Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 5
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 5, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 5.
Official statutory text
Sec. 5. (a) A personal bond pretrial release office established under this article shall:
(1) prepare a record containing information about any accused person identified by case number only who, after review by the office, is released by a court on personal bond before sentencing in a pending case;
(2) update the record on a monthly basis;
(3) file a copy of the record with the district or county clerk, as applicable based on court jurisdiction over the categories of offenses addressed in the records, in any county served by the office; and
(4) submit a copy of the record to the attorney representing the state and the accused person's attorney and, as applicable based on whether the accused person violated a condition of release on bond in the preceding month, an update to that record.
(b) In preparing a record under Subsection (a), the office shall include in the record a statement of:
(1) the offense with which the person is charged;
(2) the dates of any court appearances scheduled in the matter that were previously unattended by the person;
(3) whether a warrant has been issued for the person's arrest for failure to appear in accordance with the terms of the person's release;
(4) whether the person has failed to comply with conditions of release on personal bond, including failing to comply by tampering with an electronic monitoring device; and
(5) the presiding judge or magistrate who authorized the personal bond.
(c) This section does not apply to a personal bond pretrial release office that on January 1, 1995, was operated by a community corrections and supervision department.
(1) prepare a record containing information about any accused person identified by case number only who, after review by the office, is released by a court on personal bond before sentencing in a pending case;
(2) update the record on a monthly basis;
(3) file a copy of the record with the district or county clerk, as applicable based on court jurisdiction over the categories of offenses addressed in the records, in any county served by the office; and
(4) submit a copy of the record to the attorney representing the state and the accused person's attorney and, as applicable based on whether the accused person violated a condition of release on bond in the preceding month, an update to that record.
(b) In preparing a record under Subsection (a), the office shall include in the record a statement of:
(1) the offense with which the person is charged;
(2) the dates of any court appearances scheduled in the matter that were previously unattended by the person;
(3) whether a warrant has been issued for the person's arrest for failure to appear in accordance with the terms of the person's release;
(4) whether the person has failed to comply with conditions of release on personal bond, including failing to comply by tampering with an electronic monitoring device; and
(5) the presiding judge or magistrate who authorized the personal bond.
(c) This section does not apply to a personal bond pretrial release office that on January 1, 1995, was operated by a community corrections and supervision department.
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