Sec. 351.122. ELIGIBLE COUNTIES; PURPOSE; BOUNDARIES. (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.
(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.
(c) A district is composed of the area of the county or cooperating counties that created the district.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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