S.B. No. 882

AN ACT

relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of accused persons on personal bond.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 5, Article 17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A personal bond pretrial release office established under this article shall:

(1) prepare a record containing information about any accused person identified by case number only who, after review by the office, is released by a court on personal bond;

(2) update the record on a monthly basis; and

(3) file [post] a copy of the record in the office of the clerk of the county court in any county served by the office.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a record made on or after the effective date of this Act. A record made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the record was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 882 passed the Senate on April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 882 passed the House on May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, one present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor