Tex.
Gov't Code Section 508.254
Detention Under Warrant
(a)
A person who is the subject of a warrant may be held in custody pending a determination of all facts surrounding the alleged offense, violation of a rule or condition of release, or dangerous behavior.(b)
A warrant authorizes any officer named by the warrant to take custody of the person and detain the person until a parole panel orders the return of the person to the institution from which the person was released.(c)
Except as provided by Subsection (d), pending a hearing on a charge of parole violation, ineligible release, or violation of a condition of mandatory supervision, a person returned to custody shall remain confined.(d)
A magistrate of the county in which the person is held in custody may release the person on bond pending the hearing if:(1)
the person is arrested or held in custody only on a charge that the person committed an administrative violation of release;(2)
the division, in accordance with Subsection (e), included notice on the warrant for the person’s arrest that the person is eligible for release on bond; and(3)
the magistrate determines that the person is not a threat to public safety.(e)
The division shall include a notice on the warrant for the person’s arrest indicating that the person is eligible for release on bond under Subsection (d) if the division determines that the person:(1)
has not been previously convicted of:(A)
an offense under Chapter 29 (Robbery), Penal Code;(B)
an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, punishable as a felony; or(C)
an offense involving family violence, as defined by Section 71.004 (Family Violence), Family Code;(2)
is not on intensive supervision or super-intensive supervision;(3)
is not an absconder; and(4)
is not a threat to public safety.(f)
The provisions of Chapters 17 (Bail) and 22 (Forfeiture of Bail), Code of Criminal Procedure, apply to a person released under Subsection (d) in the same manner as those provisions apply to a person released pending an appearance before a court or magistrate, except that the release under that subsection is conditioned on the person’s appearance at a hearing under this subchapter.
Source:
Section 508.254 — Detention Under Warrant, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.508.htm#508.254 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
