SRC-CDH S.B. 298 75(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 298
By: Ratliff
Criminal Justice
2-21-97
As Filed


DIGEST 

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

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

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 20, rather than 10
working days.  Makes a nonsubstantive change.  

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

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.