House adopts amendment clarifying venue for bond-condition violations
On third reading the House passed House Bill 78, as amended, clarifying that prosecutions for knowingly violating a bond condition should proceed in the county where the conduct occurred; a committee amendment rewrote the bill prior to passage.
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Representative Stevens introduced House Bill 78 and the judiciary committee's amendment rewrote the bill; Chairman Farmer explained the amendment on the floor. The amended language clarifies that venue for prosecution of the offense of knowingly violating a bond condition is the county where the conduct occurred.
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