{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-496.0031","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 496.0031","heading":"TRANSFER OF FACILITIES.","body":"(a) The department may transfer a correctional facility to another agency of the state, and the agency receiving the facility subsequently may transfer the facility back to the department.\n(b) A transfer under this section requires the agreement of the board and the governing body of the agency receiving the correctional facility or returning the correctional facility to the department, both as to the identity of the facility to be transferred and to the method of transfer.\n(c) In this section, \"transfer\" means to convey title to, lease, or otherwise convey the beneficial use of a correctional facility and land appurtenant to the facility.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 312, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.020, eff. June 7, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 496. LAND AND PROPERTY","SUBCHAPTER A. LAND"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.496.htm#496.0031","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"df3944d4fd0ea9fe515a4d9603e3d1d46000226b7ef1c6b9ea57484abd732cad","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-496.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-496.0032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}