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.