Sec. 351.044. PRISONER IN ANOTHER COUNTY'S JAIL. A county to which a prisoner is sent due to the lack of a safe jail in the sending county as determined by the Commission on Jail Standards may recover by suit from the sending county the reasonable cost of keeping the prisoner.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 578, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - County Public Safety
Chapter 351 - County Jails and Law Enforcement
Subchapter C. Operation of County Jails
Section 351.0415. Commissary Operation by Sheriff or Private Vendor
Section 351.04155. Commissary Operation by Sheriff in Certain Counties
Section 351.042. Jail Administrator in Bexar County
Section 351.043. Federal Prisoners
Section 351.044. Prisoner in Another County's Jail
Section 351.045. Employment of Health Care Providers
Section 351.046. Notice to Certain Governmental Entities
Section 351.047. Assistance With Reinstatement of Benefits
Section 351.048. Duties Following Miscarriage or Physical or Sexual Assault of Pregnant Prisoner