By McCoulskey                                         H.B. No. 1134
       74R3662 NSC-F
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to disruptive conduct in school as conduct indicating a
    1-3  need for supervision.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 51.03(b), Family Code, is amended to read
    1-6  as follows:
    1-7        (b)  Conduct indicating a need for supervision is:
    1-8              (1)  subject to Subsection (f) of this section,
    1-9  conduct, other than a traffic offense, that violates:
   1-10                    (A)  the penal laws of this state of the grade of
   1-11  misdemeanor that are punishable by fine only; or
   1-12                    (B)  the penal ordinances of any political
   1-13  subdivision of this state;
   1-14              (2)  the unexcused voluntary absence of a child on 10
   1-15  or more days or parts of days within a six-month period or three or
   1-16  more days or parts of days within a four-week period from school
   1-17  without the consent of his parents;
   1-18              (3)  the voluntary absence of a child from his home
   1-19  without the consent of his parent or guardian for a substantial
   1-20  length of time or without intent to return;
   1-21              (4)  conduct which violates the laws of this state
   1-22  prohibiting driving while intoxicated or under the influence of
   1-23  intoxicating liquor (first or second offense) or driving while
   1-24  under the influence of any narcotic drug or of any other drug to a
    2-1  degree which renders him incapable of safely driving a vehicle
    2-2  (first or second offense); <or>
    2-3              (5)  conduct prohibited by city ordinance or by state
    2-4  law involving the inhalation of the fumes or vapors of paint and
    2-5  other protective coatings or glue and other adhesives and the
    2-6  volatile chemicals itemized in Section 484.002, Health and Safety
    2-7  Code; or
    2-8              (6)  serious or persistent misbehavior by a child in a
    2-9  school classroom or at a school function that violates the school's
   2-10  written standards of student conduct and results in the child being
   2-11  expelled or suspended from class.
   2-12        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   2-13        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-14  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-15  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-16  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-17  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.