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.