Sec. 361.067. LOCATION OF JAIL RESTRICTED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a private vendor or county may not establish a jail, detention center, work camp, or related facility in a municipality with a population of 1,500,000 or more if that facility is to be located within one-half mile of a public school, institution of higher education, or place of worship.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a booking facility that will be established within 500 feet of an existing county jail or detention facility.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 75(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Last modified: September 28, 2016