§ 261.3023 Law Enforcement Response to Child Safety Check Alert
If a law enforcement officer encounters a child or other person listed on the Texas Crime Information Center’s child safety check alert list, the law enforcement officer shall follow the procedures described by Article 2A.056, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 1.22, eff. September 1, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1056 (H.B. 2053), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1202 (S.B. 1406), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015. Reenacted and amended by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 7.006, eff. September 1, 2017. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.051, eff. January 1, 2025.
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