1-1 By: De La Garza (Senate Sponsor - Truan) H.B. No. 722
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1993;
1-3 May 11, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 18, 1993, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Henderson x
1-9 Harris of Tarrant x
1-10 Brown x
1-11 Harris of Dallas x
1-12 Luna x
1-13 Parker x
1-14 West x
1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-16 AN ACT
1-17 relating to authority of a law enforcement officer in Hidalgo
1-18 County to refer a child to the Hidalgo County court conference
1-19 committee.
1-20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-21 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 152, Human Resources Code,
1-22 is amended by adding Section 152.1142 to read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 152.1142. HIDALGO COUNTY COURT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
1-24 (a) A law enforcement officer in Hidalgo County may refer to the
1-25 court conference committee a child who:
1-26 (1) has been charged with a Class C misdemeanor (first
1-27 offense only);
1-28 (2) is a status offender; or
1-29 (3) is a truant or runaway.
1-30 (b) This section does not affect:
1-31 (1) the authority of a law enforcement officer under
1-32 Title 3, Family Code; or
1-33 (2) the duty of a law enforcement officer to report a
1-34 case to a state or local child protective services agency.
1-35 (c) In this section:
1-36 (1) "Child" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.02,
1-37 Family Code.
1-38 (2) "Court conference committee" means the county
1-39 juvenile probation program's court conference committee.
1-40 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-41 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-42 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-43 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-44 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-45 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-46 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-47 * * * * *
1-48 Austin,
1-49 Texas
1-50 May 18, 1993
1-51 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-52 President of the Senate
1-53 Sir:
1-54 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B.
1-55 No. 722, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-56 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-57 pass and be printed.
1-58 Henderson,
1-59 Chairman
1-60 * * * * *
1-61 WITNESSES
1-62 FOR AGAINST ON
1-63 ___________________________________________________________________
1-64 Name: Luis Guerrero x
1-65 Representing: Tx Juv-Probation Comm.
1-66 City: Austin
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