By: Lucio S.B. No. 1453 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the eligibility of certain defendants convicted of 1-3 felonies for release on bail pending appeal. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Article 44.04, Code of Criminal 1-6 Procedure, is amended to read as follows: 1-7 (b) The defendant may not be released on bail pending the 1-8 appeal from any felony conviction where the punishment equals or 1-9 exceeds 10 years confinement or where the defendant has been 1-10 convicted of an offense listed under Section 3g(a)(1), Article 1-11 42.12, or an offense under Section 22.04, Penal Code, but shall 1-12 immediately be placed in custody and the bail discharged. 1-13 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-14 to a request for bail pending appeal that is made by a defendant on 1-15 or after the effective date of this Act. A request for bail 1-16 pending appeal that is made by a defendant before the effective 1-17 date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the request 1-18 was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that 1-19 purpose. 1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.