88R6366 JCG-D     By: Middleton S.B. No. 744       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to clarifying that a statutory county court judge is   authorized to issue a search warrant for access to a cellular   telephone or other wireless communications device.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 18.0215(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (b)  A warrant under this article may be issued only by a   judge, including a statutory county court judge, in the same   judicial district as the site of:                (1)  the law enforcement agency that employs the peace   officer, if the cellular telephone or other wireless communications   device is in the officer's possession; or                (2)  the likely location of the telephone or device.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.