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78R6536 SLO-D

By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 873



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a deferral of adjudication on a child's completion of a 
teen court program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 54.032(a) and (f), Family Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A juvenile court may defer adjudication proceedings 
under Section 54.03 for not more than 180 days if the child:
		(1)  is alleged to have engaged in conduct indicating a 
need for supervision that violated a penal law of this state of the 
grade of misdemeanor that is punishable by fine only or a penal 
ordinance of a political subdivision of this state;
		(2)  waives, under Section 51.09, the privilege against 
self-incrimination and testifies under oath that the allegations 
are true;
		(3)  presents to the court an oral or written request to 
attend a teen court program; and
		(4)  has not successfully completed a teen court 
program for the violation of the same penal law or ordinance in the 
two years preceding the date that the alleged offense [conduct] 
occurred.
	(f)  A court may transfer a case in which proceedings have 
been deferred under [as provided by] this section to a court in 
another [a contiguous] county if the court to which the case is 
transferred consents.  A case may not be transferred unless it is 
within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.