Tex. Government Code § 123.002
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§ 123.002. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM.
Official statutory text
The commissioners court of a county or governing body of a municipality may establish the following types of drug court programs:
(1) drug courts for persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of:
(A) an offense in which an element of the offense is the use or possession of alcohol or the use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance, a controlled substance analogue, or marihuana; or
(B) an offense in which the use of alcohol or a controlled substance is suspected to have significantly contributed to the commission of the offense and the offense did not involve:
(i) carrying, possessing, or using a firearm or other dangerous weapon;
(ii) the use of force against the person of another; or
(iii) the death of or serious bodily injury to another;
(2) drug courts for juveniles detained for, taken into custody for, or adjudicated as having engaged in:
(A) delinquent conduct, including habitual felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in which an element of the conduct is the use or possession of alcohol or the use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance, a controlled substance analogue, or marihuana; or
(B) delinquent conduct, including habitual felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in which the use of alcohol or a controlled substance is suspected to have significantly contributed to the commission of the conduct and the conduct did not involve:
(i) carrying, possessing, or using a firearm or other dangerous weapon;
(ii) the use of force against the person of another; or
(iii) the death of or serious bodily injury to another;
(3) reentry drug courts for persons with a demonstrated history of using alcohol or a controlled substance who may benefit from a program designed to facilitate the person's transition and reintegration into the community on release from a state or local correctional facility;
(4) family dependency drug treatment courts for family members involved in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which a parent's use of alcohol or a controlled substance is a primary consideration in the outcome of the suit; or
(5) programs for other persons not precisely described by Subdivisions (1)-(4) who may benefit from a program that has the essential characteristics described by Section 123.001.
(1) drug courts for persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of:
(A) an offense in which an element of the offense is the use or possession of alcohol or the use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance, a controlled substance analogue, or marihuana; or
(B) an offense in which the use of alcohol or a controlled substance is suspected to have significantly contributed to the commission of the offense and the offense did not involve:
(i) carrying, possessing, or using a firearm or other dangerous weapon;
(ii) the use of force against the person of another; or
(iii) the death of or serious bodily injury to another;
(2) drug courts for juveniles detained for, taken into custody for, or adjudicated as having engaged in:
(A) delinquent conduct, including habitual felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in which an element of the conduct is the use or possession of alcohol or the use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance, a controlled substance analogue, or marihuana; or
(B) delinquent conduct, including habitual felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in which the use of alcohol or a controlled substance is suspected to have significantly contributed to the commission of the conduct and the conduct did not involve:
(i) carrying, possessing, or using a firearm or other dangerous weapon;
(ii) the use of force against the person of another; or
(iii) the death of or serious bodily injury to another;
(3) reentry drug courts for persons with a demonstrated history of using alcohol or a controlled substance who may benefit from a program designed to facilitate the person's transition and reintegration into the community on release from a state or local correctional facility;
(4) family dependency drug treatment courts for family members involved in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which a parent's use of alcohol or a controlled substance is a primary consideration in the outcome of the suit; or
(5) programs for other persons not precisely described by Subdivisions (1)-(4) who may benefit from a program that has the essential characteristics described by Section 123.001.
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