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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of law-enforcement officers to escort a |
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child to a school campus to ensure the child's compliance with |
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compulsory school attendance requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.01, Family Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A law-enforcement officer who has probable cause to |
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believe that a child is in violation of the compulsory school |
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attendance law under Section 25.085, Education Code, may take the |
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child into custody for the purpose of returning the child to the |
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school campus of the child to ensure the child's compliance with |
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compulsory school attendance requirements. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.091, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A peace officer who has probable cause to believe that |
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a child is in violation of the compulsory school attendance law |
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under Section 25.085 may take the child into custody for the purpose |
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of returning the child to the school campus of the child to ensure |
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the child's compliance with compulsory school attendance |
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requirements. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |