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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duties of a personal bond pretrial release office. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5(a), Article 17.42, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A personal bond pretrial release office established |
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under this article shall: |
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(1) prepare a record containing information about any |
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accused person identified by case number only who, after review by |
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the office, is released by a court on personal bond before |
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sentencing in a pending case; |
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(2) update the record on a monthly basis; and |
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(3) file a copy of the record with the district or |
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county clerk, as applicable based on court jurisdiction over the |
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categories of offenses addressed in the records, in any county |
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served by the office. |
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SECTION 2. Section 6(b), Article 17.42, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In preparing an annual report under Subsection (a), the |
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office shall include in the report a statement of: |
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(1) the office's operating budget; |
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(2) the number of positions maintained for office |
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staff; |
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(3) the number of accused persons who, after review by |
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the office, were released by a court on personal bond before |
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sentencing in a pending case; and |
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(4) the number of persons described by Subdivision |
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(3): |
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(A) [who were convicted of the same offense or of
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any felony within the six years preceding the date on which charges
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were filed in the matter pending during the person's release;
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[(B)] who failed to attend a scheduled court |
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appearance; |
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(B) [(C)] for whom a warrant was issued for the |
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[person's] arrest of those persons for failure to appear in |
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accordance with the terms of their [the person's] release; or |
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(C) [(D)] who, while released on personal bond, |
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were arrested for any other offense in the same county in which the |
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persons were released [while] on [the personal] bond. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |