By: Thompson of Harris, Herrero H.B. No. 2499
(Senate Sponsor - Perry)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the electronic filing of bail bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 17.026 to read as follows:
Art. 17.026. ELECTRONIC FILING OF BAIL BOND. In any manner
permitted by the county in which the bond is written, a bail bond
may be filed electronically with the court, judge, magistrate, or
other officer taking the bond.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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