81R6509 JSC-D
 
  By: Madden H.B. No. 4357
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a justice or municipal court over
  certain juvenile offenders and their parents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 45.057, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) and amending
  Subsection (l) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  On a finding by a justice or municipal court that a
  child who has been found to have engaged in conduct that violates a
  penal law of this state has previously been found to have engaged in
  conduct that violates the Penal Code or the Alcoholic Beverage
  Code, the court may enter a final order requiring:
               (1)  the child to attend a special program that the
  court determines to be in the best interest of the child, including:
                     (A)  an alcohol or drug abuse program;
                     (B)  a rehabilitation program;
                     (C)  a counseling program, including counseling
  on self-improvement;
                     (D)  a program that provides training in
  self-esteem and leadership;
                     (E)  a work and job skills training program;
                     (F)  a program that provides training in socially
  acceptable behavior;
                     (G)  a program that teaches avoiding violence;
                     (H)  a program that provides sensitivity
  training;
                     (I)  a program that provides training in advocacy
  and mentoring; or
                     (J)  a program that provides training in parenting
  or child rearing;
               (2)  the child and the child's parent or parents to
  attend a class for students at risk of dropping out of school
  designed for both students and their parents;
               (3)  the child to complete a reasonable number of hours
  of community service;
               (4)  the child to participate in a specified number of
  hours of a tutorial program covering the subjects of the academic
  courses in which the child is enrolled in school; or
               (5)  the Department of Public Safety of the State of
  Texas to:
                     (A)  suspend the driver's license or permit of the
  child for a period not to exceed one year; or
                     (B)  deny the issuance of a driver's license or
  permit to the child for a period not to exceed one year.
         (c-2)  An order under Subsection (c-1) may not require
  attendance in a course or program or a period of community service
  for a period of more than 180 days or the length of the school year,
  whichever is longer.
         (l)  Any order under this article is enforceable by the
  justice or municipal court by contempt, except that an order under
  Subsection (c-1)(2) is enforceable by the justice, municipal, or
  juvenile court by contempt.
         SECTION 2.  (a) The change in law made by 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.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.