| 1 | 1 | | 85R11916 MAW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 2893 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a personal bond office and pretrial services in certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | counties. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1, Article 17.42, Code of Criminal |
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| 11 | 11 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), any [Any] |
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| 13 | 13 | | county, or any judicial district with jurisdiction in more than one |
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| 14 | 14 | | county, with the approval of the commissioners court of each county |
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| 15 | 15 | | in the district, may establish a personal bond office to gather and |
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| 16 | 16 | | review information about an accused that may have a bearing on |
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| 17 | 17 | | whether the accused [he] will comply with the conditions of a |
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| 18 | 18 | | personal bond and report its findings to the court before which the |
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| 19 | 19 | | case is pending. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of |
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| 21 | 21 | | 700,000 or more but less than 780,000 shall establish a personal |
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| 22 | 22 | | bond office for that county. In addition to the duties described by |
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| 23 | 23 | | Subsection (a), an office established under this subsection must |
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| 24 | 24 | | implement a pretrial services program to provide services related |
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| 25 | 25 | | to defendants released on bail in the county, including supervising |
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| 26 | 26 | | and otherwise monitoring a defendant to ensure the defendant's: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) compliance with conditions of bail; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) appearance in court as required. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the |
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| 30 | 30 | | commissioners court of a county described by Section 1(b), Article |
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| 31 | 31 | | 17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, shall |
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| 32 | 32 | | establish the personal bond office as required by that section. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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