Bill Text: TX HB1173 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the release on bond of certain persons arrested for a misdemeanor without a warrant in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB1173 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1173-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the release on bond of certain persons arrested for a misdemeanor without a warrant in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB1173 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1173-Introduced.html
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By: Riddle | H.B. No. 1173 |
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relating to the release on bond of certain persons arrested for a | ||
misdemeanor without a warrant in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 17.033(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who is | ||
arrested without a warrant and who is detained in jail must be | ||
released on bond, in an amount not to exceed $5,000, not later than | ||
the 24th hour after the person's arrest, or the 36th hour after the | ||
person's arrest in a county with a population of three million or | ||
more, if the person was arrested for a misdemeanor and a magistrate | ||
has not determined whether probable cause exists to believe that | ||
the person committed the offense. If the person is unable to obtain | ||
a surety for the bond or unable to deposit money in the amount of the | ||
bond, the person must be released on personal bond. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a person arrested for an offense committed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A person arrested for an offense | ||
committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this | ||
section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this | ||
Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |