Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 11. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS |
Chapter 841. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS |
Subchapter E. CIVIL COMMITMENT |
Sec. 841.085. CRIMINAL PENALTY; PROSECUTION OF OFFENSE
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(a) A person commits an offense if, after having been adjudicated and civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under this chapter, the person violates a civil commitment requirement imposed under Section 841.082.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
(c) At the request of the local prosecuting attorney, an attorney employed by the civil division of the special prosecution unit described by Section 841.004 may assist in the trial of an offense under this section.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 4.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 , Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2007.