85R11916 MAW-D
By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 2893
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a personal bond office and pretrial services in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1, Article 17.42, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), any [Any]
county, or any judicial district with jurisdiction in more than one
county, with the approval of the commissioners court of each county
in the district, may establish a personal bond office to gather and
review information about an accused that may have a bearing on
whether the accused [he] will comply with the conditions of a
personal bond and report its findings to the court before which the
case is pending.
(b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of
700,000 or more but less than 780,000 shall establish a personal
bond office for that county. In addition to the duties described by
Subsection (a), an office established under this subsection must
implement a pretrial services program to provide services related
to defendants released on bail in the county, including supervising
and otherwise monitoring a defendant to ensure the defendant's:
(1) compliance with conditions of bail; and
(2) appearance in court as required.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the
commissioners court of a county described by Section 1(b), Article
17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, shall
establish the personal bond office as required by that section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.