By Ogden S.B. No. 912
77R3669 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to requiring an accused to give new bond in a criminal
1-3 case.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 3, Article 17.09, Code of Criminal
1-6 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 3. Provided that whenever, during the course of the
1-8 action, the judge or magistrate in whose court such action is
1-9 pending finds that the bond is defective, excessive or insufficient
1-10 in amount, or that the sureties, if any, are not acceptable, or for
1-11 any other good and sufficient cause, such judge or magistrate may,
1-12 either in term-time or in vacation, order the accused to be
1-13 rearrested, and require the accused to give another bond in such
1-14 amount as the judge or magistrate may deem proper. If the judge or
1-15 magistrate finds that the accused, after having been released on
1-16 bail, has been arrested for any offense punishable by confinement
1-17 or imprisonment, the judge or magistrate shall order the accused to
1-18 appear and give another bond in an amount determined by the judge
1-19 or magistrate to be more likely to ensure the appearance of the
1-20 accused at proceedings related to the offense for which the judge
1-21 or magistrate first accepted the bond of the accused. When such
1-22 bond is so given and approved, the defendant shall be released from
1-23 custody.
1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-1 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-2 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-3 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-4 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.