85R12182 JCG-F
By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1315
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of a personal bond pretrial release office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5(a), Article 17.42, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A personal bond pretrial release office established
under this article shall:
(1) prepare a record containing information about any
accused person identified by case number only who, after review by
the office, is released by a court on personal bond before
sentencing in a pending case;
(2) update the record on a monthly basis; and
(3) file a copy of the record with the district or
county clerk, as applicable based on court jurisdiction over the
categories of offenses addressed in the records, in any county
served by the office.
SECTION 2. Section 6(b), Article 17.42, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(b) In preparing an annual report under Subsection (a), the
office shall include in the report a statement of:
(1) the office's operating budget;
(2) the number of positions maintained for office
staff;
(3) the number of accused persons who, after review by
the office, were released by a court on personal bond before
sentencing in a pending case; and
(4) the number of persons described by Subdivision
(3):
(A) [who were convicted of the same offense or of
any felony within the six years preceding the date on which charges
were filed in the matter pending during the person's release;
[(B)] who failed to attend a scheduled court
appearance;
(B) [(C)] for whom a warrant was issued for the
[person's] arrest of those persons for failure to appear in
accordance with the terms of their [the person's] release; or
(C) [(D)] who, while released on personal bond,
were arrested for any other offense in the same county in which the
persons were released [while] on [the personal] bond.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.