78R7215 SLO-D

By:  Flores                                                       H.B. No. 2253



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the jurisdiction of justice and municipal courts in 
proceedings involving juveniles.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 4.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on a finding 
by a municipal court that a child has engaged in conduct indicating 
a need for supervision or delinquent conduct in a proceeding in 
which the court has jurisdiction, a municipal court may enter an 
order confining the child to a facility that meets the requirements 
of Section 51.12, Family Code, or to a youth boot camp program for 
not more than 30 days.
	SECTION 2.  Article 45.057, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (i) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  On a finding by a justice or municipal court that a child 
committed an offense that the court has jurisdiction of under 
Article 4.11 or 4.14, other than a traffic offense, the court has 
jurisdiction to enter an order:
		(1)  referring the child or the child's parent, 
managing conservator, or guardian for services under Section 
264.302, Family Code;
		(2)  requiring that the child attend a special program 
that the court determines to be in the best interest of the child 
and, if the program involves the expenditure of county funds, that 
is approved by the county commissioners court, including a 
rehabilitation, counseling, self-esteem and leadership, work and 
job skills training, job interviewing and work preparation, 
self-improvement, parenting, manners, violence avoidance, 
tutoring, sensitivity training, parental responsibility, community 
service, restitution, advocacy, drug and alcohol abuse, 
interaction with parents, or mentoring program; or
		(3)  if the court finds the parent, managing 
conservator, or guardian, by act or omission, contributed to, 
caused, or encouraged the child's conduct, requiring that the 
child's parent, managing conservator, or guardian do any act or 
refrain from doing any act that the court determines will increase 
the likelihood that the child will comply with the orders of the 
court and that is reasonable and necessary for the welfare of the 
child, including:
			(A)  attend a parenting class or parental 
responsibility program; and      
			(B)  attend the child's school classes or 
functions.                       
	(i)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in 
addition to the jurisdiction authorized by Subsection (b), on a 
finding by a municipal court that a child committed an offense that 
the court has jurisdiction of under Article 4.14, other than a 
traffic offense, the court has jurisdiction to enter an order 
confining the child to a facility that meets the requirements of 
Section 51.12, Family Code, or to a youth boot camp program for not 
more than 30 days.
	SECTION 3.  Article 45.058, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
	(i)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on a finding 
by a municipal court that a child committed an offense that the 
court has jurisdiction of under Article 4.14, other than a traffic 
offense, the court has jurisdiction to enter an order confining the 
child to a facility that meets the requirements of Section 51.12, 
Family Code, or to a youth boot camp program for not more than 30 
days.
	SECTION 4.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  This Act applies only to conduct that occurs on or after 
the effective date of this Act.  Conduct occurs on or after the 
effective date of this Act if any element of the conduct occurs on 
or after that date.
	(c)  Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this 
Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the conduct 
occurred, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.