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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="11-305" title_number="11" title_name="Powers of Code Counties" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Juvenile Curfew">
  <text>A juvenile curfew ordinance adopted under this subtitle does not apply to a minor who is:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>performing an errand at the direction of the minor’s parent or guardian, without a detour or stop, until 12:30 a.m.;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>accompanied by an adult authorized by the minor’s parent or guardian to have temporary care or custody of the minor for a designated period of time within a specified area;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>with consent of the minor’s parent or guardian, involved in interstate travel;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>engaged in legal employment activity or is going to or returning home from a legal employment activity;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>involved in a sudden or unexpected happening or an unforeseen combination of circumstances that calls for immediate action to protect health, safety, welfare, or property from actual or threatened harm or an unlawful act;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>on the property where the minor resides or on the sidewalk abutting the minor’s residence or abutting the residence of a next–door neighbor if an adult resident of that property has given permission for the minor’s presence;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>attending or returning directly home from:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>a school, religious, or recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the local jurisdiction, a civic organization, or a volunteer association that takes responsibility for the minor; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>a place of public entertainment, including a movie, play, or sporting event;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>exercising First Amendment rights under the United States Constitution if the minor has first submitted to the chief of the local law enforcement agency a written communication that:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>is signed by the minor and countersigned, if practicable, by the parent or guardian of the minor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>includes the parent’s or guardian’s home address and telephone number; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>specifies when, where, and in what manner the minor will be in a public place during curfew hours; or</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>remaining in a public place in a case of reasonable necessity if the minor’s parent or guardian has communicated to the chief of the local law enforcement agency facts:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>establishing the reasonable necessity; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>designating:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the specific public place and the points of origin and destination for the minor’s travel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the times the minor will be in the public place or traveling to or from the public place.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
