85R8255 MAW-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 1601
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the release on bail of a person arrested under a warrant
issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Board of
Pardons and Paroles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.254(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) A magistrate of the county in which the person is held in
custody may release the person on bond pending the hearing if [:
[(1) the person is arrested or held in custody only on
a charge that the person committed an administrative violation of
release;
[(2) the division, in accordance with Subsection (e),
included notice on the warrant for the person's arrest that the
person is eligible for release on bond; and
[(3)] the magistrate determines that the person is not
a threat to public safety.
SECTION 2. Section 508.254(e), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this
Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.