80R8023 JRH-D
 
  By: Farias H.B. No. 1687
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the information that must be included on the face of an
appeal bond.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Article 45.0425(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
       (b)  An appeal bond shall:
             (1)  provide [recite] that in the cause the defendant
was convicted and has appealed;
             (2)  [and] be conditioned that the defendant shall make
the defendant's personal appearance before the court to which the
appeal is taken instanter, if the court is in session, or, if the
court is not in session, at its next regular term, stating the time
and place of that session, and there remain from day to day and term
to term, and answer in the cause in the court; and
             (3)  state the defendant's name, date of birth, and
driver's license or personal identification certificate number, if
available.
       SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an appeal bond that is approved on or after the effective date of
this Act. An appeal bond that is approved before the effective date
of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the bond was
approved, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.