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Texas Family Code - Section 51.13. Effect Of Adjudication Or Disposition

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§ 51.13. EFFECT OF ADJUDICATION OR DISPOSITION.  (a) 
Except as provided by Subsection (d), an order of adjudication or 
disposition in a proceeding under this title is not a conviction of 
crime.  Except as provided by Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, 
an order of adjudication or disposition does not impose any civil 
disability ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to 
disqualify the child in any civil service application or 
appointment.
	(b)  The adjudication or disposition of a child or evidence 
adduced in a hearing under this title may be used only in 
subsequent:
		(1)  proceedings under this title in which the child is 
a party;            
		(2)  sentencing proceedings in criminal court against 
the child to the extent permitted by the Texas Code of Criminal 
Procedure, 1965;  or
		(3)  civil commitment proceedings under Chapter 841, 
Health and Safety Code.
	(c)  A child may not be committed or transferred to a penal 
institution or other facility used primarily for the execution of 
sentences of persons convicted of crime, except:
		(1)  for temporary detention in a jail or lockup 
pending juvenile court hearing or disposition under conditions 
meeting the requirements of Section 51.12 of this code;
		(2)  after transfer for prosecution in criminal court 
under Section 54.02 of this code;  or
		(3)  after transfer from the Texas Youth Commission 
under Section 61.084, Human Resources Code.
	(d)  An adjudication under Section 54.03 that a child engaged 
in conduct that occurred on or after January 1, 1996, and that 
constitutes a felony offense resulting in commitment to the Texas 
Youth Commission under Section 54.04(d)(2), (d)(3), or (m) or 
54.05(f) is a final felony conviction only for the purposes of 
Sections 12.42(a), (b), (c)(1), and (e), Penal Code.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1460, ch. 544, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1973.  
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 385, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 
1987;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 799, § 1, eff. June 18, 1993;  
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1996;  Acts 
1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1086, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 
76th Leg., ch. 1188, § 4.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th 
Leg., ch. 283, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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