88R336 LHC-D By: Craddick H.B. No. 458 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice Department must accept custody of a person committed to the department. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 54.04, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (s) to read as follows: (s) If the judge orders a disposition under this section sentencing a person to commitment in the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the department shall accept custody of the person not later than the 30th day after the date on which the judge signs the disposition order committing the person to the department. SECTION 2. This Act applies to a person who is sentenced to commitment in the Texas Juvenile Justice Department on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the conduct for which the person was sentenced occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.