Texas Local Government Code 361.002 – Criminal Justice Center; Office Restriction Inapplicable
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(a) The municipality and county jointly or severally may own, construct, equip, enlarge, and maintain as a criminal justice center one or more buildings located in the municipality.
(b) The criminal justice center must provide public facilities related or incidental to the administration of criminal justice and may include:
(1) accommodations for the handling, processing, and detention of prisoners;
(2) offices for state, county, and municipal administrative and judicial officials;
(3) courtrooms; and
(4) parking facilities.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 361.002
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
(c) A county officer may maintain office facilities in the criminal justice center in addition to any office facilities maintained at the county seat, notwithstanding § 291.002 or any other law that restricts the location of county offices to the county seat of the county.
