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Amend HB 2374, on page 1, by striking lines 5-17, and substituting the following:

SECTION 1. Chapter 52, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 52.024 to read as follows:

Sec. 52.024. EXTRAJURISDICTIONAL APPREHENSION OF CHILD. A child who is lawfully taken into custody by a federal law enforcement officer in this state, or by a law enforcement officer of another state in that state:

(1) may be detained, interviewed, and otherwise processed under, as applicable, federal law or the laws of the other state; and

(2) is not considered to be in custody for the purposes of this section or chapter until the child has been released to a person or brought to a person or facility in the manner required by Section 52.02.