Bill Amendment: TX SB6 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to rules for setting the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a monetary 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: 2021-09-17 - See remarks for effective date [SB6 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB6-House_Amendment_H_2_9-Turner_Chris.html

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Amend CSSB 6 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 26.044, Tax Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the term "state criminal justice mandate" includes the amount spent by the county in the previous 12 months to comply with the requirements of law pertaining to the public safety report system developed under Article 17.021, Code of Criminal Procedure. This subsection expires December 31, 2025.

SECTION ____.  Section 26.044(e), Tax Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a tax year that begins on or after January 1, 2022.