1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the requirement that a child provide certain
 1-3     information to a juvenile probation officer as a condition of
 1-4     probation for certain offenses involving a handgun.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Chapter 54, Family Code, is amended by adding
 1-7     Section 54.0406 to read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 54.0406.  CHILD PLACED ON PROBATION FOR CONDUCT
 1-9     INVOLVING A HANDGUN.  (a)  If a court or jury places a child on
1-10     probation under Section 54.04(d) for conduct that violates a penal
1-11     law that includes as an element of the offense the possession,
1-12     carrying, using, or exhibiting of a handgun, as defined by Section
1-13     46.01, Penal Code, and if at the adjudication hearing the court or
1-14     jury affirmatively finds that the child personally possessed,
1-15     carried, used, or exhibited the handgun, the court shall require as
1-16     a condition of probation that the child, not later than the 30th
1-17     day after the date the court places the child on probation, notify
1-18     the juvenile probation officer who is supervising the child of the
1-19     manner in which the child acquired the handgun, including the date
1-20     and place of and any person involved in the acquisition.
1-21           (b)  On receipt of information described by Subsection (a), a
1-22     juvenile probation officer shall promptly notify the appropriate
1-23     local law enforcement agency of the information.
1-24           (c)  Information provided by a child to a juvenile probation
 2-1     officer as required by Subsection (a) and any other information
 2-2     derived from that information may not be used as evidence against
 2-3     the child in any juvenile or criminal proceeding.
 2-4           SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
 2-5     only to a child placed on probation under Section 54.04(d), Family
 2-6     Code, for conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of
 2-7     this Act.  Conduct violating a penal law of the state occurs on or
 2-8     after the effective date of this Act if every element of the
 2-9     violation occurs on or after that date.
2-10           (b)  Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this
2-11     Act is covered by the law in effect at the time the conduct
2-12     occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
2-13     purpose.
2-14           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-15           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-16     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-17     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-18     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-19     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2869 was passed by the House on May
         13, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2869 was passed by the Senate on May
         26, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  _____________________
                            Date
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                          Governor