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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
In this subchapter:
(1) “County juvenile board” means a juvenile board created under Chapter 152, Human Resources Code.
(2) “Juvenile facility” means a facility that:
(A) serves juveniles under a juvenile court's jurisdiction; and
(B) is operated as a holdover facility, a pre-adjudication detention facility, a nonsecure facility, or a post-adjudication secure correctional facility.
(2-a) “Governmental juvenile facility” means a juvenile facility operated by a unit of government.
(3) “Governmental service provider” means a juvenile justice service provider operated by a unit of government.
(4) “Local juvenile justice information system” means a county or multicounty computerized database of information concerning children, with data entry and access by the partner agencies that are members of the system.
(5) “Partner agency” means a service provider or juvenile facility that is authorized by this subchapter to be a member of a local juvenile justice information system or that has applied to be a member of a local juvenile justice information system and has been approved by the county juvenile board or regional juvenile board committee as a member of the system.
(6) “Regional juvenile board committee” means a committee that is composed of two members from each county juvenile board in a region that comprises a multicounty local juvenile information system.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Family Code - FAM § 58.301. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/family-code/fam-sect-58-301/
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