By: Wu, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 1442
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the release of certain defendants pending a motion for
new trial or an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 44.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding any other law, pending the
determination of a defendant's motion for new trial or the
defendant's appeal from a misdemeanor conviction, the defendant is
entitled to be released after completion of a sentence of
confinement imposed for the conviction. The trial court may require
the defendant to give a personal bond but may not, either instead of
or in addition to the personal bond, require:
(1) any condition of the personal bond;
(2) another type of bail bond; or
(3) a surety or other security.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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