Bill Text: TX HB738 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the entry of certain bond conditions into the Texas Crime Information Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Reported favorably as substituted [HB738 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB738-Introduced.html
| 86R2390 JCG-F | ||
| By: Harless | H.B. No. 738 | |
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| relating to the entry of certain bond conditions into the Texas | ||
| Crime Information Center. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 17.50 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 17.50. ENTRY OF BOND CONDITIONS INTO TEXAS CRIME | ||
| INFORMATION CENTER; DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFS, AND | ||
| DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) In this article, "database" means | ||
| the statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the | ||
| Department of Public Safety, also known as the Texas Crime | ||
| Information Center. | ||
| (b) As soon as possible but not later than the next business | ||
| day after the date a magistrate imposes a condition of bond on an | ||
| arrested person under this chapter, the magistrate shall notify the | ||
| sheriff of the condition and provide to the sheriff the following | ||
| information: | ||
| (1) the name, sex, race, date of birth, personal | ||
| descriptors, address, and county of residence of the person on whom | ||
| the condition of bond is imposed; | ||
| (2) any known identifying number of the person on whom | ||
| the condition of bond is imposed, including the person's social | ||
| security number or driver's license number; | ||
| (3) the name and county of residence of any named | ||
| person the condition of bond is intended to protect, and if | ||
| different and applicable, the name and county of residence of the | ||
| victim of the alleged offense; and | ||
| (4) the condition of bond imposed. | ||
| (c) On receipt of the information described by Subsection | ||
| (b), the sheriff shall enter the information into the database. | ||
| (d) As soon as possible but not later than the next business | ||
| day after the date a magistrate revokes a bond that contains a | ||
| condition, modifies the terms of or removes a condition of bond, or | ||
| disposes of the underlying criminal charges in the case, the | ||
| magistrate shall notify the sheriff and provide the sheriff with | ||
| information that is sufficient to enable the sheriff to update the | ||
| database accordingly. | ||
| (e) The Department of Public Safety shall modify the | ||
| database to enable the database to accept and maintain detailed | ||
| information regarding the requirements and status of a condition of | ||
| bond imposed by a magistrate, including information described by | ||
| Subsections (b) and (d). | ||
| (f) This article does not apply to a condition of bond | ||
| imposed under Article 17.441. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, the Department of | ||
| Public Safety of the State of Texas shall modify the statewide law | ||
| enforcement information system maintained by the department, also | ||
| known as the Texas Crime Information Center, to enable the database | ||
| to accept and maintain detailed information regarding the | ||
| requirements and status of a condition of bond imposed by a | ||
| magistrate, as required by Article 17.50(e), Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section, this Act takes effect January 1, 2020. | ||
| (b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
