Texas Human Resources Code Title 12, Chapter 243 - Admission And Commitment; Escape

SUBCHAPTER A ADMISSION AND COMMITMENT

• Texas Section 243.001 - Placement In Department Facilities
  (a) The department may not assign a child younger than 15 years of age to the same correctional facility dormitory as a person who is...
• Texas Section 243.002 - Establishment Of Minimum Length Of Stay
  (a) The department shall establish a minimum length of stay for each child committed to the department without a determinate sentence. (b) In establishing a...
• Texas Section 243.003 - Conveyance Of Child To Department
  (a) When a child is to be conveyed to a facility designated by the department, the juvenile court shall assign an officer or other suitable...
• Texas Section 243.004 - Notification And Duty To Furnish Information
  (a) When a juvenile court commits a child to the department, the court shall forward to the department a certified copy of the order of...
• Texas Section 243.005 - Information Provided By Committing Court
  In addition to the information provided under Section 243.004, a court that commits a child to the department shall provide the department with a copy...
• Texas Section 243.006 - Commitment Records
  A commitment to the department may not be received in evidence or used in any way in any proceedings in any court except in: (1)...

SUBCHAPTER B ESCAPE AND VIOLATION OF RELEASE CONDITIONS

• Texas Section 243.007 - Information Provided To Committing Court
  (a) If a court that commits a child to the department requests, in the commitment order, that the department keep the court informed of the...
• Texas Section 243.051 - Apprehension After Escape Or Violation Of Release Conditions
  (a) If a child who has been committed to the department and placed by the department in any institution or facility has escaped or has...
• Texas Section 243.052 - Apprehension Specialists
  (a) The department may employ and commission apprehension specialists as peace officers for the purpose of apprehending a child under Section 243.051. (b) Peace officers...

Last modified: September 28, 2016