Section 2306.1101 - Definition In this subchapter, "homeless youth" means a person who is younger than 19 years of age, including a migratory child, as defined by Section 1309, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 6399) , who:
(1) lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including a person who is: (A) living in an emergency shelter;(B) abandoned in a hospital; or(C) awaiting foster care placement;(2) has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for humans; or(3) is living in a car, park, other public space, abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or train station, or similar setting.Tex. Gov't. Code § 2306.1101
Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 691,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2015.