Sec. 351.122.  ELIGIBLE COUNTIES;  PURPOSE;  BOUNDARIES.  (a)  A jail district may be created by a county or by two or more counties that have contracted with one another for the joint operation of a jail under Subchapter B.
(b)  A jail district may be created to finance and effect the construction, acquisition, or improvement of a jail facility to serve the county or counties comprising the district.
(c)  A district is composed of the area of the county or cooperating counties that created the district.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.