By Harris S.B. No. 1181 76R5775 KEL-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the authority of a magistrate to impose certain 1-3 reasonable conditions of bond. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended by adding Article 17.40 to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 17.40. CONDITIONS RELATED TO VICTIM OR COMMUNITY 1-8 SAFETY. To secure a defendant's attendance at trial, a magistrate 1-9 who finds that the defendant is likely to commit an offense during 1-10 the defendant's release on bond pending trial may impose any 1-11 reasonable condition of bond related to the safety of a victim of 1-12 the alleged offense or to the safety of the community. 1-13 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-14 to a defendant who is released on bond in connection with an 1-15 offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A 1-16 defendant who is released on bond in connection with an offense 1-17 committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the 1-18 law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is 1-19 continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this 1-20 section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this 1-21 Act if any element of the offense occurs before the effective date. 1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-23 SECTION 4. 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.