83R2938 GCB-F
 
  By: Frullo H.B. No. 2268
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to search warrants issued in this state and other states
  for certain customer data, communications, and other information
  held in electronic storage in this state and other states by
  providers of electronic communications services and remote
  computing services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 18.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 18.02.  GROUNDS FOR ISSUANCE. (a)  A search warrant may
  be issued to search for and seize:
               (1)  property acquired by theft or in any other manner
  which makes its acquisition a penal offense;
               (2)  property specially designed, made, or adapted for
  or commonly used in the commission of an offense;
               (3)  arms and munitions kept or prepared for the
  purposes of insurrection or riot;
               (4)  weapons prohibited by the Penal Code;
               (5)  gambling devices or equipment, altered gambling
  equipment, or gambling paraphernalia;
               (6)  obscene materials kept or prepared for commercial
  distribution or exhibition, subject to the additional rules set
  forth by law;
               (7)  a drug, controlled substance, immediate
  precursor, chemical precursor, or other controlled substance
  property, including an apparatus or paraphernalia kept, prepared,
  or manufactured in violation of the laws of this state;
               (8)  any property the possession of which is prohibited
  by law;
               (9)  implements or instruments used in the commission
  of a crime;
               (10)  property or items, except the personal writings
  by the accused, constituting evidence of an offense or constituting
  evidence tending to show that a particular person committed an
  offense;
               (11)  persons; [or]
               (12)  contraband subject to forfeiture under Chapter 59
  of this code; or
               (13)  electronic customer data held in electronic
  storage or the contents of and records and other information
  related to a wire communication or electronic communication held in
  electronic storage.
         (b)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(13), "electronic
  communication," "electronic storage," and "wire communication" 
  have the meanings assigned by Article 18.20, and "electronic
  customer data" has the meaning assigned by Article 18.21.
         SECTION 2.  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 [it] without delay and forthwith return
  the warrant [it] to the proper magistrate. A search warrant issued
  under Section 5A, Article 18.21, must be executed in the manner
  provided by that section not later than the 10th day after the date
  of issuance. In all other cases, a search warrant [It] must be
  executed within three days from the time of its issuance.  A warrant
  issued under this chapter [, and] shall be executed within a shorter
  period if so directed in the warrant by the magistrate.
         SECTION 3.  Article 18.07(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The period [time] 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 18.21; or
               (3) [(2)]  three whole days if the warrant is issued
  for a purpose other than that described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
         SECTION 4.  Section 1, Article 18.21, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended by adding Subdivisions (3-b) and (3-c) to
  read as follows:
               (3-b)  "Domestic entity" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 1.002, Business Organizations Code.
               (3-c)  "Electronic customer data" means data or records
  that:
                     (A)  are acquired by or stored with the provider
  of an electronic communications service or 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 communication or electronic
  communication sent to or by the customer;
                           (iv)  the content of a wire communication or
  electronic communication sent to or by the customer; and
                           (v)  any data stored by or on behalf of the
  customer with the applicable service provider.
         SECTION 5.  Sections 4(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), Article
  18.21, Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An authorized peace officer may require a provider of
  electronic communications service to disclose the contents of a
  wire communication or an electronic communication that has been in
  electronic storage for not longer than 180 days by obtaining a
  warrant under Section 5A.
         (b)  An authorized peace officer may require a provider of
  electronic communications service to disclose the contents of a
  wire communication or an electronic communication that has been in
  electronic storage for longer than 180 days:
               (1)  if notice is not being given to the subscriber or
  customer, by obtaining a warrant under Section 5A;
               (2)  if notice is being given to the subscriber or
  customer, by obtaining:
                     (A)  an administrative subpoena authorized by
  statute;
                     (B)  a grand jury subpoena; or
                     (C)  a court order issued under Section 5 of this
  article; or
               (3)  as otherwise permitted by applicable federal law.
