A county or a combination of counties may, and they are hereby authorized to, elect to own, establish, operate, and staff a long-term residential facility for the detention of juvenile offenders.
Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 63.002
AUTHORITY TO OPERATE FACILITY
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 564, Sec. 1, eff
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