{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.122","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 351.122","heading":"ELIGIBLE COUNTIES; PURPOSE; BOUNDARIES.","body":"(a) A jail district may be created by a county or by two or more counties that have contracted with one another for the joint operation of a jail under Subchapter B.\n(b) A jail district may be created to finance and effect the construction, acquisition, or improvement of a jail facility to serve the county or counties comprising the district.\n(c) A district is composed of the area of the county or cooperating counties that created the district.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 351. COUNTY JAILS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER G. JAIL DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.htm#351.122","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"aad68ce2848fdfc851e7f00d3be768102f598f4138ada7acedec116f06b7d692","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.121","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.123"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}