Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 361.023 · Subchapter B. JUSTICE CENTERS LOCATED ON STATE LINE
CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY CONTINGENT ON LEGISLATION OF OTHER STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A county or municipality in this state may make the contract only if the other state enacts legislation that relates to the establishment of a justice center under a contract and that:
(1) assigns responsibility for the operation of the detention facilities in the center in the manner required by Section 361.026;
(2) provides for the application and enforcement of the law of both states in the manner provided by Section 361.028;
(3) contains provisions authorizing the arrest, prosecution, transfer, and control of persons as prescribed by Sections 361.029(a)(2), (d), (e), and (f)(2);
(4) authorizes peace officers to take the actions authorized by Sections 361.029(j) and (k); and
(5) provides that:
(A) a person in custody in the center under the law of this state may not be prosecuted for an offense against the law of the other state without extradition and may not be personally served with process in the center for a proceeding in the other state;
(B) a person summoned to appear in the center under the law of this state may not be personally served with process in any part of the center for a proceeding in the other state; and
(C) a person summoned to appear in the center under the law of this state may not be arrested in any part of the center for an offense against the law of the other state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.361.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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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 361.026RESPONSIBILITY FOR OPERATION OF JAIL.Printed as Section 361.026
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 361.028EXTENT TO WHICH EACH STATE'S LAW APPLIES AT JUSTICE CENTER.Printed as Section 361.028
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 361.029ARREST, PROSECUTION, EXTRADITION, AND SERVICE OF PROCESS AT JUSTICE CENTER.Printed as Sections 361.029(a)(2) | Sections 361.029(j)
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