By: Cain, Neave Criado, Gates, Plesa, H.B. No. 2959
Collier, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile
Justice Department with certain documents on discharge or release.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 245.0536(b), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall submit a request under Subsection
(a)(2) on intake of the child [as soon as is practicable] to enable
the department to receive the personal identification certificate
before the department releases or discharges the child and to
provide the child with the personal identification certificate when
the department releases or discharges the child.
SECTION 2. Section 245.0537(b), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall submit a request under Subsection
(a)(2) on intake of the child [as soon as is practicable] to enable
the department to receive the applicable document before the
department releases or discharges the child and to provide the
child with the applicable document when the department releases or
discharges the child.
SECTION 3. 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, 2023.