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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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Relating to child abduction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 63.001(3), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 63.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(3) "Missing child" means a child whose whereabouts |
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are unknown to the child's legal custodian, the circumstances of |
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whose absence indicate that: |
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(A) the child did not voluntarily leave the care |
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and control of the custodian, and the taking of the child was not |
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authorized by law; |
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(B) the child voluntarily left the care and |
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control of his legal custodian without the custodian's consent and |
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without intent to return; [or] |
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(C) the child was taken or retained in violation |
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of the terms of a court order for possession of or access to the |
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child; or |
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(D) the child is taken or retained, depriving a |
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legal custodian of his custodial rights without the permission of |
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that custodian, unless the taking or retention of child was |
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prompted by the commission or attempted commission of family |
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violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code, against the |
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child or the actor. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |