Bill Text: TX HJR163 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to certain persons arrested for evading arrest or detention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HJR163 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR163-Introduced.html
| By: Guillen | H.J.R. No. 163 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail | ||
| to certain persons arrested for evading arrest or detention. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 11d to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 11d. A person taken into custody for the offense of | ||
| evading arrest or detention may be denied release on bail pending | ||
| trial if a judge or magistrate, following a hearing, determines by a | ||
| preponderance of the evidence that the person has been charged with | ||
| evading arrest at least two times within a thirty day period. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the denial | ||
| of bail to persons arrested for evading arrest or detention." | ||
