| 1 | 1 | | By: Longoria H.B. No. 4546 |
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| 3 | 3 | | |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to rules for issuing receipts pertaining to bail bonds. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 1704.305, of the Texas Occupations Code |
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| 9 | 9 | | is amended as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 1704.305. BAIL BOND RECEIPT AND INSPECTION; OFFENSE. |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not |
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| 12 | 12 | | receive money or other consideration or thing of value from a person |
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| 13 | 13 | | for whom the bail bond surety executes a bond unless the bail bond |
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| 14 | 14 | | surety or agent issues a receipt to the person as provided by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subsection (b). |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The receipt must state: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the name of the person who pays the money or |
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| 18 | 18 | | transfers the consideration or thing of value; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) the amount of money paid or the estimated amount of |
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| 20 | 20 | | value transferred; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) if the person transfers consideration or a thing |
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| 22 | 22 | | of value, a brief description of the consideration or thing of |
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| 23 | 23 | | value; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) the name of the defendant [style] and number of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | case and the court in which the bond is executed, if available; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (5) the name of the person receiving the money, |
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| 27 | 27 | | consideration, or thing of value. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety |
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| 29 | 29 | | shall retain a duplicate or electronic copy of a receipt issued |
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| 30 | 30 | | under Subsection (a). The copy of the receipt shall be made |
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| 31 | 31 | | available for inspection by: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) a representative of the board in any county in |
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| 33 | 33 | | which the bail bond surety is licensed; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) an appointed representative of a court in which |
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| 35 | 35 | | the bail bond surety agrees to execute bail bonds. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (d) A receipt may be supplemented. |
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| 37 | 37 | | [(e) A person commits an offense if the person violates this |
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| 38 | 38 | | section. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.] |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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