Tex. Local Government Code § 361.042
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 361.042, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 361.042. MUNICIPAL-COUNTY JAIL FACILITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Official statutory text
(a) Instead of providing and maintaining its own jail, the commissioners court of a county with a population of 120,000 to 123,000 may provide safe and suitable jail facilities for the county by contracting for the facilities with the governing body of the municipality that is the county seat of the county.
(b) The contract must provide for:
(1) the incarceration, on a daily per capita basis, of the county's prisoners in the jail facilities owned by the municipality, with the daily per capita rate to be equal to the cost of maintaining a prisoner in the facilities or to be at an amount mutually agreed on by the parties;
(2) the lease to the county of a part of the municipally owned jail facilities, with payment under the lease to be at a rate based on the proportion of the total area of the facilities that is occupied by the county's prisoners; or
(3) the joint operation and maintenance of the municipally owned jail facilities for the mutual use and benefit of the county and the municipality, with each party's obligations regarding the maintenance and operation of the facilities to be prescribed by the contract.
(c) The contract may provide for the custody, control, and operation of the jail facilities. The jail facilities must meet the requirements established by Subchapter A, Chapter 351.
(d) A contract made under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) may not exceed a term of 20 years.
(b) The contract must provide for:
(1) the incarceration, on a daily per capita basis, of the county's prisoners in the jail facilities owned by the municipality, with the daily per capita rate to be equal to the cost of maintaining a prisoner in the facilities or to be at an amount mutually agreed on by the parties;
(2) the lease to the county of a part of the municipally owned jail facilities, with payment under the lease to be at a rate based on the proportion of the total area of the facilities that is occupied by the county's prisoners; or
(3) the joint operation and maintenance of the municipally owned jail facilities for the mutual use and benefit of the county and the municipality, with each party's obligations regarding the maintenance and operation of the facilities to be prescribed by the contract.
(c) The contract may provide for the custody, control, and operation of the jail facilities. The jail facilities must meet the requirements established by Subchapter A, Chapter 351.
(d) A contract made under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) may not exceed a term of 20 years.
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