82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1964, Chapter 777 Page: 2 of 5
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H.B. No. 1964
1 general public that enhance social welfare and the general
2 well-being of the community. A governmental entity or nonprofit
3 organization that accepts a defendant under this article to perform
4 community service must agree to supervise the defendant in the
5 performance of the defendant's work and report on the defendant's
6 work to the justice or judge who ordered the community service.
7 (e) A justice or judge may not order a defendant to perform
8 mote than 16 hours of community service per week under this article
9 unless the justice or judge determines that requiring additional
10 hours of work does not cause a hardship on the defendant or the
11 defendant's family. For purposes of this subsection, "family" has
12 the meaning assigned by Section 71.003, Family Code.
13 (f) A sheriff, employee of a sheriff's department, county
14 commissioner, county employee, county judge, justice of the peace,
15 municipal court judge, or officer or employee of a political
16 subdivision other than a county is not liable for damages arising
17 from an act or failure to act in connection with community service
18 performed by a defendant under this article if the act or failure to
19 ac t :
20 (1) was performed pursuant to court order; and
21 (2) was not intentional, wilfully or wantonly
22 negligent, or performed with conscious indifference or reckless
23 disregard for the safety of others.
24 (g) A local juvenile probation department or a
25 court-related services office may provide the administrative and
26 other services necessary for supervision of a defendant required to27 perform community service under this article.
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1964, Chapter 777, legislative document, June 17, 2011; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth311154/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.