CJ C.S.S.B. 298 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


JUVENILE JUSTICE & FAMILY ISSUES
C.S.S.B. 298
By: RATLIFF (RAMSAY)
5-8-97
Committee Report (Substituted)


BACKGROUND 

Currently, a juvenile in detention must be granted a detention hearing
every 10 days.  However, problems have arisen when counties provide
transportation from the detention facility to the hearing site only to
have the juvenile waive the hearing the next morning.  This legislation
increases the time period between juvenile detention hearings from every
10 days to every 20 days in order to halve the costs associated with these
hearings.   

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 298 establishes the length of subsequent juvenile court
detention orders.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 54.01(h), Family Code, to require each
subsequent detention order to extend for no more than 15, rather than 10
working days in counties without a certified juvenile detention facility.
Makes a nonsubstantive change.  

SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective.
  
SECTION 3. Effective date:  September 1, 1997.

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.



COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute puts the length of the detention order at 15days for
counties without a certified detention facility whereas the original
proposed 20 days for counties of less than 250,000 population.