Such members of the Police Department of the city as may from time to time be designated by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to accept from persons arrested for misdemeanor offenses pending in the Municipal Court such sums of money in cash as shall, from time to time, be designated by the Judge of the Municipal Court in lieu of bail bonds, at the option of the accused person.
(1998 Code, § 70-61)
Statutory reference:
Bail and recognizance, authority to require or take, forfeiture in misdemeanors, see Tex. C.C.P. Arts. 23.14, 44.42, 44.43
Payable in money, see Tex. C.C.P. Art. 43.02
Right to bail, see Tex. C.C.P. Art. 1.07 and Constitution Art. I, § 11
Taking by arresting officer, see Tex. Code of Crim. Pro. Art. 23.14