By Gallego H.B. No. 1595 74R3062 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to substitute service of process in forfeiture proceedings 1-3 arising out of certain criminal cases. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended by adding Article 59.12 to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 59.12. SUBSTITUTE SERVICE. (a) A surety who enters a 1-8 bail bond under Chapter 17 of this code with a person charged with 1-9 a felony giving rise to a forfeiture proceeding under this chapter 1-10 is the agent of that person for service of process required by this 1-11 chapter. 1-12 (b) If a person on whom service of process is required by 1-13 this chapter cannot be found, service of process may be 1-14 accomplished by serving the surety described by Subsection (a) of 1-15 this article. The officer making the return of the unexecuted 1-16 process shall certify that after diligent search and inquiry the 1-17 person cannot be found and served. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 1-19 makes a surety an agent for service of process for a defendant in a 1-20 forfeiture proceeding under Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1-21 only if the surety enters a bond for the defendant on or after that 1-22 date. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.