(a) In this section:
(1) “Criminal street gang” has the meaning assigned by Section 71.01, Penal Code.(2) “Gang-related conduct” means conduct that violates a penal law of the grade of Class B misdemeanor or higher and in which a child engages with the intent to:
(A) further the criminal activities of a criminal street gang of which the child is a member;(B) gain membership in a criminal street gang; or(C) avoid detection as a member of a criminal street gang.(b) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 54.04 regarding a child who has been adjudicated to have engaged in delinquent conduct that is also gang-related conduct, shall order the child to participate in a criminal street gang intervention program that is appropriate for the child based on the child’s level of involvement in the criminal activities of a criminal street gang. The intervention program:
(1) must include at least 12 hours of instruction; and(2) may include voluntary tattoo removal.(c) If a child required to attend a criminal street gang intervention program is committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as a result of the gang-related conduct, the child must complete the intervention program before being discharged from the custody of or released under supervision by the department .
Tex. Fam. Code ยง 54.0491
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. – Regular Session, ch. 734,Sec. 53, eff. 9/1/2015.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130, Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2009.
