Texas Family Code - Section 52.026. Responsibility For Transporting Juvenile Offenders
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§ 52.026. RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSPORTING JUVENILE
OFFENDERS. (a) It shall be the duty of the law enforcement officer
who has taken a child into custody to transport the child to the
appropriate detention facility if the child is not released to the
parent, guardian, or custodian of the child.
(b) If the juvenile detention facility is located outside
the county in which the child is taken into custody, it shall be the
duty of the law enforcement officer who has taken the child into
custody or, if authorized by the commissioners court of the county,
the sheriff of that county to transport the child to the appropriate
juvenile detention facility unless the child is:
(1) detained in a secure detention facility under
Section 51.12(j); or
(2) released to the parent, guardian, or custodian of
the child.
(c) On adoption of an order by the juvenile board and
approval of the juvenile board's order by record vote of the
commissioners court, it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the
county in which the child is taken into custody to transport the
child to and from all scheduled juvenile court proceedings and
appearances and other activities ordered by the juvenile court.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 411, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1374, § 3, eff. Sept. 1,
1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 6.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1082, § 1, eff. June 18, 1999.
Section: 51.20 51.21 52.01 52.015 52.0151 52.02 52.025 52.026 52.03 52.031 52.032 52.04 52.041 53.01 53.012
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