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PUBLIC LAW 89-519-JULY 26, 1966
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Public Law 89-519 AN ACT To establish the District of Columbia Bail Agency, and for other purposes.
July 26, 1966 [H.R. 15860]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the D.C. United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Agency Bail Act. be cited as the "District of Columbia Bail Agency Act". SEC. 2. There is hereby created for the District of Columbia the District of Columbia Bail Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "agency") which shall secure pertinent data and provide for any judicial officer in the District of Columbia reports containing verijfied information concerning any individual with respect to whom a bail determination is to be made. SEC. 3. As used in this Act— _ Definitions (1) the term "judicial officer" means, unless otherwise indicated, the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, and the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia (but only with respect to proceedings under Section 11-1556 of the D.C. Code) or any justice or judge of such courts or a United States Commissioner; and (2) The term "bail determination" means any order by a judicial officer respecting the terms and conditions of release (including any order setting the amount of bail bond or any other kind of security given to assure appearance in court) of— (A) any person arrested in the District of Columbia, or (B) any material witness in any criminal proceeding in a court referred to in paragraph (1), for trial or sentencing or pending appeal. SEC. 4. (a) The agency shall, except when impracticable, interview any person detained pursuant to law or charged with an offense in the District of Columbia who is to appear before a United States Commissioner or whose case arose in or is before any court named in section 3(1) of this Act. Such interview when requested by a judicial officer shall also be undertaken with respect to any person charged with intoxication or traffic violation. The agency shall seek independ- Report, ent verification of information obtained during the interview, shall secure any such person's prior criminal record which shall be made available by the Metropolitan Police Department, and shall prepare a written report of such information for submission to the appropriate judicial officer. The agency shall present such report with or without a recommendation for release on personal recognizance, personal bond, or other nonfinancial conditions, but with no other recommendation, to the appropriate judicial officer and shall provide copies of such report to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, to the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia (if pertinent) and to counsel for the person concerning whom the report is made. The report shall include but not be limited to information concerning the person accused, his family, his community ties, residence, employment, prior criminal record if any, and may include such additional verified information as may become available to the agency. (b) The agency when requested by any appellate court or a judge or justice thereof, or by any other judicial officer, shall furnish a report as provided in section 4(a) respecting any person whose case is pending before any such appellate court or judicial officer or in whose
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