| 1 | 1 | | By: Whitmire S.B. No. 882 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Madden, Burkett, Aliseda, Carter, Christian, et al.) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the |
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| 8 | 8 | | release of accused persons on personal bond. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 5, Article 17.42, Code |
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| 11 | 11 | | of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A personal bond pretrial release office established |
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| 13 | 13 | | under this article shall: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) prepare a record containing information about any |
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| 15 | 15 | | accused person identified by case number only who, after review by |
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| 16 | 16 | | the office, is released by a court on personal bond; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) update the record on a monthly basis; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) file [post] a copy of the record in the office of |
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| 19 | 19 | | the clerk of the county court in any county served by the office. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 21 | 21 | | to a record made on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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| 22 | 22 | | record made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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| 23 | 23 | | law in effect on the date the record was made, and the former law is |
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| 24 | 24 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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