1-1 By: Martinez Fischer (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 2856
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
1-4 Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to certain criminal offenses involving bail bond activity;
1-9 increasing a penalty.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Sections 1704.303(b) and (c), Occupations Code,
1-12 are amended to read as follows:
1-13 (b) A person may not advertise as a bail bond surety unless
1-14 the person:
1-15 (1) holds a license issued under this chapter; and
1-16 (2) lists in the advertisement the county or counties
1-17 in which the person holds a bail bond surety license.
1-18 (c) A person commits an offense if the person violates this
1-19 section. An offense under this section is a Class B [C]
1-20 misdemeanor.
1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-22 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section
1-23 1704.303, Occupations Code, applies only to an offense committed on
1-24 or after the effective date of this Act.
1-25 (b) For purposes of this section, an offense is committed
1-26 before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
1-27 occurs before that date. An offense committed before the effective
1-28 date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the date the
1-29 offense is committed, and the former law is continued in effect for
1-30 that purpose.
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