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ADOPTED
Senator Wiles of the 37th offered the following amendment:
Senator Wiles of the 37th offered the following amendment:
Amend
HB 147 by inserting "to add a provision
relating to conditions not warranting forfeiture of bond for failure to appear;"
on line 5 after
"circumstances;"
By
inserting between lines 35 and 36 the following:
SECTION
2A.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising Code Section 17-6-72, relating to
conditions not warranting forfeiture of bond for failure to appear, by adding a
new subsection to read as follows:
"(c.1)
No judgment shall be rendered on a forfeiture of any appearance bond if it is
shown to the satisfaction of the court that the principal on the bond was
prevented from attending because he or she was deported by federal authorities.
An official written notice of such deportation from a federal official shall be
considered proof of the principal's
deportation."