Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2894	House Author:  Lozano
Effective:  9-1-15	Senate Sponsor:  Hinojosa

            House Bill 2894 amends the Occupations Code to require a county bail bond board to annually hold a secret ballot election to elect the board member who serves as the representative of criminal defense attorneys. The bill entitles each attorney who has a principal place of business in the county and who is not legally prohibited from representing criminal defendants in the county to cast one vote to elect that board member. The bill additionally entitles each elected justice of the peace in a county who is not legally prohibited from voting to elect the board member who is a justice of the peace to cast one vote to elect that member.