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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 46B.106. Civil Commitment Placement: No Finding Of Violence

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Art. 46B.106. CIVIL COMMITMENT PLACEMENT:  NO FINDING OF 
VIOLENCE.  (a) A defendant committed to a facility as a result of 
the proceedings initiated under this chapter, other than a 
defendant described by Article 46B.104, shall be committed to a 
facility designated by the local mental health authority or local 
mental retardation authority to serve the catchment area in which 
the committing court is located.
	(b)  A facility may not refuse to accept a placement ordered 
under this article on the grounds that criminal charges against the 
defendant are pending.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 35, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.  

Last modified: August 11, 2007