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Tex. Local Government Code § 351.201

COUNTY JAIL INDUSTRIES PROGRAM

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Tex. Local Government Code § 351.201, COUNTY JAIL INDUSTRIES PROGRAM, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/692860
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(a) A commissioners court by order may establish a county jail industries program. The sheriff may allow inmate participation in the county jail industries program in carrying out his constitutional and statutory duties. (b) The purposes for which a county jail industries program may be established are to: (1) provide adequate, regular, and suitable employment for the vocational training of inmates; (2) reimburse the county for expenses caused by the crimes of inmates and the cost of their confinement; or (3) provide for the distribution of articles and products produced under this subchapter to: (A) offices of the county and offices of political subdivisions located in whole or in part in the county; and (B) nonprofit organizations that provide services to the general public and enhance social welfare and the general well-being of the community. (c) A commissioners court, in an order establishing a county jail industries program, shall, with the approval of the sheriff: (1) designate the county official or officials responsible for management of the program; and (2) designate the county official or officials responsible for determining which inmates are allowed to participate in a county jail industries program. (d) An order of a commissioners court establishing a county jail industries program, though not limited to, may provide for any of the following: (1) an advisory committee; (2) the priorities under which the county jail industries program is to be administered; (3) procedures to determine the articles and products to be produced under this subchapter; (4) procedures to determine the sales price of articles and products produced under this subchapter; and (5) procedures for the development of specifications for articles and products produced under this subchapter. (e) A county jail industries program may be operated at the county jail, workfarm, or workhouse or at any other suitable location. (f) An inmate does not have a right to participate in a county jail industries program, and neither the sheriff, county judge, or commissioners nor any other county official or employee may be held liable for failing to provide a county jail industries program.