89R11185 CJD-F     By: Orr H.B. No. 5113       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the age at which a child on determinate sentence   probation may be transferred to a district court and placed on   community supervision.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 54.051(a), (d), and (e-2), Family Code,   are amended to read as follows:          (a)  On motion of the state concerning a child who is placed   on probation under Section 54.04(q), the juvenile court:                (1)  may, if the child is placed on probation for a   period, including any extension ordered under Section 54.05, that   will continue or has continued after the child's 18th birthday,   hold a hearing to determine whether to transfer the child to an   appropriate district court; or                (2)  shall, if the child is placed on probation for a   period, including any extension ordered under Section 54.05, that   will continue after the child's 19th birthday, [the juvenile court   shall] hold a hearing to determine whether to transfer the child to   an appropriate district court or discharge the child from the   sentence of probation.          (d)  If, after a hearing, the court determines to transfer   the child, the court shall transfer the child to an appropriate   district court after the child's 18th birthday but not later than on   the child's 19th birthday.          (e-2)  If a person who is placed on community supervision   under this section violates a condition of that supervision or if   the person violated a condition of probation ordered under Section   54.04(q) and that probation violation was not discovered by the   state before the date on which the person is transferred to an   appropriate district court under Subsection (d) [person's 19th   birthday], the district court shall dispose of the violation of   community supervision or probation, as appropriate, in the same   manner as if the court had originally exercised jurisdiction over   the case.  If the judge revokes community supervision, the judge may   reduce the prison sentence to any length without regard to the   minimum term imposed by Article 42A.755(a), Code of Criminal   Procedure.          SECTION 2.  Section 54.051, Family Code, as amended by this   Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the effective   date of this Act.  Conduct that occurs before the effective date of   this Act is governed by the law in effect when the conduct occurred,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For   purposes of this section, conduct occurs before the effective date   of this Act if any element of the conduct occurs before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.