By: White (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 3688
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the apprehension of a child after escape from a secure
juvenile facility or violation of conditions of release under
supervision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 243.051(a), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) If a child who has been committed to the department and
placed by the department in any institution or facility has escaped
or has been released under supervision and broken the conditions of
release:
(1) a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, special
investigator, or peace [police] officer may, without a warrant,
arrest the child; or
(2) a department employee designated by the executive
director may, without a warrant or other order, take the child into
the custody of the department.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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