Sec. 55.34. TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM FACILITY. (a) If the court issues a placement order under Section 55.33(a)(1) or (2), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff's department to transport the child to the designated facility.
(b) On receipt of a report from a facility to which a child has been transported under Subsection (a), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff's department to transport the child from the facility to the court. If the child is not transported to the court before the 11th day after the date of the court's order, an authorized representative of the facility shall transport the child from the facility to the court.
(c) The county in which the juvenile court is located shall reimburse the facility for the costs incurred in transporting the child to the juvenile court as required by Subsection (b).
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1477, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 814 (H.B. 2107), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Juvenile Justice Code
Chapter 55 - Proceedings Concerning Children With Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability
Subchapter C. Child Unfit to Proceed as a Result of Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability
Section 55.31. Unfitness to Proceed Determination; Examination
Section 55.32. Hearing on Issue of Fitness to Proceed
Section 55.33. Proceedings Following Finding of Unfitness to Proceed
Section 55.34. Transportation to and From Facility
Section 55.35. Information Required to Be Sent to Facility; Report to Court
Section 55.36. Report That Child Is Fit to Proceed; Hearing on Objection
Section 55.38. Commitment Proceedings in Juvenile Court for Mental Illness
Section 55.39. Referral for Commitment Proceedings for Mental Illness
Section 55.40. Report That Child Is Unfit to Proceed as a Result of Intellectual Disability
Section 55.41. Commitment Proceedings in Juvenile Court for Children With Intellectual Disability
Section 55.42. Referral for Commitment Proceedings for Children With Intellectual Disability
Section 55.43. Restoration Hearing
Section 55.44. Transfer to Criminal Court on 18th Birthday of Child
Section 55.45. Standards of Care; Notice of Release or Furlough