Texas Government Code 508.003 – Inapplicable to Juveniles and Certain Inmates
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(a) This chapter does not apply to an emergency absence under escort granted to an inmate by the institutional division under § 501.006.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), this chapter does not apply to release on parole from an institution for juveniles.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 508.003
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
(c) The provisions of this chapter not in conflict with § 508.156 apply to parole of a person from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or from a post-adjudication secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with a juvenile board or local juvenile probation department under that section.