Bill Text: TX HB3165 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to certain pretrial procedures in criminal cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3165 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3165-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain pretrial procedures in criminal cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3165 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3165-Introduced.html
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By: Moody | H.B. No. 3165 |
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relating to the duties of a personal bond pretrial release office. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 5(a), Article 17.42, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A personal bond pretrial release office established | ||
under this article shall: | ||
(1) prepare a record containing information about any | ||
accused person identified by case number only who, after review by | ||
the office, is released by a court on personal bond before | ||
sentencing in a pending case; | ||
(2) update the record on a monthly basis; and | ||
(3) file a copy of the record with the district or | ||
county clerk, as applicable based on court jurisdiction over the | ||
categories of offenses addressed in the records, in any county | ||
served by the office. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 6(b), Article 17.42, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) In preparing an annual report under Subsection (a), the | ||
office shall include in the report a statement of: | ||
(1) the office's operating budget; | ||
(2) the number of positions maintained for office | ||
staff; | ||
(3) the number of accused persons who, after review by | ||
the office, were released by a court on personal bond before | ||
sentencing in a pending case; and | ||
(4) the number of persons described by Subdivision | ||
(3): | ||
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appearance; | ||
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were arrested for any other offense in the same county in which the | ||
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |