Sec. 497.001. TEXAS CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES; DEFINITIONS. (a) Texas Correctional Industries is an office in the department.
(b) In this subchapter and Subchapter B:
(1) "Office" means Texas Correctional Industries.
(2) "Articles and products" includes services provided through the use of work program participant labor.
(3) "Work program participant" means a person who:
(A) is an inmate confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the department or a defendant or releasee housed in a facility operated by or under contract with the department; and
(B) works at a job assigned by the office.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 496.001 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.029, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.14, 1.15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 497 - Industry and Agriculture; Labor of Inmates
Subchapter A. Texas Correctional Industries
Section 497.001. Texas Correctional Industries; Definitions
Section 497.002. Purpose; Implementation
Section 497.003. Advisory Committee
Section 497.005. Industrial Receipts
Section 497.006. Contracts With Private Business
Section 497.008. Lease of Land
Section 497.010. Offense: Sale or Offer of Sale of Prison-Produced Articles or Products
Section 497.011. Certain Contracts Prohibited
Section 497.012. Repair and Resale of Surplus Data Processing Equipment