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                                                                  S.B. No. 56 




AN ACT

relating to requiring notice before the amount of bail set in 
certain cases is reduced.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Article 17.091 to read as follows:
	Art. 17.091.  NOTICE OF CERTAIN BAIL REDUCTIONS REQUIRED.  
Before a judge or magistrate reduces the amount of bail set for a 
defendant charged with an offense listed in Section 3g, Article 
42.12, or an offense described by Article 62.01(5), the judge or 
magistrate shall provide:
		(1)  to the attorney representing the state, reasonable 
notice of the proposed bail reduction; and
		(2)  on request of the attorney representing the state 
or the defendant or the defendant's counsel, an opportunity for a 
hearing concerning the proposed bail reduction.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           

                                                                              




______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 56 passed the Senate on 
April 7, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 56 passed the House on 
May 18, 2005, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


______________________________ 
            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor