Texas Family Code

§ 54.0401 — COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS

FA § 54.0401Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 54. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

Statute text

(a)This section applies only to a county that has a population of at least 335,000.

(b)A juvenile court of a county to which this section applies may require a child who is found to have engaged in delinquent conduct that violates a penal law of the grade of misdemeanor and for whom the requirements of Subsection (c) are met to participate in a community-based program administered by the county's juvenile board.

(c)A juvenile court of a county to which this section applies may make a disposition under Subsection (b) for delinquent conduct that violates a penal law of the grade of misdemeanor:

(1)if:

(A)the child has been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of misdemeanor on at least two previous occasions;

(B)of the previous adjudications, the conduct that was the basis for one of the adjudications occurred after the date of another previous adjudication; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 50, eff. September 1, 2015.