Bill Text: TX HB536 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of information concerning the release on bond of persons charged with committing a violent offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB536 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB536-Introduced.html

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87R2130 ADM-D
By: Meza H.B. No. 536

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of
information concerning the release on bond of persons charged with
committing a violent offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 17.50 to read as follows:
Art. 17.50. ENTRY OF BOND STATUS INTO TEXAS CRIME
INFORMATION CENTER; DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFS, AND
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) In this article:
(1) "Database" means the statewide law enforcement
information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety,
also known as the Texas Crime Information Center.
(2) "Violent offense" means:
(A) an offense under any of the following
sections of the Penal Code:
(i) Section 19.02 (murder);
(ii) Section 19.03 (capital murder);
(iii) Section 20.03 (kidnapping);
(iv) Section 20.04 (aggravated
kidnapping);
(v) Section 21.11 (indecency with a child);
(vi) Section 22.011 (sexual assault);
(vii) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
(viii) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual
assault);
(ix) Section 22.04 (injury to a child,
elderly individual, or disabled individual);
(x) Section 29.03 (aggravated robbery);
(xi) Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse
of young child or children); or
(xii) Section 20A.03 (continuous
trafficking of persons); and
(B) any offense involving family violence as
defined by Section 71.004, Family Code.
(b) As soon as practicable but not later than the next
business day after the date a magistrate releases on bond a person
charged with committing a violent offense, the magistrate shall
notify the sheriff of the release and provide to the sheriff the
following information:
(1) the name, sex, race, date of birth, personal
descriptors, and residential address, including county, of the
person released;
(2) any known identifying number of the person
released, including the person's social security number or driver's
license number; and
(3) if applicable, any condition of bond imposed, the
name and county of residence of any named person the condition of
bond is intended to protect, and the name and county of residence of
the victim of the alleged offense.
(c) On receipt of the information described by Subsection
(b), the sheriff shall enter the information into the database.
(d) As soon as practicable but not later than the next
business day after the date a magistrate revokes the bond of a
person charged with committing a violent offense, modifies the
terms of or removes a condition of bond imposed on the person, or
disposes of the underlying criminal charges in the person's case,
the magistrate shall notify the sheriff and provide the sheriff
with information that is sufficient to enable the sheriff to update
the database accordingly.
(e) The Department of Public Safety shall modify the
database to enable the database to accept and maintain detailed
information regarding the release on bond of a person charged with
committing a violent offense and any associated conditions of bond,
including information described by Subsections (b) and (d).
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Department of
Public Safety of the State of Texas shall modify the statewide law
enforcement information system maintained by the department, also
known as the Texas Crime Information Center, to enable the database
to accept and maintain detailed information regarding the release
on bond of a person charged with committing a violent offense and
any associated conditions of bond, as required by Article 17.50(e),
Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, this Act takes effect January 1, 2022.
(b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.