81R9003 KEL-F
 
  By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1505
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the arrest and release on bail or other form of bond of
  certain criminal defendants with a mental illness or with mental
  retardation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 14.03(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Any peace officer may arrest, without warrant:
               (1)  persons found in suspicious places and under
  circumstances which reasonably show that such persons have been
  guilty of some felony, violation of Title 9, Chapter 42, Penal Code,
  breach of the peace, or offense under Section 49.02, Penal Code, or
  threaten, or are about to commit some offense against the laws;
               (2)  persons who the peace officer has probable cause
  to believe have committed an assault resulting in bodily injury to
  another person and the peace officer has probable cause to believe
  that there is danger of further bodily injury to that person;
               (3)  persons who the peace officer has probable cause
  to believe have committed an offense defined by Section 25.07,
  Penal Code (violation of Protective Order), or by Section 38.112,
  Penal Code (violation of Protective Order issued on basis of sexual
  assault), if the offense is not committed in the presence of the
  peace officer;
               (4)  persons who the peace officer has probable cause
  to believe have committed an offense involving family violence;
               (5)  persons who the peace officer has probable cause
  to believe have prevented or interfered with an individual's
  ability to place a telephone call in an emergency, as defined by
  Section 42.062(d), Penal Code, if the offense is not committed in
  the presence of the peace officer; [or]
               (6)  a person who makes a statement to the peace officer
  that would be admissible against the person under Article 38.21 and
  establishes probable cause to believe that the person has committed
  a felony; or
               (7)  a person who the peace officer has probable cause
  to believe has violated a condition of release on bail or other form
  of bond under Article 17.032 or 17.455.
         SECTION 2.  Article 17.032, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Unless good cause is shown otherwise, if the
  requirements specified by Subsections (b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4)
  are satisfied, a magistrate may release on personal bond a
  defendant who is charged with or has been previously convicted of a
  violent offense.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 17.455 to read as follows:
         Art. 17.455.  CONDITIONS REQUIRING SUBMISSION TO MENTAL
  HEALTH OR MENTAL RETARDATION TREATMENT. (a) A magistrate may
  require as a condition of a defendant's release on bond, other than
  a release on personal bond, that the defendant submit to outpatient
  or inpatient mental health or mental retardation treatment, as
  recommended by the applicable local mental health or mental
  retardation authority, if:
               (1)  the requirements of Articles 17.032(b)(2),
  (b)(3), and (b)(4) are satisfied with respect to the defendant in
  the same manner as if the defendant were being released on personal
  bond; and
               (2)  the defendant's mental illness or mental
  retardation:
                     (A)  is chronic; or
                     (B)  will continue to interfere with the
  defendant's ability to function independently if the defendant does
  not receive treatment.
         (b)  An order for treatment under this article may require
  the defendant to receive services and to reside at a local mental
  health facility or residential care facility, as applicable, during
  the period of the defendant's release.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act in amending
  Article 17.032, Code of Criminal Procedure, and adding Article
  17.455, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a defendant's
  release on bail or other form of bond on or after the effective date
  of this Act. A defendant's release on bail or other form of bond
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect when the defendant was released, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.