AN ACT
 1-1     relating to venue in certain proceedings concerning juvenile
 1-2     delinquency or conduct indicating a need for supervision.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 51.06, Family Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  A proceeding under this title shall be commenced in[:]
 1-7                 (1)  [the county in which the child resides; or]
 1-8                 [(2)]  the county in which the alleged delinquent
 1-9     conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision occurred; or
1-10                 (2)  the county in which the child resides at the time
1-11     the petition is filed, but only if:
1-12                       (A)  the child was under probation supervision in
1-13     that county at the time of the commission of the delinquent conduct
1-14     or conduct indicating a need for supervision;
1-15                       (B)  it cannot be determined in which county the
1-16     delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision
1-17     occurred; or
1-18                       (C)  the county in which the child resides agrees
1-19     to accept the case for prosecution, in writing, prior to the case
1-20     being sent to the county of residence for prosecution.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-22           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-23     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-1     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-2     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1571 passed the Senate on
         April 19, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1571 passed the House on
         May 22, 1999, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
         _______________________________
                     Date
         _______________________________
                   Governor