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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to bail bond surety advertising by a licensed attorney. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1704.303(b), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A person may not advertise as a bail bond surety in a |
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county unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter |
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by a bail bond board in that county or the person is an attorney |
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described by Section 1704.163(a). A person does not violate this |
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subsection if the person places an advertisement that appears in |
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more than one county and: |
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(1) the advertisement clearly indicates the county or |
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counties in which the person holds a license issued under this |
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chapter; and |
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(2) any local telephone number in the advertisement is |
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a local number only for a county in which the person holds a license |
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issued under this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |