Texas Family Code

§ 53.045 — OFFENSES ELIGIBLE FOR DETERMINATE SENTENCE

FA § 53.045Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 53. PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

Statute text

(a)Except as provided by Subsection (e), the prosecuting attorney may refer the petition to the grand jury of the county in which the court in which the petition is filed presides if the petition alleges that the child engaged in delinquent conduct that constitutes habitual felony conduct as described by Section 51.031 or that included the violation of any of the following provisions:

(1)Section 19.02, Penal Code (murder);

(2)Section 19.03, Penal Code (capital murder);

(3)Section 19.04, Penal Code (manslaughter);

(4)Section 20.04, Penal Code (aggravated kidnapping);

(5)Section 22.011, Penal Code (sexual assault) or Section 22.021, Penal Code (aggravated sexual assault);

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 2884), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 3.006, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1299 (H.B. 2862), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 2.31, eff. January 1, 2017. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 854 (S.B. 1149), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.