | 
      
        |  | "pen register," and "trap and trace device" [ device," and "mobile  | 
      
        |  | tracking device"] have the meanings assigned by Article 18B.001 | 
      
        |  | [ Section 18.21], Code of Criminal Procedure, and "mobile tracking | 
      
        |  | device" has the meaning assigned by Article 18B.201, Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure.  A magistrate may: | 
      
        |  | (1)  notwithstanding [ Section 2(a),] Article 18B.051 | 
      
        |  | or 18B.052 [ 18.21], Code of Criminal Procedure, issue an order | 
      
        |  | under Subchapter C, Chapter 18B [ Section 2, Article 18.21], Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure, for the installation and use of: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a pen register; | 
      
        |  | (B)  an ESN reader; | 
      
        |  | (C)  a trap and trace device; or | 
      
        |  | (D)  equipment that combines the function of a pen | 
      
        |  | register and a trap and trace device; | 
      
        |  | (2)  issue an order to obtain access to stored | 
      
        |  | communications under [ Section 5,] Article 18B.352 [18.21], Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  notwithstanding [ Section 14(a),] Article | 
      
        |  | 18B.203(a) [ 18.21], Code of Criminal Procedure, issue an order for | 
      
        |  | the installation and use of a mobile tracking device under | 
      
        |  | Subchapter E, Chapter 18B [ Section 14, Article 18.21], Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.09.  Section 421.004, Government Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 421.004.  PROVISIONS GOVERNING MOBILE TRACKING | 
      
        |  | DEVICES.  In the event of a conflict between Subchapter E, Chapter | 
      
        |  | 18B [ Section 14, Article 18.21], Code of Criminal Procedure, and | 
      
        |  | this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, Subchapter E, | 
      
        |  | Chapter 18B [ Section 14, Article 18.21], Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure, controls. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.10.  Section 493.0191, Government Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 493.0191.  ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | inspector general may issue an administrative subpoena to a | 
      
        |  | communication [ communications] common carrier or an electronic | 
      
        |  | communications service provider to compel the production of the | 
      
        |  | carrier's or service provider's business records that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  disclose information about: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the carrier's or service provider's | 
      
        |  | customers; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  users of the services offered by the carrier | 
      
        |  | or service provider; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  are material to a criminal investigation of an | 
      
        |  | escape or a potential escape or a violation of Section 38.11, Penal | 
      
        |  | Code. | 
      
        |  | (b)  In this section: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Communication [ "Communications] common carrier" | 
      
        |  | means a person that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  for a fee, provides directly to the public or | 
      
        |  | to certain members of the public the ability to transmit between or | 
      
        |  | among points specified by the person who uses that ability, | 
      
        |  | regardless of the technology used, information of the person's | 
      
        |  | choosing without change in the form or content of the information | 
      
        |  | transmitted; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  is a provider that bills customers for | 
      
        |  | services described by Paragraph (A). | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Electronic communications service provider" | 
      
        |  | means a service provider that provides to users of the service the | 
      
        |  | ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications, as | 
      
        |  | those terms are defined by Article 18A.001 [ 18.20], Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.11.  Sections 500.008(a) and (b), Government Code, | 
      
        |  | are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The department may own and the office of inspector | 
      
        |  | general may possess, install, operate, or monitor an interception | 
      
        |  | [ electronic, mechanical, or other] device, as defined by Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.001 [ 18.20], Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The inspector general shall designate in writing the | 
      
        |  | commissioned officers of the office of inspector general who are | 
      
        |  | authorized to possess, install, operate, and monitor interception | 
      
        |  | [ electronic, mechanical, or other] devices for the department. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.12.  Section 242.841(2), Health and Safety Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Electronic monitoring device": | 
      
        |  | (A)  includes: | 
      
        |  | (i)  video surveillance cameras installed in | 
      
        |  | the room of a resident; and | 
      
        |  | (ii)  audio devices installed in the room of | 
      
        |  | a resident designed to acquire communications or other sounds | 
      
        |  | occurring in the room; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  does not include an interception | 
      
        |  | [ electronic, mechanical, or other] device that is specifically used | 
      
        |  | for the nonconsensual interception of wire or electronic | 
      
        |  | communications. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.13.  Section 242.842(c), Health and Safety Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  A communication or other sound acquired by an audio | 
      
