Section 351.034 - Administrator(a) The sheriff of the county in which the jail is located shall serve as administrator of the jail.(b) The sheriff may decline to serve as administrator by filing a written statement with the commissioners court of that county.(c) If the sheriff declines to serve as administrator, the commissioners courts of the contracting counties shall jointly appoint a jail administrator. Until an individual is appointed and assumes the duties of jail administrator, the sheriff shall serve as administrator of the jail.(d) If there is a vacancy in the position of jail administrator, the sheriff shall serve as administrator of the jail until a new jail administrator is appointed and assumes the position.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 351.034
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.