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Amend CSHB 2319 (Committee Printing) as follows:                             

(1)  On page 8, strike lines 25-27 and substitute the 	following:             
		(2)  there is probable cause to believe the person:                    
			(A) engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct 
indicating a need for supervision; or
			(B)  is a nonoffender who has been taken into 
custody and is being held solely for deportation out of the United 
States.
	(2)  On page 12, between lines 14 and 15, insert the 
following new SECTIONS to the bill, appropriately numbered, and 
renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  The heading to Section 54.011, Family Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.011.  DETENTION HEARINGS FOR STATUS OFFENDERS AND 
NONOFFENDERS; PENALTY.
	SECTION ___.  Section 54.011, Family Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  Except as provided by Subsection (a), a nonoffender, 
including a person who has been taken into custody and is being held 
solely for deportation out of the United States, may not be detained 
for any period of time in a secure detention facility or secure 
correctional facility, regardless of whether the facility is 
publicly or privately operated.  A nonoffender who is detained in 
violation of this subsection is entitled to immediate release from 
the facility and may bring a civil action for compensation for the 
illegal detention against any person responsible for the detention.  
A person commits an offense if the person knowingly detains or 
assists in detaining a nonoffender in a secure detention facility 
or secure correctional facility in violation of this subsection.  
An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.
	(3)  On page 64, line 1, strike "(d) and (e)" and substitute 
"(d), (e), and (g)".
	(4)  On page 64, line 15, strike "Sections 20, 34, and 51 of 
this Act" and substitute "Section 54.051, Family Code, Article 
62.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Section 12.42, Penal Code, 
as amended by this Act".
	(5)  On page 64, after line 21, insert the following:                          
	(g)  Section 54.011(f), Family Code, as added by this Act, 
applies only to a nonoffender who is detained in a secure detention 
facility or secure correctional facility on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  A nonoffender who is detained in a secure 
detention facility or secure correctional facility before the 
effective date of this Act is not entitled to bring a civil action  
under Section 54.011(f), Family Code, as added by this Act.