82R7994 KCR-F
By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1313
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of conduct indicating a need for
supervision.
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 absence of a child on 10 or more days or parts
of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on
three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period from
school;
(3) 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;
(4) 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;
(5) 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; [or]
(6) conduct that violates a reasonable and lawful
order of a court entered under Section 264.305; or
(7) conduct described by Section 43.02(a)(1) or (2),
Penal Code.
SECTION 2. Section 51.03, Family Code, as amended by 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 covered by the law in effect at the time the conduct
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose. For the purposes of this section, conduct occurs 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, 2011.