Amend CSSB 403 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the
bill:
SECTION . Article 17.19(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) Any surety, desiring to surrender this principal and
after notifying the principal or the principal's attorney in a
manner provided by Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, of the
surety's intention to surrender the principal, may file an
affidavit of such intention before the court or magistrate before
which the prosecution is pending. The affidavit must state <the >:
(1) the court and cause number of the case;
(2) the name of the defendant;
(3) the offense with which the defendant is charged;
(4) the date of the bond; <and>
(5) the cause for the surrender; and
(6) that notice of the surety's intention to surrender
the principal has been given as required by this subsection.