1-1 By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1886 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 1997; March 24, 1997, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 1-4 April 23, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, 1-5 Nays 0; April 23, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the inclusion by the juvenile justice information 1-9 system of information on all offenses involving damage to property 1-10 with graffiti. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Section 58.104, Family Code, is amended by adding 1-13 Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-14 (g) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the juvenile justice 1-15 information system shall consist of information relating to conduct 1-16 by a juvenile that, if the conduct had been committed by an adult, 1-17 would constitute a criminal offense under Section 28.03(a)(3), 1-18 Penal Code, without regard to whether the offense is punishable by 1-19 fine only. 1-20 SECTION 2. (a) This Act applies only to the collection of 1-21 information about conduct that occurs on or after the effective 1-22 date of this Act. Conduct violating the penal law of this state 1-23 occurs on or after the effective date of this Act if any element of 1-24 the violation occurs on or after that date. 1-25 (b) The collection of information about conduct that occurs 1-26 before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in 1-27 effect at the time the conduct occurred, and that law is continued 1-28 in effect for that purpose. 1-29 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-30 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-31 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-32 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-33 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-34 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-35 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-36 * * * * *