H.B. No. 766

	AN ACT
	relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of
	certain information regarding orders imposing a condition of bond
	in a criminal case involving a violent offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Article 17.50 to read as follows:
	Art. 17.50.  ENTRY INTO TEXAS CRIME INFORMATION CENTER OF
	CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CASES INVOLVING VIOLENT OFFENSES; DUTIES OF
	MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  (a)  In
	this article:
	(1)  "Business day" means a day other than a Saturday,
	Sunday, or state or national holiday.
	(2)  "Database" means the statewide law enforcement
	information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety,
	also known as the Texas Crime Information Center.
	(3)  "Violent offense" means:
	(A)  an offense under the following sections of
	the Penal Code:
	(i)  Section 19.02 (murder);
	(ii)  Section 19.03 (capital murder);
	(iii)  Section 20.03 (kidnapping);
	(iv)  Section 20.04 (aggravated
	kidnapping);
	(v)  Section 21.11 (indecency with a child);
	(vi)  Section 22.011 (sexual assault);
	(vii)  Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
	(viii)  Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual
	assault);
	(ix)  Section 22.04 (injury to a child,
	elderly individual, or disabled individual);
	(x)  Section 29.03 (aggravated robbery);
	(xi)  Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse
	of young child or children); or
	(xii)  Section 20A.03 (continuous
	trafficking of persons); or
	(B)  any offense involving family violence, as
	defined by Section 71.004, Family Code.
	(b)  As soon as practicable but not later than the next day
	after the date a magistrate issues an order imposing a condition of
	bond on a defendant under this chapter for a violent offense, the
	magistrate shall notify the sheriff of the condition and provide to
	the sheriff the following information:
	(1)  the information listed in Section 411.042(b)(6),
	Government Code, as that information relates to an order described
	by this subsection;
	(2)  the name and address of any named person the
	condition of bond is intended to protect, and if different and
	applicable, the name and address of the victim of the alleged
	offense;
	(3)  the date the order releasing the defendant on bond
	was issued; and
	(4)  the court that issued the order releasing the
	defendant on bond.
	(c)  As soon as practicable but not later than the next day
	after the date a magistrate, in a case described by Subsection (b),
	revokes a bond that contains a condition, modifies the terms of or
	removes a condition of bond, or disposes of the underlying criminal
	charges, the magistrate shall notify the sheriff and provide the
	sheriff with information that is sufficient to enable the sheriff
	to modify or remove the appropriate record in the database.
	(d)  As soon as practicable but not later than the next
	business day after the date the sheriff receives the information:
	(1)  described by Subsection (b), the sheriff shall:
	(A)  enter the information into the database; and
	(B)  make a good faith effort to notify by
	telephone any named person the condition of bond is intended to
	protect, and if different and applicable, the victim of the alleged
	offense that the defendant to whom the order is directed has been
	released on bond; and
	(2)  described by Subsection (c), the sheriff shall
	modify or remove the appropriate record in the database.
	(e)  The clerk of a court that issues an order described by
	Subsection (b) shall send a copy of the order to any named person
	the condition of bond is intended to protect, and if different and
	applicable, the victim of the alleged offense at the person's last
	known address not later than the next business day after the date
	the court issues the order.
	(f)  The Department of Public Safety shall:
	(1)  modify the database to enable the database to
	accept and maintain detailed information on active conditions of
	bond regarding the requirements and status of a condition of bond
	imposed by a magistrate for a violent offense, including
	information described by Subsections (b) and (c); and
	(2)  develop and adopt a form for use by magistrates and
	sheriffs to facilitate the data collection and data entry required
	by this article.
	(g)  This article does not create liability for any errors or
	omissions of a sheriff caused by inaccurate information provided
	under this article to the sheriff by a magistrate.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than December 31, 2021, the Department
	of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall modify the statewide
	law enforcement information system maintained by the department,
	also known as the Texas Crime Information Center, to enable the
	database to accept and maintain detailed information regarding the
	requirements and status of an active condition of bond imposed by a
	magistrate for a violent offense, as required by Article 17.50(f),
	Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
	section, this Act takes effect January 1, 2022.
	(b)  Section 2 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 766 was passed by the House on April
	13, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 766 was passed by the Senate on May
	19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor