Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-b: Difference between revisions

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 11-b of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Denial of Bail for Violation of Condition of Release"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=As amended November 6, 2007:

Any person who is accused in this State of a felony or an offense involving family violence, who is released on bail pending trial, and whose bail is subsequently revoked or forfeited for a violation of a condition of release may be denied bail pending trial if a judge or magistrate in this State determines by a preponderance of the evidence at a subsequent hearing that the person violated a condition of release related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.

'''Any person who is accused in this State of a felony or an offense involving family violence, who is released on bail pending trial, and whose bail is subsequently revoked or forfeited for a violation of a condition of release may be denied bail pending trial if a judge or magistrate in this State determines by a preponderance of the evidence at a subsequent hearing that the person violated a condition of release related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.'''

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Sections [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11|11]], [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-a|11-a]], [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-c|11-c]], [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-d|11-d]], and [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 13|13]] of Article I also directly govern bail for those accused of criminal offenses.

This section, added in 2005~~, was~~ amended in 2007 by the same ballot proposition that added Section 11-c.

This section was added in 2005 and amended in 2007 by the same ballot proposition that added Section 11-c.

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 {{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 11-b of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Denial of Bail for Violation of Condition of Release"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=As amended November 6, 2007:
-Any person who is accused in this State of a felony or an offense involving family violence, who is released on bail pending trial, and whose bail is subsequently revoked or forfeited for a violation of a condition of release may be denied bail pending trial if a judge or magistrate in this State determines by a preponderance of the evidence at a subsequent hearing that the person violated a condition of release related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.
+'''Any person who is accused in this State of a felony or an offense involving family violence, who is released on bail pending trial, and whose bail is subsequently revoked or forfeited for a violation of a condition of release may be denied bail pending trial if a judge or magistrate in this State determines by a preponderance of the evidence at a subsequent hearing that the person violated a condition of release related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.'''
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 Sections [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11|11]], [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-a|11-a]], [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-c|11-c]], [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-d|11-d]], and [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 13|13]] of Article I also directly govern bail for those accused of criminal offenses.
-This section, added in 2005, was amended in 2007 by the same ballot proposition that added Section 11-c.
+This section was added in 2005 and amended in 2007 by the same ballot proposition that added Section 11-c.
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