Bill Text: TX SB1839 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the detention of certain juvenile offenders.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1839 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1839-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the detention of certain juvenile offenders.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1839 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1839-Introduced.html
By: Whitmire | S.B. No. 1839 | |
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relating to the detention of certain juvenile offenders. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 51.12(f) and (h), Family Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) A child detained in a building that contains a jail, | ||
lockup, or other place of secure confinement, including an alcohol | ||
or other drug treatment facility, shall be separated by sight and | ||
sound from adults detained in the same building. Children and | ||
adults are separated by sight and sound only if they are unable to | ||
see each other and conversation between them is not possible. The | ||
separation must extend to all areas of the facility, including | ||
sally ports and passageways, and those areas used for admission, | ||
counseling, sleeping, toileting, showering, dining, recreational, | ||
educational, or vocational activities, and health care. The | ||
separation may be accomplished through architectural design. [ |
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(h) This section does not apply to a person: | ||
(1) after transfer [ |
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criminal court for prosecution under Section 54.02 [ |
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(2) who is at least 17 years of age and who has been | ||
taken into custody after having: | ||
(A) escaped from a juvenile facility operated by | ||
or under contract with the Texas Youth Commission; or | ||
(B) violated a condition of release under | ||
supervision of the Texas Youth Commission. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |