25.093(f), Education Code, if a program is available.
(g)  On a finding by the court that a child's parents or guardians have made a reasonable good
faith effort to prevent the child from engaging in delinquent conduct or engaging in conduct
continues to engage in such conduct, the court shall waive any requirement for restitution that
may be imposed on a parent under this section.
(h)  If the juvenile court places the child on probation in a determinate sentence proceeding
initiated under Section 53.045 and transfers supervision on the child's 18th birthday to a district
court for placement on community supervision, the district court shall require the payment of
any unpaid restitution as a condition of the community supervision.  The liability of the child's
parent for restitution may not be extended by transfer to a district court for supervision.
Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2157, ch. 693, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1979,
66th Leg., p. 338, ch. 154, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1979;  Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 528, ch. 110, Sec. 1, eff.
Aug. 29, 1983;  Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3262, ch. 565, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,
ch. 1170, Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 1989;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 39, eff. Jan. 1, 1996;  Acts 1997,
75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1,
2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1514, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 19,
eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Sec. 54.0411.  JUVENILE PROBATION DIVERSION FUND.  (a)  If a disposition hearing is held
under Section 54.04 of this code, the juvenile court, after giving the child, parent, or other person
responsible for the child's support a reasonable opportunity to be heard, shall order the child,
parent, or other person, if financially able to do so, to pay a fee as costs of court of $20.
(b)  Orders for the payment of fees under this section may be enforced as provided by Section 54.07
of this code.
(c)  An officer collecting costs under this section shall keep separate records of the funds collected
as costs under this section and shall deposit the funds in the county treasury.
(d)  Each officer collecting court costs under this section shall file the reports required under
Article 103.005, Code of Criminal Procedure.  If no funds due as costs under this section have been
collected in any quarter, the report required for each quarter shall be filed in the regular manner,
and the report must state that no funds due under this section were collected.
(e)  The custodian of the county treasury may deposit the funds collected under this section in
interest-bearing accounts.  The custodian shall keep records of the amount of funds on deposit
collected under this section and not later than the last day of the month following each calendar
quarter shall send to the comptroller of public accounts the funds collected under this section
during the preceding quarter.  A county may retain 10 percent of the funds as a service fee and
may retain the interest accrued on the funds if the custodian of a county treasury keeps records of
the amount of funds on deposit collected under this section and remits the funds to the
comptroller within the period prescribed under this subsection.
(f)  Funds collected are subject to audit by the comptroller and funds expended are subject to audit
by the State Auditor.
(g)  The comptroller shall deposit the funds in a special fund to be known as the juvenile probation
diversion fund.
(h)  The legislature shall determine and appropriate the necessary amount from the juvenile
probation diversion fund to the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission for the purchase of services
the commission considers necessary for the diversion of any juvenile who is at risk of
commitment to the Texas Youth Commission.  The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission shall
develop guidelines for the use of the fund.  The commission may not purchase the services if a
person responsible for the child's support or a local juvenile probation department is financially
able to provide the services.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1040, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,
ch. 347, Sec. 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1989.
Sec. 54.042.  LICENSE SUSPENSION.  (a)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
54.04, shall:
(1)  order the Department of Public Safety to suspend a child's driver's license or permit, or if the
child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or permit to the child if
the court finds that the child has engaged in conduct that violates a law of this state enumerated
in Section 521.342(a), Transportation Code;  or
(2)  notify the Department of Public Safety of the adjudication, if the court finds that the child has
engaged in conduct that violates a law of this state enumerated in Section 521.372(a),
Transportation Code.
(b)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 54.04, may order the Department of
Public Safety to suspend a child's driver's license or permit or, if the child does not have a license
or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or permit to the child, if the court finds that the child
has engaged in conduct that violates Section 28.08, Penal Code.
(c)  The order under Subsection (a)(1) shall specify a period of suspension or denial of 365 days.
(d)  The order under Subsection (b) shall specify a period of suspension or denial:
(1)  not to exceed 365 days;  or
(2)  of 365 days if the court finds the child has been previously adjudicated as having engaged in
conduct violating Section 28.08, Penal Code.
(e)  A child whose driver's license or permit has been suspended or denied pursuant to this section
may, if the child is otherwise eligible for, and fulfills the requirements for issuance of, a
provisional driver's license or permit under Chapter 521, Transportation Code, apply for and
receive an occupational license in accordance with the provisions of Subchapter L of that chapter.
(f)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 54.04, may order the Department of
Public Safety to suspend a child's driver's license or permit or, if the child does not have a license
or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or permit to the child for a period not to exceed 12
months if the court finds that the child has engaged in conduct in need of supervision or
delinquent conduct other than the conduct described by Subsection (a).
(g)  A juvenile court that places a child on probation under Section 54.04 may require as a
reasonable condition of the probation that if the child violates the probation, the court may order
the Department of Public Safety to suspend the child's driver's license or permit or, if the child
does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or permit to the child for a
period not to exceed 12 months.  The court may make this order if a child that is on probation
under this condition violates the probation.  A suspension under this subsection is cumulative of
any other suspension under this section.
(h)  If a child is adjudicated for conduct that violates Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code,
and if any conduct on which that adjudication is based is a ground for a driver's license
suspension under Chapter 524 or 724, Transportation Code, each of the suspensions shall be
imposed.  The court imposing a driver's license suspension under this section shall credit a period
of suspension imposed under Chapter 524 or 724, Transportation Code, toward the period of
suspension required under this section, except that if the child was previously adjudicated for
conduct that violates Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, credit may not be given.
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1605, ch. 303, Sec. 25, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 1985,
69th Leg., ch. 629, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 284(42), eff. Sept. 1,
1991;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 784, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 491, Sec. 3, eff.
June 15, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.32, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch.
262, Sec. 40, eff. Jan. 1, 1996;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.183, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997,
75th Leg., ch. 593, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1013, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(18), eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 20,
eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Sec. 54.043.  MONITORING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.  If the court places a child on probation under
Section 54.04(d) and requires as a condition of probation that the child attend school, the
probation officer charged with supervising the child shall monitor the child's school attendance
and report to the court if the child is voluntarily absent from school.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 6.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Sec. 54.044.  COMMUNITY SERVICE.  (a)  If the court places a child on probation under Section
54.04(d), the court shall require as a condition of probation that the child work a specified number
of hours at a community service project approved by the court and designated by the juvenile
probation department as provided by Subsection (e), unless the court determines and enters a
finding on the order placing the child on probation that:
(1)  the child is physically or mentally incapable of participating in the project;
(2)  participating in the project will be a hardship on the child or the family of the child;  or
(3)  the child has shown good cause that community service should not be required.
(b)  The court may also order under this section that the child's parent perform community
service with the child.
(c)  The court shall order that the child and the child's parent perform a total of not more than 500
hours of community service under this section.
(d)  A municipality or county that establishes a program to assist children and their parents in
rendering community service under this section may purchase insurance policies protecting the
municipality or county against claims brought by a person other than the child or the child's
parent for a cause of action that arises from an act of the child or parent while rendering
community service.  The municipality or county is not liable under this section to the extent that
damages are recoverable under a contract of insurance or under a plan of self-insurance
authorized by statute.  The liability of the municipality or county for a cause of action that arises
from an action of the child or the child's parent while rendering community service may not
exceed $100,000 to a single person and $300,000 for a single occurrence in the case of personal
injury or death, and $10,000 for a single occurrence of property damage.  Liability may not extend
to punitive or exemplary damages.  This subsection does not waive a defense, immunity, or
jurisdictional bar available to the municipality or county or its officers or employees, nor shall
this section be construed to waive, repeal, or modify any provision of Chapter 101, Civil Practice
and Remedies Code.
(e)  For the purposes of this section, a court may submit to the juvenile probation department a list
of organizations or projects approved by the court for community service.  The juvenile probation
department may:
(1)  designate an organization or project for community service only from the list submitted by the
court;  and
(2)  reassign or transfer a child to a different organization or project on the list submitted by the
court under this subsection without court approval.
(f)  A person subject to an order proposed under Subsection (a) or (b) is entitled to a hearing on the
order before the order is entered by the court.
(g)  On a finding by the court that a child's parents or guardians have made a reasonable good
faith effort to prevent the child from engaging in delinquent conduct or engaging in conduct
indicating a need for supervision and that, despite the parents' or guardians' efforts, the child
continues to engage in such conduct, the court shall waive any requirement for community
service that may be imposed on a parent under this section.
(h)  An order made under this section may be enforced as provided by Section 54.07.
(i)  In a disposition hearing under Section 54.04 in which the court finds that a child engaged in
conduct violating Section 521.453, Transportation Code, the court, in addition to any other order
authorized under this title and if the court is located in a municipality or county that has
established a community service program, may order the child to perform eight hours of
community service as a condition of probation under Section 54.04(d) unless the child is shown to
have previously engaged in conduct violating Section 521.453, Transportation Code, in which case
the court may order the child to perform 12 hours of community service.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 41, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg.,
ch. 1358, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Sec. 54.045.  ADMISSION OF UNADJUDICATED CONDUCT.  (a)  During a disposition hearing
under Section 54.04, a child may:
(1)  admit having engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision for
which the child has not been adjudicated;  and
(2)  request the court to take the admitted conduct into account in the disposition of the child.
(b)  If the prosecuting attorney agrees in writing, the court may take the admitted conduct into
account in the disposition of the child.
(c)  A court may take into account admitted conduct over which exclusive venue lies in another
county only if the court obtains the written permission of the prosecuting attorney for that county.
(d)  A child may not be adjudicated by any court for having engaged in conduct taken into account
under this section, except that, if the conduct taken into account included conduct over which
exclusive venue lies in another county and the written permission of the prosecuting attorney of
that county was not obtained, the child may be adjudicated for that conduct, but the child's
admission under this section may not be used against the child in the adjudication.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 41, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Sec. 54.046.  CONDITIONS OF PROBATION FOR DAMAGING PROPERTY WITH GRAFFITI.  (a)  If a
juvenile court places on probation under Section 54.04(d) a child adjudicated as having engaged
in conduct in violation of Section 28.08, Penal Code, in addition to other conditions of probation,
the court:
(1)  may order the child to:
(A)  reimburse the owner of the property for the cost of restoring the property; or
(B)  with consent of the owner of the property, restore the property by removing or painting over
any markings made by the child on the property; and
(2)  if the child made markings on public property, a street sign, or an official traffic-control
device in violation of Section 28.08, Penal Code, may order the child to:
(A)  make to the political subdivision that owns the public property or erected the street sign or
official traffic-control device restitution in an amount equal to the lesser of the cost to the
political subdivision of replacing or restoring the public property, street sign, or official
traffic-control device; or
(B)  with the consent of the political subdivision, restore the public property, street sign, or
official traffic-control device by removing or painting over any markings made by the child on
the property, sign, or device.
(a-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a), "official traffic-control device" has the meaning assigned by
Section 541.304, Transportation Code.
(b)  In addition to a condition imposed under Subsection (a), the court may require the child as a
condition of probation to attend a class with instruction in self-responsibility and empathy for a
victim of an offense conducted by a local juvenile probation department.
(c)  If a juvenile court orders a child to make restitution under Subsection (a) and the child, child's
parent, or other person responsible for the child's support is financially unable to make the
restitution, the court may order the child to perform a specific number of hours of community
service to satisfy the restitution.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 593, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1053, Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 54.0461.  PAYMENT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION FEES.  (a)  If a child is
adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct that violates Section 28.08, Penal Code, the
juvenile court shall order the child, parent, or other person responsible for the child's support to
pay to the court a $50 juvenile delinquency prevention fee as a cost of court.
(b)  The court shall deposit fees received under this section to the credit of the county juvenile
delinquency prevention fund provided for under Article 102.0171, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c)  If the court finds that a child, parent, or other person responsible for the child's support is
unable to pay the juvenile delinquency prevention fee required under Subsection (a), the court
shall enter into the child's case records a statement of that finding.  The court may waive a fee
under this section only if the court makes the finding under this subsection.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 174, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,
ch. 601, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1053, Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 54.047.  ALCOHOL RELATED OFFENSE.  If the court or jury finds at an adjudication hearing
for a child that the child engaged in conduct indicating a need for supervision or delinquent
conduct that violates the alcohol-related offenses in Section 106.02, 106.025, 106.04, 106.05, or
106.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, or Section 49.02, Penal Code, the court shall, subject to a finding
under Section 54.04(c), order, in addition to any other order
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