Bill Text: TX HB3076 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to bail bond boards in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB3076 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3076-Introduced.html
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By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 3076 |
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relating to bail bond boards in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1704, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1704.0531 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1704.0531. BOARD COMPOSITION IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) | ||
This section applies only in a county with a population of 700,000 | ||
or more but less than 780,000. | ||
(b) A board in a county described by Subsection (a) consists | ||
of nine members as follows: | ||
(1) a licensed bail bond surety or agent for a | ||
corporate surety in the county; | ||
(2) two criminal defense attorneys practicing in the | ||
county; | ||
(3) the county judge; | ||
(4) the county clerk; | ||
(5) the district clerk; | ||
(6) a justice of the peace; | ||
(7) the sheriff or a designee from the sheriff's | ||
office; and | ||
(8) a judge of a district or county court having | ||
jurisdiction over criminal matters in the county. | ||
(c) The members described by Subsections (b)(1), (2), and | ||
(6) shall be elected as provided by Section 1704.0535. Each judge | ||
of a district or county court having criminal jurisdiction in the | ||
county is entitled to cast one vote at a secret ballot election | ||
conducted by the board annually to elect the board member described | ||
by Subsection (b)(8). | ||
(d) The board shall elect a presiding officer from its | ||
members to serve a one-year term. A member may not serve more than | ||
two consecutive terms as presiding officer. | ||
(e) The provisions of Chapter 551, Government Code, apply to | ||
the board. | ||
(f) The board shall prepare and maintain minutes of each | ||
board meeting. | ||
(g) A board member who has a substantial interest in a | ||
business entity, as determined by Section 171.002, Local Government | ||
Code, must file, before a vote or decision on any matter involving | ||
the business entity, an affidavit stating the nature and extent of | ||
the interest and shall abstain from further participation in the | ||
matter. | ||
SECTION 2. On the effective date of this Act, the term of a | ||
member of an existing bail bond board in a county to which Section | ||
1704.0531, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, applies, who is | ||
not a member of the board established under that section, is | ||
terminated. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |