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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice |
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Department must accept custody of a person committed to the |
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department and to the consequences for the failure of the |
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department to accept custody of the person within that period. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.04, Family Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsections (s) and (t) to read as follows: |
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(s) If the judge orders a disposition under this section |
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sentencing a person to commitment in the Texas Juvenile Justice |
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Department, the department shall accept custody of the person not |
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later than the 30th day after the date on which the judge signs the |
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disposition order committing the person to the department. |
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(t) If the Texas Juvenile Justice Department does not take |
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custody of a person within the period prescribed by Subsection (s), |
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the department shall compensate the county for the cost of |
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detention for each day that the person remains detained in a |
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facility operated by or under contract with the county following |
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the expiration of that period. The compensation must be equal to |
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the amount that would have been incurred by the department to detain |
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the person for that period. |
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SECTION 2. Section 243.002, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Beginning on the 31st day after the date the child is |
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committed to the department, the department shall give credit |
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toward the minimum length of stay established for the child for time |
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spent in a pre-adjudication secure detention facility before the |
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child's transfer to the department. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. |