Bill Text: TX HB1006 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requisites of a bail bond given by certain defendants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB1006 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1006-Introduced.html
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| By: Leman | H.B. No. 1006 | |
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| relating to the requisites of a bail bond given by certain | ||
| defendants. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 17.081 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 17.081. ADDITIONAL REQUISITES OF BAIL BOND GIVEN BY | ||
| CERTAIN DEFENDANTS. In addition to the requirements of Article | ||
| 17.08, a bail bond for a defendant charged with an offense under | ||
| Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.02, 43.03, 43.031, 43.04, 43.041, or | ||
| 43.05, Penal Code, must include the address, identification number, | ||
| and state of issuance as shown on a valid driver's license or | ||
| identification card for the defendant and any surety, including any | ||
| agent executing the bail bond on behalf of a corporation acting as | ||
| surety. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a bail bond that is executed on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. A bail bond executed before the effective date of this Act | ||
| is governed by the law in effect on the date the bail bond was | ||
| executed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
