78R7058 SLO-D

By:  Hughes                                                       H.B. No. 2512



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to delinquent conduct by a juvenile that violates a court 
order.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.03(a), Family Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	(a)  Delinquent conduct is:                                                    
		(1)  conduct, other than a traffic offense, that 
violates a penal law of this state or of the United States 
punishable by imprisonment or by confinement in jail;
		(2)  conduct that violates a lawful order of a 
[municipal court or justice] court under circumstances that would 
constitute contempt of that court;
		(3)  conduct that violates Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06,  
49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code; or
		(4)  conduct that violates Section 106.041, Alcoholic 
Beverage Code, relating to driving under the influence of alcohol 
by a minor (third or subsequent offense).
	SECTION 2.  Section 51.03(a), Family Code, as amended by 
this Act, applies only to a person found by a court to have violated 
a court order on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless  
of whether the conduct that is the basis of the finding that the 
person violated a court order occurred before, on, or after that 
date.
	SECTION 3.  (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 violating a court order 
occurs on or after the effective date of this Act if any element of 
the conduct occurs on or after that date, without regard to whether 
the order was made before, 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.