Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.012 · Subchapter A. COUNTY JAIL FACILITIES
FURNISHINGS OF DAY ROOMS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A day room designed in a county jail for three or more prisoners must have:
(1) for every eight prisoners to be confined in the room, one toilet and one combination sink and drinking fountain; and
(2) for every 12 prisoners to be confined in the room, one shower.
(b) A day room must be suitably furnished.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 952, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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