1-1     By:  Dukes (Senate Sponsor - Carona)                  H.B. No. 1267
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001;
 1-3     May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
 1-4     and Human Services; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the investigation by a local law enforcement agency of
 1-9     certain reports alleging child abuse.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended
1-12     by adding Article 2.27 to read as follows:
1-13           Art. 2.27.  INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN REPORTS ALLEGING CHILD
1-14     ABUSE. On receipt of a report alleging serious physical or sexual
1-15     abuse of a child by a person responsible for the care, custody, or
1-16     welfare of the child, an investigator from the appropriate local
1-17     law enforcement agency shall investigate the report jointly with
1-18     the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services or with the
1-19     agency responsible for conducting an investigation under Subchapter
1-20     E, Chapter 261, Family Code.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-25     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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