Bill Text: TX HB519 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to venue for the offense of a parent contributing to a child's failure to attend school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Left pending in committee [HB519 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB519-Introduced.html
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By: Moody | H.B. No. 519 |
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relating to venue for the offense of a parent contributing to a | ||
child's failure to attend school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.093(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The attendance officer or other appropriate school | ||
official shall file a complaint against the parent in: | ||
(1) the constitutional county court of the county in | ||
which the parent resides or in which the school is located, if the | ||
county has a population of 1.75 million or more; | ||
(2) a justice court designated to hear cases arising | ||
under this section [ |
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parent resides or in which the school is located, or if no justice | ||
court is designated, a justice court of any precinct in the county | ||
in which the parent resides or in which the school is located; or | ||
(3) a municipal court of the municipality in which the | ||
parent resides or in which the school is located. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section | ||
25.093, Education Code, apply only to an offense committed on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, | ||
an offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any | ||
element of the offense occurs before that date. An offense | ||
committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the | ||
law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |