H.B. No. 2499
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the electronic filing of bail bonds.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION  1.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 17.026 to read as follows:
         Art. 17.026.  ELECTRONIC FILING OF BAIL BOND. In any manner
  permitted by the county in which the bond is written, a bail bond
  may be filed electronically with the court, judge, magistrate, or
  other officer taking the bond.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2499 was passed by the House on May 5,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2499 was passed by the Senate on May
  26, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor