Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.121 · Subchapter G. JAIL DISTRICT
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.
(2) "Cooperating county" means a county that has contracted with one or more other counties for the joint operation of a jail facility under Subchapter B and that has agreed to the creation of the district.
(3) "Director" means a member of the board.
(4) "District" means a jail district.
(5) "Jail facility" includes a juvenile detention facility.
(6) "Receiving county" means a county in which a jail facility constructed, acquired, or improved by the district is located and to which the facility is to be conveyed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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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- Composed by
- 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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