         (c)(1)  An authorized peace officer may require a provider of
  a remote computing service to disclose the contents of a wire
  communication or an electronic communication as described in
  Subdivision (2) of this subsection:
                     (A)  if notice is not being given to the
  subscriber or customer, by obtaining a warrant [issued] under
  Section 5A [this code];
                     (B)  if notice is being given to the subscriber or
  customer, by:
                           (i)  an administrative subpoena authorized
  by statute;
                           (ii)  a grand jury subpoena; or
                           (iii)  a court order issued under Section 5
  of this article; or
                     (C)  as otherwise permitted by applicable federal
  law.
               (2)  Subdivision (1) of this subsection applies only to
  a wire communication or an electronic communication that is in
  electronic storage:
                     (A)  on behalf of a subscriber or customer of the
  service and is received by means of electronic transmission from or
  created by means of computer processing of communications received
  by means of electronic transmission from the subscriber or
  customer; and
                     (B)  solely for the purpose of providing storage
  or computer processing services to the subscriber or customer if
  the provider of the service is not authorized to obtain access to
  the contents of those communications for purposes of providing any
  service other than storage or computer processing.
         (d)  An authorized peace officer may require a provider of
  remote computing service to disclose records or other information
  pertaining to a subscriber or customer of the service, other than
  communications described in Subsection (c) of this section, 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 warrant under Section 5A;
               (4)  by obtaining the consent of the subscriber or
  customer to the disclosure of the records or information;
               (5)  by obtaining a court order under Section 5 of this
  article; or
               (6)  as otherwise permitted by applicable federal law.
         (e)  A provider of telephonic communications service shall
  disclose to an authorized peace officer, without any form of legal
  process, subscriber listing information, including name, address,
  and telephone number or similar access code that:
               (1)  the service provides to others in the course of
  providing publicly available directory or similar assistance; or
               (2)  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.
         SECTION 6.  Article 18.21, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Sections 5A and 5B to read as follows:
         Sec. 5A.  WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE FOR STORED CUSTOMER
  DATA OR COMMUNICATIONS. (a) On the filing of an application by an
  authorized peace officer, a district judge may issue a search
  warrant under this section for electronic customer data held in
  electronic storage or the contents of and records and other
  information related to a wire communication 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 Subsection (c), regardless of
  whether the customer data, contents of communications, or other
  information is held at a location in this state or at a location in
  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 or affirmation of the authorized peace
  officer.
         (b)  The peace officer shall execute the warrant not later
  than the 10th day after the date of issuance, except that the
  officer shall execute the warrant within a shorter period if so
  directed in the warrant by the district judge. For purposes of this
  subsection, a warrant is executed when the warrant is served in the
  manner described by Subsection (d).
         (c)  A warrant under this section may be served only on a
  service provider 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.  The
  service provider shall produce all 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 (e). A court
  may find any officer, director, or 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. 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.
         (d)  A search warrant issued under this section is served
  when the 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; or
               (2)  the secretary of state in the case of a company or
  entity to which Section 5.251, Business Organizations Code,
  applies.
         (e)  The district judge shall indicate in the warrant the
  deadline for compliance by the provider of an electronic
  communications service or the provider of a remote computing
  service, which may not be later than the 10th 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. The judge may indicate in a
  warrant that the period allowed for compliance is four business
  days or less after the date the warrant is served if the officer
  makes a showing and the judge finds that failure to comply with the
  warrant in four business days or less would cause serious jeopardy
  to an investigation, cause undue delay of a trial, or create a 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.
         (f)  The provider of an electronic communications service or
  a provider of a remote computing service responding to a warrant
  issued under this section 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 that is given by a person who is a
  custodian of the information or a person otherwise qualified to
  attest to its authenticity and that states that the information was
  stored in the course of regularly conducted business of the
  provider and specifies whether it is the regular practice of the
  provider to store that information.
         (g)  On a service provider's compliance with a warrant under
  this section, 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.
         (h)  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.
         Sec. 5B.  WARRANT ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE FOR STORED
  CUSTOMER DATA OR COMMUNICATIONS. 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 Section 5A(a), if the warrant is
  served on the entity in a manner equivalent to the service of
  process requirements provided in Section 5A(c).
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.