Section 1704.304 - Prohibited Recommendations or Solicitations; Offense(a) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not recommend or suggest to a person for whom the bail bond surety executes a bond the employment of an attorney or law firm in connection with a criminal offense.(b) The following persons may not recommend a particular bail bond surety to another person: (1) a police officer, sheriff, or deputy;(2) a constable, jailer, or employee of a law enforcement agency;(3) a judge or employee of a court;(4) another public official; or(5) an employee of a related agency.(c) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not solicit bonding business in a police station, jail, prison, detention facility, or other place of detainment for persons in the custody of law enforcement.(d) A person may not place a device in a place of detention, confinement, or imprisonment that dispenses a bail bond in exchange for a fee.(e) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.Tex. Occ. Code § 1704.304
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1262, Sec. 15, eff. 9/1/2001. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.