H.B. No. 2884
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to juvenile delinquency; providing penalties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 2.12.  WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS.  The following are peace
  officers:
               (1)  sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve
  deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under
  Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
               (2)  constables, deputy constables, and those reserve
  deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued
  under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
               (3)  marshals or police officers of an incorporated
  city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers
  who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter
  1701, Occupations Code;
               (4)  rangers and officers commissioned by the Public
  Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public
  Safety;
               (5)  investigators of the district attorneys', criminal
  district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;
               (6)  law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic
  Beverage Commission;
               (7)  each member of an arson investigating unit
  commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
               (8)  officers commissioned under Section 37.081,
  Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
               (9)  officers commissioned by the General Services
  Commission;
               (10)  law enforcement officers commissioned by the
  Parks and Wildlife Commission;
               (11)  airport police officers commissioned by a city
  with a population of more than 1.18 million that operates an airport
  that serves commercial air carriers;
               (12)  airport security personnel commissioned as peace
  officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this
  state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that
  operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;
               (13)  municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
  security officers;
               (14)  security officers and investigators commissioned
  as peace officers by the comptroller;
               (15)  officers commissioned by a water control and
  improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;
               (16)  officers commissioned by a board of trustees
  under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
               (17)  investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical 
  [State] Board [of Medical Examiners];
               (18)  officers commissioned by the board of managers of
  the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital
  District, or the Bexar County Hospital District under Section
  281.057, Health and Safety Code;
               (19)  county park rangers commissioned under
  Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
               (20)  investigators employed by the Texas Racing
  Commission;
               (21)  officers commissioned under Chapter 554,
  Occupations Code;
               (22)  officers commissioned by the governing body of a
  metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108,
  Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority
  under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;
               (23)  investigators commissioned by the attorney
  general under Section 402.009, Government Code;
               (24)  security officers and investigators commissioned
  as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
               (25)  an officer employed by the [Texas] Department of
  State Health Services under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety
  Code;
               (26)  officers appointed by an appellate court under
  Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
               (27)  officers commissioned by the state fire marshal
  under Chapter 417, Government Code;
               (28)  an investigator commissioned by the commissioner
  of insurance under Section 701.104 [Article 1.10D], Insurance Code;
               (29)  apprehension specialists commissioned by the
  Texas Youth Commission as officers under Section 61.0931, Human
  Resources Code;
               (30)  officers appointed by the executive director of
  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,
  Government Code;
               (31)  investigators commissioned by the Commission on
  Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Section
  1701.160, Occupations Code;
               (32)  commission investigators commissioned by the
  Texas [Commission on] Private Security Board under Section
  1702.061(f), Occupations Code;
               (33)  the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or
  investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under
  Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code; [and]
               (34)  officers commissioned by the State Board of
  Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject
  to the limitations imposed by that section; and
               (35)  investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile
  Probation Commission as officers under Section 141.055, Human
  Resources Code.
         SECTION 2.  Article 45.054, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
         (a-2)  An order under Subsection (a) may not require a
  student to attend a juvenile justice alternative education program.
         SECTION 3.  Section 51.03(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Conduct indicating a need for supervision is:
               (1)  subject to Subsection (f), conduct, other than a
  traffic offense, that violates:
                     (A)  the penal laws of this state of the grade of
  misdemeanor that are punishable by fine only; or
                     (B)  the penal ordinances of any political
  subdivision of this state;
               (2)  the absence of a child on 10 or more days or parts
  of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on
  three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period from
  school;
               (3)  the voluntary absence of a child from the child's
  home without the consent of the child's parent or guardian for a
  substantial length of time or without intent to return;
               (4)  conduct prohibited by city ordinance or by state
  law involving the inhalation of the fumes or vapors of paint and
  other protective coatings or glue and other adhesives and the
  volatile chemicals itemized in Section 485.001 [484.002], Health
  and Safety Code;
               (5)  an act that violates a school district's
  previously communicated written standards of student conduct for
  which the child has been expelled under Section 37.007(c),
  Education Code; or
               (6)  conduct that violates a reasonable and lawful
  order of a court entered under Section 264.305.
         SECTION 4.  Section 51.0412, Family Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 51.0412.  JURISDICTION OVER INCOMPLETE
  PROCEEDINGS.  The court retains jurisdiction over a person,
  without regard to the age of the person, who is a respondent in an
  adjudication proceeding, a disposition proceeding, [or] a
  proceeding to modify disposition, or a motion for transfer of
  determinate sentence probation to an appropriate district court if:
               (1)  the petition, [or] motion to modify, or motion for
  transfer was filed while the respondent was younger than 18 years of
  age;
               (2)  the proceeding is not complete before the
  respondent becomes 18 years of age; and
               (3)  the court enters a finding in the proceeding that
  the prosecuting attorney exercised due diligence in an attempt to
  complete the proceeding before the respondent became 18 years of
  age.
         SECTION 5.  Section 51.072, Family Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (b), (e), (f), (j), (k), (m), and (n) and
  adding Subsections (f-1) and (m-1) to read as follows:
         (b)  When a child on probation moves or intends to move from
  one county to another and intends to remain in the receiving county
  for at least 60 days, the juvenile probation department of the
  sending county shall request that the juvenile probation department
  of the receiving county provide interim supervision of the child.
  If the receiving county and the sending county are member counties
  within a judicial district served by one juvenile probation
  department, then a transfer of probation supervision is not
  required.
         (e)  The juvenile probation department of the sending county
  shall provide the juvenile probation department of the receiving
  county with the following information in the request for interim
  supervision initiated under Subsection (d):
               (1)  the child's name, sex, age, race, and date of
  birth;
               (2)  the name, address, date of birth, and social
  security or driver's license number, and telephone number, if
  available, of the person with whom the child proposes to reside or
  is residing in the receiving county;
               (3)  the offense for which the child is on probation;
               (4)  the length of the child's probation term;
               (5)  a brief summary of the child's history of
  referrals;
               (6)  a brief statement of any special needs of the
  child; [and]
               (7)  the name and telephone number of the child's school
  in the receiving county, if available; and
               (8)  the reason for the child moving or intending to
  move to the receiving county.
         (f)  Not later than 10 [five] business days after a receiving
  county has agreed to provide interim supervision of a child, the
  juvenile probation department of the sending county shall provide
  the juvenile probation department of the receiving county with a
  copy of the following documents:
               (1)  the petition and the adjudication and disposition
  orders for the child, including the child's thumbprint;
               (2)  the child's conditions of probation;
               (3)  the social history report for the child;
               (4)  any psychological or psychiatric reports
  concerning the child;
               (5)  the Department of Public Safety CR 43J form or
  tracking incident number concerning the child;
               (6)  any law enforcement incident reports concerning
  the offense for which the child is on probation;
               (7)  any sex offender registration information
  concerning the child;
               (8)  any juvenile probation department progress
  reports concerning the child and any other pertinent documentation
  for the child's probation officer;
               (9)  case plans concerning the child;
               (10)  the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission standard
  assessment tool results for the child;
               (11)  the computerized referral and case history for
  the child, including case disposition;
               (12)  the child's birth certificate;
               (13)  the child's social security number or social
  security card, if available;
               (14)  the name, address, and telephone number of the
  contact person in the sending county's juvenile probation
  department;
               (15)  Title IV-E eligibility screening information for
  the child, if available;
               (16)  the address in the sending county for forwarding
  funds collected to which the sending county is entitled;
               (17)  any of the child's school or immunization records
  that the juvenile probation department of the sending county
  possesses; and
               (18)  any victim information concerning the case for
  which the child is on probation.
         (f-1)  The inter-county transfer officers in the sending and
  receiving counties shall agree on the official start date for the
  period of interim supervision, which must begin no later than three
  business days after the date the documents required under
  Subsection (f) have been received and accepted by the receiving
  county.
         (j)  On receiving a directive from the juvenile court of the
  receiving county under Subsection (i)(2), the juvenile probation
  department of the sending county shall arrange for the prompt
  transportation of the child back to the sending county at the
  expense of the sending county. The juvenile probation department
  in the receiving county shall provide the sending county with
  supporting written documentation of the incidents of violation of
  probation on which the request to resume direct supervision is
  based.
         (k)  The juvenile probation department of the receiving
  county is entitled to any probation supervision fees collected from
  the child or the child's parent while providing interim supervision
  for the child. During the period of interim supervision, the
  receiving county shall collect and distribute to the victim
  monetary restitution payments in the manner specified by the
  sending county. At the expiration of the period of interim
  supervision, the receiving county shall collect and distribute
  directly to the victim any remaining payments.
         (m)  Except as provided by Subsection (n), a period of
  interim supervision may not exceed 180 days. Permanent supervision
  automatically transfers to the juvenile probation department of the
  receiving county after the expiration of the period of interim
  supervision. The juvenile probation department of the receiving
  county may request permanent supervision from the juvenile
  probation department of the sending county at any time before the
  180-day interim supervision period expires. After signing and
  entry of an order of transfer of permanent supervision by the
  sending county juvenile court, the juvenile probation department
  shall, in accordance with Section 51.073(b), promptly send the
  permanent supervision order and related documents to the receiving
  county.
         (m-1)  If a child on interim supervision moves to another
  county of residence or is otherwise no longer in the receiving
  county before the expiration of 180 days, the receiving county
  shall direct the sending county to resume supervision of the child.
         (n)  Notwithstanding Subsection (m), the period of interim
  supervision of a child who is placed on probation under Section
  54.04(q) does not expire until the child has satisfactorily
  completed the greater of either 180 days or one-third of the term of
  probation, including one-third of the term of any extension of the
  probation term ordered under Section 54.05. Permanent supervision
  automatically transfers to the probation department of the
  receiving county after the expiration of the period of interim
  supervision under this subsection. If the state elects to initiate
  transfer proceedings under Section 54.051, the [The] juvenile court
  of the sending county may order transfer of the permanent
  supervision before the expiration of the period of interim
  supervision under this subsection.
         SECTION 6.  Section 51.073, Family Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c)  The juvenile court of the receiving county shall require
  that the child be brought before the court in order to impose new or
  different conditions of probation than those originally ordered by
  the sending county or ordered by the receiving county during the
  period of interim supervision. The child shall be represented by
  counsel as provided by Section 51.10.
         (d-1)  On the final transfer of a case involving a child who
  has been adjudicated as having committed an offense for which
  registration is required under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, the receiving county shall have jurisdiction to conduct
  a hearing under that chapter. This subsection does not prohibit the
  receiving county juvenile court from considering the written
  recommendations of the sending county juvenile court.
         SECTION 7.  Section 51.074, Family Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 51.074.  TRANSFER OF PROBATION SUPERVISION BETWEEN
  COUNTIES: DEFERRED PROSECUTION.  (a) A juvenile court may
  transfer interim supervision, but not permanent supervision, to the
  county where a child on deferred prosecution resides.
         (b)  On an extension of a previous order of deferred
  prosecution authorized under Section 53.03(j), the child shall
  remain on interim supervision for an additional period not to
  exceed 180 days.
         (c)  On a violation of the conditions of the original
  deferred prosecution agreement, the receiving county shall forward
  the case to the sending county for prosecution or other action in
  the manner provided by Sections 51.072(i) and (j), except that the
  original conditions of deferred prosecution may not be modified by
  the receiving county.
         SECTION 8.  Section 51.095(f), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (f)  A magistrate who provides the warnings required by
  Subsection (a)(5) for a recorded [videotaped] statement may at the
  time the warnings are provided request by speaking on the [tape]
  recording that the officer return the child and the recording
  [videotape] to the magistrate at the conclusion of the process of
  questioning. The magistrate may then view the recording
  [videotape] with the child or have the child view the recording
  [videotape] to enable the magistrate to determine whether the
  child's statements were given voluntarily. The magistrate's
  determination of voluntariness shall be reduced to writing and
  signed and dated by the magistrate. If a magistrate uses the
  procedure described by this subsection, a child's statement is not
  admissible unless the magistrate determines that the statement was
  given voluntarily.
         SECTION 9.  Section 51.17, Family Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (h) and (i) to read
  as follows:
         (c)  Except as otherwise provided by this title, the Texas
  Rules of Evidence apply [applicable] to criminal cases and Articles
  33.03 and 37.07 and Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, apply in
  a judicial proceeding under this title.
         (h)  Articles 57.01 and 57.02, Code of Criminal Procedure,
  relating to the use of a pseudonym by a victim in a criminal case,
  apply in a proceeding held under this title.
