SECTION 269.21. Applicable County Jail  


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  • A jail is an applicable county jail when the commission determines that a jail meets the following criteria:

    (1) a state or federal court determines that conditions in a county jail are unconstitutional;

    (2) on or after October 1, 1991, the percentage of inmates in the jail awaiting transfer to the TDCJ-ID is 20% or more of the total number of inmates in the jail.

Source Note: The provisions of this §269.21 adopted to be effective February 26, 1996, 21 TexReg 1284.