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1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to truancy, high school equivalency programs, and the
1-3 authority of justice, municipal, and certain juvenile courts in
1-4 relation to children; providing criminal penalties.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
18-23 SECTION 8. Article 45.050, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
18-24 amended to read as follows:
18-25 Art. 45.050. FAILURE TO PAY FINE; CONTEMPT: JUVENILES.
18-26 (a) In this article, "child" has the meaning assigned by Article
19-1 45.058(h).
19-2 (b) A justice court or municipal court may not order the
19-3 confinement of a person who is a child for the purposes of Title
19-4 3, Family Code, for:
19-5 (1) the failure to pay all or any part of a fine or
19-6 costs imposed for the conviction of an offense punishable by fine
19-7 only; or
19-8 (2) contempt of another order of a justice or
19-9 municipal court.
19-10 (c) (b) If a person who is a child under Section 51.02,
19-11 Family Code, fails to obey an order of a justice or municipal
19-12 court under circumstances that would constitute contempt of court,
19-13 the justice or municipal court has jurisdiction to:
19-14 (1) has jurisdiction to hold the child in contempt of
19-15 the justice or municipal court order as provided by Section
19-16 52.027(h), Family Code; or
19-17 (2) refer the child to the appropriate juvenile
19-18 court for delinquent conduct for contempt of the justice or
19-19 municipal court order; or
19-20 (2) may retain jurisdiction of the case and:
19-21 (A) hold the child in contempt of the justice or
19-22 municipal court order and impose a fine not to exceed $500; or
19-23 (B) order the Department of Public Safety to
19-24 suspend the child's driver's license or permit or, if the child
19-25 does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a
19-26 license or permit to the child until the child fully complies with
20-1 the orders of the court.
20-2 (d) A court that orders suspension or denial of a driver's
20-3 license or permit under Subsection (c)(2)(B) shall notify the
20-4 Department of Public Safety on receiving proof that the child has
20-5 fully complied with the orders of the court.
20-6 SECTION 9. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Code of Criminal
20-7 Procedure, is amended by adding Articles 45.054 through 45.059 to
20-8 read as follows:
20-9 Art. 45.054. FAILURE TO ATTEND SCHOOL PROCEEDINGS. (a) On
20-10 a finding by a justice or municipal court that an individual has
20-11 committed an offense under Section 25.094, Education Code, the
20-12 court has jurisdiction to enter an order that includes one or more
20-13 of the following provisions requiring that:
20-14 (1) the individual:
20-15 (A) attend school without unexcused absences;
20-16 (B) attend a preparatory class for the high
20-17 school equivalency examination administered under Section 7.111,
20-18 Education Code, if the court determines that the individual is too
20-19 old to do well in a formal classroom environment; or
20-20 (C) if the individual is at least 16 years of
20-21 age, take the high school equivalency examination administered
20-22 under Section 7.111, Education Code;
20-23 (2) the individual attend a special program that the
20-24 court determines to be in the best interest of the individual,
20-25 including:
20-26 (A) an alcohol and drug abuse program;
21-1 (B) a rehabilitation program;
21-2 (C) a counseling program, including
21-3 self-improvement counseling;
21-4 (D) a program that provides training in
21-5 self-esteem and leadership;
21-6 (E) a work and job skills training program;
21-7 (F) a program that provides training in
21-8 parenting, including parental responsibility;
21-9 (G) a program that provides training in manners;
21-10 (H) a program that provides training in violence
21-11 avoidance;
21-12 (I) a program that provides sensitivity
21-13 training; and
21-14 (J) a program that provides training in advocacy
21-15 and mentoring;
21-16 (3) the individual and the individual's parent attend
21-17 a class for students at risk of dropping out of school designed for
21-18 both the individual and the individual's parent;
21-19 (4) the individual complete reasonable community
21-20 service requirements; or
21-21 (5) for the total number of hours ordered by the
21-22 court, the individual participate in a tutorial program covering
21-23 the academic subjects in which the student is enrolled provided by
21-24 the school the individual attends.
21-25 (b) An order under Subsection (a)(3) that requires the
21-26 parent of an individual to attend a class for students at risk of
22-1 dropping out of school is enforceable in the justice or municipal
22-2 court by contempt.
22-3 (c) A court having jurisdiction under this article shall
22-4 endorse on the summons issued to the parent of the individual who
22-5 is the subject of the hearing an order directing the parent to
22-6 appear personally at the hearing and directing the person having
22-7 custody of the individual to bring the individual to the hearing.
22-8 (d) An individual commits an offense if the individual is a
22-9 parent who fails to attend a hearing under this article after
22-10 receiving notice under Subsection (c) that the individual's
22-11 attendance is required. An offense under this subsection is a
22-12 Class C misdemeanor.
22-13 (e) On the commencement of proceedings under this article,
22-14 the court shall inform the individual who is the subject of the
22-15 hearing and the individual's parent in open court of the
22-16 individual's expunction rights and provide the individual and the
22-17 individual's parent with a written copy of Article 45.055.
22-18 (f) In addition to any other order authorized by this
22-19 article, the court may order the Department of Public Safety to
22-20 suspend the driver's license or permit of the individual who is the
22-21 subject of the hearing or, if the individual does not have a
22-22 license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or permit to
22-23 the individual for a period specified by the court not to exceed
22-24 365 days.
22-25 (g) A dispositional order under this article is effective
22-26 for the period specified by the court in the order but may not
23-1 extend beyond the 180th day after the date of the order or beyond
23-2 the end of the school year in which the order was entered,
23-3 whichever period is longer.
23-4 (h) In this article, "parent" includes a person standing in
23-5 parental relation.
23-6 Art. 45.055. EXPUNCTION OF CONVICTION AND RECORDS IN FAILURE
23-7 TO ATTEND SCHOOL CASES. (a) An individual convicted of not more
23-8 than one violation of Section 25.094, Education Code, may, on or
23-9 after the individual's 18th birthday, apply to the court in which
23-10 the individual was convicted to have the conviction and records
23-11 relating to the conviction expunged.
23-12 (b) To apply for an expunction, the applicant must submit a
23-13 written request that:
23-14 (1) is made under oath;
23-15 (2) states that the applicant has not been convicted
23-16 of more than one violation of Section 25.094, Education Code; and
23-17 (3) is in the form determined by the applicant.
23-18 (c) The court may expunge the conviction and records
23-19 relating to the conviction without a hearing or, if facts are in
23-20 doubt, may order a hearing on the application. If the court finds
23-21 that the applicant has not been convicted of more than one
23-22 violation of Section 25.094, Education Code, the court shall order
23-23 the conviction, together with all complaints, verdicts, sentences,
23-24 and other documents relating to the offense, including any
23-25 documents in the possession of a school district or law enforcement
23-26 agency, to be expunged from the applicant's record. After entry of
24-1 the order, the applicant is released from all disabilities
24-2 resulting from the conviction, and the conviction may not be shown
24-3 or made known for any purpose. The court shall inform the
24-4 applicant of the court's decision on the application.
24-5 (d) The justice or municipal court may not require an
24-6 individual who files an application under this article to pay any
24-7 fee or court costs for seeking expunction.
24-8 Art. 45.056. AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY TRUANCY CASE MANAGERS;
24-9 REIMBURSEMENT. (a) On approval of the commissioners court, city
24-10 council, school district board of trustees, juvenile board, or
24-11 other appropriate authority, a justice court, municipal court,
24-12 school district, juvenile probation department, or other
24-13 appropriate governmental entity may:
24-14 (1) employ a case manager to provide services in
24-15 truancy cases; or
24-16 (2) agree in accordance with Chapter 791, Government
24-17 Code, to jointly employ a case manager to provide services in
24-18 truancy cases.
24-19 (b) A local entity may apply or more than one local entity
24-20 may jointly apply to the criminal justice division of the
24-21 governor's office for reimbursement of all or part of the costs of
24-22 employing one or more truancy case managers from funds appropriated
24-23 to the governor's office or otherwise available for that purpose.
24-24 To be eligible for reimbursement, the entity applying must present
24-25 to the governor's office a comprehensive plan to reduce truancy in
24-26 the entity's jurisdiction that addresses the role of the case
25-1 manager in that effort.
25-2 Art. 45.057. OFFENSES COMMITTED BY JUVENILES. (a) In this
25-3 article, "child" has the meaning assigned by Article 45.058(h).
25-4 (b) On a finding by a justice or municipal court that a
25-5 child committed an offense that the court has jurisdiction of under
25-6 Article 4.11 or 4.14, other than a traffic offense, the court has
25-7 jurisdiction to enter an order:
25-8 (1) referring the child or the child's parent,
25-9 managing conservator, or guardian for services under Section
25-10 264.302, Family Code;
25-11 (2) requiring that the child attend a special program
25-12 that the court determines to be in the best interest of the child
25-13 and, if the program involves the expenditure of county funds, that
25-14 is approved by the county commissioners court, including a
25-15 rehabilitation, counseling, self-esteem and leadership, work and
25-16 job skills training, job interviewing and work preparation,
25-17 self-improvement, parenting, manners, violence avoidance, tutoring,
25-18 sensitivity training, parental responsibility, community service,
25-19 restitution, advocacy, or mentoring program; or
25-20 (3) if the court finds the parent, managing
25-21 conservator, or guardian, by act or omission, contributed to,
25-22 caused, or encouraged the child's conduct, requiring that the
25-23 child's parent, managing conservator, or guardian do any act or
25-24 refrain from doing any act that the court determines will increase
25-25 the likelihood that the child will comply with the orders of the
25-26 court and that is reasonable and necessary for the welfare of the
26-1 child, including:
26-2 (A) attend a parenting class or parental
26-3 responsibility program; and
26-4 (B) attend the child's school classes or
26-5 functions.
26-6 (c) The justice or municipal court may order the parent,
26-7 managing conservator, or guardian of a child required to attend a
26-8 program under Subsection (b) to pay an amount not greater than $100
26-9 to pay for the costs of the program.
26-10 (d) A justice or municipal court may require a child,
26-11 parent, managing conservator, or guardian required to attend a
26-12 program, class, or function under this article to submit proof of
26-13 attendance to the court.
26-14 (e) A justice or municipal court shall endorse on the
26-15 summons issued to a parent, managing conservator, or guardian an
26-16 order to appear personally at the hearing with the child. The
26-17 summons must include a warning that the failure of the parent,
26-18 managing conservator, or guardian to appear may be punishable as a
26-19 Class C misdemeanor.
26-20 (f) An order under this article involving a child is
26-21 enforceable under Article 45.050.
26-22 (g) A person commits an offense if the person is a parent,
26-23 managing conservator, or guardian who fails to attend a hearing
26-24 under this article after receiving an order under Subsection (e).
26-25 An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
26-26 (h) Any other order under this article is enforceable by the
27-1 justice or municipal court by contempt.
27-2 Art. 45.058. CHILDREN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. (a) A child may
27-3 be released to the child's parent, guardian, custodian, or other
27-4 responsible adult as provided by Section 52.02(a)(1), Family Code,
27-5 if the child is taken into custody for an offense that a justice or
27-6 municipal court has jurisdiction of under Article 4.11 or 4.14,
27-7 other than public intoxication.
27-8 (b) A child described by Subsection (a) must be taken only
27-9 to a place previously designated by the head of the law enforcement
27-10 agency with custody of the child as an appropriate place of
27-11 nonsecure custody for children unless the child:
27-12 (1) is released under Section 52.02(a)(1), Family
27-13 Code; or
27-14 (2) is taken before a justice or municipal court.
27-15 (c) A place of nonsecure custody for children must be an
27-16 unlocked, multipurpose area. A lobby, office, or interrogation
27-17 room is suitable if the area is not designated, set aside, or used
27-18 as a secure detention area and is not part of a secure detention
27-19 area. A place of nonsecure custody may be a juvenile processing
27-20 office designated under Section 52.025, Family Code, if the area is
27-21 not locked when it is used as a place of nonsecure custody.
27-22 (d) The following procedures shall be followed in a place of
27-23 nonsecure custody for children:
27-24 (1) a child may not be secured physically to a cuffing
27-25 rail, chair, desk, or other stationary object;
27-26 (2) the child may be held in the nonsecure facility
28-1 only long enough to accomplish the purpose of identification,
28-2 investigation, processing, release to parents, or the arranging of
28-3 transportation to the appropriate juvenile court, juvenile
28-4 detention facility, secure detention facility, justice court, or
28-5 municipal court;
28-6 (3) residential use of the area is prohibited; and
28-7 (4) the child shall be under continuous visual
28-8 supervision by a law enforcement officer or facility staff person
28-9 during the time the child is in nonsecure custody.
28-10 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a
28-11 child may not, under any circumstances, be detained in a place of
28-12 nonsecure custody for more than six hours.
28-13 (f) A child taken into custody for an offense that a justice
28-14 or municipal court has jurisdiction of under Article 4.11 or 4.14,
28-15 other than public intoxication, may be presented or detained in a
28-16 detention facility designated by the juvenile court under Section
28-17 52.02(a)(3), Family Code, only if:
28-18 (1) the child's non-traffic case is transferred to the
28-19 juvenile court by a justice or municipal court under Section
28-20 51.08(b), Family Code; or
28-21 (2) the child is referred to the juvenile court by a
28-22 justice or municipal court for contempt of court under Article
28-23 45.050.
28-24 (g) A law enforcement officer may issue a field release
28-25 citation as provided by Article 14.06 in place of taking a child
28-26 into custody for a traffic offense or an offense, other than public
29-1 intoxication, punishable by fine only.
29-2 (h) In this article, "child" means a person who is:
29-3 (1) at least 10 years of age and younger than 17 years
29-4 of age; and
29-5 (2) charged with or convicted of an offense that a
29-6 justice or municipal court has jurisdiction of under Article 4.11
29-7 or 4.14.
29-8 Art. 45.059. CHILDREN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR VIOLATION OF
29-9 JUVENILE CURFEW OR ORDER. (a) A peace officer taking into custody
29-10 a person younger than 17 years of age for violation of a juvenile
29-11 curfew ordinance of a municipality or order of the commissioners
29-12 court of a county shall, without unnecessary delay:
29-13 (1) release the person to the person's parent,
29-14 guardian, or custodian;
29-15 (2) take the person before a justice or municipal
29-16 court to answer the charge; or
29-17 (3) take the person to a place designated as a
29-18 juvenile curfew processing office by the head of the law
29-19 enforcement agency having custody of the person.
29-20 (b) A juvenile curfew processing office must observe the
29-21 following procedures:
29-22 (1) the office must be an unlocked, multipurpose area
29-23 that is not designated, set aside, or used as a secure detention
29-24 area or part of a secure detention area;
29-25 (2) the person may not be secured physically to a
29-26 cuffing rail, chair, desk, or stationary object;
30-1 (3) the person may not be held longer than necessary
30-2 to accomplish the purposes of identification, investigation,
30-3 processing, release to a parent, guardian, or custodian, or
30-4 arrangement of transportation to school or court;
30-5 (4) a juvenile curfew processing office may not be
30-6 designated or intended for residential purposes;
30-7 (5) the person must be under continuous visual
30-8 supervision by a peace officer or other person during the time the
30-9 person is in the juvenile curfew processing office; and
30-10 (6) a person may not be held in a juvenile curfew
30-11 processing office for more than six hours.
30-12 (c) A place designated under this article as a juvenile
30-13 curfew processing office is not subject to the approval of the
30-14 juvenile board having jurisdiction where the governmental entity is
30-15 located.
