Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 11. PUBLIC SAFETY |
Subtitle A. MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SAFETY |
Chapter 341. MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT |
Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Sec. 341.905. JUVENILE CURFEW IN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
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(a) To provide for the public safety, the governing body of a general-law municipality has the same authority to adopt a juvenile curfew ordinance that a county has under Section 351.903.
(b) The governing body of a general-law municipality may adopt by ordinance a juvenile curfew order adopted by the commissioners court of the county in which any part of the municipality is located and may adapt the order to fit the needs of the municipality.
(c) If the governing body of a general-law municipality adopts an ordinance under this section, a person commits an offense if the person violates a restriction or prohibition imposed by the ordinance.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 93, eff. May 31, 1995. Renumbered from Local Government Code Sec. 341.904 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(67), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.