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AN ACT
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relating to the refund of a cash bond to a defendant in a criminal |
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case. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 17.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 17.02. DEFINITION OF "BAIL BOND". A "bail bond" is a |
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written undertaking entered into by the defendant and the |
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defendant's [his] sureties for the appearance of the principal |
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therein before a [some] court or magistrate to answer a criminal |
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accusation; provided, however, that the defendant on [upon] |
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execution of the [such] bail bond may deposit with the custodian of |
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funds of the court in which the prosecution is pending current money |
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of the United States in the amount of the bond in lieu of having |
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sureties signing the same. Any cash funds deposited under this |
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article [Article] shall be receipted for by the officer receiving |
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the funds [same] and, on order of the court, [shall] be refunded, |
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after [to] the defendant [if and when the defendant] complies with |
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the conditions of the defendant's [his] bond, to: |
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(1) any person in the name of whom a receipt was |
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issued, in the amount reflected on the face of the receipt, |
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including the defendant if a receipt was issued to the defendant; or |
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(2) the defendant, if no other person is able to |
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produce a receipt for the funds[, and upon order of the court]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cash bond that is executed on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cash bond executed before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect when the cash bond was |
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executed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1658 was passed by the House on April |
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21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1658 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1658 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0 |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |