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Amend CSSB 1597 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTION to the bill and by renumbering existing SECTIONS
of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ___. Article 17.29, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to
read as follows:
(a) When the accused has given the required bond, either to
the magistrate or the officer having him in custody, he shall at
once be set at liberty, except as provided by this article.
(e) Before releasing on bail a person arrested for an
offense under Chapter 49, Penal Code, the law enforcement agency
holding the person shall make a determination that the person is no
longer intoxicated as defined by Section 49.01, Penal Code.