30-24 SECTION 11. Section 51.03, Family Code, is amended by
30-25 amending Subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f) and adding Subsection
30-26 (g) to read as follows:
31-1 (b) Conduct indicating a need for supervision is:
31-2 (1) subject to Subsection (f) of this section,
31-3 conduct, other than a traffic offense, that violates:
31-4 (A) the penal laws of this state of the grade of
31-5 misdemeanor that are punishable by fine only; or
31-6 (B) the penal ordinances of any political
31-7 subdivision of this state;
31-8 (2) the unexcused voluntary absence of a child on 10
31-9 or more days or parts of days within a six-month period in the same
31-10 school year or on three or more days or parts of days within a
31-11 four-week period from school without the consent of his parents;
31-12 (3) the voluntary absence of a child from the child's
31-13 his home without the consent of the child's his parent or
31-14 guardian for a substantial length of time or without intent to
31-15 return;
31-16 (4) conduct prohibited by city ordinance or by state
31-17 law involving the inhalation of the fumes or vapors of paint and
31-18 other protective coatings or glue and other adhesives and the
31-19 volatile chemicals itemized in Section 484.002, Health and Safety
31-20 Code;
31-21 (5) an act that violates a school district's
31-22 previously communicated written standards of student conduct for
31-23 which the child has been expelled under Section 37.007(c),
31-24 Education Code; or
31-25 (6) conduct that violates a reasonable and lawful
31-26 order of a court entered under Section 264.305.
32-1 (d) It is an affirmative defense to an allegation of conduct
32-2 under Subsection (b)(2) that one or more of the absences required
32-3 to be proven under that subsection have been excused by a school
32-4 official or should be excused by the court or that one of the
32-5 absences was involuntary. The burden is on the respondent to show
32-6 by a preponderance of the evidence that the absence has been or
32-7 should be excused or that the absence was involuntary. A decision
32-8 by the court to excuse an absence for purposes of this subsection
32-9 does not affect the ability of the school district to determine
32-10 whether to excuse the absence for another purpose. For the
32-11 purpose of Subsection (b)(2) of this section an absence is excused
32-12 when the absence results from:
32-13 (1) illness of the child;
32-14 (2) illness or death in the family of the child;
32-15 (3) quarantine of the child and family;
32-16 (4) weather or road conditions making travel
32-17 dangerous;
32-18 (5) an absence approved by a teacher, principal, or
32-19 superintendent of the school in which the child is enrolled; or
32-20 (6) circumstances found reasonable and proper.
32-21 (e) For the purposes of Subdivisions (2) and (3) of
32-22 Subsection (b)(3) (b) of this section, "child" does not include a
32-23 person who is married, divorced, or widowed.
32-24 (f) Except as provided by Subsection (g), conduct Conduct
32-25 described under Subsection (b)(1) of this section, other than
32-26 conduct that violates Section 49.02, Penal Code, prohibiting public
33-1 intoxication, does not constitute conduct indicating a need for
33-2 supervision unless the child has been referred to the juvenile
33-3 court under Section 51.08(b) of this code.
33-4 (g) In a county with a population of less than 100,000,
33-5 conduct described by Subsection (b)(1)(A) that violates Section
33-6 25.094, Education Code, is conduct indicating a need for
33-7 supervision.
33-8 SECTION 12. Section 51.04, Family Code, is amended by
33-9 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
33-10 follows:
33-11 (a) This title covers the proceedings in all cases involving
33-12 the delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision
33-13 engaged in by a person who was a child within the meaning of this
33-14 title at the time the person he engaged in the conduct, and,
33-15 except as provided by Subsection (h), the juvenile court has
33-16 exclusive original jurisdiction over proceedings under this title.
33-17 (h) In a county with a population of less than 100,000, the
33-18 juvenile court has concurrent jurisdiction with the justice and
33-19 municipal courts over conduct engaged in by a child that violates
33-20 Section 25.094, Education Code.
33-21 SECTION 13. Subsection (a), Section 51.12, Family Code, is
33-22 amended to read as follows:
33-23 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (h), a child may be
33-24 detained only in a:
33-25 (1) juvenile processing office in compliance with
33-26 Section 52.025;
34-1 (2) place of nonsecure custody in compliance with
34-2 Article 45.058, Code of Criminal Procedure Section 52.027;
34-3 (3) certified juvenile detention facility that
34-4 complies with the requirements of Subsection (f);
34-5 (4) secure detention facility as provided by
34-6 Subsection (j); or
34-7 (5) county jail or other facility as provided by
34-8 Subsection (l).
