Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 6
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 6, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 6.
Official statutory text
Sec. 6. (a) Not later than April 1 of each year, a personal bond office established under this article shall submit to the commissioners court or district and county judges that established the office an annual report containing information about the operations of the office during the preceding year.
(b) In preparing an annual report under Subsection (a), the office shall include in the report a statement of:
(1) the office's operating budget;
(2) the number of positions maintained for office staff;
(3) the number of accused persons who, after review by the office, were released by a court on personal bond before sentencing in a pending case; and
(4) the number of persons described by Subdivision (3):
(A) who failed to attend a scheduled court appearance;
(B) for whom a warrant was issued for the arrest of those persons for failure to appear in accordance with the terms of their release; or
(C) who, while released on personal bond, were arrested for any other offense in the same county in which the persons were released on 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.
(b) In preparing an annual report under Subsection (a), the office shall include in the report a statement of:
(1) the office's operating budget;
(2) the number of positions maintained for office staff;
(3) the number of accused persons who, after review by the office, were released by a court on personal bond before sentencing in a pending case; and
(4) the number of persons described by Subdivision (3):
(A) who failed to attend a scheduled court appearance;
(B) for whom a warrant was issued for the arrest of those persons for failure to appear in accordance with the terms of their release; or
(C) who, while released on personal bond, were arrested for any other offense in the same county in which the persons were released on 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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