H.B. No. 3377


   AN ACT


  relating to the filing of a notice of seizure and
intended forfeiture in an asset forfeiture case.


	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:


	SECTION 1.  Article 59.05, Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:


	(g)  If property is seized at a federal checkpoint,
the notice of seizure and intended forfeiture may be
filed in and the proceeding may be held in:


		(1)  the county in which the seizure occurred; or


		(2)  with the consent of the owner, operator, or
agent in charge of the property, a county that is adjacent
to the county in which the seizure occurred, if both
counties are in the same judicial district.


	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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   President of the Senate		Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3377 was passed by the House on May 2, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3377 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor