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For purposes of this chapter, an officer directed under a search warrant to search for and seize a gambling device or equipment, altered gambling equipment, or gambling paraphernalia in the discretion of the officer may: (1) seize only the programmable main circuit board of the device, equipment, or paraphernalia if that circuit board is designed as a subassembly or essential part of the device, equipment, or paraphernalia to provide the information necessary for the device, equipment, or paraphernalia to operate as a gambling device or equipment, altered gambling equipment, or gambling paraphernalia; (2) carry the circuit board before the magistrate; and (3) retain custody of the circuit board as the property seized pursuant to the warrant as required under this chapter.
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Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 898 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. |
