Bill Text: TX HB2382 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the classification of certain conduct by juveniles constituting the offense of evading detention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB2382 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2382-Introduced.html
86R12663 ADM-D | ||
By: Dutton | H.B. No. 2382 |
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relating to the classification of certain conduct by juveniles | ||
constituting the offense of evading detention. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.03(b), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Conduct indicating a need for supervision is: | ||
(1) subject to Subsection (f), conduct, other than a | ||
traffic offense, that violates: | ||
(A) the penal laws of this state of the grade of | ||
misdemeanor that are punishable by fine only; or | ||
(B) the penal ordinances of any political | ||
subdivision of this state; | ||
(2) the voluntary absence of a child from the child's | ||
home without the consent of the child's parent or guardian for a | ||
substantial length of time or without intent to return; | ||
(3) conduct prohibited by city ordinance or by state | ||
law involving the inhalation of the fumes or vapors of paint and | ||
other protective coatings or glue and other adhesives and the | ||
volatile chemicals itemized in Section 485.001, Health and Safety | ||
Code; | ||
(4) an act that violates a school district's | ||
previously communicated written standards of student conduct for | ||
which the child has been expelled under Section 37.007(c), | ||
Education Code; | ||
(5) notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct | ||
described by Section 43.02(a) or (b), Penal Code; [ |
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(6) notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct that | ||
violates Section 43.261, Penal Code; or | ||
(7) notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct | ||
described by Section 38.04, Penal Code, that: | ||
(A) is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor under | ||
that section; and | ||
(B) only consists of intentionally fleeing a | ||
person the child knows is a peace officer or federal special | ||
investigator attempting lawfully to detain the child. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to conduct that occurs on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on | ||
the date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. For the purposes of this section, conduct | ||
occurred before the effective date of this Act if any element of the | ||
conduct occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |