{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-221.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 221.001","heading":"PROVISION OF PROBATION AND DETENTION SERVICES.","body":"(a) The department shall assist counties in providing probation and juvenile detention services by encouraging the continued operation of county and multi-county juvenile boards or probation offices.\n(b) If a county discontinues the provision of juvenile probation services, the department may directly provide probation or detention services in the county.\nRedesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 141 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.004, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 12. JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES AND FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. PROBATION SERVICES; PROBATION FACILITIES","CHAPTER 221. ASSISTANCE TO COUNTIES AND REGULATION OF JUVENILE BOARDS AND JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.221.htm#221.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"776e858747d944dec6d2bf73e26a6b24677b6175d53f413ee177fed2df1579a6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-203.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-221.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}