Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 245.151 · Subchapter D. TERMINATION OF CONTROL
TERMINATION OF CONTROL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), if a person is committed to the department under a determinate sentence under Section 54.04(d)(3), Section 54.04(m), or Section 54.05(f), Family Code, the department may not discharge the person from its custody.
(b) The department shall discharge without a court hearing a person committed to the department for a determinate sentence under Section 54.04(d)(3), Section 54.04(m), or Section 54.05(f), Family Code, who has not been transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under a court order on the date that the time spent by the person in detention in connection with the committing case plus the time spent at the department under the order of commitment equals the period of the sentence.
(c) The department shall transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice a person who is the subject of an order under Section 54.11(i)(2), Family Code, transferring the person to the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the completion of the person's sentence.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the department shall discharge from its custody a person not already discharged on the person's 19th birthday.
(e) The department shall transfer a person who has been sentenced under a determinate sentence to commitment under Section 54.04(d)(3), 54.04(m), or 54.05(f), Family Code, or who has been returned to the department under Section 54.11(i)(1), Family Code, to the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on the person's 19th birthday, if the person has not already been discharged or transferred, to serve the remainder of the person's sentence on parole as provided by Section 508.156, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter F, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.245.htm
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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.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.04DISPOSITION HEARING.Printed as Section 54.04(d)(3), 54.04(m), or 54.05(f), Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.05HEARING TO MODIFY DISPOSITION.Printed as Section 54.04(d)(3), 54.04(m), or 54.05(f), Family Code | Section 54.05(f), Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.11RELEASE OR TRANSFER HEARING.Printed as Section 54.11(i)(1), Family Code | Section 54.11(i)(2), Family Code
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Family Code
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 499.053TRANSFERS FROM TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OR POST-ADJUDICATION SECURE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.Printed as Section 245.151, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 508.156DETERMINATE SENTENCE PAROLE.Printed as Section 152.0016(g), 152.00161(e), 245.051(c), or 245.151(e), Human Resources Code
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