Bill Text: TX HB110 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment by confinement for contempt of court for failure to obey a court order related to truancy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Left pending in committee [HB110 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB110-Introduced.html
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| By: White of Tyler | H.B. No. 110 | |
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| relating to the punishment by confinement for contempt of court for | ||
| failure to obey a court order related to truancy. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.094, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (h) Notwithstanding any other law, an individual found in | ||
| contempt of court, or adjudicated to have engaged in delinquent | ||
| conduct that would constitute contempt of court, for failure to | ||
| obey a court order related to an offense under Subsection (a) may | ||
| not be punished for the contempt or delinquent conduct by | ||
| confinement in jail or detention in a juvenile detention facility. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to conduct that would constitute contempt of court that occurs on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. Conduct that would constitute | ||
| contempt of court that occurred before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct | ||
| occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. For purposes of this section, conduct occurred before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the conduct occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
