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