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Texas Human Resources Code - Chapter 63 Residential Facilities For Certain Delinquent ChildrenLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Human Resources Code > Texas Human Resources Code - Chapter 63 Residential Facilities For Certain Delinquent Children In this chapter: (1) "Juvenile" means a person from the age of 10 to 18 years who has been found to have engaged in delinquent ... A county or a combination of counties may, and they are hereby authorized to, elect to own, establish, operate, and staff a long-term residential facility ... The facility is an agency of the state, a governmental unit, and a unit of local government as defined and specified by Chapters 101 and ... The facility shall be governed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees for a facility created by a single county may be the ... A facility created by a combination of counties shall be governed by a board of trustees. Such board of trustees shall consist of not less ... The board of trustees shall make rules to govern the holding of regular and special meetings. All meetings of the board of trustees shall be ... A majority of the membership of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ... The board of trustees is responsible for the administration of the facility. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 564, § 1, eff. Aug. 28, ... The board of trustees shall develop policies consistent with the rules, regulations, and standards of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. Added by Acts 1989, 71st ... The board of trustees shall standardize qualifications for personnel positions in the community center consistent with those established by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. Added ... The board of trustees may appoint advisory committees to advise the board on matters relating to the administration of the facility. No such committee shall ... The board of trustees shall appoint an executive director for the facility. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 564, § 1, eff. Aug. 28, ... The executive director shall have the powers delegated by and be subject to the policy direction of the board of trustees. Added by Acts 1989, ... The board of trustees or the director may employ and train personnel for the administration of the various programs and services of the facility. The ... Each county participating in the creation of the facility may contribute lands, buildings, personnel, and funds for the administration of the various programs and services ... The board of trustees of the facility may accept gifts, grants, and donations of money, personal property, and real property for use in the administration ... (a) In the instance of a facility formed by a single county, the commissioners court of the creating county may acquire, through gift, purchase, condemnation, ... (a) In the instance of a facility being created by two or more counties, the commissioners courts of the forming counties may acquire, by gift, ... The board of trustees may make rules consistent with those promulgated by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and the policies, principles, and standards provided in ... The board of trustees will provide at least the following services to a juvenile who is placed into the facility: (1) Education. Upon admission into ... The board of trustees of the facility shall devise a list of services that it will offer to each juvenile who is placed into the ... The facility may engage in research and in recruitment and training of personnel in support of its programs and services and may make contracts for ... The board of trustees for the facility may charge reasonable fees to cover costs for services provided, except where prohibited by other service contracts or ... In collecting fees for the treatment rendered juveniles, the director will bill directly that county in which the juvenile resided prior to his admission to ... The board of trustees may provide that juveniles who reside outside the boundaries of a county that participated in the formation of the facility may ... A juvenile may be admitted upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction that finds that the juvenile has engaged in delinquent conduct and ... The court will include in its order the length of time that the juvenile will reside in the facility, which will not exceed a period ... The court may modify any order by which a juvenile is placed in the facility upon recommendation of the director of the facility. Added by ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |