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Amend SB 1630 on third reading as follows:
(1)  In the recital to the SECTION of the Wu 2nd Reading Amendment that amends Section 8.02, Penal Code, by striking "Section 8.02" and substituting "Section 8.07".
(2)  In the SECTION of the bill that has the effective date of the bill, strike "This Act takes effect September 1, 2015" and substitute the following:
(a)  Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
(b)  The SECTIONS of this bill added by the Wu 2nd Reading Amendment that amend Section 51.02(2), Family Code, and Section 8.07, Penal Code, take effect September 1, 2017, only if the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, appropriates funds to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department in the General Appropriations Act to implement the change in law. If the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, fails to make the appropriation, those sections do not take effect.