View Amendment Current Amendment: JUD0019.005.DOCX to Bill 19 Senator HUTTO proposed the following amendment (JUD0019.005):    

Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 5, by striking lines 15-28, and inserting:

/     SECTION     5.     Section 22-5-530(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(B)     In a jurisdiction in which the governing body has established a system for receipt of deposits in lieu of recognizance,:
        (1) a person held or incarcerated in a jail or detention center who is entitled to deposit a sum of money in lieu of entering into recognizance under pursuant to this section may secure his the person's immediate release from custody by paying to or depositing the sum of money required by this section with the jail or detention facility in which he the person is being held; and
        (2) a person held or incarcerated in a jail or detention center whose bond has been set by a summary court judge may secure the person's immediate release from custody by paying to or depositing the sum of money set by the summary court judge with the jail or detention facility in which the person is being held."             /

    Renumber sections to conform. Amend title to conform.