Texas Family Code - Section 54.049. Conditions Of Probation For Desecrating A Cemetery Or Abusing A Corpse

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§ 54.049. CONDITIONS OF PROBATION FOR DESECRATING A 
CEMETERY OR ABUSING A CORPSE.  (a) If a juvenile court places on 
probation under Section 54.04(d) a child adjudicated to have 
engaged in conduct in violation of Section 28.03(f), Penal Code, 
involving damage or destruction inflicted on a place of human 
burial or under Section 42.08, Penal Code, in addition to other 
conditions of probation, the court shall order the child to make 
restitution to a cemetery organization operating a cemetery 
affected by the conduct in an amount equal to the cost to the 
cemetery of repairing any damage caused by the conduct.
	(b)  If a juvenile court orders a child to make restitution 
under Subsection (a) and the child is financially unable to make the 
restitution, the court may order:
		(1)  the child to perform a specific number of hours of 
community service to satisfy the restitution;  or
		(2)  a parent or other person responsible for the 
child's support to make the restitution in the amount described by 
Subsection (a).
	(c)  In this section, "cemetery" and "cemetery organization" 
have the meanings assigned by Section 711.001, Health and Safety 
Code.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1025, § 3, eff. June 18, 2005.          

Last modified: August 10, 2007