Bill Text: TX HB674 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the dissolution of certain bail bond boards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - Referred to County Affairs [HB674 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB674-Introduced.html
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By: Christian | H.B. No. 674 |
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relating to the dissolution of certain bail bond boards. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1704, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1704.057 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1704.057. DISSOLUTION OF CERTAIN BAIL BOND BOARDS. | ||
(a) A bail bond board may be dissolved in a county with a population | ||
between 64,000 and 65,000 that is adjacent to a county in which a | ||
geriatric prison facility is located if: | ||
(1) a majority of the members of the board determine to | ||
dissolve the board; and | ||
(2) the commissioners court approves the dissolution | ||
of the board by a majority vote. | ||
(b) Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, governs the | ||
taking of bail in a county in which the bail bond board has been | ||
dissolved. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |