By Hilbert H.B. No. 1139 74R1551 CAG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the power of a county to enact a juvenile curfew; 1-3 providing a penalty. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 351, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 351.903 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 351.903. JUVENILE CURFEW ORDER. (a) In this section, 1-8 "juvenile" means a person under the age of 17. 1-9 (b) The commissioners court of a county by order may 1-10 regulate the movements or actions of juveniles by adopting a 1-11 curfew. 1-12 (c) This authority includes the authority to: 1-13 (1) establish the hours of the curfew, including 1-14 different hours for different days of the week; 1-15 (2) apply different curfew hours to different age 1-16 groups of juveniles; 1-17 (3) describe the kinds of conduct subject to the 1-18 curfew; 1-19 (4) determine the locations to which the curfew 1-20 applies; 1-21 (5) determine which persons incur liability if a 1-22 violation of the curfew occurs; 1-23 (6) prescribe procedures a police officer or other 1-24 person must follow in enforcing the curfew; and 2-1 (7) establish exemptions from the curfew. 2-2 (d) The order does not apply inside the limits of a 2-3 municipality. 2-4 (e) A person commits an offense if the person violates a 2-5 restriction or prohibition imposed by an order adopted under this 2-6 section. An offense under this subsection is a Class C 2-7 misdemeanor. 2-8 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-14 passage, and it is so enacted.