HUMAN RESOURCES CODE

CHAPTER 62. DETENTION HOMES AND PARENTAL SCHOOLS


	§ 62.001.  DETENTION HOMES AND PARENTAL 
SCHOOLS.  (a)  Any county may establish detention homes and 
parental schools for juveniles.  The commissioners court may 
appropriate necessary funds from the general fund of the county to 
establish, equip, and maintain detention homes and parental schools 
for the juveniles of the county.
	(b)  Any county in which no detention home or parental school 
exists may appropriate funds necessary to pay for the proper care 
and training of its juveniles in the detention home or parental 
school of any county that agrees to receive the juveniles.  The cost 
of the care shall be agreed on by the commissioners courts of the 
counties concerned.
	(c)  If, in the opinion of the commissioners court, it is 
necessary to levy a special tax to establish and maintain a 
detention home or parental school or to pay for the care and 
training of juveniles as provided by Subsection (b) of this 
section, the commissioners court may hold a special election on the 
question of levying the tax.  If a petition signed by 10 percent of 
the qualified voters of the county is submitted requesting a 
special election, the commissioners court shall hold the special 
election.
	(d)  All elections held under Subsection (c) of this section 
shall be governed by the general laws relating to elections for the 
levy of special school taxes.

Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2391, ch. 842, art. 1, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1979. 


	§ 62.002.  MULTICOUNTY FACILITIES.  (a)  The purpose of 
this section is to enable counties jointly to provide better 
probation services and detention and diagnostic facilities for 
juveniles than the counties, acting singly, would be able to 
provide.
	(b)  The commissioners courts of two or more counties may 
enter into cooperative agreements to acquire, maintain, and operate 
detention and diagnostic facilities for juveniles.  The counties 
may maintain, improve, and operate the property so acquired and all 
improvements thereon, and may sell or lease all or any part of the 
property and improvements in accordance with the terms of the 
cooperative agreement.  The counties may accept any donation or 
gift made for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, or operating 
the juvenile facilities.
	(c)  In accordance with the terms of the cooperative 
agreement, each county which is a party to the agreement may issue 
the bonds of the county as provided by Chapter 1301, Government 
Code, for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, and operating the 
facilities for juveniles.
	(d)  The commissioners courts of two or more counties may 
enter into cooperative agreements to provide probation services for 
juveniles.  The cooperative agreement shall set forth in detail how 
the probation services are to be provided and financed.

Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2388, ch. 842, art. 1, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1979.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 8.281, eff. 
Sept. 1, 2001.