Sec. 244.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Correctional or rehabilitation facility" means a probation or parole office or a residential facility that:

(A) is operated by an agency of the state, a political subdivision of the state, or a private vendor operating under a contract with an agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state; and

(B) houses persons convicted of misdemeanors or felonies or children found to have engaged in delinquent conduct, regardless of whether the persons are housed in the residential facility:

(i) while serving a sentence of confinement following conviction of an offense;

(ii) as a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision; or

(iii) under a court order for out-of-home placement under Title 3, Family Code, other than in a foster home operated under a contract with the juvenile board of the county in which the foster home is located or under a contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

(2) "Residential area" means:

(A) an area designated as a residential zoning district by a governing ordinance or code or an area in which the principal permitted land use is for private residences;

(B) a subdivision for which a plat is recorded in the real property records of the county and that contains or is bounded by public streets or parts of public streets that are abutted by residential property occupying at least 75 percent of the front footage along the block face; or

(C) a subdivision for which a plat is recorded in the real property records of the county and a majority of the lots of which are subject to deed restrictions limiting the lots to residential use.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1086, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1253, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 139, eff. September 1, 2015.