S.B. No. 882

	AN ACT
	relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the
	release of accused persons on personal bond.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 5, 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;
	(2)  update the record on a monthly basis; and
	(3)  file [post] a copy of the record in the office of
	the clerk of the county court in any county served by the office.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a record made on or after the effective date of this Act. A
	record made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
	law in effect on the date the record was made, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 882 passed the Senate on
	April 7, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 882 passed the House on
	May 20, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor