Bill Text: TX HB1261 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1261

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for contempt of court by a truancy court.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB1261 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1261-Introduced.html

	88R6124 CJD-D

	By: Vasut	H.B. No. 1261



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the punishment for contempt of court by a truancy court.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 65.251(a), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) If a child fails to obey an order issued by a truancy
	court under Section 65.103(a) or a child is in direct contempt of
	court, the truancy court, after providing notice and an opportunity
	for a hearing, may hold the child in contempt of court and order any
	[~~either or both~~] of the following:
	(1) that the child pay a fine not to exceed $100; [or]
	(2) that the Department of Public Safety suspend the
	child's driver's license or permit or, if the child does not have a
	license or permit, order that the Department of Public Safety deny
	the issuance of a license or permit to the child until the child
	fully complies with the court's orders;
	(3) that the child complete not more than eight hours
	of community service; or
	(4) that the child be confined in a secure juvenile
	detention facility for not more than one day.
	SECTION 2. Section 65.251(e), Family Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a child who fails to obey an order issued by a truancy court under
	Section 65.103(a), Family Code, or who is found to be in contempt of
	court on or after the effective date of this Act. Failure to obey an
	order issued under that section or a finding of contempt of court
	that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
	law in effect on the date the order or finding occurred, and the
	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.