Sec. 61.002. APPLICABILITY    


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  • (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies to a proceeding to enter a juvenile court order:

    (1) for payment of probation fees under Section 54.061;

    (2) for restitution under Sections 54.041(b) and 54.048;

    (3) for payment of graffiti eradication fees under Section 54.0461;

    (4) for community service under Section 54.044(b);

    (5) for payment of costs of court under Section 54.0411 or other provisions of law;

    (6) requiring the person to refrain from doing any act injurious to the welfare of the child under Section 54.041(a)(1);

    (7) enjoining contact between the person and the child who is the subject of a proceeding under Section 54.041(a)(2);

    (8) ordering a person living in the same household with the child to participate in counseling under Section 54.041(a)(3);

    (9) requiring a parent or guardian of a child found to be truant to participate in an available program addressing truancy under Section 54.041(f);

    (10) requiring a parent or other eligible person to pay reasonable attorney's fees for representing the child under Section 51.10(e);

    (11) requiring the parent or other eligible person to reimburse the county for payments the county has made to an attorney appointed to represent the child under Section 51.10(j);

    (12) requiring payment of deferred prosecution supervision fees under Section 53.03(d);

    (13) requiring a parent or other eligible person to attend a court hearing under Section 51.115;

    (14) requiring a parent or other eligible person to act or refrain from acting to aid the child in complying with conditions of release from detention under Section 54.01(r);

    (15) requiring a parent or other eligible person to act or refrain from acting under any law imposing an obligation of action or omission on a parent or other eligible person because of the parent's or person's relation to the child who is the subject of a proceeding under this title;

    (16) for payment of fees under Section 54.0462; or

    (17) for payment of the cost of attending an educational program under Section 54.0404.

    (b) This subchapter does not apply to the entry and enforcement of a child support order under Section 54.06.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1209 , Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1322 , Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2011.