By: Paddie, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 885

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; May 21, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 885 By: Whitmire

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain county bail bond boards.

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

SECTION 1. Section 1704.055(c), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) A board in a county with a population of less than 150,000 [50,000] shall meet:

(1) at least four times each year during the months of January, April, July, and October at the call of the presiding officer; and

(2) at other times at the call of the presiding officer.

SECTION 2. Section 1704.162, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(h) Notwithstanding the expiration date of a license issued under this chapter, if a board to which Section 1704.055(c) applies tables a license holder's application for renewal or otherwise does not take action to approve or deny the application, the applicant's current license continues in effect until the next meeting of the board.

SECTION 3. Section 1704.162(h), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a license filed with a county bail bond board on or after the effective date of this Act. An application filed before that date is governed by the law in effect at the time the application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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