{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.044","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 351.044","heading":"PRISONER IN ANOTHER COUNTY'S JAIL.","body":"A county to which a prisoner is sent due to the lack of a safe jail in the sending county as determined by the Commission on Jail Standards may recover by suit from the sending county the reasonable cost of keeping the prisoner.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 578, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 351. COUNTY JAILS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER C. OPERATION OF COUNTY JAILS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.htm#351.044","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"8c25f2715314970319cb64e1f39127bd099fdb62953580f9b91ff13ecc2a57de","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.043","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}