HOUSE BILL 2947 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Goodman et al. |
EFFECTIVE: 09-01-99 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Harris |
House Bill 2947 amends the Family Code to limit the circumstances under which a court may commit a child to the Texas Youth Commission if the child is found to have engaged in delinquent conduct. The conduct must be a felony or, if it is a misdemeanor, the child must have previously been adjudicated for felonies or misdemeanors on at least two separate occasions and the conduct that was the basis for the adjudications occurred after the date of another previous adjudication.