Bill Text: TX HB664 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the release on bail of a defendant arrested following a violation of a condition of community supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-10 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB664 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB664-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the release on bail of a defendant arrested following a violation of a condition of community supervision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-10 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB664 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB664-Introduced.html
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By: Canales | H.B. No. 664 |
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relating to the release on bail of a defendant arrested following a | ||
violation of a condition of community supervision. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 42A.751(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Without any unnecessary delay, but not later than 48 | ||
hours after the defendant is arrested, the arresting officer or the | ||
person with custody of the defendant shall take the defendant | ||
before the judge who ordered the arrest for the alleged violation of | ||
a condition of community supervision or, if the judge is | ||
unavailable, before a magistrate of the county in which the | ||
defendant was arrested. The judge or magistrate shall perform all | ||
appropriate duties and may exercise all appropriate powers as | ||
provided by Article 15.17 with respect to an arrest for a new | ||
offense, including releasing the defendant [ |
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taken before the judge or magistrate under this subsection by means | ||
of an electronic broadcast system as provided by and subject to the | ||
requirements of Article 15.17. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |