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