Tex. Human Resources Code § 142.003
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 142.003, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 142.003. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR JUVENILE PROBATION SERVICES.
Official statutory text
(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 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) the county adult probation department 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.
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