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House Bill 2884 |
House Author: Dutton |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: West, Royce |
House Bill 2884 amends the Family Code, Education Code, Human Resources Code, and Penal Code to update and revise provisions relating to juvenile delinquency. The bill includes provisions relating to procedures governing the transfer of probation supervision between counties, admissibility of a child's statement as evidence in court proceedings, the use of a pseudonym by a victim in criminal cases, procedures for requesting a jury for a disposition hearing involving a juvenile, procedures for handling of restitution payments, the release of a child alleged to have committed certain offenses from a residential care facility for more than 48 hours, and the juvenile boards of Duval, Jim Hogg, and Starr Counties. House Bill 2884 authorizes the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission to share information with other agencies for research, audit, and analytical purposes, to participate and assist in the creation and maintenance of a statewide juvenile information and case management system, and to issue subpoenas, receive evidence, and gather information relating to certain investigations, complaints, and audits of juvenile probation programs services and facilities. The bill also provides that it is an offense for an employee of the Texas Youth Commission or a local juvenile probation department to engage in certain sexual conduct with an individual who is under the supervision of the commission or probation department.