Texas § FA.54.0401 - COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § FA.54.0401 — COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ FA.54.0401. COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS
COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS. (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 (C) the conduct that is the basis of the current adjudication occurred after the date of at least two previous adjudications; or (2) if: (A) the child has been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony on at least one previous occasion; and (B) the conduct that is the basis of the current adjudication occurred after the date of that previous adjudication. (d) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall establish guidelines for the implementation of community-based programs described by this section. The juvenile board of each county to which this section applies shall implement a community-based program that complies with those guidelines. (e) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall provide grants to selected juvenile boards to assist with the implementation of a system of community-based programs under this section. (f) Expired. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 263 (S.B. 103 ), Sec. 8, eff. June 8, 2007. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549 ), Sec. 50, eff. September 1, 2015.
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Section FA.54.0401 ("COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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