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
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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; [or]
               (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.
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