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Amend CSHB 2020 (house committee report) as follows:
Add the following appropriately numbered article:
Art. (____). RULES FOR SETTING AMOUNT OF BAIL: PRETRIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EXCEPTION. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a validated pretrial risk assessment tool developed by a county before May 1, 2019, may be used as required by law in lieu of the validated pretrial risk assessment tool adopted for statewide use under Article 17.021(k).