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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of |
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information concerning the release on bond of persons charged with |
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committing a violent offense. |
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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 17.50 to read as follows: |
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Art. 17.50. ENTRY OF BOND STATUS INTO TEXAS CRIME |
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INFORMATION CENTER; DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFS, AND |
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) In this article: |
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(1) "Database" means the statewide law enforcement |
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information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety, |
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also known as the Texas Crime Information Center. |
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(2) "Violent offense" means: |
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(A) an offense under any of the following |
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sections of the Penal Code: |
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(i) Section 19.02 (murder); |
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(ii) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
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(iii) Section 20.03 (kidnapping); |
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(iv) Section 20.04 (aggravated |
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kidnapping); |
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(v) Section 21.11 (indecency with a child); |
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(vi) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
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(vii) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
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(viii) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual |
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assault); |
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(ix) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, |
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elderly individual, or disabled individual); |
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(x) Section 29.03 (aggravated robbery); |
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(xi) Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse |
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of young child or children); or |
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(xii) Section 20A.03 (continuous |
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trafficking of persons); and |
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(B) any offense involving family violence as |
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defined by Section 71.004, Family Code. |
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(b) As soon as practicable but not later than the next |
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business day after the date a magistrate releases on bond a person |
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charged with committing a violent offense, the magistrate shall |
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notify the sheriff of the release and provide to the sheriff the |
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following information: |
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(1) the name, sex, race, date of birth, personal |
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descriptors, address, and county of residence of the person |
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released; |
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(2) any known identifying number of the person |
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released, including the person's social security number or driver's |
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license number; and |
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(3) if applicable, any condition of bond imposed, the |
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name and county of residence of any named person the condition of |
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bond is intended to protect, and the name and county of residence of |
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the victim of the alleged offense. |
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(c) On receipt of the information described by Subsection |
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(b), the sheriff shall enter the information into the database. |
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(d) As soon as practicable but not later than the next |
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business day after the date a magistrate revokes the bond of a |
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person charged with committing a violent offense, modifies the |
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terms of or removes a condition of bond imposed on the person, or |
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disposes of the underlying criminal charges in the person's case, |
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the magistrate shall notify the sheriff and provide the sheriff |
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with information that is sufficient to enable the sheriff to update |
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the database accordingly. |
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(e) The Department of Public Safety shall modify the |
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database to enable the database to accept and maintain detailed |
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information regarding the release on bond of a person charged with |
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committing a violent offense and any associated conditions of bond, |
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including information described by Subsections (b) and (d). |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, the Department of |
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Public Safety of the State of Texas shall modify the statewide law |
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enforcement information system maintained by the department, also |
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known as the Texas Crime Information Center, to enable the database |
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to accept and maintain detailed information regarding the release |
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on bond of a person charged with committing a violent offense and |
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any associated conditions of bond, as required by Article 17.50(e), |
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Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section, this Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |
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(b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |