Sec. 508.284. TRANSFER PENDING REVOCATION HEARING. The department, as provided by Section 508.282(c), may authorize a facility that is otherwise required to detain and house an inmate or person to transfer the inmate or person to a correctional facility operated by the department or under contract with the department if:
(1) the department determines that adequate space is available in the facility to which the inmate or person is to be transferred; and
(2) the facility to which the inmate or person is to be transferred is located not more than 150 miles from the facility from which the inmate or person is to be transferred.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 10.35, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Last modified: September 28, 2016