Bill Text: TX SB821 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to references to school in the Family Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB821 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB821-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 821 |
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relating to references to school in the Family Code. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 34.002(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A parent or both parents of a child may enter into an | ||
authorization agreement with a relative of the child listed in | ||
Section 34.001 to authorize the relative to perform the following | ||
acts in regard to the child: | ||
(1) to authorize medical, dental, psychological, or | ||
surgical treatment and immunization of the child, including | ||
executing any consents or authorizations for the release of | ||
information as required by law relating to the treatment or | ||
immunization; | ||
(2) to obtain and maintain health insurance coverage | ||
for the child and automobile insurance coverage for the child, if | ||
appropriate; | ||
(3) to enroll the child in a day-care program or | ||
preschool or in a public or private elementary [ |
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secondary school; | ||
(4) to authorize the child to participate in | ||
age-appropriate extracurricular, civic, social, or recreational | ||
activities, including athletic activities; | ||
(5) to authorize the child to obtain a learner's | ||
permit, driver's license, or state-issued identification card; | ||
(6) to authorize employment of the child; and | ||
(7) to apply for and receive public benefits on behalf | ||
of the child. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 101.028, Family Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.028. SCHOOL. "School" means an elementary [ |
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child is not enrolled in an elementary [ |
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school, the public school district in which the child primarily | ||
resides. For purposes of this section, a reference to elementary | ||
school includes prekindergarten. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 153.3101, Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 153.3101. REFERENCE TO "SCHOOL" IN STANDARD POSSESSION | ||
ORDER. In a standard possession order, "school" means the | ||
elementary [ |
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enrolled or, if the child is not enrolled in an elementary [ |
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the child primarily resides. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 261.105(d), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) If the department initiates an investigation and | ||
determines that the abuse or neglect does not involve a person | ||
responsible for the child's care, custody, or welfare, the | ||
department shall refer the report to a law enforcement agency for | ||
further investigation. If the department determines that the abuse | ||
or neglect involves an employee of a public elementary [ |
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secondary school, and that the child is a student at the school, the | ||
department shall orally notify the superintendent of the school | ||
district in which the employee is employed about the investigation. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act are | ||
nonsubstantive and intended to conform references to "school" in | ||
the Family Code to usage in other law. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 821 passed the Senate on | ||
May 8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 821 passed the House on | ||
May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |