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79R1133 KCR-D

By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 56 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring notice before the amount of bail set in 
certain cases is reduced.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Article 17.091 to read as follows:
	Art. 17.091.  NOTICE OF CERTAIN BAIL REDUCTIONS REQUIRED.  
Before a judge or magistrate reduces the amount of bail set for a 
defendant charged with an offense listed in Section 3g(a)(1), 
Article 42.12, the judge or magistrate shall provide reasonable 
notice of the proposed bail reduction to the attorney representing 
the state.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.