         (i)  Except as provided by Section 56.03(f), the state is not
  required to pay any cost or fee otherwise imposed for court
  proceedings in either the trial or appellate courts.
         SECTION 10.  Sections 53.045(a) and (d), Family Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), the prosecuting
  attorney may refer the petition to the grand jury of the county in
  which the court in which the petition is filed presides if the
  petition alleges that the child engaged in delinquent conduct that
  constitutes habitual felony conduct as described by Section 51.031
  or that included the violation of any of the following provisions:
               (1)  Section 19.02, Penal Code (murder);
               (2)  Section 19.03, Penal Code (capital murder);
               (3)  Section 19.04, Penal Code (manslaughter);
               (4)  Section 20.04, Penal Code (aggravated
  kidnapping);
               (5)  Section 22.011, Penal Code (sexual assault) or
  Section 22.021, Penal Code (aggravated sexual assault);
               (6)  Section 22.02, Penal Code (aggravated assault);
               (7)  Section 29.03, Penal Code (aggravated robbery);
               (8)  Section 22.04, Penal Code (injury to a child,
  elderly individual, or disabled individual), if the offense is
  punishable as a felony, other than a state jail felony;
               (9)  Section 22.05(b), Penal Code (felony deadly
  conduct involving discharging a firearm);
               (10)  Subchapter D, Chapter 481, Health and Safety
  Code, if the conduct constitutes a felony of the first degree or an
  aggravated controlled substance felony (certain offenses involving
  controlled substances);
               (11)  Section 15.03, Penal Code (criminal
  solicitation);
               (12)  Section 21.11(a)(1), Penal Code (indecency with a
  child);
               (13)  Section 15.031, Penal Code (criminal
  solicitation of a minor);
               (14)  Section 15.01, Penal Code (criminal attempt), if
  the offense attempted was an offense under Section 19.02, Penal
  Code (murder), or Section 19.03, Penal Code (capital murder), or an
  offense listed by Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure;
               (15)  Section 28.02, Penal Code (arson), if bodily
  injury or death is suffered by any person by reason of the
  commission of the conduct; [or]
               (16)  Section 49.08, Penal Code (intoxication
  manslaughter); or
               (17)  Section 15.02, Penal Code (criminal conspiracy),
  if the offense made the subject of the criminal conspiracy includes
  a violation of any of the provisions referenced in Subdivisions (1)
  through (16).
         (d)  If the grand jury approves of the petition, the fact of
  approval shall be certified to the juvenile court, and the
  certification shall be entered in the record of the case. For the
  purpose of the transfer of a child to the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice [Corrections] as provided by Section 61.084(c),
  Human Resources Code, a juvenile court petition approved by a grand
  jury under this section is an indictment presented by the grand
  jury.
         SECTION 11.  Section 54.04, Family Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a), (b), (d), and (j) and adding Subsection
  (v) to read as follows:
         (a)  The disposition hearing shall be separate, distinct,
  and subsequent to the adjudication hearing. There is no right to a
  jury at the disposition hearing unless the child is in jeopardy of a
  determinate sentence under Subsection (d)(3) or (m), in which case,
  the child is entitled to a jury of 12 persons to determine the
  sentence, but only if the child so elects in writing before the
  commencement of the voir dire examination of the jury panel. If a
  finding of delinquent conduct is returned, the child may, with the
  consent of the attorney for the state, change the child's election
  of one who assesses the disposition.
         (b)  At the disposition hearing, the juvenile court,
  notwithstanding the Texas Rules of Evidence or Chapter 37, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, may consider written reports from probation
  officers, professional court employees, or professional
  consultants in addition to the testimony of witnesses. Prior to the
  disposition hearing, the court shall provide the attorney for the
  child with access to all written matter to be considered in
  disposition. The court may order counsel not to reveal items to the
  child or the child's parent, guardian, or guardian ad litem if such
  disclosure would materially harm the treatment and rehabilitation
  of the child or would substantially decrease the likelihood of
  receiving information from the same or similar sources in the
  future.
         (d)  If the court or jury makes the finding specified in
  Subsection (c) allowing the court to make a disposition in the case:
               (1)  the court or jury may, in addition to any order
  required or authorized under Section 54.041 or 54.042, place the
  child on probation on such reasonable and lawful terms as the court
  may determine:
                     (A)  in the child's own home or in the custody of a
  relative or other fit person; or
                     (B)  subject to the finding under Subsection (c)
  on the placement of the child outside the child's home, in:
                           (i)  a suitable foster home; [or]
                           (ii)  a suitable public or private
  residential treatment facility licensed by a state governmental
  entity or exempted from licensure by state law [institution or
  agency], except a facility operated by the Texas Youth Commission;
  or
                           (iii)  a suitable public or private
  post-adjudication secure correctional facility that meets the
  requirements of Section 51.125, except a facility operated by the
  Texas Youth Commission;
               (2)  if the court or jury found at the conclusion of the
  adjudication hearing that the child engaged in delinquent conduct
  that violates a penal law of this state or the United States of the
  grade of felony or, if the requirements of Subsection (s) or (t) are
  met, of the grade of misdemeanor, and if the petition was not
  approved by the grand jury under Section 53.045, the court may
  commit the child to the Texas Youth Commission without a
  determinate sentence;
               (3)  if the court or jury found at the conclusion of the
  adjudication hearing that the child engaged in delinquent conduct
  that included a violation of a penal law listed in Section 53.045(a)
  and if the petition was approved by the grand jury under Section
  53.045, the court or jury may sentence the child to commitment in
  the Texas Youth Commission with a possible transfer to the
  institutional division or the pardons and paroles division of the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of:
                     (A)  not more than 40 years if the conduct
  constitutes:
                           (i)  a capital felony;
                           (ii)  a felony of the first degree; or
                           (iii)  an aggravated controlled substance
  felony;
                     (B)  not more than 20 years if the conduct
  constitutes a felony of the second degree; or
                     (C)  not more than 10 years if the conduct
  constitutes a felony of the third degree;
               (4)  the court may assign the child an appropriate
  sanction level and sanctions as provided by the assignment
  guidelines in Section 59.003; or
               (5)  if applicable, the court or jury may make a
  disposition under Subsection (m).
