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 H. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Sec. 841.150. EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT COMMITMENT OR CONFINEMENT ON ORDER OF CIVIL COMMITMENT
Latest version.
-
(a) The duties imposed by this chapter are suspended for the duration of any confinement of a person, or if applicable any other commitment of a person to a community center, mental health facility, or state school, by governmental action.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Community center" means a center established under Subchapter A, Chapter 534.
(2) "Mental health facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 571.003.
(3) "State school" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 849 , Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1201 , Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2011.