Bill Text: TX HB3076 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to bail bond boards in certain counties.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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. | ||
