75R14462 JMC-D
By Ratliff S.B. No. 298
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 298:
By Goodman C.S.S.B. No. 298
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to juvenile court detention orders.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 54.01(h), Family Code, is amended to read
1-5 as follows:
1-6 (h) A detention order extends to the conclusion of the
1-7 disposition hearing, if there is one, but in no event for more than
1-8 10 working days. Further detention orders may be made following
1-9 subsequent detention hearings. The initial detention hearing may
1-10 not be waived but subsequent detention hearings may be waived in
1-11 accordance with the requirements of Section 51.09 [of this code].
1-12 Each subsequent detention order shall extend for no more than 10
1-13 working days, except that in a county that does not have a
1-14 certified juvenile detention facility, as described by Section
1-15 51.12(a)(3), each subsequent detention order shall extend for no
1-16 more than 15 working days.
1-17 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-18 only to a child who is taken into custody for conduct that occurs
1-19 on or after the effective date of this Act. Conduct violating a
1-20 penal law of this state occurs on or after the effective date of
1-21 this Act if every element of the violation occurs on or after that
1-22 date.
1-23 (b) Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this
1-24 Act is covered by the law in effect at the time the conduct
2-1 occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
2-2 purpose.
2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-4 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.