S.B. No. 1506

AN ACT

relating to the payment of the costs associated with certain conditions of bond.

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

SECTION 1. Article 17.44, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(c) The magistrate may revoke the bond and order the defendant arrested if the [If a] defendant:

(1) violates a condition of home confinement and electronic monitoring;

(2) [,] refuses to submit to a test for controlled substances[,] or submits to a test for controlled substances and the test indicates the presence of a controlled substance in the defendant's body; or

(3) fails to pay the costs of monitoring or testing for controlled substances, if payment is ordered under Subsection (e) as a condition of bond and the magistrate determines that the defendant is not indigent and is financially able to make the payments as ordered[, the magistrate may revoke the bond and order the defendant arrested].

(e) The cost of electronic monitoring or testing for controlled substances under this article may be assessed as court costs or ordered paid directly by the defendant as a condition of bond.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1506 passed the Senate on May 5, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1506 passed the House on May 14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, one present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor