6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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7 | 5 | | relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the |
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8 | 6 | | release of an accused person on personal bond. |
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9 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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10 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 5(a), Article 17.42, Code of Criminal |
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11 | 9 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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12 | 10 | | (a) A personal bond pretrial release office established |
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13 | 11 | | under this article shall: |
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14 | 12 | | (1) prepare a record containing information about any |
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15 | 13 | | accused person identified by case number only who, after review by |
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16 | 14 | | the office, is released by a court on personal bond; |
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17 | 15 | | (2) update the record on a monthly basis; and |
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18 | 16 | | (3) file a copy of the record with [in the office of] |
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19 | 17 | | the district or county clerk, as applicable based on court |
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20 | 18 | | jurisdiction over the categories of offenses addressed in the |
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21 | 19 | | records, [of the county court] in any county served by the office. |
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22 | 20 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 21 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 22 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 23 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 965 passed the Senate on |
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| 24 | + | April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 25 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 26 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 27 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 965 passed the House on |
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| 28 | + | May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, |
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| 29 | + | two present not voting. |
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| 30 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 32 | + | Approved: |
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| 33 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | + | Date |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | Governor |
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