34-9 SECTION 14. Subsection (b), Section 54.021, Family Code, is
34-10 amended to read as follows:
34-11 (b) A justice or municipal court may exercise jurisdiction
34-12 over a person alleged to have engaged in conduct indicating a need
34-13 for supervision by engaging in conduct described in Section
34-14 51.03(b)(2) in a case where:
34-15 (1) the juvenile court has waived its original
34-16 jurisdiction under this section; and
34-17 (2) a complaint is filed by the appropriate authority
34-18 in the justice or municipal court charging an offense under Section
34-19 25.094, Education Code.
34-20 (c) A proceeding in a justice or municipal court on a
34-21 complaint charging an offense under Section 25.094, Education Code,
34-22 is governed by Chapter 45, Code of Criminal Procedure. A justice
34-23 or municipal court may exercise jurisdiction under this section
34-24 without regard to whether the justice of the peace or municipal
34-25 judge for the court is a licensed attorney or the hearing for a
34-26 case is before a jury consisting of six persons.
35-1 SECTION 15. Subsection (f), Section 54.041, Family Code, is
35-2 amended to read as follows:
35-3 (f) If a child is found to have engaged in conduct
35-4 indicating a need for supervision described under Section
35-5 51.03(b)(2) or (g) of this code, the court may order the child's
35-6 parents or guardians to attend a program class described by
35-7 Section 25.093(f) 25.093(h), Education Code, if a program is
35-8 available the school district in which the child's parents or
35-9 guardians reside offers a class under that section.
35-10 SECTION 16. Subsection (e), Section 264.302, Family Code, is
35-11 amended to read as follows:
35-12 (e) The department shall provide services for a child and
35-13 the child's family if a contract to provide services under this
35-14 section is available in the county and the child is referred to the
35-15 department as an at-risk child by:
35-16 (1) a court under Section 264.304;
35-17 (2) a juvenile court or probation department as part
35-18 of a progressive sanctions program under Chapter 59;
35-19 (3) a law enforcement officer or agency under Section
35-20 52.03; or
35-21 (4) a justice or municipal court under Article 45.057,
35-22 Code of Criminal Procedure Section 54.022.
37-9 SECTION 19. (a) Section 25.096, Education Code, is
37-10 repealed.
37-11 (b) Sections 52.027 and 52.028, Subsections (c) through (h),
37-12 Section 54.021, and Section 54.022, Family Code, are repealed.
37-13 SECTION 20. The change in law made by this Act applies only
37-14 to a defendant charged with an offense committed or, for the
37-15 purposes of Title 3, Family Code, a child alleged to have engaged
37-16 in conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
37-17 An offense committed or conduct that occurs before the effective
37-18 date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense
37-19 was committed or the conduct occurred, and the former law is
37-20 continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
37-21 section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
37-22 Act if every element of the offense occurred before that date, and
37-23 conduct violating a penal law of this state occurred before the
37-24 effective date of this Act if every element of the violation
37-25 occurred before that date.
37-26 SECTION 21. For purposes of Sections 25.093 and 25.094,
38-1 Education Code, and Section 51.03, Family Code, as amended by this
38-2 Act, and Section 25.0951, Education Code, as added by this Act, an
38-3 absence that occurs during the 2001-2002 school year is included in
38-4 determining the number of a student's absences, regardless of
38-5 whether the absence occurred before the effective date of this Act.
38-6 SECTION 22. Section 29.087, Education Code, as added by this
38-7 Act, applies to each student enrolled in a high school equivalency
38-8 examination program operated by a school district or an
38-9 open-enrollment charter school on or after the effective date of
38-10 this Act.
38-11 SECTION 23. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
38-12 this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
38-13 (b) Section 29.087, Education Code, as added by Section 7 of
38-14 this Act, takes effect January 1, 2002.
S.B. No. 1432
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1432 passed the Senate on
May 1, 2001, by a viva-voce vote; May 21, 2001, Senate refused to
concur in House amendments and requested appointment of Conference
Committee; May 22, 2001, House granted request of the Senate;
May 27, 2001, Senate adopted Conference Committee Report by a
viva-voce vote.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1432 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 11, 2001, by a non-record vote; May 22, 2001,
House granted request of the Senate for appointment of Conference
Committee; May 27, 2001, House adopted Conference Committee Report
by a non-record vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
_______________________________
Date
_______________________________
Governor