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| 1 | 1 | 87R3400 MAW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leman H.B. No. 1006 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the requisites of a bail bond given by certain | |
| 8 | 8 | defendants. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Article 17.081 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 17.081. ADDITIONAL REQUISITES OF BAIL BOND GIVEN BY | |
| 13 | 13 | CERTAIN DEFENDANTS. In addition to the requirements of Article | |
| 14 | 14 | 17.08, a bail bond for a defendant charged with an offense under | |
| 15 | 15 | Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.02, 43.03, 43.031, 43.04, 43.041, or | |
| 16 | 16 | 43.05, Penal Code, must include the address, identification number, | |
| 17 | 17 | and state of issuance as shown on a valid driver's license or | |
| 18 | 18 | identification card for the defendant and any surety, including any | |
| 19 | 19 | agent executing the bail bond on behalf of a corporation acting as | |
| 20 | 20 | surety. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to a bail bond that is executed on or after the effective date of | |
| 23 | 23 | this Act. A bail bond executed before the effective date of this Act | |
| 24 | 24 | is governed by the law in effect on the date the bail bond was | |
| 25 | 25 | executed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 26 | 26 | purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |