By: Ratliff S.B. No. 298
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to juvenile court detention orders.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Subsection (h), Section 54.01, Family Code, is
1-4 amended to read as follows:
1-5 (h) A detention order extends to the conclusion of the
1-6 disposition hearing, if there is one, but in no event for more than
1-7 10 working days. Further detention orders may be made following
1-8 subsequent detention hearings. The initial detention hearing may
1-9 not be waived but subsequent detention hearings may be waived in
1-10 accordance with the requirements of Section 51.09 [of this code].
1-11 Each subsequent detention order shall extend for no more than 10
1-12 working days, except that in a county with a population of less
1-13 than 250,000, each subsequent detention order shall extend for no
1-14 more than 20 working days.
1-15 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-16 only to a child who is taken into custody for conduct that occurs
1-17 on or after the effective date of this Act. Conduct violating a
1-18 penal law of this state occurs on or after the effective date of
1-19 this Act if every element of the violation occurs on or after that
1-20 date.
1-21 (b) Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this
1-22 Act is covered by the law in effect at the time the conduct
1-23 occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
2-1 purpose.
2-2 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-3 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.