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Texas Human Resources Code - HUM RES § 142.003. Authority to Contract for Juvenile Probation Services

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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   1 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.

1  References to “probation department” or “adult probation department” shall mean a community supervision and corrections department by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, § 1.20(h).
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