Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 45A.505 · Subchapter K. YOUTH DIVERSION
DIVERSION STRATEGIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Diversion strategies include:
(1) requiring a child to participate in a program, including:
(A) a court-approved teen court program operated by a service provider;
(B) a school-related program;
(C) an educational program, including an alcohol awareness program, a tobacco awareness program, or a drug education program;
(D) a rehabilitation program; or
(E) a self-improvement program, including a program relating to self-esteem, leadership, self-responsibility, empathy, parenting, parental responsibility, manners, violence avoidance, anger management, life skills, wellness, or dispute resolution;
(2) referring a child to a service provider for services, including:
(A) at-risk youth services under Subchapter D, Chapter 137, Human Resources Code;
(B) juvenile case manager services under Article 45A.451;
(C) work and job skills training, including job interviewing and work preparation;
(D) academic monitoring or tutoring, including preparation for a high school equivalency examination administered under Section 7.111, Education Code;
(E) community-based services;
(F) mental health screening and clinical assessment;
(G) counseling, including private or in-school counseling; or
(H) mentoring services;
(3) requiring a child to:
(A) participate in mediation or other dispute resolution processes;
(B) submit to alcohol or drug testing; or
(C) substantially comply with a course of treatment prescribed by a physician or other licensed medical or mental health professional; and
(4) requiring a child, by court order, to:
(A) pay restitution not to exceed $100 for an offense against property under Title 7, Penal Code;
(B) perform not more than 20 hours of community service; or
(C) perform any other reasonable action determined by the court.
(b) A diversion strategy may be imposed under:
(1) an intermediate diversion under Article 45A.509;
(2) a diversion by a justice or judge under Article 45A.510; or
(3) a system of graduated sanctions for certain school offenses under Section 37.144, Education Code.
(c) A diversion strategy under this subchapter may not require a child who is a home-schooled student, as defined by Section 29.916, Education Code, to:
(1) attend an elementary or secondary school; or
(2) use an educational curriculum other than the curriculum selected by the parent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 5.027(a), eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.45A.htm
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BenchPath cards that rely on this text
- Kenedy County Justice Court (countywide) — Order Adopting a Youth Diversion Plan under Code of Criminal Procedure art. 45.306 (effective January 1, 2025)
- Justice Court, Precinct 4 (Tarrant County) — Youth Diversion Plan (eff. Jan. 1, 2025; CCP art. 45.304–45.312)
- Concho County Countywide Justice Court Order Adopting a Youth Diversion Plan (signed December 13, 2024; effective January 1, 2025)
- Order Adopting a Youth/Juvenile Diversion Plan - Randall County Justice Court, Precinct 1 (signed January 1, 2025)
- Tom Green County Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 Order Adopting a Youth Diversion Plan (effective October 21, 2025)
- Justice Court, Precinct 2 (Tarrant County) — Youth Diversion Plan (eff. Jan. 1, 2025; CCP art. 45.306)
- Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 Place 2 — Juvenile Diversion Plan (Order Adopting)
- Youth Diversion Plan — Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6, Place 1 (Matagorda County)
- Stonewall County Justice of the Peace Youth Diversion Plan and Order Adopting It (effective January 1, 2025)
- Order Adopting a Youth/Juvenile Diversion Plan - Swisher County Justice Court, Precinct 1 (2025)
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Code of Criminal Procedure
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 7.111HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY EXAMINATIONS.Printed as Section 7.111, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 29.916HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENT MERIT SCHOLARSHIP AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTING.Printed as Section 29.916, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.144GRADUATED SANCTIONS FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL OFFENSES.Printed as Section 37.144, Education Code
Human Resources Code
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