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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 17.40. Conditions Related To Victim Or Community Safety

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Art. 17.40. CONDITIONS RELATED TO VICTIM OR COMMUNITY 
SAFETY.  (a) To secure a defendant's attendance at trial, a 
magistrate may impose any reasonable condition of bond related to 
the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the 
community.
	(b)  At a hearing limited to determining whether the 
defendant violated a condition of bond imposed under Subsection 
(a), the magistrate may revoke the defendant's bond only if the 
magistrate finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the 
violation occurred.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.           

Last modified: August 10, 2007