SECTION 343.200. Authority to Operate Secure Juvenile Facility  


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  • Pursuant to Texas Family Code Title 3, pre-adjudication secure detention facilities and post-adjudication secure correctional facilities for juvenile offenders may be operated only by:

    (1) a governmental unit in this state; or

    (2) a private entity under a contract with a governmental unit in this state.

Source Note: The provisions of this §343.200 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 7095; amended to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9243