Tex. Pen. Code § 38.113

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 38.113 - Unauthorized Absence From Community Corrections Facility, County Correctional Center, or Assignment Site

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) is sentenced to or is required as a condition of community supervision or correctional programming to submit to a period of detention or treatment in a community corrections facility or county correctional center;

(2) fails to report to or leaves the facility, the center, or a community service assignment site as directed by the court, community supervision and corrections department supervising the person, or director of the facility or center in which the person is detained or treated, as appropriate; and

(3) in failing to report or leaving acts without the approval of the court, the community supervision and corrections department supervising the person, or the director of the facility or center in which the person is detained or treated.

(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.

Tex. Pen. Code § 38.113

Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 12, eff. 9/1/1995.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. 9/1/1994.