By: West S.B. No. 1571
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.