First Substitute H.B. 201

Representative M. Susan Lawrence proposes the following substitute bill:

1 JUDICIARY AMENDMENTS
2 2003 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: M. Susan Lawrence
5 This act modifies the Code of Criminal Procedures by allowing bail to be posted by credit
6 and debit card at the discretion of the judge or bail commissioner in addition to cash and
7 written undertakings.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 77-20-4, as last amended by Chapter 293, Laws of Utah 1998
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 77-20-4 is amended to read:
13 77-20-4. Bail to be posted in cash, by credit or debit card, or written undertaking.
14 (1) Bail may be posted:
15 (a) in cash [or];
16 (b) by written undertaking with or without sureties at the discretion of the magistrate[.
17 Written]; or
18 (c) by credit or debit card, at the discretion of the judge or bail commissioner.
19 (2) A written undertaking shall substantially conform to any form approved by the
20 Supreme Court.
21 [(2)] (3) A bail bond may not be accepted without receiving in writing at the time the
22 bail is posted the current mailing address and telephone number of the surety.

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