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.