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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 351.122: ELIGIBLE COUNTIES; PURPOSE; BOUNDARIES.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY
  3. SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY
  4. CHAPTER 351. COUNTY JAILS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
  5. SUBCHAPTER G. JAIL DISTRICT

(a) A jail district may be created by a county or by two or more counties that have contracted with one another for the joint operation of a jail under Subchapter B.

(b) A jail district may be created to finance and effect the construction, acquisition, or improvement of a jail facility to serve the county or counties comprising the district.

(c) A district is composed of the area of the county or cooperating counties that created the district.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.

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