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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to local |
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post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain |
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counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 261.101(e), Human Resources Code, as |
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amended by Section 11(a), Chapter 854 (S.B. 1149), and Chapter 962 |
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(S.B. 1630), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, |
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is reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, |
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the powers of the office include: |
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(1) facilities operated and services provided by the |
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department under Subtitle C; |
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(2) post-adjudication correctional facilities under |
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Section 51.125, Family Code, or Section 152.0016 of this code; |
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(3) any other residential facility in which a child |
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adjudicated as having engaged in conduct indicating a need for |
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supervision or delinquent conduct is placed by court order; and |
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(4) the investigation of complaints alleging a |
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violation of the rights of the children placed in a facility |
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described by Subdivision (2) or (3). |
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SECTION 2. The following provisions are repealed: |
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(1) Section 54.04011(f), Family Code; |
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(2) Sections 152.0016(l) and 261.101(f), Human |
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Resources Code; and |
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(3) Section 11(b), Chapter 854 (S.B. 1149), Acts of |
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the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, which added Section |
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261.101(e), Human Resources Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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