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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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certain information regarding conditions of bond for stalking |
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offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Article 17.50, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 17.50. ENTRY INTO TEXAS CRIME INFORMATION CENTER OF |
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CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CASES INVOLVING VIOLENT OFFENSES OR |
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STALKING; DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC |
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SAFETY. |
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SECTION 2. Articles 17.50(b) and (f), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) As soon as practicable but not later than the next day |
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after the date a magistrate issues an order imposing a condition of |
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bond on a defendant under this chapter for a violent offense or an |
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offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, the magistrate shall |
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notify the sheriff of the condition and provide to the sheriff the |
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following information: |
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(1) the information listed in Section 411.042(b)(6), |
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Government Code, as that information relates to an order described |
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by this subsection; |
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(2) the name and address of any named person the |
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condition of bond is intended to protect, and if different and |
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applicable, the name and address of the victim of the alleged |
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offense; |
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(3) the date the order releasing the defendant on bond |
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was issued; and |
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(4) the court that issued the order releasing the |
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defendant on bond. |
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(f) The Department of Public Safety shall: |
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(1) modify the database to enable the database to |
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accept and maintain detailed information on active conditions of |
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bond regarding the requirements and status of a condition of bond |
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imposed by a magistrate for a violent offense or an offense under |
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Section 42.072, Penal Code, including information described by |
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Subsections (b) and (c); and |
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(2) develop and adopt a form for use by magistrates and |
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sheriffs to facilitate the data collection and data entry required |
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by this article. |
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SECTION 3. Article 17.50, Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to condition of bond imposed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A condition of bond imposed |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the condition was imposed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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