Amend SB 1224 by adding the following appropriately numbered
Sections to the bill and renumbering subsequent Sections of the
bill accordingly:
      SECTION __. Subchapter P, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1702.3863 to conform to Section 1,
Chapter 388, and Section 31, Chapter 974, Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, and by amending that section to
read as follows:
      Sec. 1702.3863.  UNAUTHORIZED CONTRACT WITH BAIL BOND SURETY;
OFFENSE. (a)  A person commits an offense if the person contracts
with a bail bond surety as defined by Chapter 1704 to secure the
appearance of a person who has forfeited a bail bond, unless the
person is:
            (1)  a peace officer;
            (2)  an individual licensed as a private investigator
or the manager of a licensed investigations company;
            (3)  a commissioned security officer employed by a
licensed guard company;
            (4)  a bail bond surety who holds a license under
Chapter 1704 as an individual;
            (5)  the agent designated in the license application of
a  corporate bail bond surety under Chapter 1704; or
            (6)  a full-time employee of:
                  (A)  a bail bond surety who holds a license under
Chapter 1704 as an individual; or
                  (B)  the agent designated in the license
application of a  corporate bail bond surety under Chapter 1704.
      (b)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony.
      SECTION __.  Article 17.19(e), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
      (e)  An arrest warrant issued under this article may be
executed by:
            (1)  a peace officer;
            (2)  <,> a commissioned security officer employed by a
guard company licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code;
            (3)  an individual licensed under Chapter 1702,
Occupations Code, as<, or> a private investigator or the manager of
a licensed investigations company;
            (4)  a bail bond surety who holds a license under
Chapter 1704, Occupations Code, as an individual;
            (5)  the agent that is designated in the license
application of a  corporate bail bond surety under Chapter 1704,
Occupations Code; or
            (6)  a full-time employee of:
                  (A)  a bail bond surety who holds a license under
Chapter 1704, Occupations Code, as an individual; or
                  (B)  the agent that is designated in the license
application of a  corporate bail bond surety under Chapter 1704,
Occupations Code <licensed in this state>.
      SECTION __.  Article 23.05(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
      (b)  A capias issued under this article may be executed by:
            (1)  a peace officer;
            (2)  an individual licensed under Chapter 1702,
Occupations Code, as <or by> a private investigator or the manager
of a licensed investigations company;
            (3)  a commissioned security officer employed by a
guard company licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code;
            (4)  a bail bond surety who holds a license under
Chapter 1704, Occupations Code, as an individual;
            (5)  the agent that is designated in the license
application of a  corporate bail bond surety under Chapter 1704,
Occupations Code; or
            (6)  a full-time employee of:
                  (A)  a bail bond surety who holds a license under
Chapter 1704, Occupations Code, as an individual; or
                  (B)  the agent that is designated in the license
application of a  corporate bail bond surety under Chapter 1704,
Occupations Code <licensed under the Private Investigators and
Private Security Agencies Act (Article 4413 (29bb), Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes)>.
      SECTION __.  To the extent of any conflict, Section
1702.3863, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, prevails over
another Act of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.