Texas Government Code

§ 21.010 — FINANCIAL INTEREST IN PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES PROHIBITED

GV § 21.010Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 21. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

(a)A justice or judge, as applicable, of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, the business court, a county court, a county court at law, or a statutory probate court may not, on the date the person takes office as a justice or judge or while serving as a justice or judge, have a significant interest in a business entity that owns, manages, or operates:

(1)a community residential facility described by Section 508.119;

(2)a correctional or rehabilitation facility subject to Chapter 244, Local Government Code; or

(3)any other facility intended to accomplish a purpose or provide a service described by Section 508.119(a) to a person convicted of a misdemeanor or felony or found to have engaged in delinquent conduct who is housed in the facility:

(A)while serving a sentence of confinement following conviction of an offense or an adjudication of delinquent conduct; or

(B)as a condition of community supervision, probation, parole, or mandatory supervision.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 678 (H.B. 257), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2017. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 42, eff. September 1, 2025.