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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the age at which a child on determinate sentence |
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probation may be transferred to a district court and placed on |
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community supervision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 54.051(a), (d), and (e-2), Family Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) On motion of the state concerning a child who is placed |
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on probation under Section 54.04(q), the juvenile court: |
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(1) may, if the child is placed on probation for a |
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period, including any extension ordered under Section 54.05, that |
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will continue or has continued after the child's 18th birthday, |
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hold a hearing to determine whether to transfer the child to an |
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appropriate district court; or |
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(2) shall, if the child is placed on probation for a |
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period, including any extension ordered under Section 54.05, that |
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will continue after the child's 19th birthday, [the juvenile court |
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shall] hold a hearing to determine whether to transfer the child to |
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an appropriate district court or discharge the child from the |
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sentence of probation. |
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(d) If, after a hearing, the court determines to transfer |
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the child, the court shall transfer the child to an appropriate |
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district court after the child's 18th birthday but not later than on |
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the child's 19th birthday. |
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(e-2) If a person who is placed on community supervision |
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under this section violates a condition of that supervision or if |
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the person violated a condition of probation ordered under Section |
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54.04(q) and that probation violation was not discovered by the |
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state before the date on which the person is transferred to an |
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appropriate district court under Subsection (d) [person's 19th |
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birthday], the district court shall dispose of the violation of |
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community supervision or probation, as appropriate, in the same |
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manner as if the court had originally exercised jurisdiction over |
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the case. If the judge revokes community supervision, the judge may |
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reduce the prison sentence to any length without regard to the |
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minimum term imposed by Article 42A.755(a), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.051, Family Code, as amended by this |
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Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect when the conduct occurred, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, conduct occurs before the effective date |
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of this Act if any element of the conduct occurs before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |