Bill Text: TX SB343 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of certain information regarding conditions of bond imposed in criminal cases involving family violence.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-20 - Postponed 3/2/22 10:00 AM [SB343 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB343-Comm_Sub.html
 
 
  By: Kolkhorst, et al. S.B. No. 343
 
  (Harless)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of
  certain information regarding conditions of bond imposed in
  criminal cases involving family violence.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 17.49, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsections (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s), and
  (t) to read as follows:
         (m)  As soon as possible but not later than the next business
  day after the date the magistrate issues an order imposing a
  condition of bond or modifying or removing a condition imposed
  under this article, the magistrate shall send a copy of the order to
  the appropriate attorney representing the state and either to the
  chief of police in the municipality where the victim of the offense
  resides, if the victim resides in a municipality, or to the sheriff
  of the county where the victim resides, if the victim does not
  reside in a municipality.  The clerk of the court shall send a copy
  of the order to the victim at the victim's last known address as
  soon as possible but not later than the next business day after the
  date the order is issued.
         (n)  A magistrate or clerk of the court may delay sending a
  copy of the order under Subsection (m) only if the magistrate or
  clerk lacks information necessary to ensure service and
  enforcement.
         (o)  If an order described by Subsection (m) prohibits a
  defendant from going to or near a child care facility or school, the
  magistrate shall send a copy of the order to the applicable child
  care facility or school.
         (p)  The copy of the order and any related information may be
  sent under Subsection (m) or (o) electronically or in another
  manner that can be accessed by the recipient.
         (q)  If the victim of the offense is not present when an order
  described by Subsection (m) is issued, the magistrate shall order a
  peace officer to make a good faith effort to provide notice of the
  order to the victim within 24 hours by calling the victim's last
  known phone number.
         (r)  Not later than the third business day after the date of
  receipt of the copy of an order described by Subsection (m) by the
  applicable law enforcement agency, the law enforcement agency shall
  enter the following information into the statewide law enforcement
  information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety or
  shall modify or remove that information, as appropriate:
               (1)  the information listed in Section 411.042(b)(6),
  Government Code, as that information relates to an order issued
  under this article;
               (2)  the date the order releasing the defendant on bond
  was issued; and
               (3)  the court that issued the order releasing the
  defendant on bond.
         (s)  The law enforcement agency shall enter the information
  described by Subsection (r) into the statewide law enforcement
  information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety:
               (1)  in the same manner that the agency enters the
  information into the system for a protective order or magistrate's
  order of emergency protection; and
               (2)  regardless of whether a protective order or
  magistrate's order of emergency protection:
                     (A)  has been issued or has been entered into the
  system with respect to the defendant; or
                     (B)  protects the same person as a condition of
  bond in an order described by Subsection (m). 
         (t)  The Department of Public Safety shall modify the
  department's statewide law enforcement information system to:
               (1)  enable the system to accept and maintain detailed
  information regarding the requirements and status of a condition of
  bond imposed under this article, including information described by
  Subsection (r), so that a peace officer may:
                     (A)  easily and quickly search the system by one
  or more criteria related to the information described by Subsection
  (r), including the name of the defendant on whom the condition is
  imposed; and 
                     (B)  retrieve the information necessary to
  enforce the condition of bond or prevent a violation of the
  condition; and
               (2)  ensure that a person who accesses the system for
  the purpose of entering, modifying, or removing information that
  relates to a condition of bond imposed under this article may add or
  remove notes regarding the condition, the defendant on whom the
  condition is imposed, or the person protected by the condition.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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