Garza County adopts Youth Diversion Program for certain misdemeanor cases

Justice of the Peace Angela Massey told the Garza County Commissioners on July 14 that she was presenting a Youth Diversion Program based on Article 45.302 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The program, as described in the meeting record, applies to a child alleged to have engaged in conduct constituting a misdemeanor punishable by fine only, other than a traffic offense. Commissioner Giles W. Dalby moved to approve the program and Commissioner Jeff Williams seconded; the motion carried by majority vote.