{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-495.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 495.002","heading":"INMATES.","body":"The institutional division may confine only minimum or medium security inmates in a facility authorized by this subchapter. An inmate confined in a facility authorized by this subchapter remains in the legal custody of the institutional division .\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 494.002 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 495. CONTRACTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A. CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE VENDORS AND COMMISSIONERS COURTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.495.htm#495.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"1bb22f35a667ba6b5bee8af5a0b9316278f2d172e8018591c12fc0fe74c84e09","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-495.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-495.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}