        |  | electronic monitoring device installed under the provisions of this | 
      
        |  | subchapter concerning authorized electronic monitoring is not | 
      
        |  | considered to be: | 
      
        |  | (1)  an oral communication as defined by [ Section 1,] | 
      
        |  | Article 18A.001 [ 18.20], Code of Criminal Procedure; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  a communication as defined by Section 123.001, | 
      
        |  | Civil Practice and Remedies Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.14.  Section 555.151(2), Health and Safety Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Electronic monitoring device": | 
      
        |  | (A)  includes: | 
      
        |  | (i)  video surveillance cameras installed in | 
      
        |  | a resident's room; and | 
      
        |  | (ii)  audio devices installed in a | 
      
        |  | resident's room designed to acquire communications or other sounds | 
      
        |  | occurring in the room; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  does not include an interception | 
      
        |  | [ electronic, mechanical, or other] device that is specifically used | 
      
        |  | for the nonconsensual interception of wire or electronic | 
      
        |  | communications. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.15.  Section 555.152(c), Health and Safety Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  A communication or other sound acquired by an audio | 
      
        |  | electronic monitoring device installed under the provisions of this | 
      
        |  | subchapter concerning authorized electronic monitoring is not | 
      
        |  | considered to be: | 
      
        |  | (1)  an oral communication as defined by [ Section 1,] | 
      
        |  | Article 18A.001 [ 18.20], Code of Criminal Procedure; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  a communication as defined by Section 123.001, | 
      
        |  | Civil Practice and Remedies Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.16.  Sections 242.103(a) and (b), Human Resources | 
      
        |  | Code, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The department may own and the office of the inspector | 
      
        |  | general may possess, install, operate, or monitor an interception | 
      
        |  | [ electronic, mechanical, or other] device, as defined by Article | 
      
        |  | 18A.001 [ 18.20], Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The inspector general shall designate in writing the | 
      
        |  | commissioned officers of the office of inspector general who are | 
      
        |  | authorized to possess, install, operate, and monitor interception | 
      
        |  | [ electronic, mechanical, or other] devices for the department. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.17.  Section 33.01(3), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (3)  "Communication [ "Communications] common carrier" | 
      
        |  | means a person who owns or operates a telephone system in this state | 
      
        |  | that includes equipment or facilities for the conveyance, | 
      
        |  | transmission, or reception of communications and who receives | 
      
        |  | compensation from persons who use that system. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.18.  Section 33.03, Penal Code, is amended to read | 
      
        |  | as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 33.03.  DEFENSES.  It is an affirmative defense to | 
      
        |  | prosecution under Section 33.02 that the actor was an officer, | 
      
        |  | employee, or agent of a communication [ communications] common | 
      
        |  | carrier or electric utility and committed the proscribed act or | 
      
        |  | acts in the course of employment while engaged in an activity that | 
      
        |  | is a necessary incident to the rendition of service or to the | 
      
        |  | protection of the rights or property of the communication | 
      
        |  | [ communications] common carrier or electric utility. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.19.  Section 38.11(k), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (k)  A person commits an offense if, with the intent to | 
      
        |  | provide to or make a cellular telephone or other wireless | 
      
        |  | communications device or a component of one of those devices | 
      
        |  | available for use by a person in the custody of a correctional | 
      
        |  | facility, the person: | 
      
        |  | (1)  acquires a cellular telephone or other wireless | 
      
        |  | communications device or a component of one of those devices to be | 
      
        |  | delivered to the person in custody; | 
      
        |  | (2)  provides a cellular telephone or other wireless | 
      
        |  | communications device or a component of one of those devices to | 
      
        |  | another person for delivery to the person in custody; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  makes a payment to a communication common carrier, | 
      
        |  | as defined by Article 18A.001 [ 18.20], Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | or to any communication service that provides to its users the | 
      
        |  | ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications. | 
      
        |  | ARTICLE 4.  CONFORMING AMENDMENTS FOR CHAPTERS 60 AND 61, CODE OF | 
      
        |  | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.01.  Article 2.021, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Art. 2.021.  DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.  The attorney | 
      
        |  | general may offer to a county or district attorney the assistance of | 
      
        |  | the attorney general's office in the prosecution of an offense | 
      
        |  | described by Article 66.102(h) [ 60.051(g)] the victim of which is | 
      
        |  | younger than 17 years of age at the time the offense is committed. | 
      
        |  | On request of a county or district attorney, the attorney general | 
      
        |  | shall assist in the prosecution of an offense described by Article | 
      
        |  | 66.102(h) [ 60.051(g)] the victim of which is younger than 17 years | 
      
        |  | of age at the time the offense is committed.  For purposes of this | 
      
        |  | article, assistance includes investigative, technical, and | 
      
        |  | litigation assistance of the attorney general's office. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.02.  Section 1, Article 42.01, Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 1.  A judgment is the written declaration of the court | 
      
        |  | signed by the trial judge and entered of record showing the | 
      
        |  | conviction or acquittal of the defendant.  The sentence served | 
      
        |  | shall be based on the information contained in the judgment.  The | 
      
        |  | judgment shall reflect: | 
      
        |  | 1.  The title and number of the case; | 
      
        |  | 2.  That the case was called and the parties appeared, | 
      
        |  | naming the attorney for the state, the defendant, and the attorney | 
      
        |  | for the defendant, or, where a defendant is not represented by | 
      
        |  | counsel, that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and | 
      
        |  | voluntarily waived the right to representation by counsel; | 
      
        |  | 3.  The plea or pleas of the defendant to the offense | 
      
        |  | charged; | 
      
        |  | 4.  Whether the case was tried before a jury or a jury | 
      
        |  | was waived; | 
      
        |  | 5.  The submission of the evidence, if any; | 
      
        |  | 6.  In cases tried before a jury that the jury was | 
      
        |  | charged by the court; | 
      
        |  | 7.  The verdict or verdicts of the jury or the finding | 
      
        |  | or findings of the court; | 
      
        |  | 8.  In the event of a conviction that the defendant is | 
      
        |  | adjudged guilty of the offense as found by the verdict of the jury | 
      
        |  | or the finding of the court, and that the defendant be punished in | 
      
        |  | accordance with the jury's verdict or the court's finding as to the | 
      
        |  | proper punishment; | 
      
        |  | 9.  In the event of conviction where death or any | 
      
        |  | punishment is assessed that the defendant be sentenced to death, a | 
      
        |  | term of confinement or community supervision, or to pay a fine, as | 
      
        |  | the case may be; | 
      
        |  | 10.  In the event of conviction where the imposition of | 
      
        |  | sentence is suspended and the defendant is placed on community | 
      
        |  | supervision, setting forth the punishment assessed, the length of | 
      
        |  | community supervision, and the conditions of community | 
      
        |  | supervision; | 
      
        |  | 11.  In the event of acquittal that the defendant be | 
      
        |  | discharged; | 
      
        |  | 12.  The county and court in which the case was tried | 
      
        |  | and, if there was a change of venue in the case, the name of the | 
      
        |  | county in which the prosecution was originated; | 
      
        |  | 13.  The offense or offenses for which the defendant | 
      
        |  | was convicted; | 
      
        |  | 14.  The date of the offense or offenses and degree of | 
      
        |  | offense for which the defendant was convicted; | 
      
        |  | 15.  The term of sentence; | 
      
        |  | 16.  The date judgment is entered; | 
      
        |  | 17.  The date sentence is imposed; | 
      
        |  | 18.  The date sentence is to commence and any credit for | 
      
        |  | time served; | 
      
        |  | 19.  The terms of any order entered pursuant to Article | 
      
        |  | 42.08 that the defendant's sentence is to run cumulatively or | 
      
        |  | concurrently with another sentence or sentences; | 
      
        |  | 20.  The terms of any plea bargain; | 
      
        |  | 21.  Affirmative findings entered pursuant to Article | 
      
        |  | 42A.054(c) or (d); | 
      
        |  | 22.  The terms of any fee payment ordered under Article | 
      
        |  | 42.151; | 
      
        |  | 23.  The defendant's thumbprint taken in accordance | 
      
        |  | with Article 38.33; | 
      
        |  | 24.  In the event that the judge orders the defendant to | 
      
        |  | repay a reward or part of a reward under Articles 37.073 and 42.152, | 
      
        |  | a statement of the amount of the payment or payments required to be | 
      
        |  | made; | 
      
        |  | 25.  In the event that the court orders restitution to | 
      
        |  | be paid to the victim, a statement of the amount of restitution | 
      
        |  | ordered and: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the name and address of a person or agency | 
      
        |  | that will accept and forward restitution payments to the victim; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  if the court specifically elects to have | 
      
