Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 142.001 · Chapter 142. JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENTS AND PERSONNEL
DEFINITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter, "juvenile probation services" means:
(1) services provided by or under the direction of a juvenile probation officer in response to an order issued by a juvenile court and under the court's direction, including:
(A) protective services;
(B) prevention of delinquent conduct and conduct indicating a need for supervision;
(C) diversion;
(D) deferred prosecution;
(E) foster care;
(F) counseling;
(G) supervision; and
(H) diagnostic, correctional, and educational services; and
(2) services provided by a juvenile probation department that are related to the operation of a preadjudication or post-adjudication juvenile facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1394, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.142.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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