Bill Text: TX HB3826 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to bail bond surety advertising by a licensed attorney.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-23 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB3826 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3826-Introduced.html
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| By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 3826 | |
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| relating to bail bond surety advertising by a licensed attorney. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1704.303(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A person may not advertise as a bail bond surety in a | ||
| county unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter | ||
| by a bail bond board in that county or the person is an attorney | ||
| described by Section 1704.163(a). A person does not violate this | ||
| subsection if the person places an advertisement that appears in | ||
| more than one county and: | ||
| (1) the advertisement clearly indicates the county or | ||
| counties in which the person holds a license issued under this | ||
| chapter; and | ||
| (2) any local telephone number in the advertisement is | ||
| a local number only for a county in which the person holds a license | ||
| issued under this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
