Tex. Local Government Code § 351.201
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 351.201, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 351.201. COUNTY JAIL INDUSTRIES PROGRAM.
Official statutory text
(a) A commissioners court by order may establish a county jail industries program. The sheriff may allow inmate participation in the county jail industries program in carrying out his constitutional and statutory duties.
(b) The purposes for which a county jail industries program may be established are to:
(1) provide adequate, regular, and suitable employment for the vocational training of inmates;
(2) reimburse the county for expenses caused by the crimes of inmates and the cost of their confinement; or
(3) provide for the distribution of articles and products produced under this subchapter to:
(A) offices of the county and offices of political subdivisions located in whole or in part in the county; and
(B) nonprofit organizations that provide services to the general public and enhance social welfare and the general well-being of the community.
(c) A commissioners court, in an order establishing a county jail industries program, shall, with the approval of the sheriff:
(1) designate the county official or officials responsible for management of the program; and
(2) designate the county official or officials responsible for determining which inmates are allowed to participate in a county jail industries program.
(d) An order of a commissioners court establishing a county jail industries program, though not limited to, may provide for any of the following:
(1) an advisory committee;
(2) the priorities under which the county jail industries program is to be administered;
(3) procedures to determine the articles and products to be produced under this subchapter;
(4) procedures to determine the sales price of articles and products produced under this subchapter; and
(5) procedures for the development of specifications for articles and products produced under this subchapter.
(e) A county jail industries program may be operated at the county jail, workfarm, or workhouse or at any other suitable location.
(f) An inmate does not have a right to participate in a county jail industries program, and neither the sheriff, county judge, or commissioners nor any other county official or employee may be held liable for failing to provide a county jail industries program.
(b) The purposes for which a county jail industries program may be established are to:
(1) provide adequate, regular, and suitable employment for the vocational training of inmates;
(2) reimburse the county for expenses caused by the crimes of inmates and the cost of their confinement; or
(3) provide for the distribution of articles and products produced under this subchapter to:
(A) offices of the county and offices of political subdivisions located in whole or in part in the county; and
(B) nonprofit organizations that provide services to the general public and enhance social welfare and the general well-being of the community.
(c) A commissioners court, in an order establishing a county jail industries program, shall, with the approval of the sheriff:
(1) designate the county official or officials responsible for management of the program; and
(2) designate the county official or officials responsible for determining which inmates are allowed to participate in a county jail industries program.
(d) An order of a commissioners court establishing a county jail industries program, though not limited to, may provide for any of the following:
(1) an advisory committee;
(2) the priorities under which the county jail industries program is to be administered;
(3) procedures to determine the articles and products to be produced under this subchapter;
(4) procedures to determine the sales price of articles and products produced under this subchapter; and
(5) procedures for the development of specifications for articles and products produced under this subchapter.
(e) A county jail industries program may be operated at the county jail, workfarm, or workhouse or at any other suitable location.
(f) An inmate does not have a right to participate in a county jail industries program, and neither the sheriff, county judge, or commissioners nor any other county official or employee may be held liable for failing to provide a county jail industries program.
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