Bill Text: TX HB3252 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the dismissal of a misdemeanor charge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB3252 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3252-Introduced.html
By: Landgraf | H.B. No. 3252 |
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relating to the dismissal of a misdemeanor charge. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 45.052 (a)(4) Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Art. 45.052. DISMISSAL OF MISDEMEANOR CHARGE ON COMPLETION | ||
OF TEEN COURT PROGRAM. (a) A justice or municipal court may defer | ||
proceedings against a defendant who is under the age of 18 or | ||
enrolled full time in an accredited secondary school in a program | ||
leading toward a high school diploma for not more than 180 days if | ||
the defendant: | ||
(1) is charged with an offense that the court has | ||
jurisdiction of under Article 4.11 or 4.14, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure; | ||
(2) pleads nolo contendere or guilty to the offense in open | ||
court with the defendant's parent, guardian, or managing | ||
conservator present; | ||
(3) presents to the court an oral or written request to | ||
attend a teen court program; [ |
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(4) has not successfully completed a teen court program in | ||
the [ |
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offense occurred; and | ||
(5) was referred to the teen court program by a designated | ||
school official as a diversionary program. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |