R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State

 1-2     of Texas, 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, That House Rule

 1-3     13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule

 1-4     13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to

 1-5     resolve the differences on Senate Bill No.  133 to consider and

 1-6     take action on the following matter:

 1-7           House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the

 1-8     committee to add new SECTION 19 of the bill to read as follows:

 1-9           SECTION 19.   Subsection (a), Section 59.003, Family Code, is

1-10     amended to read as follows:

1-11           (a)  Subject to Subsection (e), after a child's first

1-12     commission of delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for

1-13     supervision, the probation department may or the juvenile court

1-14     may, in a disposition hearing under Section 54.04, assign a child

1-15     one of the following sanction levels according to the child's

1-16     conduct:

1-17                 (1)  for conduct indicating a need for supervision,

1-18     other than conduct described in Section 51.03(b)(6) or a Class A or

1-19     B misdemeanor, the sanction level is one;

1-20                 (2)  for conduct indicating a need for supervision

1-21     under Section 51.03(b)(6) or a Class A or B misdemeanor, other than

1-22     a misdemeanor involving the use or possession of a firearm, or for

1-23     delinquent conduct under Section 51.03(a)(2) or (3), the sanction

1-24     level is two;

 2-1                 (3)  for a misdemeanor involving the use or possession

 2-2     of a firearm or for a state jail felony or a felony of the third

 2-3     degree, the sanction level is three;

 2-4                 (4)  for a felony of the second degree, the sanction

 2-5     level is four;

 2-6                 (5)  for a felony of the first degree, other than a

 2-7     felony involving the use of a deadly weapon or causing serious

 2-8     bodily injury, the sanction level is five;

 2-9                 (6)  for a felony of the first degree involving the use

2-10     of a deadly weapon or causing serious bodily injury or for an

2-11     aggravated controlled substance felony, the sanction level is six

2-12     or, if the petition has been approved by a grand jury under Section

2-13     53.045, seven; or

2-14                 (7)  for a capital felony, the sanction level is seven.

2-15           Explanation:  This change is necessary to clarify the

2-16     sanctions that may be imposed for conduct indicating a need for

2-17     supervision.

                                                                      Dutton

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                                                   Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.R. No. 1358 was adopted by the House on June

         1, 1997, by a non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House