| 1 | | - | By: Harless (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 643 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Criminal Justice; May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 643 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the procedures for discharging bail in certain criminal |
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| 12 | 6 | | proceedings. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Article 32.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 15 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | Art. 32.01. DEFENDANT IN CUSTODY AND NO INDICTMENT |
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| 17 | 11 | | PRESENTED. (a) When a defendant has been detained in custody or |
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| 18 | 12 | | held to bail for the defendant's [his] appearance to answer any |
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| 19 | 13 | | criminal accusation, the prosecution, unless otherwise ordered by |
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| 20 | 14 | | the court, for good cause shown, supported by affidavit, shall be |
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| 21 | 15 | | dismissed and the bail discharged, if indictment or information be |
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| 22 | 16 | | not presented against the [such] defendant on or before the last day |
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| 23 | 17 | | of the next term of the court which is held after the defendant's |
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| 24 | 18 | | [his] commitment or admission to bail or on or before the 180th day |
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| 25 | 19 | | after the date of commitment or admission to bail, whichever date is |
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| 26 | 20 | | later. |
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| 27 | 21 | | (b) A surety may file a motion under Subsection (a) for the |
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| 28 | 22 | | purpose of discharging the defendant's bail only. |
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| 29 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 30 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 24 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 25 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 26 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 643 was passed by the House on April |
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| 27 | + | 17, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 28 | + | voting. |
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| 29 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 30 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 31 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 643 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 32 | + | 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 33 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 36 | + | Date |
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| 37 | + | _____________________ |
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| 38 | + | Governor |
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