{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 351.201","heading":"COUNTY JAIL INDUSTRIES PROGRAM.","body":"(a) A commissioners court by order may establish a county jail industries program. The sheriff may allow inmate participation in the county jail industries program in carrying out his constitutional and statutory duties.\n(b) The purposes for which a county jail industries program may be established are to:\n(1) provide adequate, regular, and suitable employment for the vocational training of inmates;\n(2) reimburse the county for expenses caused by the crimes of inmates and the cost of their confinement; or\n(3) provide for the distribution of articles and products produced under this subchapter to:\n(A) offices of the county and offices of political subdivisions located in whole or in part in the county; and\n(B) nonprofit organizations that provide services to the general public and enhance social welfare and the general well-being of the community.\n(c) A commissioners court, in an order establishing a county jail industries program, shall, with the approval of the sheriff:\n(1) designate the county official or officials responsible for management of the program; and\n(2) designate the county official or officials responsible for determining which inmates are allowed to participate in a county jail industries program.\n(d) An order of a commissioners court establishing a county jail industries program, though not limited to, may provide for any of the following:\n(1) an advisory committee;\n(2) the priorities under which the county jail industries program is to be administered;\n(3) procedures to determine the articles and products to be produced under this subchapter;\n(4) procedures to determine the sales price of articles and products produced under this subchapter; and\n(5) procedures for the development of specifications for articles and products produced under this subchapter.\n(e) A county jail industries program may be operated at the county jail, workfarm, or workhouse or at any other suitable location.\n(f) An inmate does not have a right to participate in a county jail industries program, and neither the sheriff, county judge, or commissioners nor any other county official or employee may be held liable for failing to provide a county jail industries program.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 578, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 1993.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 351. COUNTY JAILS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER I. COUNTY JAIL INDUSTRIES PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.htm#351.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"94da73515180d77f313077e0a447dcfadc4d0cfbd8f8297fb26d60877904e6cd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.186","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-351.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}