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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the release of certain defendants pending a motion for |
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new trial or an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 44.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) Notwithstanding any other law, pending the |
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determination of a defendant's motion for new trial or the |
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defendant's appeal from a misdemeanor conviction, the defendant is |
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entitled to be released after completion of a sentence of |
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confinement imposed for the conviction. The trial court may require |
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the defendant to give a personal bond but may not, either instead of |
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or in addition to the personal bond, require: |
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(1) any condition of the personal bond; |
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(2) another type of bail bond; or |
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(3) a surety or other security. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |