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. 1-32 * * * * *