Texas § 142.003 AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICES.

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§ 142.003 — AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICES.

Texas § 142.003

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Tex. Human Resources Code Code Ann. § 142.003 (2026).

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Sec. 142.003. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICES.

(a)In a county that does not have a sufficient number of juvenile probation cases to justify a juvenile probation department, the juvenile board or juvenile judge may contract with:

(1)the county adult probation department to provide juvenile probation services; or

(2)surrounding counties to form a multicounty juvenile probation department.

(b)A juvenile board may contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for juvenile probation services.

(c)A juvenile board may contract with another political subdivision of the state or a private vendor for juvenile probation services.

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Sec. 142.003. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICES. (a) In a county that does not have a sufficient number of juvenile probation cases to justify a juvenile probation department, the juvenile board or juvenile judge may contract with:
(1) the county adult probation department to provide juvenile probation services; or
(2) surrounding counties to form a multicounty juvenile probation department.
(b) A juvenile board may contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for juvenile probation services.
(c) A juvenile board may contract with another political subdivision of the state or a private vendor for juvenile probation services.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1394, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549 ), Sec. 124, eff. September 1, 2015.