|
Senate Bill 1506 |
Senate Author: Whitmire |
|
Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Smith, Wayne |
Senate Bill 1506 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize the cost of electronic monitoring or testing for controlled substances ordered as a condition of a defendant's release on bond to be assessed as a court cost or ordered paid directly by the defendant as a condition of bond and authorizes a magistrate to revoke bond and order a defendant arrested if the defendant fails to pay the monitoring or testing cost as ordered, and is financially able to make the payment.