S.B. No. 1506
AN ACT
relating to the payment of the costs associated with certain
conditions of bond.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 17.44, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to
read as follows:
(c) The magistrate may revoke the bond and order the
defendant arrested if the [If a] defendant:
(1) violates a condition of home confinement and
electronic monitoring;
(2) [,] refuses to submit to a test for controlled
substances[,] or submits to a test for controlled substances and
the test indicates the presence of a controlled substance in the
defendant's body; or
(3) fails to pay the costs of monitoring or testing for
controlled substances, if payment is ordered under Subsection (e)
as a condition of bond and the magistrate determines that the
defendant is not indigent and is financially able to make the
payments as ordered[, the magistrate may revoke the bond and order
the defendant arrested].
(e) The cost of electronic monitoring or testing for
controlled substances under this article may be assessed as court
costs or ordered paid directly by the defendant as a condition of
bond.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1506 passed the Senate on
May 5, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1506 passed the House on
May 14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor