H.B. No. 4157
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office
  or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation
  and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 18B.001(4), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
               (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 200,000 [500,000] or more; or
                     (C)  the office of inspector general of the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4157 was passed by the House on May 7,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 12, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4157 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor