Sec. 71.0352. JUVENILE DATE: JUSTICE, MUNICIPAL, AND JUVENILE COURTS    


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  • As a component of the official monthly report submitted to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System:

    (1) justice and municipal courts shall report the number of cases filed for the following offenses:

    (A) failure to attend school under Section 25.094, Education Code;

    (B) parent contributing to nonattendance under Section 25.093, Education Code; and

    (C) violation of a local daytime curfew ordinance adopted under Section 341.905 or 351.903, Local Government Code; and

    (2) in cases in which a child fails to obey an order of a justice or municipal court under circumstances that would constitute contempt of court, the justice or municipal court shall report the number of incidents in which the child is:

    (A) referred to the appropriate juvenile court for delinquent conduct as provided by Article 45.050(c)(1), Code of Criminal Procedure, and Section 51.03(a)(2), Family Code; or

    (B) held in contempt, fined, or denied driving privileges as provided by Article 45.050(c)(2), Code of Criminal Procedure.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.