76R13421 PAM-D By Isett H.B. No. 2289 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2289: By Isett C.S.H.B. No. 2289 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to enforcement of juvenile curfews in municipalities and 1-3 counties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 341.905, Local Government Code, is 1-6 amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to 1-7 read as follows: 1-8 (d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. 1-9 If a peace officer charges a juvenile with a violation of a 1-10 restriction or prohibition imposed during school hours by an 1-11 ordinance under this section, the peace officer, instead of taking 1-12 the juvenile before a magistrate or otherwise taking the juvenile 1-13 into custody, shall issue a citation to the juvenile that contains 1-14 written notice of the time and place the juvenile must appear 1-15 before the magistrate, the name and address of the juvenile 1-16 charged, and the offense charged. 1-17 (e) It is an exception to the application of a restriction 1-18 or prohibition imposed during school hours on a juvenile by an 1-19 ordinance under this section that the juvenile is a student who 1-20 attends private school. 1-21 SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 341, Local Government Code, 1-22 is amended by adding Section 341.906 to read as follows: 1-23 Sec. 341.906. JUVENILE CURFEW DURING SCHOOL HOURS IN 1-24 HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY. (a) This section applies only to a 2-1 home-rule municipality that by ordinance adopts a curfew to 2-2 regulate the movements or actions of persons under 17 years of age 2-3 during school hours. 2-4 (b) If a peace officer charges a juvenile with a violation 2-5 of a restriction or prohibition imposed by an ordinance described 2-6 by Subsection (a), the peace officer, instead of taking the 2-7 juvenile before a magistrate or otherwise taking the juvenile into 2-8 custody, shall issue a citation to the juvenile that contains 2-9 written notice of the time and place the juvenile must appear 2-10 before the magistrate, the name and address of the juvenile 2-11 charged, and the offense charged. 2-12 (c) It is an exception to the application of a restriction 2-13 or prohibition imposed on a juvenile by an ordinance described by 2-14 Subsection (a) that the juvenile is a student who attends private 2-15 school. 2-16 SECTION 3. Section 351.903, Local Government Code, is 2-17 amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to 2-18 read as follows: 2-19 (d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. 2-20 If a peace officer charges a juvenile with a violation of a 2-21 restriction or prohibition imposed during school hours by an order 2-22 under this section, the peace officer, instead of taking the 2-23 juvenile before a magistrate or otherwise taking the juvenile into 2-24 custody, shall issue a citation to the juvenile that contains 2-25 written notice of the time and place the juvenile must appear 2-26 before the magistrate, the name and address of the juvenile 2-27 charged, and the offense charged. 3-1 (e) It is an exception to the application of a restriction 3-2 or prohibition imposed during school hours on a juvenile by an 3-3 order under this section that the juvenile is a student who attends 3-4 private school. 3-5 SECTION 4. (a) The changes in law made by this Act by the 3-6 amendment or addition of Sections 341.905, 341.906, and 351.903, 3-7 Local Government Code, apply only to an offense committed on or 3-8 after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this 3-9 section, an offense is committed on or after the effective date of 3-10 this Act only if each element of the offense is committed on or 3-11 after the effective date. 3-12 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 3-13 Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was 3-14 committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that 3-15 purpose. 3-16 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 3-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.