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78R11473 KSD-F


By:  Moreno of Harris                                             H.B. No. 2011

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2011:                                   

By:  Dutton                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 2011



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the care of a child taken into possession by a 
governmental entity without a court order.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 262, Family Code, is 
amended by adding Section 262.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 262.009.  TEMPORARY CARE OF CHILD TAKEN INTO 
POSSESSION.  An employee of or volunteer with a law enforcement 
agency who successfully completes a background and criminal history 
check approved by the Department of Protective and Regulatory 
Services may assist a law enforcement officer or juvenile probation 
officer with the temporary care of a child who is taken into 
possession by a governmental entity without a court order under 
this chapter until further arrangements regarding the custody of 
the child can be made.
	SECTION 2.  Section 262.009, Family Code, as added by this 
Act, applies to the temporary care of a child in the possession of a 
governmental entity on or after the effective date of this Act 
regardless of whether the child was taken into possession by the 
governmental entity before, on, or after the effective date of this 
Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.