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.