Amend SB 81, on third reading, by inserting the following
appropriately numbered section and renumbering the sections of the
bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 52.027(i), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(i) In this section, "child" means a person who:
(1) is at least 10 years of age and younger than 17
<18> years of age and who<:>
<(1)> is charged with or convicted of a traffic
offense; or
(2) is at least 10 years of age and younger than 18
years of age and who:
(A) is charged with or convicted of an offense,
other than public intoxication, punishable by fine only as a result
of an act committed before becoming 17 years of age;
(B) <(2)> is a status offender and was taken
into custody as a status offender for conduct engaged in before
becoming 17 years of age; or
(C) <(3)> is a nonoffender and became a
nonoffender before becoming 17 years of age.