By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1593

(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2007; March 21, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; May 7, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 7, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1593 By: Hinojosa

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to posting notice of a criminal court docket in a designated public place.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 17.085 to read as follows:

Art. 17.085. NOTICE OF APPEARANCE DATE. The clerk of a court that does not provide online Internet access to that court's criminal case records shall post in a designated public place in the courthouse notice of a criminal court docket setting not less than 48 hours before the docket setting.

SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a bond issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A bond issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the bond was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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