Amend CSSB 1717 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill, and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____. BAIL REDUCTION PROCEDURE PROVISIONS.

SECTION ____.01. Article 17.091, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

Art. 17.091.  NOTICE OF CERTAIN BAIL REDUCTIONS REQUIRED. Before a judge or magistrate reduces the amount of bail set for a defendant [charged with an offense listed in Section 3g, Article 42.12, or an offense described by Article 62.001(5)], the judge or magistrate shall provide:

(1)  to the attorney representing the state, reasonable notice of the proposed bail reduction; and

(2)  on request of the attorney representing the state or the defendant or the defendant's counsel, an opportunity for a hearing concerning the proposed bail reduction.