Texas Human Resources Code 152.1582 – Lubbock County Institutions
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(a) The juvenile board of Lubbock County controls and supervises each county facility used for the detention of juveniles.
(b) The juvenile board by majority vote may adopt any order or regulation necessary to the welfare of juveniles in a county facility. The chief juvenile probation officer shall enter each order or regulation in a book kept for that purpose and shall certify the order or regulation and deliver a copy to each facility superintendent or person in charge of a facility. The superintendent or other person and each juvenile probation officer shall comply with the order or regulation.
Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 152.1582
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
(c) The juvenile board may require the superintendent or person in charge of a facility to submit to the board reports containing information required by the board.
(d) The district attorney of Lubbock County shall assign an attorney in the district attorney’s office to represent the juvenile board and probation officers in protecting the rights of children in abandonment cases and proceedings.