By Nelson                                               S.B. No. 17
         77R1946 JMC-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the requirement that a magistrate provide reasonable
 1-3     notice to the attorney representing the state before reducing the
 1-4     amount of bail set for a defendant charged with or convicted of
 1-5     certain serious offenses.
 1-6           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-7           SECTION 1.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-8     amended by adding Article 17.331 to read as follows:
 1-9           Art. 17.331.  NOTICE OF BAIL REDUCTION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN
1-10     DEFENDANTS.   Before a magistrate reduces the amount of bail set
1-11     under this code for a defendant charged with or convicted of an
1-12     offense listed in Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12, the magistrate
1-13     shall provide reasonable notice of the proposed bail reduction to
1-14     the attorney representing the state.
1-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.