By Ratliff S.B. No. 298
75R2438 JMC-D
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 20
1-13 [10] working days.
1-14 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-15 only to a child who is taken into custody for conduct that occurs
1-16 on or after the effective date of this Act. Conduct violating a
1-17 penal law of this state occurs on or after the effective date of
1-18 this Act if every element of the violation occurs on or after that
1-19 date.
1-20 (b) Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this
1-21 Act is covered by the law in effect at the time the conduct
1-22 occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
1-23 purpose.
1-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.