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2013 SESSION
HB 2266 Wiretapping; authorization for monitoring by sheriff's office.
Introduced by: Thomas A. Greason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Interception of communications; sheriffs. Provides that the Attorney General may apply for authorization for the observation or monitoring by a sheriff's office of an interception of communications; under existing law the same may be done for a police department of a county or city or for U.S. law-enforcement officers. This bill is identical to SB 1373.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Wiretap monitoring by sheriff's office. Provides that when the Attorney General or Chief Deputy Attorney General applies to a court for a wiretap authorization he may also apply for authorization for the observation or monitoring of the interception by a sheriff's office of a county or city. Under current law the observation or monitoring is limited to a police department.