Text of section effective on September 01, 2013
- (b) A grand jury may approve a petition submitted to it under this section by a vote of nine members of the grand jury in the same manner that the grand jury votes on the presentment of an indictment.
- (c) The grand jury has all the powers to investigate the facts and circumstances relating to a petition submitted under this section as it has to investigate other criminal activity but may not issue an indictment unless the child is transferred to a criminal court as provided by Section 54.02 of this code.
- (e) The prosecuting attorney may not refer a petition that alleges the child engaged in conduct that violated Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code, or Sections 22.021(a)(1)(B) and (2)(B), Penal Code, unless the child is more than three years older than the victim of the conduct.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 385, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 574, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 26, 27, eff. Jan. 1, 1996;
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1086, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;
Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.