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| 1 | 1 | 84R11557 MK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miles H.B. No. 2923 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the conditions of confinement of children prior to | |
| 8 | 8 | certain judicial proceedings. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 51.12, Family Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Subsection (n) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (n) A child, including a child who has been certified as | |
| 13 | 13 | eligible for determinate sentencing under Section 53.045 or a child | |
| 14 | 14 | who has been transferred to a district court or a criminal district | |
| 15 | 15 | court for criminal proceedings under Section 54.02, may be confined | |
| 16 | 16 | only in a certified juvenile detention facility before sentencing | |
| 17 | 17 | proceedings or commitment of the child after a disposition hearing, | |
| 18 | 18 | as applicable. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | |
| 20 | 20 | child who is confined before sentencing proceedings or commitment | |
| 21 | 21 | on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether | |
| 22 | 22 | the conduct for which the child is sentenced or committed occurred | |
| 23 | 23 | before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |