Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 45A.460 — COMMUNITY SERVICE TO SATISFY FINES OR COSTS FOR CERTAIN JUVENILE DEFENDANTS FOR OFFENSES ON SCHOOL GROUNDS

CR § 45A.460Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 45A. JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS · Art. J. CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN

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(a)This article applies only to a defendant younger than 17 years of age who is assessed a fine or cost for a Class C misdemeanor occurring in a building or on the grounds of the primary or secondary school at which the defendant was enrolled at the time of the offense.

(b)A justice or judge may require a defendant described by Subsection (a) to discharge all or part of the fine or cost by performing community service.

(c)An order requiring a defendant to perform community service under this article must specify:

(1)the number of hours of community service the defendant is required to perform; and

(2)the date by which the defendant must submit to the court documentation verifying that the defendant completed the community service.

(d)The justice or judge may order the defendant to perform community service under this article:

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 9.09, eff. December 4, 2025.