Sec. 495.024. RELEASE OF OUT-OF-STATE INMATES. A county or a municipality or a private vendor operating a correctional facility under a contract with a county under Subchapter F, Chapter 351, Local Government Code, or a municipality under Subchapter E, Chapter 361, Local Government Code, that enters into a contract with any entity to house in this state inmates convicted of offenses committed against the laws of another state of the United States must require as a condition of the contract that each inmate to be released from custody must be released in the sending state.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 175, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 495 - Contracts for Correctional Facilities and Services
Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Contracts for Correctional Facilities and Services
Section 495.021. Lease-Purchase, Installment Contracts
Section 495.022. Contracts With Federal Government
Section 495.023. Contracts for Diagnostic and Evaluation Services
Section 495.024. Release of Out-of-State Inmates
Section 495.025. Certain Commissary Contracts; Taste Tests
Section 495.026. Product Bundling, Bulk Purchasing, and Vendor Discounts
Section 495.027. Inmate Pay Telephone Service
Section 495.028. Implementation of Reentry and Reintegration Plan