By Henderson S.B. No. 577 Substitute the following for S.B. No. 577: By Cook C.S.S.B. No. 577 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to pleas entered by a minor in justice or municipal court. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 45, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-5 amended by adding Article 45.331 to read as follows: 1-6 Article 45.331. PLEA BY MINOR. (a) A plea of defendant who 1-7 is younger than 17 years of age, except as otherwise provided by 1-8 law, and who has not had the disabilities of minority removed must 1-9 be made in open court with the defendant's parent, guardian or 1-10 managing conservator present. 1-11 (b) The court may cause one or both parents, guardian or 1-12 managing conservator to be summoned to appear in Court and may 1-13 require them to be present during all proceedings in the case. 1-14 (c) The court for good cause may waive the requirement of 1-15 the presence of parents, a guardian or managing conservator under 1-16 Section (a) of this act, or Section 106.11, Alcoholic Beverage Code 1-17 and Article 6701 l-4, Section 1(a), VCS and the personal appearance 1-18 of the defendant under Section (a) of this act or Section 106.10, 1-19 Alcoholic Beverage Code and Article 6701 l-4, Section 1(a), VCS. 1-20 SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.