{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-511.00905","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 511.00905","heading":"JAIL ADMINISTRATOR POSITION; EXAMINATION REQUIRED.","body":"(a) The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall develop and the commission shall approve an examination for a person assigned to the jail administrator position overseeing a county jail.\n(b) The commission shall adopt rules requiring a person, other than a sheriff, assigned to the jail administrator position overseeing a county jail to pass the examination not later than the 180th day after the date the person is assigned to that position. The rules must provide that a person who fails the examination may be immediately removed from the position and may not be reinstated until the person passes the examination.\n(c) The sheriff of a county shall perform the duties of the jail administrator position at any time there is not a person available who satisfies the examination requirements of this section.\n(d) A person other than a sheriff may not serve in the jail administrator position of a county jail unless the person satisfies the examination requirement of this section.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1849), Sec. 4.01, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 511. COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.511.htm#511.00905","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"cb1a50ad3369d278a88e09d02420f880a1fa341a5513d9b2e3deb9292b4239b0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-511.00903","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-511.0091"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}