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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the release on personal bond of a person arrested for an |
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out-of-county offense under certain circumstances. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 15.21, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 15.21. RELEASE ON PERSONAL BOND [PRISONER DISCHARGED] |
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IF NOT TIMELY DEMANDED. If the proper office of the county where |
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the offense is alleged to have been committed does not demand an |
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[the] arrested person described by Article 15.19 and take charge of |
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the arrested person before the 11th day after the date the person is |
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committed to the jail of the county in which the person is arrested, |
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a magistrate in the county where the person was arrested shall: |
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(1) release the arrested person on personal bond |
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without sureties or other security; and |
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(2) forward the personal bond to: |
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(A) the sheriff of the county where the offense |
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is alleged to have been committed; or |
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(B) the court that issued the warrant of arrest |
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[the arrested person shall be discharged from custody]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |