Sec. 242.063.  STUDENT TRUST FUND; CONTRABAND MONEY.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), money belonging to a child committed to the department in excess of the amount the department allows in a child's possession shall be deposited in a trust fund established by the facility operated by the department to which the child is assigned.  The board shall adopt rules governing the administration of the trust fund.
(b)  Money possessed by a child committed to the department that is determined to be contraband money as defined by department rule shall be deposited in the student benefit fund described by Section 242.062(b).  The department shall notify each child committed to the department that the possession of contraband money is subject to confiscation by the department under this subsection.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.