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Tex. Local Government Code § 244.004

This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 244.004, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.

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§ 244.004. LOCAL CONSENT.

Official statutory text

(a) Local consent to the operation of a correctional or rehabilitation facility at a location within 1,000 feet of a residential area, a primary or secondary school, property designated as a park or public recreation area by the state or a political subdivision of the state, or a church, synagogue, or other place of worship is granted unless, not later than the 60th day after the date on which notice is received by a commissioners court or governing body of a municipality under Section 244.002(a), the commissioners court or governing body, as appropriate, determines by resolution after a public hearing that the operation of a correctional or rehabilitation facility at the proposed location is not in the best interest of the county or municipality, as appropriate.

(b) The public hearing requirement established under Subsection (a) may be met by a public meeting held under Section 508.119 or 509.010, Government Code, if:

(1) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice receives written approval from the commissioners court of a county or governing body of a municipality allowing the public meeting to satisfy the public hearing requirement of this section; and

(2) during the public meeting, a determination is made as to whether operating the facility in the proposed location would be in the best interest of the county or municipality.

(c) If the public hearing requirement established under Subsection (a) is met in the manner described by Subsection (b), the commissioners court of a county or governing body of a municipality may adopt a resolution under Subsection (a) without holding a public hearing under that subsection. The commissioners court or governing body, as appropriate, retains the discretion to hold a separate public hearing under Subsection (a) as the commissioners court or governing body considers necessary or appropriate.

(d) A commissioners court or governing body of a municipality may rescind a resolution adopted under Subsection (a).

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