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§ 61.002. APPLICABILITY. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), this chapter applies to a proceeding to enter a
juvenile court order:
(1) for payment of probation fees under Section
54.061;
(2) for restitution under Sections 54.041(b) and
54.048;
(3) for payment of graffiti eradication fees under
Section 54.0461;
(4) for community service under Section 54.044(b);
(5) for payment of costs of court under Section
54.0411 or other provisions of law;
(6) requiring the person to refrain from doing any act
injurious to the welfare of the child under Section 54.041(a)(1);
(7) enjoining contact between the person and the child
who is the subject of a proceeding under Section 54.041(a)(2);
(8) ordering a person living in the same household
with the child to participate in counseling under Section
54.041(a)(3);
(9) requiring a parent or guardian of a child found to
be truant to participate in an available program addressing truancy
under Section 54.041(f);
(10) requiring a parent or other eligible person to
pay reasonable attorney's fees for representing the child under
Section 51.10(e);
(11) requiring the parent or other eligible person to
reimburse the county for payments the county has made to an attorney
appointed to represent the child under Section 51.10(j);
(12) requiring payment of deferred prosecution
supervision fees under Section 53.03(d);
(13) requiring a parent or other eligible person to
attend a court hearing under Section 51.115;
(14) requiring a parent or other eligible person to
act or refrain from acting to aid the child in complying with
conditions of release from detention under Section 54.01(r); or
(15) requiring a parent or other eligible person to
act or refrain from acting under any law imposing an obligation of
action or omission on a parent or other eligible person because of
the parent's or person's relation to the child who is the subject of
a proceeding under this title.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to the entry and
enforcement of a child support order under Section 54.06.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, § 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Section: B. Binding Effect of the Compact
1. All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission,
including all rules and bylaws promulgated by the Interstate
Commission, are binding upon the compacting states.
2. All agreements between the Interstate Commission and
the compacting states are binding in accordance with their terms.
3. Upon the request of a party to a conflict over
meaning or interpretation of Interstate Commission actions, and
upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the Interstate
Commission may issue advisory opinions regarding such meaning or
interpretation.
4. In the event any provision of this compact exceeds
the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any
compacting state, the obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction
sought to be conferred by such provision upon the Interstate
Commission shall be ineffective and such obligations, duties,
powers, or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and
shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which such obligations,
duties, powers, or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at
the time this compact becomes effective.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1007, § 1.01, eff. Sept 60.011 60.012 61.001 61.002 61.003 61.0031 61.004 61.051 61.052 61.053 61.054
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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