         (j)  If the court or jury found that the child engaged in
  delinquent conduct that included a violation of a penal law of the
  grade of felony or jailable misdemeanor, the court:
               (1)  shall require that the child's thumbprint be
  affixed or attached to the order; and
               (2)  may require that a photograph of the child be
  attached to the order.
         (v)  A child may be detained in an appropriate detention
  facility following disposition of the child's case under Subsection
  (d) or (m) pending:
               (1)  transportation of the child to the ordered
  placement; and
               (2)  the provision of medical or other health care
  services for the child that may be advisable before transportation,
  including health care services for children in the late term of
  pregnancy.
         SECTION 12.  Chapter 54, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 54.0481 to read as follows:
         Sec. 54.0481.  TREATMENT OF RESTITUTION PAYMENTS. (a)  A
  juvenile probation department that receives a payment to a victim
  as the result of a juvenile court order for restitution shall
  immediately:
               (1)  deposit the payment in an interest-bearing account
  in the county treasury; and
               (2)  notify the victim by certified mail, sent to the
  last known address of the victim, that a payment has been received.
         (b)  The juvenile probation department shall promptly remit
  the payment to a victim who has been notified under Subsection (a)
  and makes a claim for payment.
         (c)  On or before the fifth anniversary of the date the
  juvenile probation department receives a payment for a victim that
  is not claimed by the victim, the department shall make and document
  a good faith effort to locate and notify the victim that an
  unclaimed payment exists, including:
               (1)  confirming, if possible, the victim's most recent
  address with the Department of Public Safety; and
               (2)  making at least one additional certified mailing
  to the victim.
         (d)  A juvenile probation department satisfies the good
  faith requirement under Subsection (c) by sending by certified mail
  to the victim, during the period the child is required by the
  juvenile court order to make payments to the victim, a notice that
  the victim is entitled to an unclaimed payment.
         (e)  If a victim claims a payment on or before the fifth
  anniversary of the date on which the juvenile probation department
  mailed a notice to the victim under Subsection (a), the juvenile
  probation department shall pay the victim the amount of the
  original payment, less any interest earned while holding the
  payment.
         (f)  If a victim does not claim a payment on or before the
  fifth anniversary of the date on which the juvenile probation
  department mailed a notice to the victim under Subsection (a), the
  department:
               (1)  has no liability to the victim or anyone else in
  relation to the payment; and
               (2)  shall transfer the payment from the
  interest-bearing account to a special fund of the county treasury,
  the unclaimed juvenile restitution fund.
         (g)  The county may spend money in the unclaimed juvenile
  restitution fund only for the same purposes for which the county may
  spend juvenile state aid.
         SECTION 13.  Section 55.43(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile
  court a motion for a restoration hearing concerning a child if:
               (1)  the child is found unfit to proceed as a result of
  mental illness or mental retardation; and
               (2)  the child:
                     (A)  is not:
                           (i)  ordered by a court to receive inpatient
  mental health services;
                           (ii)  committed by a court to a residential
  care facility; or
                           (iii)  ordered by a court to receive
  treatment on an outpatient basis; or
                     (B)  is discharged or currently on furlough
  [furloughed] from a mental health facility or outpatient center
  before the child reaches 18 years of age.
         SECTION 14.  Section 55.44(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The juvenile court shall transfer all pending
  proceedings from the juvenile court to a criminal court on the 18th
  birthday of a child for whom the juvenile court or a court to which
  the child's case is referred has ordered inpatient mental health
  services or residential care for persons with mental retardation
  if:
               (1)  the child is not discharged or currently on
  furlough [furloughed] from the facility before reaching 18 years of
  age; and
               (2)  the child is alleged to have engaged in delinquent
  conduct that included a violation of a penal law listed in Section
  53.045 and no adjudication concerning the alleged conduct has been
  made.
         SECTION 15.  Section 55.45, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  If the referred child, as described in Subsection (b),
  is alleged to have committed an offense listed in Section 3g,
  Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, the administrator of the
  residential care facility shall apply, in writing, by certified
  mail, return receipt requested, to the juvenile court that ordered
  commitment of the child or that referred the case to a court that
  ordered commitment of the child and show good cause for any release
  of the child from the facility for more than 48 hours. Notice of
  this request must be provided to the prosecuting attorney
  responsible for the case. The prosecuting attorney, the juvenile,
  or the administrator may apply for a hearing on this application.
  If no one applies for a hearing, the trial court shall resolve the
  application on the written submission. The rules of evidence do not
  apply to this hearing. An appeal of the trial court's ruling on the
  application is not allowed. The release of a child described in
  this subsection without the express approval of the trial court is
  punishable by contempt.
         SECTION 16.  Section 58.0051, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission may, in
  conformity with Section 58.0072 of this code and Section 37.084,
  Education Code, enter into an interagency agreement to share
  educational information for research, audit, and analytical
  purposes with the:
               (1)  Texas Education Agency;
               (2)  Texas Youth Commission; and
               (3)  Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         SECTION 17.  Section 58.007(c), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), law enforcement
  records and files concerning a child and information stored, by
  electronic means or otherwise, concerning the child from which a
  record or file could be generated may not be disclosed to the public
  and shall be:
               (1)  if maintained on paper or microfilm, kept separate
  from adult files and records;
               (2)  if maintained electronically in the same computer
  system as records or files relating to adults, be accessible under
  controls that are separate and distinct from controls to access
  electronic data concerning adults; and
               (3)  maintained on a local basis only and not sent to a
  central state or federal depository, except as provided by
  Subchapters [Subchapter] B, D, and E.
         SECTION 18.  Sections 58.0072(c) and (d), Family Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission may grant the
  following entities access to juvenile justice information for
  research and statistical purposes or for any other purpose approved
  by the commission:
               (1)  criminal justice agencies as defined by Section
  411.082, Government Code;
               (2)  the Texas Education Agency, as authorized under
  Section 37.084, Education Code;
               (3)  any agency under the authority of the Health and
  Human Services Commission;  or
               (4)  a public or private university.
