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Amend CSHB 316 as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered section to the bill and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly:
SECTION __. Section 51.08, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A juvenile court may not refuse to accept the transfer
of a case brought under Section 25.094, Education Code, for a child
described by Subsection (b)(1) if a prosecuting attorney for the
court determines under Section 53.012 that the case is legally
sufficient under Section 53.01 for adjudication in juvenile court.
(2) On page 7, line 10, strike "The change" and substitute
"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, the
change".
(3) On page 7, line 14, strike "section" and substitute
"subsection".
(4) On page 7, between lines 16 and 17, insert the
following:
(b) Section 51.08, Family Code, as amended by this Act,
applies only to the transfer of a case to juvenile court that occurs
on or after the effective date of this Act. A transfer that occurs
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect when the transfer occurred, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.