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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring installation of an ignition interlock device |
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as a condition of release on bond for the offense of driving while |
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intoxicated with a child passenger. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 17.441(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a magistrate shall |
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require on release that a defendant charged with a subsequent |
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offense under Section 49.04, 49.05, or 49.06 [Sections
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49.04-49.06], Penal Code, or an offense under Section 49.045, |
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49.07, or 49.08 of that code: |
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(1) have installed on the motor vehicle owned by the |
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defendant or on the vehicle most regularly driven by the defendant, |
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a device that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make |
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impractical the operation of a motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is |
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detected in the breath of the operator; and |
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(2) not operate any motor vehicle unless the vehicle |
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is equipped with that device. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Article |
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17.441, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to a defendant released |
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on bond on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of |
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whether the offense for which the person was arrested occurred |
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before, on, or after that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |