Bill Text: TX HB767 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of certain information regarding conditions of bond for stalking offenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB767 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB767-Introduced.html

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88R3898 MPF-D
By: Harless H.B. No. 767

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of
certain information regarding conditions of bond for stalking
offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Article 17.50, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Art. 17.50. ENTRY INTO TEXAS CRIME INFORMATION CENTER OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CASES INVOLVING VIOLENT OFFENSES OR
STALKING; DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY.
SECTION 2. Articles 17.50(b) and (f), Code of Criminal
Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
(b) As soon as practicable but not later than the next day
after the date a magistrate issues an order imposing a condition of
bond on a defendant under this chapter for a violent offense or an
offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, the magistrate shall
notify the sheriff of the condition and provide to the sheriff the
following information:
(1) the information listed in Section 411.042(b)(6),
Government Code, as that information relates to an order described
by this subsection;
(2) the name and address of any named person the
condition of bond is intended to protect, and if different and
applicable, the name and address of the victim of the alleged
offense;
(3) the date the order releasing the defendant on bond
was issued; and
(4) the court that issued the order releasing the
defendant on bond.
(f) The Department of Public Safety shall:
(1) modify the database to enable the database to
accept and maintain detailed information on active conditions of
bond regarding the requirements and status of a condition of bond
imposed by a magistrate for a violent offense or an offense under
Section 42.072, Penal Code, including information described by
Subsections (b) and (c); and
(2) develop and adopt a form for use by magistrates and
sheriffs to facilitate the data collection and data entry required
by this article.
SECTION 3. Article 17.50, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
amended by this Act, applies only to condition of bond imposed on or
after the effective date of this Act. A condition of bond imposed
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the condition was imposed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.