TITLE: Relating to venue for the offense of failure to attend school.

SUMMARY: Relating to venue for the offense of failure to attend school.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to venue for the offense of failure to attend school. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.094(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) An offense under this section may be prosecuted in: (1) the constitutional county court of the county in which the individual resides or in which the school is located, if the county has a population of 1.75 million or more; (2) a justice court designated to hear cases arising under this section [of any precinct] in the county in which the individual resides or in which the school is located,or if no justice court is designated, a justice court of any precinct in the county in which the individual resides or in which the school is located;or (3) a municipal court in the municipality in which the individual resides or in which the school is located. SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section 25.094, Education Code, apply only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.