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Tex. Gov't Code § 501.111

TEMPORARY HOUSING

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 3, eff

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Subsection (c), the institutional division may not house inmates in tents, cellblock runs, hallways, laundry distribution rooms, converted dayroom space, gymnasiums, or any other facilities not specifically built for housing.

(b) Temporary housing may be used to house roving inmate construction crews and inmates temporarily displaced only because of housing renovation, fire, natural disaster, riot or hostage situations, if the institutional division provides those inmates with reasonable sanitary hygiene facilities.

(c) The institutional division may house inmates in tents or tent-like structures unless prohibited by federal law or a specific court order.

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