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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 who is |
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pregnant. |
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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 17.034 to read as follows: |
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Art. 17.034. RELEASE ON PERSONAL BOND OF PREGNANT |
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DEFENDANT. A magistrate shall release a defendant on personal bond |
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without sureties or other security if the defendant is pregnant, |
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unless good cause is shown otherwise. |
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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. |