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REQUESTING NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATION
OF CORRECTIONAL AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES
WHEREAS Chapter 244 of the Texas Local Government Code effective September 1
1997 provides that municipalities may by resolution submit a written request to state
agencies and political subdivisions that propose to construct, operate or contract with a
private vendor for the construction or operation of correctional or rehabilitation facilities
and
WHEREAS municipalities that have submitted a request for notice are entitled to be
notified of proposals to construct or 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 if the municipality includes land within
1 000 feet of the proposed facility within its boundaries
WHEREAS municipalities may conduct a public hearing concerning operation of such
a correctional or rehabilitation facility in order to determine whether the facility is in the
municipality's best interest;
WHEREAS in the event that a municipality determines that a facility is not in the
community's best interest, it may deny local consent for the operation of the facility
WHEREAS the City of Fort Worth wishes to adopt a resolution requesting notice of the
establishment of correctional and rehabilitation facilities pursuant to Section 244 005 of
the Texas Local Government Code
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
The City of Fort Worth requests that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Tarrant
County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Tarrant County Texas Youth
Commission and Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation notify the
City of all proposals to construct or operate a correctional or rehabilitation facility or to
contract with a third party for construction or operation of a correctional or rehabilitation
facility in accordance with Chapter 244 Texas Local Government Code Notice should
be sent to the City Manager City Hall 1000 Throckmorton Fort Worth Texas 76102
CITY OF FORT WORTH
ADOPTED this ~_ day of 1997
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