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Negotiators debate warrant-copy, remittance and camera parameters in Senate Bill 157
Summary
Conference members reviewed extensive House amendments to Senate Bill 157 covering warrant copies for sureties, remittance tiers for surety payments, deportation-related provisions and new warrant/camera parameters modeled on wildlife/parks language; the House added multiple provisions and the reviser summarized changes.
Senate and House negotiators spent substantial time on Senate Bill 157, which, as amended on the House side, now contains several provisions affecting court copies of warrants, compensated-surety remittances and standards for evidence and warrant affidavits.
A legislative reviser summarized that the original Senate bill had one section requiring courts to make copies of warrants available to compensated sureties, a deportation-related set‑aside provision, and a 95% remittance rule. The House amendments added the contents of two other Senate bills: one requiring a statement of facts for probable cause supporting a search warrant to…
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