Texas § 244.003 PROXIMITY OF CORRECTIONAL OR REHABILITATION FACILITY.

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§ 244.003 — PROXIMITY OF CORRECTIONAL OR REHABILITATION FACILITY.

Texas § 244.003

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Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 244.003 (2026).

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Sec. 244.003. PROXIMITY OF CORRECTIONAL OR REHABILITATION FACILITY.

(a)Unless local consent is denied under Section 244.004 , an agency of the state, a political subdivision of the state, or a private vendor operating under a contract with an agency or political subdivision of the state may operate a correctional or rehabilitation facility within 1,000 feet of a residential area, a primary or secondary school, property designated as a public park or public recreation area by the state or a political subdivision of the state, or a church, synagogue, or other place of worship.

(b)The governing body of a church, synagogue, or other place of worship may waive the distance requirements of Section 244.002 between a correctional or rehabilitation facility and the place of worship by filing an a

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Sec. 244.003. PROXIMITY OF CORRECTIONAL OR REHABILITATION FACILITY. (a) Unless local consent is denied under Section 244.004 , an agency of the state, a political subdivision of the state, or a private vendor operating under a contract with an agency or political subdivision of the state may operate a correctional or rehabilitation facility within 1,000 feet of a residential area, a primary or secondary school, property designated as a public park or public recreation area by the state or a political subdivision of the state, or a church, synagogue, or other place of worship.
(b) The governing body of a church, synagogue, or other place of worship may waive the distance requirements of Section 244.002 between a correctional or rehabilitation facility and the place of worship by filing an acknowledged written statement of the waiver in the deed records of the county in which the facility is located.