Tex. Gov't Code § 76.018 · Chapter 76. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS
APPLICATION OF LAW RELATING TO FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For purposes of Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, an ordinance, rule, order, decision, or practice that applies to a person in the custody of a correctional facility operated by or under a contract with a community supervision and corrections department is presumed to be in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. The presumption may be rebutted.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 399, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.76.htm
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Civil Practice and Remedies Code
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