Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAS:, OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable R. Il. Ulnahip, Jr., 8uperintePdent 3
Oatearlllo St*te Who01 t6E Bow ( \,: \ ax88 aatowzlle,
Dear MS:
opiniorr lso:-04 ‘i
au: or the laot InteBpret8tlon paragraph sf.?ectaux l3, hnato Bill Hdz 44,‘~-Aotr ./‘of the 4dth &gi&Uture, / IIplar 8eSSlon. A’ “\\ r0l? Okd’&&~~~lr, thb bm~b0~0 08p- x0rp mum ttoued tnatter haa been reo6lvod b,j.ulLs dmpprwasnt. lie quoto from your lettcrr u rollomr ‘\ v, ,*’ *2 “’
Bmorable R. R. WSxmbip, Jr., page 2
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‘If no jury 1s Qaandod, tha Judge ebell~ro- teed Tit21 the hemur& When the prooeedlIlg La ulth a jury, the Yerdict shall 3t8to Vhether the jUYtile ia ~ddinqurnt mldc vmaan the maning 0r this Aot, and ir theJudge or jury tad8 that th6 Qhlld 1a dellaquu& or othet’ulse Uitlztn th. ~OYlaiOM
or thla Act, oourt nay by order &ul~ entered pro- 0m a8 r0u0vn:
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“(2) Commit the ohlld to a slritable publio in- stitutlon or agenay, or to a aultabla privets lnstl- tutlcia or 8gfana~ authorized to on&e Ioz ohlldrena
or to place then in euitablo famllp htamb or parez&t- al hCiWS for a!& 1Pdstmte p?Niod Or tine, ZiOt axtmcUngbayondth~tlme~ahlld*)ullrelb~hthO 0r tventy-cnu3 (21) x0erwi
a . . . .
iUh&rer the oourk ah@ll wmxalt a ohlld to any .inrtitutlon or sgenoy, it &mll tr4mamlt vlth
th0 order 0r caanitmeat, a wm8ary 0r It0 worma- tua oc~~~orning 8uoh ahad and &iv8 at or oomltnmnt the birth date of the ohlld.or attach’
therato..a aertiiled copy of the birth certltloate.”
Seotlon of raid Senate Bill 44, rem28 in part aa r0u&3 I
a . . . 2hetem’delin~usatcbfld’mea1~any haala person wmr the age of ton (LO) years and
wer afg0 0r 0ighmn (ia) yeaa aad ~la;r toal por’eon over the 8 e 0r ten (10) yaarr aud under tho age of seventeen t 17) yaarsx “(a) vho violate8 lfni thi8 state any p
0r the grade or relonyj
“(b) or vho vrolatea any lxnaal lau of this state or the wade o< mlsdmaeenor where the pualah- ment pzmcrlbed f’or suoh osfenae maybe by confsne- sent in jail;
ficnorable R. PI. Wuhip, Jr., W. 3
“(0) or who habitually violates any m 1.~ OS this wxt0 0r th0 grad0 or iabdeaeanor vb0ro
th0 puaiw0a pcesoribed r0r 8wh 0rr0n.0 is by
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‘(d) OP uho bebltuelly vlolat.8 any penal or- dinance or a poluiaal subdivlrlan 0s this atate)
*(o) ar tmo habitually violataa a ccspclsory mhcfol attmr\snne lav ai t&is statej
* e(r) al- vho habltmlly 80 deport. bAneeli 88 4ure endanger the norala or heaUh of him- “(6) or vho babltually asscclater with vlolou3 and l.mmor.1per.one.” a
und6rth0t0m3orth0 delinquent boy i8. fmmitte~ 30 a,
hs 8hau be 0~0~ th0 8g0 or ten (10) yearr and unaer me a66 3r sev0ntoen (17) yeara.
Paragreph(2),ReotQxLl3, prcvlder thatadellIiWe&t child ~axx b0 acamltted to a publio lzxatituticn ior aa lndeter- nirute period of time, eztendta& beyond the time tbe cblld 3hall reach the of tusnty-ome (21) yearem
St It aandatcry that the btith date of the boy be glve~ ln the conmltment or a oertlrled copy or the blsth certl- rloate attached thereto in ror tbe 3upeclntendont to bo in poeltlon to deterane whether or not boy le ellgfble for admleeion to ‘said lnstltutlcn. Further it 1s Xmoosrcrry that the 3uperintendent reeeloe the above LllfbFEIotioLL in order t0 deteraine vhen the boy reaohea twenty-one (21) years of am, 00 tbet he say release him rropl the lnetltutlaa.
In adciltkn to the above, 3ecticn li plainly provldea that the date of blrthehallbe inaluded inthe wXmlt.Inexat Or a certified copy or birth certirluato attached thereto, end le not comp~eto end in ft is very obvious CtitmeAt complienco vlth oup StatUtea u&L886 the birth dat0 1. contetned $;z:; or 8 oertlfled copy Of the birth oert+ficeto attaabed
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454 2cwrabla R. H. Wlnahip, Jr., pego
Invleu of the ffsef~o%ug,lt2m the 0pinionoftM.a depsrtmn~ that the Sqm’inturciarrt ahall refuse to reoeive 8 boyOolaattedtot&a~tesvl.lle stat. sohoolfaFBoy8vh8nt&e ocormittlag oourt rclll8 to eve, %a the order of ooml~t, tha birth date of child or attaoh thereto a certlticd oopy of tbo birth oertlfioate.
Although it ia amdatmy on the oourt trpnsnlt of f,nhrrmtlou ooncma- with thaorder oaslpltawaat a mumary 8uch iaforaatloa 3.8 prt ai the 0omltaQeut~ Ing the ok&l& our opinion li the oon88Ltment ‘. It 1a thawrare omplias vith the twms of QUIP atatutsa inoladillR tha date of bf&th or certified 0013~ of birth asrt:tioate, t&e ;Jupe~ls~Gznd- ent rwl receive the boy, au13 t&e above desoribab lnform6tlon can be rsoelved at B ltbter date.
Very truly youra A%JEaRYaIcBwALc?TBxss $Le. a-4
$7 ’ BY s. C. Dwrlr, Jr. Asriatant *PPROVEEMlff 23, 1943