| 1 | 1 | | 84R79 GCB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 1566 |
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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 conditions of bond for defendants charged with certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | offenses involving the operation of a motor vehicle while |
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| 9 | 9 | | intoxicated. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Article 17.442 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Art. 17.442. CONDITION FOR DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH DRIVING |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHILE INTOXICATED. (a) This article applies to a defendant |
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| 15 | 15 | | charged with an offense under: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) Section 49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) Section 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code, involving the |
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| 18 | 18 | | operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A magistrate may require as a condition of release on |
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| 20 | 20 | | bond that a defendant to whom this article applies refrain from |
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| 21 | 21 | | operating a motor vehicle in any public place pending the |
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| 22 | 22 | | conclusion of criminal proceedings against the defendant for an |
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| 23 | 23 | | offense described by Subsection (a). |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) The magistrate may revoke the bond and order the |
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| 25 | 25 | | defendant arrested if the defendant violates the condition imposed |
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| 26 | 26 | | under this article. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 28 | 28 | | to a defendant released on bond in connection with an offense |
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| 29 | 29 | | committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A defendant |
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| 30 | 30 | | released on bond in connection with an offense committed before the |
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| 31 | 31 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 32 | 32 | | date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in |
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| 33 | 33 | | effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense |
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| 34 | 34 | | was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element |
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| 35 | 35 | | of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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