Amend CSSB 359 as follows:
(1) Insert the following appropriately numbered section:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 262.2015 to read as follows:
Sec. 262.2015. ACCELERATED TRIAL ON THE MERITS. The court
may accelerate the trial schedule to result in a final order for a
child under the care of the department at an earlier date than
provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 263, if the court:
(1) orders at the conclusion of the full adversary
hearing that the child may not be placed in the child's home;
(2) finds that the child is a victim of serious bodily
injury or sexual abuse; and
(3) finds that there is probable cause to believe that
a party to the suit has engaged in conduct against the child that
would constitute an offense under the following provisions of the
Penal Code:
(A) Section 21.11 (indecency with a child);
(B) Section 22.011 (sexual assault);
(C) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
(D) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault);
(E) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly
individual, or disabled individual);
(F) Section 22.041 (abandoning or endangering
child);
(G) Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct);
(H) Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a
child); or
(I) Section 43.26 (possession or promotion of
child pornography).
(2) Renumber subsequent sections appropriately.