81R4129 EAH-F
By: Lewis H.B. No. 1425
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the determination of the population of a county
required to develop a juvenile justice alternative education
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.011, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) For purposes of this section and Section 37.010(a),
the population of a county is determined according to the 2000
federal census.
SECTION 2. A juvenile court that has placed a child on
juvenile probation or deferred prosecution under Title 3, Family
Code, and required as a condition of probation or deferred
prosecution, as described by Section 37.011(b), Education Code,
that the child attend a juvenile justice alternative education
program in a county that is not required to operate a juvenile
justice alternative education program under Section 37.011,
Education Code, as amended by this Act, shall modify the conditions
of probation or deferred prosecution if the county discontinues
operation of the juvenile justice alternative education program.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.