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By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 56 
	(In the Senate - Filed November 8, 2004; January 31, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 
March 31, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 31, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 56                                     By:  Whitmire


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, Article 
42.12, or an offense described by Article 62.01(5), the judge or 
magistrate shall provide:
		(1)  to the attorney representing the state, reasonable 
notice of the proposed bail reduction; and
		(2)  on request of the attorney representing the state 
or the defendant or the defendant's counsel, an opportunity for a 
hearing concerning the proposed bail reduction.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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