82R7566 KCR-F
 
  By: Madden H.B. No. 2735
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new
  offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release
  from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to
  mandatory supervision.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 508.254, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), pending [Pending]
  a hearing on a charge of parole violation, ineligible release, or
  violation of a condition of mandatory supervision, a person
  returned to custody shall remain confined.
         (d)  A magistrate of the county in which the person is held in
  custody may release the person on bond pending the hearing if:
               (1)  the person is arrested or held in custody only on a
  charge that the person:
                     (A)  committed an administrative violation of
  release; or
                     (B)  violated a condition of release by committing
  a new offense for which the person is eligible for release on bond,
  other than:
                           (i)  an offense punishable as a felony;
                           (ii)  an offense under Title 5 or Chapter 49,
  Penal Code, punishable as a Class B or Class A misdemeanor; or
                           (iii)  an offense involving family violence,
  as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code;
               (2)  the division, in accordance with Subsection (e),
  included notice on the warrant for the person's arrest that the
  person is eligible for release on bond; and
               (3)  the magistrate determines that the person is not a
  threat to public safety.
         (e)  The division shall include a notice on the warrant for
  the person's arrest indicating that the person is eligible for
  release on bond under Subsection (d) if the division determines
  that the person:
               (1)  has not been previously convicted of:
                     (A)  an offense under Chapter 29, Penal Code;
                     (B)  an offense under Title 5, Penal Code,
  punishable as a felony; or
                     (C)  an offense involving family violence, as
  defined by Section 71.004, Family Code;
               (2)  is not on intensive supervision or super-intensive
  supervision;
               (3)  is not an absconder; and
               (4)  is not a threat to public safety.
         (f)  The provisions of Chapters 17 and 22, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, apply to:
               (1)  a person released under Subsection (d) in the same
  manner as those provisions apply to a person released pending an
  appearance before a court or magistrate, except that the release
  under Subsection (d) is conditioned on the person's appearance at a
  hearing under Subchapter I; and
               (2)  the forfeiture of the bond of a person released
  under Subsection (d), except that forfeiture proceedings may be
  initiated on the failure of the person to appear at a hearing under
  Subchapter I.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 17.50 to read as follows:
         Art. 17.50.  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RELEASEES. (a) In
  this article, "releasee" means a person who is subject to detention
  under warrant under Section 508.254, Government Code.
         (b)  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, a
  provision of this chapter that refers to a defendant applies to a
  releasee in the same manner that the provision applies to a
  defendant.
         (c)  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, a
  provision of this chapter that refers to a particular court or
  magistrate before which a defendant must appear applies to a
  releasee, except that entity before which the releasee must appear
  is the parole panel or the designated agent of the Board of Pardons
  and Paroles that will conduct a hearing concerning the releasee
  under Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code.
         (d)  Notwithstanding Subdivision 3, Article 17.08, if a bail
  bond secures the appearance of a releasee at a hearing under
  Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, the bail bond must
  state that the releasee is accused of a violation of the conditions
  of the releasee's release from the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 22.19 to read as follows:
         Art. 22.19.  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RELEASEES. (a) In
  this article, "releasee" means a person who is subject to detention
  under warrant under Section 508.254, Government Code.
         (b)  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, a
  provision of this chapter that refers to a defendant applies to a
  releasee in the same manner that the provision applies to a
  defendant.
         (c)  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, a
  provision of this chapter that refers to a particular court or
  magistrate before which a defendant must appear applies to a
  releasee, except that entity before which the releasee must appear
  is the parole panel or the designated agent of the Board of Pardons
  and Paroles that will conduct a hearing concerning the releasee
  under Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code.
         (d)  Notwithstanding Article 22.02, if a bail bond or
  personal bond secures the appearance of a releasee at a hearing
  under Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, the requirement
  of that article that the defendant's name be called distinctly at
  the courthouse door is satisfied if the releasee's name is called
  distinctly at the door of the place at which the hearing under
  Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, is held.
         (e)  Notwithstanding Article 22.03(a), if the bail bond or
  personal bond to be forfeited secures the appearance of a releasee
  at a hearing under Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, the
  requirement of that article that a judgment be entered is satisfied
  if the person initiating bond forfeiture proceedings under this
  chapter files a petition alleging facts that, if true, support a
  final judgment of forfeiture.
         (f)  Notwithstanding any other law, if the bail bond or
  personal bond to be forfeited secures the appearance of a releasee
  at a hearing under Subchapter I, Chapter 508, Government Code, in
  addition to any other person authorized to initiate bond forfeiture
  proceedings under this chapter, the director of the pardon and
  paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the
  director's designee may initiate bond forfeiture proceedings under
  this chapter. Regardless of the person that initiates bond
  forfeiture proceedings under this chapter, any proceeds from a
  forfeiture shall be collected and deposited in the same manner as
  the proceeds from any other bond forfeited under this chapter.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a person who on or after the effective date of this Act is charged
  with a violation of the person's release on parole or to mandatory
  supervision. A person who before the effective date of this Act was
  charged with a violation of release is governed by the law in effect
  when the violation was charged, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.