Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 361.067 · Subchapter E. MUNICIPAL CONTRACT WITH COUNTY OR PRIVATE ENTITY FOR JAIL FACILITIES
LOCATION OF JAIL RESTRICTED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a private vendor or county may not establish a jail, detention center, work camp, or related facility in a municipality with a population of 1,500,000 or more if that facility is to be located within one-half mile of a public school, institution of higher education, or place of worship.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a booking facility that will be established within 500 feet of an existing county jail or detention facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 75(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.361.htm
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