HBA-ALS H.B. 780 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 780
By: Thompson
Criminal Jurisprudence
3/18/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, most of the members of a County Bail Bond Board (board) are
allowed to appoint a designee to serve on the board in their absence.  The
presiding municipal court judge is not currently among the members allowed
to make such a designation. The purpose of this bill is to allow the
presiding judge of a principal city to designate a municipal court judge to
serve on the board in place of the presiding judge. 

H.B.780 allows a municipal judge serve on the board if designated by the
presiding municipal judge of a principal city in a county in which the city
designates a presiding judge in its municipal court system. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 5(b), Chapter 550, Acts of the 63rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 1973, Article 2372p-3, V.T.C.S., to include a municipal
judge who is designated by the presiding municipal judge of the principal
city in a county in which the principal city designates a presiding judge
in its municipal court system, among the list of persons required to
compose the membership of a county bail bond board. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.