California Assembly Bill AB1537 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1537INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hagman FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Section 1269a of the Penal Code, relating to bail. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1537, as introduced, Hagman. Bail. Existing law provides the procedure for the discharge of a defendant from custody upon bail, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1269a of the Penal Code is amended to read: 1269a. Except as otherwise provided by law, no defendant charged in a warrant of arrest with any public offense shall be discharged from custody upon bail except upon a written order of a competent court or magistrate admitting the defendant to bail in the amount specified in the indorsement referred to in Section 815a, and where an undertaking is furnished, upon a written order of  such   the  court or magistrate approving the undertaking. All  such   of these  orders must be signed by  such   the  court or magistrate and delivered to the officer having custody of the defendant before the defendant is released. Any officer releasing any defendant upon bail otherwise than as herein provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.