Sec. 54.0401. 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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Juvenile Justice Code
Chapter 54 - Judicial Proceedings
Section 54.01. Detention Hearing
Section 54.011. Detention Hearings for Status Offenders and Nonoffenders; Penalty
Section 54.012. Interactive Video Recording of Detention Hearing
Section 54.02. Waiver of Jurisdiction and Discretionary Transfer to Criminal Court
Section 54.03. Adjudication Hearing
Section 54.031. Hearsay Statement of Certain Abuse Victims
Section 54.033. Sexually Transmitted Disease, Aids, and HIV Testing
Section 54.034. Limited Right to Appeal: Warning
Section 54.04. Disposition Hearing
Section 54.0401. Community-Based Programs
Section 54.04012. Trafficked Persons Program
Section 54.04013. Special Commitment to Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Section 54.0405. Child Placed on Probation for Conduct Constituting Sexual Offense
Section 54.0406. Child Placed on Probation for Conduct Involving a Handgun
Section 54.0407. Cruelty to Animals: Counseling Required
Section 54.0409. DNA Sample Required on Certain Felony Adjudications
Section 54.041. Orders Affecting Parents and Others
Section 54.042. License Suspension
Section 54.043. Monitoring School Attendance
Section 54.044. Community Service
Section 54.045. Admission of Unadjudicated Conduct
Section 54.046. Conditions of Probation for Damaging Property With Graffiti
Section 54.047. Alcohol or Drug Related Offense
Section 54.0481. Restitution for Damaging Property With Graffiti
Section 54.0482. Treatment of Restitution Payments
Section 54.049. Conditions of Probation for Desecrating a Cemetery or Abusing a Corpse
Section 54.0491. Gang-Related Conduct
Section 54.05. Hearing to Modify Disposition
Section 54.051. Transfer of Determinate Sentence Probation to Appropriate District Court
Section 54.052. Credit for Time Spent in Detention Facility for Child With Determinate Sentence
Section 54.06. Judgments for Support
Section 54.061. Payment of Probation Fees
Section 54.07. Enforcement of Order
Section 54.08. Public Access to Court Hearings
Section 54.09. Recording of Proceedings