Sec. 244.006.  EXEMPTIONS.  This subchapter does not apply to the operation of a correctional or rehabilitation facility at a location subject to this subchapter if:
(1)  on September 1, 1997, the correctional or rehabilitation facility was in operation, under construction, under contract for operation or construction, or planned for construction at the location on land owned or leased by an agency or political subdivision of the state and designated for use as a correctional or rehabilitation facility;
(2)  the correctional or rehabilitation facility was in operation or under construction before the establishment of a residential area the location of which makes the facility subject to this subchapter;
(3)  the correctional or rehabilitation facility is a temporary correctional or rehabilitation facility that will be operated at the location for less than one year;
(4)  the correctional or rehabilitation facility is required to obtain a special use permit or a conditional use permit from the municipality in which the facility is located before beginning operation;
(5)  the correctional or rehabilitation facility is an expansion of a facility operated by the correctional institutions division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the imprisonment of individuals convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies or by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
(6)  the correctional or rehabilitation facility is a county jail or a pre-adjudication or post-adjudication juvenile detention facility operated by a county or county juvenile board;
(7)  the facility is:
(A)  a juvenile probation office located at, and operated in conjunction with, a juvenile justice alternative education center; and
(B)  used exclusively by students attending the juvenile justice alternative education center;
(8)  the facility is a public or private institution of higher education or vocational training to which admission is open to the general public;
(9)  the facility is operated primarily as a treatment facility for juveniles under contract with the Health and Human Services Commission, the Department of State Health Services, a local mental health authority, or a local intellectual and developmental disability authority;
(10)  the facility is operated as a juvenile justice alternative education program;
(11)  the facility:
(A)  is not operated primarily as a correctional or rehabilitation facility; and
(B)  only houses persons or children described by Section 244.001(1)(B) for a purpose related to treatment or education; or
(12)  the facility is a probation or parole office located in a commercial use area.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1086, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1253, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.129, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 140, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 10.01, eff. September 1, 2023.