89R4610 MCF-D
By: Sparks S.B. No. 468
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 and to the consequences for the failure of the
department to accept custody of the person within that period.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.04, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsections (s) and (t) 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.
(t) If the Texas Juvenile Justice Department does not take
custody of a person within the period prescribed by Subsection (s),
the department shall compensate the county for the cost of
detention for each day that the person remains detained in a
facility operated by or under contract with the county following
the expiration of that period. The compensation must be equal to
the amount that would have been incurred by the department to detain
the person for that period.
SECTION 2. Section 243.002, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Beginning on the 31st day after the date the child is
committed to the department, the department shall give credit
toward the minimum length of stay established for the child for time
spent in a pre-adjudication secure detention facility before the
child's transfer to the department.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.