By Nelson S.B. No. 207 74R1504 DAK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the suspension or denial of a driver's license or 1-3 permit to certain truant children. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 54.042, Family Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-7 (f) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 1-8 54.04, shall order the Department of Public Safety to suspend a 1-9 child's driver's license or permit or, if the child does not have a 1-10 license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or permit to 1-11 the child if the court finds that the child has engaged in conduct 1-12 in need of supervision for unexcused voluntary absences from school 1-13 under Section 51.03(b)(2). The order shall state that the 1-14 suspension or denial is effective until the earlier of the 18th 1-15 birthday of the child or a subsequent order ending the suspension 1-16 or denial. The court may order the Department of Public Safety to 1-17 end the suspension or denial of the license or permit only if: 1-18 (1) the court finds that the child has been regularly 1-19 attending school or a remedial course of instruction for a period 1-20 of at least 90 days preceding the date the court renders the order; 1-21 or 1-22 (2) the child receives a high school diploma from an 1-23 accredited secondary school or a high school equivalency 1-24 certificate. 2-1 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 2-2 applies only to conduct that occurs on or after that date. Conduct 2-3 constituting conduct in need of supervision occurs on or after the 2-4 effective date of this Act only if every element of the conduct 2-5 occurs on or after that date. 2-6 (b) Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this 2-7 Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the conduct 2-8 occurred, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-9 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.