Texas Human Resources Code 201.001 – Definitions
(a) In this title:
(1) “Board” means the Texas Juvenile Justice Board.
(2) “Child” means an individual:
(A) 10 years of age or older and younger than 18 years of age who is under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court; or
(B) 10 years of age or older and younger than 19 years of age who is committed to the department under Title 3, Family Code.
(3) “Court” means a juvenile court.
(4) “Department” means the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
(5) “Executive director” means the executive director of the department.
(6) “Juvenile board” means a body established by law to provide juvenile probation services to a county.
(7) “State aid” means funds allocated by the department to a juvenile board to financially assist the juvenile board in achieving the purposes of this title and in conforming to the department’s standards and policies.
(a-1) Expired.
Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 201.001
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(a-2) Expired.
(b) Effective December 1, 2011, a reference in other law to:
(1) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission means the department; or
(2) the Texas Youth Commission means the department.