Bill Text: TX SB957 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the clarification of terminology relating to the Waco Center for Youth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB957 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB957-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 957 |
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relating to the clarification of terminology relating to the Waco | ||
Center for Youth. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 554.001, Health and | ||
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department shall use the Waco Center for Youth as a | ||
residential treatment facility for emotionally disturbed juveniles | ||
who: | ||
(1) have been admitted [ |
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a facility of the department; or | ||
(2) are under the managing conservatorship of the | ||
Department of Family and Protective [ |
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have been admitted [ |
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for Youth. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Subsection | ||
(a), Section 554.001, Health and Safety Code, is a clarification of | ||
existing law and does not imply that the former law may be construed | ||
as inconsistent with the law as amended by this Act. | ||
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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 957 passed the Senate on | ||
March 31, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 957 passed the House on | ||
May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |