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Subchapter A. Texas Correctional Industries
Section 497.001. Texas Correctional Industries; Definitions - Sec. 497.001. TEXAS CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES; DEFINITIONS. (a) Texas Correctional Industries...
Section 497.002. Purpose; Implementation - Sec. 497.002. PURPOSE; IMPLEMENTATION. (a) The purposes of the office...
Section 497.003. Advisory Committee - Sec. 497.003. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The board may establish a...
Section 497.004. Labor, Pay - Sec. 497.004. LABOR, PAY. (a) The board may develop by...
Section 497.005. Industrial Receipts - Sec. 497.005. INDUSTRIAL RECEIPTS. The office may use money appropriated...
Section 497.006. Contracts With Private Business - Sec. 497.006. CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE BUSINESS. (a) To encourage the...
Section 497.007. Grants - Sec. 497.007. GRANTS. The office may accept any grant designated...
Section 497.008. Lease of Land - Sec. 497.008. LEASE OF LAND. To further the expansion and...
Section 497.010. Offense: Sale or Offer of Sale of Prison-Produced Articles or Products - Sec. 497.010. OFFENSE: SALE OR OFFER OF SALE OF PRISON-PRODUCED...
Section 497.011. Certain Contracts Prohibited - Sec. 497.011. CERTAIN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED. The department may not enter...
Section 497.012. Repair and Resale of Surplus Data Processing Equipment - Sec. 497.012. REPAIR AND RESALE OF SURPLUS DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT....
Subchapter B. Sales of Prison-Made Articles or Products
Section 497.021. Authority - Sec. 497.021. AUTHORITY. This subchapter governs the sale of prison-made...
Section 497.0211. Exception: Institutions of Higher Education - Sec. 497.0211. EXCEPTION: INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. This subchapter does...
Section 497.022. Contracts - Sec. 497.022. CONTRACTS. The department may contract with: (1) another...
Section 497.023. Priorities - Sec. 497.023. PRIORITIES. Under this subchapter and Subchapter A, the...
Section 497.024. Agencies and Political Subdivisions: Duties to Purchase - Sec. 497.024. AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS: DUTIES TO PURCHASE. (a)...
Section 497.025. Purchasing Procedure - Sec. 497.025. PURCHASING PROCEDURE. (a) An agency of the state...
Section 497.026. Prices - Sec. 497.026. PRICES. The office and the comptroller shall determine...
Section 497.027. Specifications - Sec. 497.027. SPECIFICATIONS. (a) The comptroller shall establish specifications for...
Section 497.028. Catalogs - Sec. 497.028. CATALOGS. The office shall prepare catalogs that accurately...
Section 497.029. New Articles and Products - Sec. 497.029. NEW ARTICLES AND PRODUCTS. The comptroller may request...
Section 497.031. Sale of State Flags to State Agency - Sec. 497.031. SALE OF STATE FLAGS TO STATE AGENCY. The...
Subchapter C. Private Sector Prison Industries Programs
Section 497.051. Purpose; Definitions - Sec. 497.051. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. (a) The board shall approve, certify,...
Section 497.0527. Complaints - Sec. 497.0527. COMPLAINTS. (a) The board shall maintain a file...
Section 497.056. Private Sector Prison Industries Account - Sec. 497.056. PRIVATE SECTOR PRISON INDUSTRIES ACCOUNT. (a) The department...
Section 497.057. Rules - Sec. 497.057. RULES. The board shall adopt rules as necessary...
Section 497.058. Piecp Wage - Sec. 497.058. PIECP WAGE. (a) The board by rule shall...
Section 497.0581. Participant Contributions; Assistance Account - Sec. 497.0581. PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS; ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT. (a) The board by...
Section 497.059. Limiting Impact of Certification on Non-Prison Industry - Sec. 497.059. LIMITING IMPACT OF CERTIFICATION ON NON-PRISON INDUSTRY. (a)...
Section 497.0595. Limitation on Contracts - Sec. 497.0595. LIMITATION ON CONTRACTS. (a) A governmental entity may...
Section 497.0596. Notice Concerning Certain Contracts - Sec. 497.0596. NOTICE CONCERNING CERTAIN CONTRACTS. (a) Not later than...
Section 497.060. Workers' Compensation - Sec. 497.060. WORKERS' COMPENSATION. The board by rule shall require...
Section 497.061. Recidivism Studies - Sec. 497.061. RECIDIVISM STUDIES. The board shall gather data to...
Section 497.062. Limitation on Number of Participants and Cost Accounting Centers - Sec. 497.062. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND COST ACCOUNTING...
Section 497.063. Contract Requirements - Sec. 497.063. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. (a) The board shall adopt rules...
Section 497.064. Availability of Certain Information on Internet - Sec. 497.064. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION ON INTERNET. The board...
Subchapter D. Trusties
Section 497.081. Appointment - Sec. 497.081. APPOINTMENT. (a) For the purposes of this subchapter,...
Section 497.082. Use of Regular Inmates as Trusties Prohibited - Sec. 497.082. USE OF REGULAR INMATES AS TRUSTIES PROHIBITED. An...
Section 497.083. Restrictions on Trusties - Sec. 497.083. RESTRICTIONS ON TRUSTIES. (a) A trusty may not...
Section 497.084. Honor Farms - Sec. 497.084. HONOR FARMS. This subchapter does not apply to...
Section 497.085. Failure to Enforce; Removal - Sec. 497.085. FAILURE TO ENFORCE; REMOVAL. A member of the...
Subchapter E. General Provisions Related to Inmate Labor
Section 497.091. Contracts for Inmate Labor - Sec. 497.091. CONTRACTS FOR INMATE LABOR. (a) In this section:...
Section 497.092. Highway Improvement - Sec. 497.092. HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. (a) The board and the Texas...
Section 497.093. Inmate Labor at Sam Houston State University - Sec. 497.093. INMATE LABOR AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY. The...
Section 497.094. Job Training Programs - Sec. 497.094. JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS. (a) The department shall implement...
Section 497.095. Inmate's Work Record - Sec. 497.095. INMATE'S WORK RECORD. The department shall establish a...
Section 497.096. Liability Protections - Sec. 497.096. LIABILITY PROTECTIONS. An employee of the Texas Department...
Section 497.097. Use of State Jail Felons - Sec. 497.097. USE OF STATE JAIL FELONS. The department may...
Section 497.099. Participation in Work Program Required - Sec. 497.099. PARTICIPATION IN WORK PROGRAM REQUIRED. (a) The department...
Subchapter F. Agriculture
Section 497.111. Advisory Committee on Agriculture - Sec. 497.111. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. (a) The Advisory Committee...
Section 497.112. Agricultural Efficiency and Economy - Sec. 497.112. AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY. (a) The institutional division...
Section 497.113. Surplus Agricultural Property and Products - Sec. 497.113. SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND PRODUCTS. (a) The board...