Tex. Local Government Code § 361.023
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 361.023, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 361.023. CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY CONTINGENT ON LEGISLATION OF OTHER STATE.
Official statutory text
A county or municipality in this state may make the contract only if the other state enacts legislation that relates to the establishment of a justice center under a contract and that:
(1) assigns responsibility for the operation of the detention facilities in the center in the manner required by Section 361.026;
(2) provides for the application and enforcement of the law of both states in the manner provided by Section 361.028;
(3) contains provisions authorizing the arrest, prosecution, transfer, and control of persons as prescribed by Sections 361.029(a)(2), (d), (e), and (f)(2);
(4) authorizes peace officers to take the actions authorized by Sections 361.029(j) and (k); and
(5) provides that:
(A) a person in custody in the center under the law of this state may not be prosecuted for an offense against the law of the other state without extradition and may not be personally served with process in the center for a proceeding in the other state;
(B) a person summoned to appear in the center under the law of this state may not be personally served with process in any part of the center for a proceeding in the other state; and
(C) a person summoned to appear in the center under the law of this state may not be arrested in any part of the center for an offense against the law of the other state.
(1) assigns responsibility for the operation of the detention facilities in the center in the manner required by Section 361.026;
(2) provides for the application and enforcement of the law of both states in the manner provided by Section 361.028;
(3) contains provisions authorizing the arrest, prosecution, transfer, and control of persons as prescribed by Sections 361.029(a)(2), (d), (e), and (f)(2);
(4) authorizes peace officers to take the actions authorized by Sections 361.029(j) and (k); and
(5) provides that:
(A) a person in custody in the center under the law of this state may not be prosecuted for an offense against the law of the other state without extradition and may not be personally served with process in the center for a proceeding in the other state;
(B) a person summoned to appear in the center under the law of this state may not be personally served with process in any part of the center for a proceeding in the other state; and
(C) a person summoned to appear in the center under the law of this state may not be arrested in any part of the center for an offense against the law of the other state.
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