HOUSE BILL NO. 1110

By Representatives Boner, Sherry Jones, Hargett

Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 344

By Senator Haynes

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-129, relative to children found to have committed delinquent acts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-129(b), is amended by deleting the second and third sentences and by substituting instead the following:

If the court finds that the child is not in need of treatment or rehabilitation, it may dismiss the proceeding and discharge the child from any detention or other restriction theretofore ordered. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, evidence of the commission of acts which constitute a felony or which reflect recidivistic delinquency is sufficient to sustain a finding that the child is in need of treatment or rehabilitation.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, the public welfare requiring it.