Tex. Gov't Code § 508.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
INAPPLICABLE TO JUVENILES AND CERTAIN INMATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not apply to an emergency absence under escort granted to an inmate by the institutional division under Section 501.006.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), this chapter does not apply to release on parole from an institution for juveniles.
(c) The provisions of this chapter not in conflict with Section 508.156 apply to parole of a person from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or from a post-adjudication secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with a juvenile board or local juvenile probation department under that section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 100, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 854 (S.B. 1149), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.508.htm
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