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Tex. Local Government Code § 351.001: DUTY TO PROVIDE JAILS; LOCATION.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY
SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 351. COUNTY JAILS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
SUBCHAPTER A. COUNTY JAIL FACILITIES

(a) The commissioners court of a county shall provide safe and suitable jails for the county.

(b) The jails must be located at the county seat unless the county has only one jail, in which case the jail may be located anywhere in the county at the discretion of the commissioners court.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 64(e), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.

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