HF 2738

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to juveniles; authorizing peace officers to 
  1.3             transport alleged truants from the child's home to 
  1.4             school or to a truancy service center; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 260C.143, 
  1.6             subdivision 4. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.9   260C.143, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 4.  [TRUANT.] When a peace officer or probation 
  1.11  officer has probable cause to believe that a child is currently 
  1.12  under age 16 and absent from school without lawful excuse, the 
  1.13  officer may: 
  1.14     (1) transport the child to the child's home and deliver the 
  1.15  child to the custody of the child's parent or guardian,; 
  1.16     (2) transport the child to the child's school of enrollment 
  1.17  and deliver the child to the custody of a school superintendent 
  1.18  or teacher or; 
  1.19     (3) transport the child to a truancy service center under 
  1.20  section 260A.04, subdivision 3; or 
  1.21     (4) transport the child from the child's home to the 
  1.22  child's school of enrollment or to a truancy service center.