Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 169.002. Authority to Establish Program;  Eligibility

(a) The commissioners court of a county or governing body of a municipality may establish a first offender solicitation of prostitution prevention program for defendants charged with an offense under Section 43.021, Penal Code.

(b) A defendant is eligible to participate in a first offender solicitation of prostitution prevention program established under this chapter only if:

(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), a defendant has been previously convicted of an offense listed in that subsection if:

(d) A defendant is not eligible to participate in the first offender solicitation of prostitution prevention program if the defendant offered or agreed to hire a person to engage in sexual conduct and the person was younger than 18 years of age at the time of the offense.

(e) The court in which the criminal case is pending shall allow an eligible defendant to choose whether to participate in the first offender solicitation of prostitution prevention program or otherwise proceed through the criminal justice system.

(f) If a defendant who chooses to participate in the first offender solicitation of prostitution prevention program fails to attend any portion of the program, the court in which the defendant's criminal case is pending shall issue a warrant for the defendant's arrest and proceed on the criminal case as if the defendant had chosen not to participate in the program.