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.