HBA-GUM H.B. 2869 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2869
By: Capelo
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
4/16/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Facilitating the apprehension and prosecution of people who provide
handguns to juveniles may reduce the number of handguns in the hands of
juveniles.  H.B. 2869 requires the juvenile, as a condition of probation,
to notify the juvenile's supervising juvenile probation officer of the
manner in which the juvenile acquired the handgun.  Furthermore, this bill
requires the probation officer to notify the appropriate local law
enforcement agency upon receiving the information from the child. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 54, Family Code, by adding Section 54.0406, as
follows: 

Sec. 54.0406.  CHILD PLACED ON PROBATION FOR CONDUCT INVOLVING A HANDGUN.
Requires a court, as a condition for probation, to require a child placed
on probation under Section 54.04(d) (relating to juvenile probation), and
found responsible for a handgun involved as an element of the offense, to
inform the probation officer of the manner in which the handgun was
obtained within 30 days from the date the child is placed on probation.
Requires the probation officer to notify the appropriate local law
enforcement agency upon receiving the information from the child.  

SECTION 2.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 4.  Emergency clause.