The only entities other than the state authorized to operate a pre-adjudication secure detention facility, post-adjudication secure correctional facility, or non-secure correctional facility in this state to house juveniles convicted of offenses committed against the laws of another state or the United States are:
  (1) a governmental unit in this state; or
  (2) a private vendor operating a pre-adjudication secure detention facility, post-adjudication secure correctional facility, or non-secure correctional facility under a contract with a governmental unit in this state.

Source Note: The provisions of this §342.1 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 2941; amended to be effective April 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 2126