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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of the costs associated with certain |
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conditions of bond. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 17.44, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The magistrate may revoke the bond and order the |
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defendant arrested if the [If a] defendant: |
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(1) violates a condition of home confinement and |
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electronic monitoring; |
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(2) [,] refuses to submit to a test for controlled |
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substances[,] or submits to a test for controlled substances and |
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the test indicates the presence of a controlled substance in the |
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defendant's body; or |
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(3) fails to pay the costs of monitoring or testing for |
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controlled substances, if payment is ordered under Subsection (e) |
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as a condition of bond and the magistrate determines that the |
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defendant is not indigent and is financially able to make the |
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payments as ordered[, the magistrate may revoke the bond and order
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the defendant arrested]. |
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(e) The cost of electronic monitoring or testing for |
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controlled substances under this article may be assessed as court |
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costs or ordered paid directly by the defendant as a condition of |
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bond. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |