Tex. Fam. Code Section 55.53
Transportation to and from Facility


(a)

If the court issues a placement order under Section 55.52 (Proceedings Following Finding of Lack of Responsibility for Conduct)(a)(1) or (2), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff’s department to transport the child to the designated facility.

(b)

On receipt of a report from a facility to which a child has been transported under Subsection (a), the court shall order the probation department or sheriff’s department to transport the child from the facility to the court. If the child is not transported to the court before the 11th day after the date of the court’s order, an authorized representative of the facility shall transport the child from the facility to the court.

(c)

The county in which the juvenile court is located shall reimburse the facility for the costs incurred in transporting the child to the juvenile court as required by Subsection (b).
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1477, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 814 (H.B. 2107), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 55.53 — Transportation to and from Facility, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.­55.­htm#55.­53 (accessed May 4, 2024).

55.01
Definitions
55.02
Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Jurisdiction
55.03
Standards of Care
55.04
Forensic Mental Examination
55.05
Criteria for Court-ordered Mental Health Services for Child
55.06
Criteria for Court-ordered Residential Intellectual Disability Services for Child
55.11
Mental Illness Determination
55.12
Initiation of Proceedings for Court-ordered Mental Health Services
55.15
Standards of Care
55.16
Order for Mental Health Services
55.17
Mental Health Services Not Ordered
55.31
Unfitness to Proceed Determination
55.32
Hearing on Issue of Fitness to Proceed
55.33
Proceedings Following Finding of Unfitness to Proceed
55.34
Transportation to and from Facility
55.35
Information Required to Be Sent to Facility or Alternative Setting
55.36
Report that Child Is Fit to Proceed
55.37
Report that Child Is Unfit to Proceed as a Result of Mental Illness
55.40
Report that Child Is Unfit to Proceed as a Result of Intellectual Disability
55.43
Restoration Hearing
55.45
Standards of Care
55.51
Lack of Responsibility for Conduct Determination
55.52
Proceedings Following Finding of Lack of Responsibility for Conduct
55.53
Transportation to and from Facility
55.54
Information Required to Be Sent to Facility or Alternative Setting
55.55
Report that Child Does Not Have Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability
55.56
Report that Child Has Mental Illness
55.59
Report that Child Has Intellectual Disability
55.65
Proceedings in Juvenile Court for Child with Mental Illness
55.66
Proceedings in Juvenile Court for Child Found Unfit to Proceed or Lacking Responsibility for Conduct Due to Mental Illness
55.67
Proceedings in Juvenile Court for Child Found Unfit to Proceed or Lacking Responsibility for Conduct Due to Intellectual Disability
55.68
Referral for Proceedings for Child with Mental Illness or Child Found Unfit to Proceed or Lacking Responsibility for Conduct Due to Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 55.53’s source at texas​.gov