(b) In this section:
(1) "Violent offense" means:
(A) murder;
(B) aggravated assault, if the accused used or exhibited a deadly
weapon during the commission of the assault;
(C) aggravated kidnapping; or
(D) aggravated robbery.
(2) "Sexual offense" means:
(A) aggravated sexual assault;
(B) sexual assault; or
(C) indecency with a child.
(Added Nov. 6, 1956; amended Nov. 8, 1977; Subsec. (a) amended
and (b) added Nov. 2, 1993.)
Sec. 11b. VIOLATION OF CONDITION OF RELEASE PENDING TRIAL;
DENIAL OF BAIL. 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.
(Added Nov. 8, 2005; amended Nov. 6, 2007.)
Sec. 11c. VIOLATION OF AN ORDER FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION
INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE. The legislature by general law may
provide that any person who violates an order for emergency
protection issued by a judge or magistrate after an arrest for an
offense involving family violence or who violates an active protective
order rendered by a court in a family violence case, including a
temporary ex parte order that has been served on the person, or
who engages in conduct that constitutes an offense involving the
violation of an order described by this section may be taken into
custody and, pending trial or other court proceedings, denied
release on bail if following a hearing a judge or magistrate in this
state determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the
person violated the order or engaged in the conduct constituting
the offense.
(Added Nov. 6, 2007.)
(1) "Violent offense" means:
(A) murder;
(B) aggravated assault, if the accused used or exhibited a deadly
weapon during the commission of the assault;
(C) aggravated kidnapping; or
(D) aggravated robbery.
(2) "Sexual offense" means:
(A) aggravated sexual assault;
(B) sexual assault; or
(C) indecency with a child.
(Added Nov. 6, 1956; amended Nov. 8, 1977; Subsec. (a) amended
and (b) added Nov. 2, 1993.)
Sec. 11b. VIOLATION OF CONDITION OF RELEASE PENDING TRIAL;
DENIAL OF BAIL. 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.
(Added Nov. 8, 2005; amended Nov. 6, 2007.)
Sec. 11c. VIOLATION OF AN ORDER FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION
INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE. The legislature by general law may
provide that any person who violates an order for emergency
protection issued by a judge or magistrate after an arrest for an
offense involving family violence or who violates an active protective
order rendered by a court in a family violence case, including a
temporary ex parte order that has been served on the person, or
who engages in conduct that constitutes an offense involving the
violation of an order described by this section may be taken into
custody and, pending trial or other court proceedings, denied
release on bail if following a hearing a judge or magistrate in this
state determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the
person violated the order or engaged in the conduct constituting
the offense.
(Added Nov. 6, 2007.)
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