Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0495

Syllabus

Revenue from phone cards sales derived from the exercise of inmate telephone privileges provided under the Texas Commission on Jail Standards' rule concerning inmate telephone plans must be deposited in the county's general fund. Revenue derived from the purchase of phone cards as a jail commissary item, bearing no correlation to the provision of inmate telephone privileges, are commissary funds under the exclusive control of the sheriff.