78R9039 SLO-D
By: Allen H.B. No. 2895
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operations of the Texas Youth Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 61.012(a) and (c), Human Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The governing board of the Texas Youth Commission
consists of five [six] members appointed by the governor with the
consent of the senate. Appointments to the board shall be made
without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age,
or national origin of the appointees.
(c) The board members hold office for staggered terms of six
years, with the terms of either one or two members expiring every
two years.
SECTION 2. Section 61.020, Human Resources Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 61.020. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Youth Commission
is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2011
[2009].
SECTION 3. Section 61.0812, Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0812. TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE. (a) The
[Subject to an express appropriation to fund the treatment programs
required by this section, the] commission may not release a child
under supervision or parole a child if:
(1) the child has a substance abuse problem, including
the use of a controlled substance, hazardous inhalable substances,
or alcohol habitually; and
(2) the child has not completed a treatment program
for the problem.
(b) The commission may release a child described by
Subsection (a) to the child's parent if the parent intends to enroll
the child in a treatment program for the substance abuse problem.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.