         (d)  The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission may grant the
  following entities access to juvenile justice information only for
  a purpose beneficial to and approved by the commission to:
               (1)  a person working on a research or statistical
  project that:
                     (A)  is funded in whole or in part by state or
  federal funds; and [or]
                     (B)  meets the requirements of [28 C.F.R. Part 22]
  and is approved by the commission; or
               (2)  a governmental entity that has a specific
  agreement with the commission, if the agreement:
                     (A)  specifically authorizes access to
  information;
                     (B)  limits the use of information to the purposes
  for which the information is given;
                     (C)  ensures the security and confidentiality of
  the information; and
                     (D)  provides for sanctions if a requirement
  imposed under Paragraph (A), (B), or (C) is violated.
         SECTION 19.  Section 58.110(e), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (e)  Except as otherwise required by applicable state laws or
  regulations, information required by this chapter to be reported to
  the department shall be reported promptly. The information shall
  be reported not later than the 30th day after the date the
  information is received by the agency responsible for reporting the
  information, except that a juvenile offender's custody or[,]
  detention[, or referral] without previous custody shall be reported
  to the department not later than the seventh day after the date of
  the custody or [,] detention[, or referral].
         SECTION 20.  Section 58.302, Family Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 58.302. PURPOSES OF SYSTEM.  The purposes of a local
  juvenile justice information system are to:
               (1)  provide accurate information at the county or
  regional level relating to children who come into contact with the
  juvenile justice system;
               (2)  assist in the development and delivery of services
  to children in the juvenile justice system;
               (3)  assist in the development and delivery of services
  to children:
                     (A)  who school officials have reasonable cause to
  believe have committed an offense for which a report is required
  under Section 37.015, Education Code; or
                     (B)  who have been expelled, the expulsion of
  which school officials are required to report under Section 52.041;
               (4)  provide for an efficient transmission of juvenile
  records from justice and municipal courts to county juvenile
  probation departments and the juvenile court and from county
  juvenile probation departments and juvenile court to the state
  juvenile justice information system created by Subchapter B;
               (5)  provide efficient computerized case management
  resources to juvenile courts, prosecutors, court clerks, county
  juvenile probation departments, and partner agencies authorized by
  this subchapter;
               (6)  provide a directory of services available to
  children to the partner agencies to facilitate the delivery of
  services to children;
               (7)  provide an efficient means for municipal and
  justice courts to report filing of charges, adjudications, and
  dispositions of juveniles to the juvenile court as required by
  Section 51.08; and
               (8)  provide a method for agencies to fulfill their
  duties under Section 58.108, including the electronic transmission
  of information required to be sent to the Department of Public
  Safety by Section 58.110(f).
         SECTION 21.  Section 58.303(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A local juvenile justice information system may contain
  the following components:
               (1)  case management resources for juvenile courts,
  court clerks, prosecuting attorneys, and county juvenile probation
  departments;
               (2)  reporting systems to fulfill statutory
  requirements for reporting in the juvenile justice system;
               (3)  service provider directories and indexes of
  agencies providing services to children;
               (4)  victim-witness notices required under Chapter 57;
               (5)  electronic filing of complaints or petitions,
  court orders, and other documents filed with the court, including
  documents containing electronic signatures;
               (6)  electronic offense and intake processing;
               (7)  case docket management and calendaring;
               (8)  communications by email or other electronic
  communications between partner agencies;
               (9)  reporting of charges filed, adjudications and
  dispositions of juveniles by municipal and justice courts and the
  juvenile court, and transfers of cases to the juvenile court as
  authorized or required by Section 51.08;
               (10)  reporting to schools under Article 15.27, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, by law enforcement agencies, prosecuting
  attorneys, and juvenile courts;
               (11)  records of adjudications and dispositions,
  including probation conditions ordered by the juvenile court; and
               (12)  warrant management and confirmation
  capabilities.
         SECTION 22.  Section 58.304(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  To the extent possible and subject to Subsections (a)
  and (d), the local juvenile justice information system may include
  the following information for each juvenile taken into custody,
  detained, or referred under this title:
               (1)  the juvenile's name, including other names by
  which the juvenile is known;
               (2)  the juvenile's date and place of birth;
               (3)  the juvenile's physical description, including
  sex, weight, height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars,
  marks, and tattoos;
               (4)  the juvenile's state identification number and
  other identifying information;
               (5)  the juvenile's fingerprints and photograph;
               (6)  the juvenile's last known residential address,
  including the census tract number designation for the address;
               (7)  the name, address, and phone number of the
  juvenile's parent, guardian, or custodian;
               (8)  the name and identifying number of the agency that
  took into custody or detained the juvenile;
               (9)  each date of custody or detention;
               (10)  a detailed description of the conduct for which
  the juvenile was taken into custody, detained, or referred,
  including the level and degree of the alleged offense;
               (11)  the name and identifying number of the juvenile
  intake agency or juvenile probation office;
               (12)  each disposition by the juvenile intake agency or
  juvenile probation office;
               (13)  the date of disposition by the juvenile intake
  agency or juvenile probation office;
               (14)  the name and identifying number of the
  prosecutor's office;
               (15)  each disposition by the prosecutor;
               (16)  the date of disposition by the prosecutor;
               (17)  the name and identifying number of the court;
               (18)  each disposition by the court, including
  information concerning custody of a juvenile by a juvenile justice
  agency or county juvenile probation department;
               (19)  the date of disposition by the court;
               (20)  any commitment or release under supervision by
  the Texas Youth Commission, including the date of the commitment or
  release; [and]
               (21)  information concerning each appellate
  proceeding; and
               (22)  electronic copies of all documents filed with the
  court.
         SECTION 23.  Section 58.305(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A local juvenile justice information system shall to the
  extent possible include the following partner agencies within that
  county:
               (1)  the juvenile court and court clerk;
               (2)  justice of the peace and municipal courts;
               (3)  the county juvenile probation department;
               (4)  the prosecuting attorneys who prosecute juvenile
  cases in juvenile court, municipal court, or justice court;
               (5)  law enforcement agencies;
               (6)  each public school district in the county;
               (7)  governmental service providers approved by the
  county juvenile board; and
               (8)  governmental placement facilities approved by the
  county juvenile board.
         SECTION 24.  Section 58.306(g), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (g)  Level 3 Access is by:
               (1)  the juvenile court and court clerk;
               (2)  the prosecuting attorney;
               (3)  the county juvenile probation department;
               (4)  law enforcement agencies;
               (5)  governmental service providers that are partner
  agencies; and
               (6)  governmental placement facilities that are
  partner agencies.
         SECTION 25.  Sections 58.307(a) and (e), Family Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Information that is part of a local juvenile justice
  information system is not public information and may not be
  released to the public, except as authorized by law.
         (e)  Information in a local juvenile justice information
  system, including electronic signature systems, shall be protected
  from unauthorized access by a system of access security and any
  access to information in a local juvenile information system
  performed by browser software shall be at the level of at least
  128-bit encryption. A juvenile board or a regional juvenile board
  committee shall require all partner agencies to maintain security
  and restrict access in accordance with the requirements of this
  title.
         SECTION 26.  (a) Section 58.005(b), Family Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  This section does not apply to information collected
  under Section 58.104 or under Subchapter D-1.
         (b)  Chapter 58, Family Code, is amended by adding Subchapter
  D-1 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER D-1. REPORTS ON COUNTY INTERNET WEBSITES
         Sec. 58.351.  APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
  to a county with a population of 600,000 or more.
         Sec. 58.352.  INFORMATION POSTED ON COUNTY WEBSITE. (a) A
  juvenile court judge in a county to which this subchapter applies
  shall post a report on the Internet website of the county in which
  the court is located. The report must include:
               (1)  the total number of children committed by the
  judge to a correctional facility operated by the Texas Youth
  Commission; and
               (2)  for each child committed to a facility described
  by Subdivision (1):
                     (A)  a general description of the offense
  committed by the child or the conduct of the child that led to the
  child's commitment to the facility;
                     (B)  the year the child was committed to the
  facility; and
                     (C)  the age range, race, and gender of the child.
         (b)  Not later than the 10th day following the first day of
  each quarter, a juvenile court judge shall update the information
  posted on a county Internet website under Subsection (a).
         Sec. 58.353.  CONFIDENTIALITY. A record posted on a county
  Internet website under this subchapter may not include any
  information that personally identifies a child.
         (c)  The changes in law made by this section apply only to a
  child committed to a correctional facility operated by the Texas
  Youth Commission on or after January 1, 2008.
         SECTION 27.  Chapter 58, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Subchapter E to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER E. STATEWIDE JUVENILE INFORMATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT
  SYSTEM
         Sec. 58.401.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
               (1)  "Commission" means the Texas Juvenile Probation
  Commission.
               (2)  "Criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned
  by Section 411.082, Government Code.
               (3)  "Juvenile justice agency" means an agency that has
  custody or control over juvenile offenders.
               (4)  "Partner agencies" means those agencies described
  in Section 58.305 as well as private service providers to the
  juvenile justice system.
               (5)  "System" means an automated statewide juvenile
  information and case management system.
         Sec. 58.402.  PURPOSES OF SYSTEM. The purposes of the system
  are to:
               (1)  provide accurate information at the statewide
  level relating to children who come into contact with the juvenile
  justice system;
               (2)  facilitate communication and information sharing
  between authorized entities in criminal and juvenile justice
  agencies and partner agencies regarding effective and efficient
  identification of and service delivery to juvenile offenders; and
               (3)  provide comprehensive juvenile justice
  information and case management abilities that will meet the common
  data collection, reporting, and management needs of juvenile
  probation departments in this state and provide the flexibility to
  accommodate individualized requirements.
         Sec. 58.403.  JUVENILE INFORMATION SYSTEM. The commission
  in partnership with local counties may participate and assist in
  the creation and maintenance of a statewide system to:
               (1)  aid in processing the cases of children under this
  title;
               (2)  facilitate the delivery of services to children in
  the juvenile justice system;
               (3)  aid in the early identification of at-risk and
  delinquent children; and
               (4)  facilitate cross-jurisdictional sharing of
  information related to juvenile offenders between authorized
  criminal and juvenile justice agencies and partner agencies.
         Sec. 58.404.  INFORMATION COLLECTED BY COMMISSION. The
  commission may collect and maintain all information related to
  juvenile offenders and all offenses committed by a juvenile
  offender, including all information collected and maintained under
  Subchapters B and D.
         Sec. 58.405.  AUTHORITY CUMULATIVE. The authority granted by
  this subchapter is cumulative of all other authority granted by
  this chapter to a county, the commission, or a juvenile justice
  agency and nothing in this subchapter limits the authority of a
  county, the commission, or a juvenile justice agency under this
  chapter to create an information system or to share information
  related to a juvenile.
         SECTION 28.  Section 59.003(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Subject to Subsection (e), after a child's first
  commission of delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for
  supervision, the probation department or prosecuting attorney may,
  or the juvenile court may, in a disposition hearing under Section
  54.04 or a modification hearing under Section 54.05, assign a child
  one of the following sanction levels according to the child's
  conduct:
               (1)  for conduct indicating a need for supervision,
  other than conduct described in Section 51.03(b)(4) or (5) 
  [51.03(b)(5)] or a Class A or B misdemeanor, the sanction level is
  one;
               (2)  for conduct indicating a need for supervision
  under Section 51.03(b)(4) or (5) [51.03(b)(5)] or a Class A or B
  misdemeanor, other than a misdemeanor involving the use or
  possession of a firearm, or for delinquent conduct under Section
  51.03(a)(2), the sanction level is two;
               (3)  for a misdemeanor involving the use or possession
  of a firearm or for a state jail felony or a felony of the third
  degree, the sanction level is three;
               (4)  for a felony of the second degree, the sanction
  level is four;
               (5)  for a felony of the first degree, other than a
  felony involving the use of a deadly weapon or causing serious
  bodily injury, the sanction level is five;
               (6)  for a felony of the first degree involving the use
  of a deadly weapon or causing serious bodily injury, for an
  aggravated controlled substance felony, or for a capital felony,
  the sanction level is six; or
               (7)  for a felony of the first degree involving the use
  of a deadly weapon or causing serious bodily injury, for an
  aggravated controlled substance felony, or for a capital felony, if
  the petition has been approved by a grand jury under Section 53.045,
  or if a petition to transfer the child to criminal court has been
  filed under Section 54.02, the sanction level is seven.
         SECTION 29.  Sections 261.401(a) and (b), Family Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding Section 261.001, in this section:
               (1)  "Abuse" means an intentional, knowing, or reckless
  act or omission by an employee, volunteer, or other individual
  working under the auspices of a facility or program that causes or
  may cause emotional harm or physical injury to, or the death of, a
  child served by the facility or program as further described by rule
  or policy.
               (2)  "Exploitation" means the illegal or improper use
  of a child or of the resources of a child for monetary or personal
  benefit, profit, or gain by an employee, volunteer, or other
  individual working under the auspices of a facility or program as
  further described by rule or policy.
               (3)  "Neglect" means a negligent act or omission by an
  employee, volunteer, or other individual working under the auspices
  of a facility or program, including failure to comply with an
  individual treatment plan, plan of care, or individualized service
  plan, that causes or may cause substantial emotional harm or
  physical injury to, or the death of, a child served by the facility
  or program as further described by rule or policy.
         (b)  A state agency that operates, licenses, certifies, or
  registers a facility in which children are located or provides
  oversight of a program that serves children shall make a prompt,
  thorough investigation of a report that a child has been or may be
  abused, neglected, or exploited in the facility or program. The
  primary purpose of the investigation shall be the protection of the
  child.
         SECTION 30.  Section 261.405(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Juvenile justice facility" means a facility
  operated wholly or partly by the juvenile board, by another
  governmental unit, or by a private vendor under a contract with the
  juvenile board, [or] county, or other governmental unit that serves
  juveniles under juvenile court jurisdiction. The term includes:
                     (A)  a public or private juvenile
  pre-adjudication secure detention facility, including a holdover
  facility;
                     (B)  a public or private juvenile
  post-adjudication secure correctional facility except for a
  facility operated solely for children committed to the Texas Youth
  Commission; and
                     (C)  a public or private non-secure juvenile
  post-adjudication residential treatment facility that is not
  licensed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services or
  the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
               (2)  "Juvenile justice program" means a program or
  department operated wholly or partly by the juvenile board or by a
  private vendor under a contract with a juvenile board that serves
  juveniles under juvenile court jurisdiction. The term includes:
                     (A)  a juvenile justice alternative education
  program; [and]
                     (B)  a non-residential program that serves
  juvenile offenders under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court;
  and
                     (C)  a juvenile probation department.
         SECTION 31.  Section 25.0951(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  If a student fails to attend school without excuse on 10
  or more days or parts of days within a six-month period in the same
  school year, a school district shall within seven school days of the
  student's 10th [last] absence:
               (1)  file a complaint against the student or the
  student's parent or both in a county, justice, or municipal court
  for an offense under Section 25.093 or 25.094, as appropriate, or
  refer the student to a juvenile court in a county with a population
  of less than 100,000 for conduct that violates Section 25.094; or
               (2)  refer the student to a juvenile court for conduct
  indicating a need for supervision under Section 51.03(b)(2), Family
  Code.
         SECTION 32.  Section 61.0762, Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.0762.  INFANT CARE AND PARENTING PROGRAM.  (a) In
  this section, "child" means the child of a person who is committed
  to the commission.
         (b)  The commission may establish child [infant] care and
  parenting programs for persons committed to the commission
  [children] who are parents.
         (c) [(b)]  The commission may permit a [child who is the]
  mother [of an infant younger than 36 months] to have possession of
  her child [infant] in a residential program that has an infant care
  and parenting program or to have possession of her child in a
  commission-funded independent living residence for up to six [until
  the infant reaches the age of 36] months [or the mother is released
  under supervision] if:
               (1)  the child's [infant's] father or another relative
  or guardian of the child [infant] agrees in advance of the child's
  [infant's] placement with the child's [infant's] mother to assume
  possession of the child [infant] immediately upon notice by the
  commission to do so;
               (2)  the child's [infant's] parents and any other
  person having a duty of support acknowledge that by permitting the
  mother to have possession of the child [infant] while the mother is
  confined in a residential facility or placed in an independent
  living residence, the commission assumes no responsibility for the
  child's [infant's] care beyond the responsibility of care that is
  ordinarily due the child's [infant's] mother and the reasonable
  accommodations that are necessary for the mother's care of her
  child [the infant];
               (3)  the child's [infant's] parents and any other
  person having a duty of support agree to indemnify and hold the
  commission harmless from any claims that may be made against the
  commission for the child's [infant's] support, including medical
  support; and
               (4)  the commission determines that the placement is in
  the best interest of both the mother and her child [infant].
         SECTION 33.  Subchapter C, Chapter 141, Human Resources
  Code, is amended by adding Sections 141.0461 and 141.055 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 141.0461.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SUBPOENA, ADMINISTER
  OATH, RECEIVE EVIDENCE, AND GATHER INFORMATION. (a) In this
  section, "evidence" means any record, book, paper, document, data,
  or other evidence maintained by electronic or other means.
         (b)  The commission may issue a subpoena requiring the
  attendance of a witness or the production of evidence that the
  commission considers necessary for the investigation of:
               (1)  abuse, neglect, or exploitation allegations;
               (2)  complaints;
               (3)  financial and programmatic audits of juvenile
  probation programs services and facilities, including juvenile
  justice alternative education programs; or
               (4)  any matter under the authority of the commission.
         (c)  The commission may issue a subpoena under Subsection (b)
  only if the subpoena is signed by:
               (1)  the chairman of the commission or, if the chairman
  is unavailable, the vice-chairman of the commission; and
               (2)  at least two other members of the commission,
  including a member who is a judge.
         (d)  Any peace officer, commission investigator, other
  commission official, or person authorized under Article 24.01, Code
  of Criminal Procedure, may serve the subpoena in the same manner
  that similar process in a court of record having original
  jurisdiction of criminal actions is served.
         (e)  A subpoena under this section shall be served and
  witness fees and mileage paid as in civil cases in the district
  court in the county to which the witness is called, unless the
  proceeding for which the service or payment is made is under Chapter
  2001, Government Code, in which case the service or payment shall be
  made as provided in that chapter. Witnesses subpoenaed at the
  instance of the commission shall be paid their fees and mileage by
  the commission out of funds appropriated for that purpose.
         (f)  On application of the commission, a court of record
  having original jurisdiction of criminal actions may compel the
  attendance of a witness, the production of material, or the giving
  of testimony before the commission, by an attachment for contempt
  or in the same manner as the court may otherwise compel the
  production of evidence.
         (g)  The chairman or another member of the commission may
  administer an oath to a witness in attendance before the commission
  or before an authorized representative of the commission.
         (h)  If a witness in attendance before the commission or
  before an authorized representative refuses without reasonable
  cause to be examined or answer a legal or pertinent question, or to
  produce evidence when ordered by the commission, the commission may
  apply to the district court for a rule or order returnable in not
  less than two or in more than five days, directing the witness to
  show cause before the judge why the witness should not be punished
  for contempt. The commission may apply to the district court of any
  county where the witness is in attendance, on proof by affidavit of
  the fact, unless the order of contempt is sought under Chapter 2001,
  Government Code, in which case the commission shall apply to a
  district court of Travis County, as provided by that chapter. On
  return of the order, the judge hearing the matter shall examine the
  witness under oath and the witness shall be given an opportunity to
  be heard. If the judge determines that the witness has refused,
  without reasonable cause or legal excuse, to be examined or answer a
  legal or pertinent question, or to produce evidence that the
  witness was ordered to bring or produce, the judge may immediately
  find the witness in contempt of court.
         (i)  The commission shall be granted access at any reasonable
  time to any evidence that is related to any matter the commission or
  executive director considers necessary to administer the
  commission's functions, powers, and duties.
         Sec. 141.055.  INVESTIGATORS.  (a)  The commission may
  employ and commission investigators as peace officers for the
  purpose of investigating allegations of abuse, neglect, and
  exploitation in juvenile justice programs and facilities under
  Section 261.405, Family Code.
         (b)  Peace officers employed and commissioned under
  Subsection (a) must be certified by the Commission on Law
  Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Chapter 1701,
  Occupations Code.
         SECTION 34.  Section 152.0721, Human Resources Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  The Duval County Juvenile Board and the juvenile boards
  of one or more counties that are adjacent to or in close proximity
  to Duval County may agree to operate together with respect to all
  matters, or with respect to certain matters specified by the
  juvenile boards. Juvenile boards operating together may appoint
  one fiscal officer to receive and disburse funds for the boards.
         SECTION 35.  Subchapter D, Chapter 152, Human Resources
  Code, is amended by adding Section 152.1301 to read as follows:
         Sec. 152.1301.  JIM HOGG COUNTY. (a) The Jim Hogg County
  Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judge
  in Jim Hogg County, and a citizen of Jim Hogg County appointed by
  the county judge and the district judge. The citizen member of the
  board serves the same term of office as the district judge in Jim
  Hogg County.
         (b)  The district judge is the chairman of the board and its
  chief administrative officer.
         (c)  The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board
  members an annual salary set by the commissioners court at not less
  than $1,200 or more than $3,600 for the added duties imposed on the
  members. The salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments
  from the general fund of the county.
         (d)  The juvenile board shall appoint not more than five
  persons to serve on an advisory council.
         (e)  The Jim Hogg County Juvenile Board and the juvenile
  boards of one or more counties that are adjacent to or in close
  proximity to Jim Hogg County may agree to operate together with
  respect to all matters, or with respect to certain matters
  specified by the juvenile boards. Juvenile boards operating
  together may appoint one fiscal officer to receive and disburse
  funds for the boards.
         (f)  Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006,
  152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board.
         SECTION 36.  Section 152.2201, Human Resources Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The Starr County Juvenile Board is composed of the
  county judge, the judge of the county court at law in Starr County,
  and the district judges in Starr County.
         (f)  The Starr County Juvenile Board and the juvenile boards
  of one or more counties that are adjacent to or in close proximity
  to Starr County may agree to operate together with respect to all
  matters, or with respect to certain matters specified by the
  juvenile boards. Juvenile boards operating together may appoint
  one fiscal officer to receive and disburse funds for the boards.
         SECTION 37.  The Jim Hogg County Juvenile Board is created
  October 1, 2007.
         SECTION 38.  Section 38.06(a), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if he escapes from custody
  when he is:
               (1)  under arrest for, charged with, or convicted of an
  offense; [or]
               (2)  in custody pursuant to a lawful order of a court;
               (3)  detained in a secure detention facility, as that
  term is defined by Section 51.02, Family Code; or
               (4)  in the custody of a juvenile probation officer for
  violating an order imposed by the juvenile court under Section
  52.01, Family Code.
         SECTION 39.  Section 38.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  In this section, "correctional facility" means:
               (1)  any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14); or
               (2)  a "secure correctional facility" or "secure
  detention facility" as those terms are defined by Section 51.02,
  Family Code.
         SECTION 40.  Section 38.09, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  In this section, "correctional facility" means:
               (1)  any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14); or
               (2)  a "secure correctional facility" or "secure
  detention facility" as those terms are defined by Section 51.02,
  Family Code.
         SECTION 41.  Section 38.111, Penal Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  In this section, "correctional facility" means:
               (1)  any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14); or
               (2)  a "secure correctional facility" or "secure
  detention facility" as those terms are defined by Section 51.02,
  Family Code.
         SECTION 42.  Section 38.114, Penal Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  In this section, "correctional facility" means:
               (1)  any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14); or
               (2)  a "secure correctional facility" or "secure
  detention facility" as those terms are defined by Section 51.02,
  Family Code.
         SECTION 43.  Section 39.04(f), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (f)  An employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
  the Texas Youth Commission, or a local juvenile probation
  department commits an offense if the employee engages in sexual
  contact, sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse with an
  individual who is not the employee's spouse and who the employee
  knows is under the supervision of the department, commission, or
  probation department but not in the custody of the department,
  commission, or probation department.
         SECTION 44.  Sections 61.049, 141.0432, 141.0433, and
  141.0434, Human Resources Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 45.  (a) This Act applies only to conduct that
  occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. Conduct
  violating the penal law of this state occurs on or after the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the violation occurs on
  or after that date.
         (b)  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.
         (c)  This Act applies only to an order by a juvenile court
  rendered on or after the effective date of this Act. An appeal of an
  order rendered before the effective date of this Act is governed by
  the law in effect at the time the order was rendered, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         (d)  Section 54.0481, Family Code, as added by this Act,
  applies only to a payment of restitution under a juvenile court
  order received by a juvenile probation department on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 46.  This Act applies to information and documents
  relating to juvenile court cases without regard to whether the
  conduct that is the basis of the case occurred before, on, or after
  the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 47.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2884 was passed by the House on May
  11, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 2884 on May 25, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 0,
  3 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2884 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor