1-1     By:  Clark (Senate Sponsor - Haywood)                 H.B. No. 1790
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001;
 1-3     April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; April 24, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 24, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the requirement of notifying the parent or guardian of
 1-9     a child who is referred to juvenile court but who is not taken into
1-10     custody.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1. Section 52.04, Family Code, is amended by amending
1-13     the section heading to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 52.04.  REFERRAL TO JUVENILE COURT; NOTICE TO PARENTS.
1-15           SECTION 2. Section 52.04, Family Code, is amended by adding
1-16     Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-17           (d)  On referral of the case of a child who has not been
1-18     taken into custody to the office or official designated by the
1-19     juvenile court, the office or official designated by the juvenile
1-20     court shall promptly give notice of the referral and a statement of
1-21     the reason for the referral to the child's parent, guardian, or
1-22     custodian.
1-23           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-24     applies only to a referral based on conduct that occurs on or after
1-25     that date.  A referral based on conduct that occurs before the
1-26     effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect at the
1-27     time the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in
1-28     effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this section, conduct
1-29     violating a penal law of the state occurred before the effective
1-30     date of this Act if any element of the violation occurred before
1-31     that date.
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