83R17701 MAW-D
By: Phillips H.B. No. 2280
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2280:
By: Smith C.S.H.B. No. 2280
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibited employment by a bail bond surety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 17.10, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A surety, including an attorney acting as a surety, may
not employ or contract with a person to act as an agent for the
surety if the person has been finally convicted of:
(1) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or
(2) a felony.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.