Sec. 507.024. TRANSPORTATION OF DEFENDANTS. The board shall adopt rules to provide for the safe transfer of defendants from counties to state jail felony facilities. A sheriff may transport defendants to a state jail felony facility if the sheriff is able to perform the service as economically as if the service were performed by the division. The state jail division is responsible for the cost of transportation of defendants to the division. Defendants may be transported with other persons being transported to the custody of the department provided appropriate security precautions prescribed by policies of the department are taken.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 507 - State Jail Division
Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 507.022. Employees' Salaries, Room and Board, and Medical Care
Section 507.023. AIDS and HIV Education; Testing
Section 507.024. Transportation of Defendants
Section 507.026. Change in Designation of Facility
Section 507.028. Screening for and Education Concerning Fetal Alcohol Exposure During Pregnancy
Section 507.029. Use of Inmate Labor
Section 507.031. Furlough Program
Section 507.032. Identification of Defendants Subject to Arrest Warrant