Texas Local Government Code § 351.121 Definitions

Sec. 351.121. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Cooperating county" means a county that has contracted with one or more other counties for the joint operation of a jail facility under Subchapter B and that has agreed to the creation of the district.

(3) "Director" means a member of the board.

(4) "District" means a jail district.

(5) "Jail facility" includes a juvenile detention facility.

(6) "Receiving county" means a county in which a jail facility constructed, acquired, or improved by the district is located and to which the facility is to be conveyed.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.

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