Sec. 262.009.  TEMPORARY CARE OF CHILD TAKEN INTO POSSESSION.  An employee of or volunteer with a law enforcement agency who successfully completes a background and criminal history check approved by the law enforcement agency may assist a law enforcement officer or juvenile probation officer with the temporary care of a child who is taken into possession by a governmental entity without a court order under this chapter until further arrangements regarding the custody of the child can be made.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 970, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.