Bill Text: TX SB975 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements of and liability for a bail bond.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB975 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB975-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 975 |
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relating to the requirements of and liability for a bail bond. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 17.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Art. 17.08. REQUISITES OF A BAIL BOND. A bail bond must | ||
contain the following requisites: | ||
1. That it be made payable to "The State of Texas"; | ||
2. That the defendant and the defendant's [ |
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sureties, if any, are bound [ |
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will appear before the proper court or magistrate to answer the | ||
accusation against the defendant [ |
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3. If the defendant is charged with a felony, that it | ||
state that the defendant [ |
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defendant is charged with a misdemeanor, that it state that the | ||
defendant [ |
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4. That the bond be signed by name or mark by the | ||
principal and sureties, if any, each of whom shall write on the bond | ||
the person's [ |
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5. That the bond state the time and place, when and | ||
where the accused is bound [ |
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or magistrate before whom the accused [ |
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shall also bind the defendant to appear before any court or | ||
magistrate before whom the cause may thereafter be pending at any | ||
time when, and place where, the defendant's [ |
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required under this Code or by any court or magistrate, but in no | ||
event shall the sureties be bound after such time as the defendant | ||
receives an order of deferred adjudication or is acquitted, | ||
sentenced, placed on community supervision, placed in a pretrial | ||
diversion program, or dismissed from the charge; | ||
6. The bond shall also be conditioned that the | ||
principal and sureties, if any, will pay all necessary and | ||
reasonable expenses incurred by any and all sheriffs or other peace | ||
officers in rearresting the principal in the event the principal | ||
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bond at the time stated therein. The amount of such expense shall | ||
be in addition to the principal amount specified in the bond. The | ||
failure of any bail bond to contain the conditions specified in this | ||
paragraph shall in no manner affect the legality of any such bond, | ||
but it is intended that the sheriff or other peace officer shall | ||
look to the defendant and the defendant's [ |
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for expenses incurred by the sheriff or other officer [ |
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to the State for any fees earned by the sheriff or other officer | ||
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violated the conditions of the accused's [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 1704.208(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) For purposes of this section, disposition of a case | ||
occurs on the date the case is dismissed or the principal receives | ||
an order of deferred adjudication or is acquitted, [ |
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placed on community supervision, or placed in a pretrial diversion | ||
program. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a bail bond executed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
A bail bond executed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the bail bond was | ||
executed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |