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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment by confinement for contempt of court for |
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failure to obey a court order related to truancy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.094, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) Notwithstanding any other law, an individual found in |
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contempt of court, or adjudicated to have engaged in delinquent |
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conduct that would constitute contempt of court, for failure to |
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obey a court order related to an offense under Subsection (a) may |
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not be punished for the contempt or delinquent conduct by |
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confinement in jail or detention in a juvenile detention facility. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to conduct that would constitute contempt of court that occurs on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. Conduct that would constitute |
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contempt of court that occurred before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct |
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occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. For purposes of this section, conduct occurred before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the conduct occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |