Bill Text: TX HB2448 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the verification of the incarceration of an accused person in a criminal case for the purpose of discharging a surety's liability on a bail bond.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2021-06-18 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB2448 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2448-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2448 |
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relating to the verification of the incarceration of an accused | ||
person in a criminal case for the purpose of discharging a surety's | ||
liability on a bail bond. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 17.16(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A surety may before forfeiture relieve the surety of the | ||
surety's undertaking by: | ||
(1) surrendering the accused into the custody of the | ||
sheriff of the county where the prosecution is pending; or | ||
(2) delivering to the sheriff of the county in which | ||
the prosecution is pending and to the office of the prosecuting | ||
attorney an affidavit stating that the accused is incarcerated in: | ||
(A) federal custody[ |
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(B) the custody of any state; or | ||
(C) any county of this state. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 17.16(a-1), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. Article 17.16, Code of Criminal Procedure, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to a bail bond that is executed on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A bail bond executed | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
effect on the date the bail bond was executed, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2448 was passed by the House on April | ||
27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 23, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2448 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |