By Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 2856
77R7906 GJH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain criminal offenses involving bail bond activity;
1-3 increasing a penalty.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 1704.303(b) and (c), Occupations Code,
1-6 are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) A person may not advertise as a bail bond surety in a
1-8 county unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter
1-9 by a bail bond board in that county.
1-10 (c) A person commits an offense if the person violates this
1-11 section. An offense under this section is a Class B [C]
1-12 misdemeanor.
1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-14 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section
1-15 1704.303, Occupations Code, applies only to an offense committed on
1-16 or after the effective date of this Act.
1-17 (b) For purposes of this section, an offense is committed
1-18 before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
1-19 occurs before that date. An offense committed before the effective
1-20 date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the date the
1-21 offense is committed, and the former law is continued in effect for
1-22 that purpose.