Texas Family Code

§ 54.0481 — RESTITUTION FOR DAMAGING PROPERTY WITH GRAFFITI

FA § 54.0481Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 54. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

Statute text

(a)A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 54.04 regarding a child who has been adjudicated to have engaged in delinquent conduct that violates Section 28.08, Penal Code:

(1)may order the child or a parent or other person responsible for the child's support to make restitution by:

(A)reimbursing the owner of the property for the cost of restoring the property; or

(B)with the consent of the owner of the property, personally restoring the property by removing or painting over any markings the child made; and

(2)if the child made markings on public property, a street sign, or an official traffic-control device in violation of Section 28.08, Penal Code, may order the child or a parent or other person responsible for the child's support to:

(A)make to the political subdivision that owns the public property or erected the street sign or official traffic-control device restitution in an amount equal to the lesser of the cost to the political subdivision of replacing or restoring the public property, street sign, or official traffic-control device; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1053 (H.B. 2151), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007.