Bill Amendment: TX SB21 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to rules for fixing the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a bail bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizations, and to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds.

Status: 2021-04-20 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [SB21 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB21-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F1-Huffman.html

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Amend CSSB 21 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike added Article 17.0501, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 2, lines 18-23), and substitute the following:

Art. 17.0501.  REQUIRED TRAINING. The Department of Public Safety shall develop training courses that relate to the use of the statewide telecommunications system maintained by the department and that are directed to each magistrate, judge, sheriff, peace officer, or jailer required to obtain criminal history record information under this chapter, as necessary to enable the person to fulfill those requirements.

(2)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Article 17.0502(b), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 2, line 29), after "shall", insert "electronically".

(3)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in added Article 17.1501(c)(2)(B), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 4, line 19), strike "justice".

(4)  In SECTION 6 of the bill, in added Article 17.20(b), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 5, line 17), between "information" and the underlined period, insert "through the statewide telecommunications system maintained by the Department of Public Safety".

(5)  In SECTION 7 of the bill, in added Article 17.22(b), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 5, line 37), between "information" and the underlined period, insert "through the statewide telecommunications system maintained by the Department of Public Safety".