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Tex. Local Government Code § 361.101: APPLICATION OF LAW RELATING TO FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY
- SUBTITLE C. PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER 361. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO JAILS
- SUBCHAPTER G. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
For purposes of Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, an ordinance, rule, order, decision, or practice that applies to a person in the custody of a municipal or county jail or other correctional facility operated by or under a contract with a county or municipality is presumed to be in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. The presumption may be rebutted.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 399, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
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