87R3402 MAW-D
By: Leman H.B. No. 1008
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to conditions of release on bond for a defendant charged
with certain offenses committed against a child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 17.41(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This article applies to a defendant charged with an
offense under any of the following provisions of the Penal Code, if
committed against a child younger than 18 [14] years of age:
(1) Chapter 20A (Trafficking of Persons), 21 (Sexual
Offenses), [or] 22 (Assaultive Offenses), or 43 (Public Indecency);
or
(2) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct) [; or
[(3) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child)].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this
Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.