Texas Family Code

§ 65.004 — TRUANCY COURTS; JURISDICTION

FA § 65.004Title 3A. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS · Ch. 65. TRUANCY COURT PROCEEDINGS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The following are designated as truancy courts:

(1)in a county with a population of 2.1 million or more, the constitutional county court;

(2)justice courts; and

(3)municipal courts.

(b)A truancy court has exclusive original jurisdiction over cases involving allegations of truant conduct.

(c)A municipality may enter into an agreement with a contiguous municipality or a municipality with boundaries that are within one-half mile of the municipality seeking to enter into the agreement to establish concurrent jurisdiction of the municipal courts in the municipalities and provide original jurisdiction to a municipal court in which a truancy case is brought as if the municipal court were located in the municipality in which the case arose.

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2023.