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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confinement of a defendant pending trial. |
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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 17.154 to read as follows: |
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Art. 17.154. CONFINEMENT OF DEFENDANT DENIED BAIL. If a |
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judge or magistrate denies a defendant's release on bail pending |
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trial, the judge or magistrate shall order that the defendant be |
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confined in a jail that is located in this state. |
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SECTION 2. Article 17.27, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 17.27. WHEN BAIL IS NOT PROVIDED [GIVEN]. If, after the |
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allowance of a reasonable period [time], the accused is unable to |
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provide the required bail bond [security be not given], the |
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magistrate shall [make an] order that [committing] the accused be |
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confined in a [to] jail that is located in this state [to be kept
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safely until legally discharged; and he shall issue a commitment
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accordingly]. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |