TX HB1511

Counties may adopt juvenile curfews for persons under 17 years of age in unincorporated areas, applicable during nighttime hours (half hour after sunset to half hour before sunrise), with authority to set specific hours, age-based restrictions, exemptions for holidays and work travel, and enforcement procedures

General-law municipalities gain authority to adopt juvenile curfew ordinances with the same powers as counties, or may adopt and adapt a county's existing curfew order to fit municipal needs

Violations of juvenile curfew ordinances or orders are classified as Class C misdemeanors, and children taken into custody must be released to parents/guardians, brought before court, or taken to a designated juvenile curfew processing office

Juvenile curfew processing offices must be unlocked, non-secure areas where children cannot be restrained to stationary objects, must have continuous visual supervision, and cannot hold children longer than six hours or beyond the time needed for identification, processing, and release

Municipalities and counties must review their juvenile curfew ordinances or orders every three years, including public hearings on effectiveness, and must decide whether to abolish, continue, or modify them—failure to conduct the review results in automatic expiration