Bill Text: TX HB1562 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to notice provided when a bail bond surety is in default.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1562 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1562-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1562 |
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relating to notice provided when a bail bond surety is in default. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 17.11, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by amending Section 2 and adding Section 3 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 2. Provided, however, any person who has signed as a | ||
surety on a bail bond and is in default thereon shall thereafter be | ||
disqualified to sign as a surety so long as the person [ |
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default on the [ |
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court where the [ |
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bond[ |
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peace officer[ |
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an offense other than a Class C misdemeanor, the clerk of the court | ||
where the surety is in default on the bond shall send notice of the | ||
default by certified mail to the last known address of the surety. | ||
Sec. 3. A surety is considered to be [ |
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default from the time execution may be issued on a final judgment in | ||
a bond forfeiture proceeding under the Texas Rules of Civil | ||
Procedure, unless the final judgment is superseded by the posting | ||
of a supersedeas bond. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Article | ||
17.11, Code of Criminal Procedure, 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 when the bail bond was executed, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1562 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1562 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |