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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 17.15. Rules For Fixing Amount Of Bail

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Art. 17.15. [281] [329] [317] RULES FOR FIXING AMOUNT OF 
BAIL.  The amount of bail to be required in any case is to be 
regulated by the court, judge, magistrate or officer taking the 
bail;  they are to be governed in the exercise of this discretion by 
the Constitution and by the following rules:
	1. The bail shall be sufficiently high to give reasonable 
assurance that the undertaking will be complied with.
	2. The power to require bail is not to be so used as to make it 
an instrument of oppression.
	3. The nature of the offense and the circumstances under 
which it was committed are to be considered.
	4. The ability to make bail is to be regarded, and proof may 
be taken upon this point.
	5. The future safety of a victim of the alleged offense and 
the community shall be considered.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.  
Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 588, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 
1985;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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