By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 2894
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2015;
May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 14, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 14, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of certain county bail bond board members.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1704.0535, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1704.0535. ELECTION OF CERTAIN BAIL BOND [SURETY]
BOARD MEMBERS [MEMBER]. (a) The board shall annually conduct a
secret ballot election to elect the members [member] of the board
who serve [serves] as the representative of licensed bail bond
sureties and the representative of the criminal defense attorneys
by electing:
(1) a licensed bail bond surety or agent for a
corporate surety board member; and
(2) a criminal defense attorney who is practicing in
the county.
(b) Each individual licensed in the county as a bail bond
surety or agent for a corporate surety is entitled to cast one vote
for each license held to elect the board member who is a surety or
agent for a corporate surety.
(c) Each attorney who has a principal place of business
located in the county and who is not legally prohibited from
representing criminal defendants in the county is entitled to cast
one vote to elect the board member who is a criminal defense
attorney.
(d) Each elected justice of the peace in the county who is
not legally prohibited from voting in an election for the purpose is
entitled to cast one vote to elect the board member who is a justice
of the peace.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act regarding the
election of certain county bail bond board members do not affect the
entitlement of a member serving on a board immediately before the
effective date of this Act to continue to serve and function as a
member of the board for the remainder of the member's term. Those
changes in law apply only to a member elected on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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