HB1022 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-11-139 and Section 40-11-142, relative to the release of defendants.
Tennessee - 113th General Assembly
Introduced byClay Doggett, Kip Capley, Monty Fritts
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires the court to place a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear on any available state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice, without limitation, within 10 days of the defendant's failure to appear; states that a surety is not liable for any undertaking if the defendant has not been placed in such a database within the time required by law. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139 and Section 40-11-142.
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