88R336 LHC-D
By: Craddick H.B. No. 458
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice
Department must accept custody of a person committed to the
department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.04, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (s) to read as follows:
(s) If the judge orders a disposition under this section
sentencing a person to commitment in the Texas Juvenile Justice
Department, the department shall accept custody of the person not
later than the 30th day after the date on which the judge signs the
disposition order committing the person to the department.
SECTION 2. This Act applies to a person who is sentenced to
commitment in the Texas Juvenile Justice Department on or after the
effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the conduct for
which the person was sentenced occurred before, on, or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.