Bill Text: TX HB2893 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a personal bond office and pretrial services in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB2893 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2893-Introduced.html
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By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 2893 |
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relating to a personal bond office and pretrial services in certain | ||
counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1, Article 17.42, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), any [ |
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county, or any judicial district with jurisdiction in more than one | ||
county, with the approval of the commissioners court of each county | ||
in the district, may establish a personal bond office to gather and | ||
review information about an accused that may have a bearing on | ||
whether the accused [ |
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personal bond and report its findings to the court before which the | ||
case is pending. | ||
(b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of | ||
700,000 or more but less than 780,000 shall establish a personal | ||
bond office for that county. In addition to the duties described by | ||
Subsection (a), an office established under this subsection must | ||
implement a pretrial services program to provide services related | ||
to defendants released on bail in the county, including supervising | ||
and otherwise monitoring a defendant to ensure the defendant's: | ||
(1) compliance with conditions of bail; and | ||
(2) appearance in court as required. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the | ||
commissioners court of a county described by Section 1(b), Article | ||
17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, shall | ||
establish the personal bond office as required by that section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |