84R255 ADM-D
By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 110
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment by confinement for contempt of court for
failure to obey a court order related to truancy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.094, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, an individual found in
contempt of court, or adjudicated to have engaged in delinquent
conduct that would constitute contempt of court, for failure to
obey a court order related to an offense under Subsection (a) may
not be punished for the contempt or delinquent conduct by
confinement in jail or detention in a juvenile detention facility.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to conduct that would constitute contempt of court that occurs on or
after the effective date of this Act. Conduct that would constitute
contempt of court that occurred 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 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, 2015.