§ 222.001 Minimum Standards for Probation Officers
§ 222.002 Minimum Standards for Detention Officers
§ 222.003 Minimum Standards for Certain Employees of Nonsecure Correctional Facilities
§ 222.004 Persons Who May Not Act as Chief Administrative, Juvenile Probation, or Detention Officers
§ 222.005 Carrying of Firearm by Certain Officers Prohibited
§ 222.006 Probation Officer: County Employee
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Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code Chapter 222 > Subchapter A - Standards for and General Regulation of Officers

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005