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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the conditions of release on bond for certain |
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defendants charged with the offense of burglary. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 17.442 to read as follows: |
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Art. 17.442. CONDITIONS REQUIRING ELECTRONIC MONITORING. |
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If a magistrate finds that a defendant charged with an offense under |
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Section 30.02, Penal Code, has been previously convicted two or |
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more times of an offense under that section, the magistrate shall |
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require as a condition of bond that the defendant submit to |
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electronic monitoring under the supervision of an agency designated |
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by the magistrate. The magistrate shall require the defendant to |
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directly pay the cost of the electronic monitoring as a condition of |
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bond, unless the court finds that the defendant is indigent or is |
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otherwise unable to pay all or part of the cost and enters its |
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findings on record. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |