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Tex. Gov't Code § 493.024

APPLICATION OF LAW RELATING TO FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 399, Sec. 4, eff

For purposes of Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, an ordinance, rule, order, decision, or practice that applies to a person in the custody of a jail or other correctional facility operated by or under a contract with the department is presumed to be in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. The presumption may be rebutted.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.