By Siebert                                             H.B. No. 363
       74R1695 DD-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the release and publication of the name of a juvenile
    1-3  in custody or adjudicated for delinquent conduct or conduct
    1-4  indicating a need for supervision.
    1-5        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-6        SECTION 1.  Chapter 51, Family Code, is amended by adding
    1-7  Section 51.141 to read as follows:
    1-8        Sec. 51.141.  RELEASE AND PUBLICATION OF CHILD'S NAME.  (a)
    1-9  A law enforcement agency or juvenile court may release the name of
   1-10  a child as provided by Subsection (b).
   1-11        (b)  Notwithstanding Section 51.14, the release and
   1-12  publication of the name of a child is permitted in the case of a
   1-13  child who:
   1-14              (1)  is:
   1-15                    (A)  taken into custody by a law enforcement
   1-16  officer under Section 52.01; and
   1-17                    (B)  referred to the juvenile court for further
   1-18  proceedings; or
   1-19              (2)  has been adjudicated for engaging in:
   1-20                    (A)  delinquent conduct; or
   1-21                    (B)  conduct indicating a need for supervision.
   1-22        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   1-23        SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
   1-24  only to the release and publication of a juvenile's name in
    2-1  connection with conduct that occurs on or after the effective date
    2-2  of this Act.  Conduct  violating a penal law of the state occurs on
    2-3  or after the effective date of this Act if every element of the
    2-4  violation occurs on or after that date.
    2-5        (b)  The release and publication of a juvenile's name in
    2-6  connection with conduct that occurs before the effective date of
    2-7  this Act is covered by the law in effect at the time the conduct
    2-8  occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
    2-9  purpose.
   2-10        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-11  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-12  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-13  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-14  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.