| 1 | 1 | | 85R12182 JCG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1315 |
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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 the duties of a personal bond pretrial release office. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 5(a), Article 17.42, Code of Criminal |
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| 10 | 10 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) A personal bond pretrial release office established |
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| 12 | 12 | | under this article shall: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) prepare a record containing information about any |
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| 14 | 14 | | accused person identified by case number only who, after review by |
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| 15 | 15 | | the office, is released by a court on personal bond before |
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| 16 | 16 | | sentencing in a pending case; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) update the record on a monthly basis; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) file a copy of the record with the district or |
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| 19 | 19 | | county clerk, as applicable based on court jurisdiction over the |
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| 20 | 20 | | categories of offenses addressed in the records, in any county |
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| 21 | 21 | | served by the office. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 6(b), Article 17.42, Code of Criminal |
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| 23 | 23 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) In preparing an annual report under Subsection (a), the |
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| 25 | 25 | | office shall include in the report a statement of: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) the office's operating budget; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) the number of positions maintained for office |
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| 28 | 28 | | staff; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) the number of accused persons who, after review by |
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| 30 | 30 | | the office, were released by a court on personal bond before |
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| 31 | 31 | | sentencing in a pending case; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4) the number of persons described by Subdivision |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3): |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) [who were convicted of the same offense or of |
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| 35 | 35 | | any felony within the six years preceding the date on which charges |
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| 36 | 36 | | were filed in the matter pending during the person's release; |
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| 37 | 37 | | [(B)] who failed to attend a scheduled court |
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| 38 | 38 | | appearance; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (B) [(C)] for whom a warrant was issued for the |
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| 40 | 40 | | [person's] arrest of those persons for failure to appear in |
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| 41 | 41 | | accordance with the terms of their [the person's] release; or |
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| 42 | 42 | | (C) [(D)] who, while released on personal bond, |
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| 43 | 43 | | were arrested for any other offense in the same county in which the |
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| 44 | 44 | | persons were released [while] on [the personal] bond. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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