§ 54.021. COUNTY, JUSTICE, OR MUNICIPAL COURT: TRUANCY. (a) The juvenile court may waive its exclusive original jurisdiction and transfer a child to the constitutional county court, if the county has a population of two million or more, or to an appropriate justice or municipal court, with the permission of the county, justice, or municipal court, for disposition in the manner provided by Subsection (b) if the child is alleged to have engaged in conduct described in Section 51.03(b)(2). A waiver of jurisdiction under this subsection may be for an individual case or for all cases in which a child is alleged to have engaged in conduct described in Section 51.03(b)(2). The waiver of a juvenile court's exclusive original jurisdiction for all cases in which a child is alleged to have engaged in conduct described in Section 51.03(b)(2) is effective for a period of one year. (b) A county, justice, or municipal court may exercise jurisdiction over a person alleged to have engaged in conduct indicating a need for supervision by engaging in conduct described in Section 51.03(b)(2) in a case where: (1) the juvenile court has waived its original jurisdiction under this section; and (2) a complaint is filed by the appropriate authority in the county, justice, or municipal court charging an offense under Section 25.094, Education Code. (c) A proceeding in a county, justice, or municipal court on a complaint charging an offense under Section 25.094, Education Code, is governed by Chapter 45, Code of Criminal Procedure. (d) Notwithstanding any other law, the costs assessed in a case filed in or transferred to a constitutional county court for an offense under Section 25.093 or 25.094, Education Code, must be the same as the costs assessed for a case filed in a justice court for an offense under Section 25.093 or 25.094, Education Code. (e) The proceedings before a constitutional county court related to an offense under Section 25.093 or 25.094, Education Code, may be recorded in any manner provided by Section 30.00010, Government Code, for recording proceedings in a municipal court of record. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 741, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 358, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 24, eff. May 30, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, § 35, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 865, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 76, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1514, § 14, 19(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 137, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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