| 1 | 1 | | By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1958 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 25, 2015, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 30, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 0; April 30, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the election of certain county bail bond board members. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 1704.0535, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 1704.0535. ELECTION OF CERTAIN BAIL BOND [SURETY] |
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| 16 | 16 | | BOARD MEMBERS [MEMBER]. (a) The board shall annually conduct a |
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| 17 | 17 | | secret ballot election to elect the members [member] of the board |
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| 18 | 18 | | who serve [serves] as the representative of licensed bail bond |
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| 19 | 19 | | sureties and the representative of the criminal defense attorneys |
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| 20 | 20 | | by electing: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) a licensed bail bond surety or agent for a |
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| 22 | 22 | | corporate surety board member; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) a criminal defense attorney who is practicing in |
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| 24 | 24 | | the county. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) Each individual licensed in the county as a bail bond |
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| 26 | 26 | | surety or agent for a corporate surety is entitled to cast one vote |
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| 27 | 27 | | for each license held to elect the board member who is a surety or |
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| 28 | 28 | | agent for a corporate surety. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (c) Each attorney who has a principal place of business |
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| 30 | 30 | | located in the county and who is not legally prohibited from |
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| 31 | 31 | | representing criminal defendants in the county is entitled to cast |
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| 32 | 32 | | one vote to elect the board member who is a criminal defense |
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| 33 | 33 | | attorney. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act regarding the |
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| 35 | 35 | | election of certain county bail bond board members do not affect the |
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| 36 | 36 | | entitlement of a member serving on a board immediately before the |
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| 37 | 37 | | effective date of this Act to continue to serve and function as a |
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| 38 | 38 | | member of the board for the remainder of the member's term. Those |
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| 39 | 39 | | changes in law apply only to a member elected on or after the |
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| 40 | 40 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 42 | 42 | | * * * * * |
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