Bill Text: TX HB1442 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the release of certain defendants pending a motion for new trial or an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1442 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1442-Introduced.html

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85R5182 AJZ-F
By: Wu H.B. No. 1442

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the release of certain defendants pending a motion for
new trial or an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 44.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding any other law, pending the
determination of a defendant's motion for new trial or the
defendant's appeal from a misdemeanor conviction, the defendant is
entitled to be released after completion of a sentence of
confinement imposed for the conviction. The trial court may require
the defendant to give a personal bond but may not, either instead of
or in addition to the personal bond, require:
(1) any condition of the personal bond;
(2) another type of bail bond; or
(3) a surety or other security.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.