        |  | payments made directly to the crime victim, the name and permanent | 
      
        |  | address of the victim at the time of judgment; | 
      
        |  | 26.  In the event that a presentence investigation is | 
      
        |  | required by Subchapter F, Chapter 42A, a statement that the | 
      
        |  | presentence investigation was done according to the applicable | 
      
        |  | provision; | 
      
        |  | 27.  In the event of conviction of an offense for which | 
      
        |  | registration as a sex offender is required under Chapter 62, a | 
      
        |  | statement that the registration requirement of that chapter applies | 
      
        |  | to the defendant and a statement of the age of the victim of the | 
      
        |  | offense; | 
      
        |  | 28.  The defendant's state identification number | 
      
        |  | required by Article 66.152(a)(2) [ Section 60.052(a)(2)], if that | 
      
        |  | number has been assigned at the time of the judgment; and | 
      
        |  | 29.  The incident number required by Article | 
      
        |  | 66.152(a)(4) [ Section 60.052(a)(4)], if that number has been | 
      
        |  | assigned at the time of the judgment. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.03.  Article 42A.507(a), Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  This article applies only to a defendant who: | 
      
        |  | (1)  is identified as a member of a criminal street gang | 
      
        |  | in an intelligence database established under Chapter 67 [ 61]; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  has two or more times been previously convicted | 
      
        |  | of, or received a grant of deferred adjudication community | 
      
        |  | supervision or another functionally equivalent form of community | 
      
        |  | supervision or probation for, a felony offense under the laws of | 
      
        |  | this state, another state, or the United States. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.04.  Section 3(b), Article 55.02, Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The order of expunction entered by the court shall have | 
      
        |  | attached and incorporate by reference a copy of the judgment of | 
      
        |  | acquittal and shall include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the following information on the person who is the | 
      
        |  | subject of the expunction order: | 
      
        |  | (A)  full name; | 
      
        |  | (B)  sex; | 
      
        |  | (C)  race; | 
      
        |  | (D)  date of birth; | 
      
        |  | (E)  driver's license number; and | 
      
        |  | (F)  social security number; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the offense charged against the person who is the | 
      
        |  | subject of the expunction order; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the date the person who is the subject of the | 
      
        |  | expunction order was arrested; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the case number and court of offense; and | 
      
        |  | (5)  the tracking incident number (TRN) assigned to the | 
      
        |  | individual incident of arrest under Article 66.251(b)(1) | 
      
        |  | [ 60.07(b)(1)] by the Department of Public Safety. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.05.  Section 58.111, Family Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 58.111.  LOCAL DATA ADVISORY BOARDS.  The commissioners | 
      
        |  | court of each county may create a local data advisory board to | 
      
        |  | perform the same duties relating to the juvenile justice | 
      
        |  | information system as the duties performed by a local data advisory | 
      
        |  | board in relation to the criminal history record system under | 
      
        |  | Article 66.354 [ 60.09], Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.06.  Section 58.202, Family Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 58.202.  EXEMPTED RECORDS.  The following records are | 
      
        |  | exempt from this subchapter: | 
      
        |  | (1)  sex offender registration records maintained by | 
      
        |  | the department or a local law enforcement agency under Chapter 62, | 
      
        |  | Code of Criminal Procedure; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  records relating to a criminal combination or | 
      
        |  | criminal street gang maintained by the department or a local law | 
      
        |  | enforcement agency under Chapter 67 [ 61], Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.07.  Section 411.048(a)(1), Government Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned | 
      
        |  | by Article 66.001 [ 60.01], Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.08.  Section 411.048(g), Government Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (g)  An individual who is the subject of information | 
      
        |  | collected under this section may request that the director, the | 
      
        |  | director's designee, or a court review the information to determine | 
      
        |  | whether the information complies with rules adopted by the | 
      
        |  | director.  The review shall be conducted using the same procedure | 
      
        |  | for reviewing criminal information collected under Chapter 67 [ 61], | 
      
        |  | Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.09.  Section 411.0601, Government Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 411.0601.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "criminal | 
      
        |  | justice agency" has the meaning assigned by Article 66.001 [ 60.01], | 
      
        |  | Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.10.  Section 411.082(1), Government Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Administration of criminal justice" has the | 
      
        |  | meaning assigned by Article 66.001 [ 60.01], Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.11.  Section 493.0155, Government Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 493.0155.  PROPER IDENTIFICATION OF INMATES USING | 
      
        |  | ALIAS.  On receipt of information from the Department of Public | 
      
        |  | Safety under Article 66.105 [ 60.19], Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | that a person's identifying information may have been falsely used | 
      
        |  | by an inmate as the inmate's identifying information, regardless of | 
      
        |  | whether the inmate is in the custody of the department, is serving a | 
      
        |  | period of supervised release, or has been discharged, the | 
      
        |  | department shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  make a reasonable effort to identify the inmate's | 
      
        |  | actual identity; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  take action to ensure that any information | 
      
        |  | maintained in the department's records and files regarding the | 
      
        |  | inmate reflects the inmate's use of the person's identity as a | 
      
        |  | stolen alias and refers to available information concerning the | 
      
        |  | inmate's actual identity. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.12.  Section 508.227(a), Government Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  This section applies only to a releasee who: | 
      
        |  | (1)  is identified as a member of a criminal street gang | 
      
        |  | in an intelligence database established under Chapter 67 [ 61], Code | 
      
        |  | of Criminal Procedure; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  has three or more times been convicted of, or | 
      
        |  | received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision or | 
      
        |  | another functionally equivalent form of community supervision or | 
      
        |  | probation for, a felony offense under the laws of this state, | 
      
        |  | another state, or the United States. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.13.  Section 509.004(b), Government Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The division shall develop an automated tracking system | 
      
        |  | that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  is capable of receiving tracking data from | 
      
        |  | community supervision and corrections departments' caseload | 
      
        |  | management and accounting systems; | 
      
        |  | (2)  is capable of tracking the defendant and the | 
      
        |  | sentencing event at which the defendant was placed on community | 
      
        |  | supervision by name, arrest charge code, and incident number; | 
      
        |  | (3)  provides the division with the statistical data it | 
      
        |  | needs to support budget requests and satisfy requests for | 
      
        |  | information; and | 
      
        |  | (4)  is compatible with the requirements of Chapter 66 | 
      
        |  | [ 60], Code of Criminal Procedure, and the information systems used | 
      
        |  | by the institutional division and the pardons and paroles division | 
      
        |  | of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.14.  Section 244.003(b), Human Resources Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  Except as provided by Section 243.051(c), these records | 
      
        |  | and all other information concerning a child, including personally | 
      
        |  | identifiable information, are not public and are available only | 
      
        |  | according to the provisions of Section 58.005, Family Code, Section | 
      
        |  | 244.051 of this code, and Chapter 67 [ 61], Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.15.  Section 109.001(1), Occupations Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Administration of criminal justice" and | 
      
        |  | "criminal justice agency" have the meanings assigned by Article | 
      
        |  | 66.001 [ 60.01], Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.16.  Section 160.101(b), Occupations Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  Not later than the 30th day after the date a person | 
      
        |  | described by Subsection (a) is convicted of an offense listed in | 
      
        |  | that subsection or is placed on deferred adjudication for an | 
      
        |  | offense listed in that subsection, the clerk of the court in which | 
      
        |  | the person is convicted or placed on deferred adjudication shall | 
      
        |  | prepare and forward to the Department of Public Safety the | 
      
        |  | information required by Chapter 66 [ 60], Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.17.  Section 521.061(e), Transportation Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  In this section, "criminal justice agency" has the | 
      
        |  | meaning assigned by Article 66.001 [ 60.01], Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure. | 
      
        |  | ARTICLE 5.  REPEALER | 
      
        |  | SECTION 5.01.  The following provisions of the Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure are repealed: | 
      
        |  | (1)  Article 18.20; | 
      
        |  | (2)  Article 18.21; | 
      
        |  | (3)  Chapter 60; and | 
      
        |  | (4)  Chapter 61. | 
      
        |  | ARTICLE 6.  GENERAL MATTERS | 
      
        |  | SECTION 6.01.  This Act is enacted under Section 43, Article | 
      
        |  | III, Texas Constitution.  This Act is intended as a codification | 
      
        |  | only, and no substantive change in the law is intended by this Act. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 6.02.  (a)  Chapter 311, Government Code (Code | 
      
        |  | Construction Act), applies to the construction of each provision in | 
      
        |  | the Code of Criminal Procedure that is enacted under Section 43, | 
      
        |  | Article III, Texas Constitution (authorizing the continuing | 
      
        |  | statutory revision program), in the same manner as to a code enacted | 
      
        |  | under the continuing statutory revision program, except as | 
      
        |  | otherwise expressly provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute | 
      
        |  | in the Code of Criminal Procedure enacted under Section 43, Article | 
      
        |  | III, Texas Constitution (authorizing the continuing statutory | 
      
        |  | revision program), is considered to be a reference to the part of | 
      
        |  | that code that revises that statute or part of that statute. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 6.03.  This Act takes effect January | 
      
        |  | 1, 2019. |