S.B. No. 1506

	AN ACT
	relating to the payment of the costs associated with certain
	conditions of bond.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 17.44, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to
	read as follows:
	(c)  The magistrate may revoke the bond and order the
	defendant arrested if the [If a] defendant:
	(1)  violates a condition of home confinement and
	electronic monitoring;
	(2)  [,] refuses to submit to a test for controlled
	substances[,] or submits to a test for controlled substances and
	the test indicates the presence of a controlled substance in the
	defendant's body; or
	(3)  fails to pay the costs of monitoring or testing for
	controlled substances, if payment is ordered under Subsection (e)
	as a condition of bond and the magistrate determines that the
	defendant is not indigent and is financially able to make the
	payments as ordered[, the magistrate may revoke the bond and order
	the defendant arrested].
	(e)  The cost of electronic monitoring or testing for
	controlled substances under this article may be assessed as court
	costs or ordered paid directly by the defendant as a condition of
	bond.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1506 passed the Senate on
	May 5, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1506 passed the House on
	May 14, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor