H.B. No. 829




AN ACT

relating to jurisdiction to enter certain orders in a failure to 
attend school proceeding.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 45.054, Code of Criminal Procedure, as 
added by Chapter 1514, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2001, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding 
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  On a finding by a juvenile court in a county with a 
population of less than 100,000 that the individual has engaged in 
conduct that violates Section 25.094, Education Code, the court has 
jurisdiction to enter an order that includes one or more of the 
provisions listed under Subsection (a).
	(b)  An order under Subsection (a)(3) that requires the 
parent of an individual to attend a class for students at risk of 
dropping out of school is enforceable in the justice, [or] 
municipal, or juvenile court by contempt.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 829 was passed by the House on April 
7, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 829 was passed by the Senate on May 
13, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor