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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to conditions of bond for defendants charged with certain |
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offenses involving the operation of a motor vehicle while |
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intoxicated. |
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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. CONDITION FOR DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH DRIVING |
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WHILE INTOXICATED. (a) This article applies to a defendant |
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charged with an offense under: |
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(1) Section 49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code; or |
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(2) Section 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code, involving the |
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operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. |
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(b) A magistrate may require as a condition of release on |
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bond that a defendant to whom this article applies refrain from |
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operating a motor vehicle in any public place pending the |
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conclusion of criminal proceedings against the defendant for an |
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offense described by Subsection (a). |
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(c) The magistrate may revoke the bond and order the |
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defendant arrested if the defendant violates the condition imposed |
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under this article. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a defendant released on bond in connection with an offense |
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committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A defendant |
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released on bond in connection with an offense committed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense |
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was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element |
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of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |