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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the determination of the population of a county |
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required to develop a juvenile justice alternative education |
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program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.011, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) For purposes of this section and Section 37.010(a), |
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the population of a county is determined according to the 2000 |
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federal census. |
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SECTION 2. A juvenile court that has placed a child on |
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juvenile probation or deferred prosecution under Title 3, Family |
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Code, and required as a condition of probation or deferred |
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prosecution, as described by Section 37.011(b), Education Code, |
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that the child attend a juvenile justice alternative education |
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program in a county that is not required to operate a juvenile |
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justice alternative education program under Section 37.011, |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act, shall modify the conditions |
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of probation or deferred prosecution if the county discontinues |
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operation of the juvenile justice alternative education program. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |