Tex. Gov't Code § 493.004 · Chapter 493. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: ORGANIZATION
INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The institutional division shall operate and manage:
(1) the state prison system; and
(2) state jails to confine defendants described by Section 507.002.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.493.htm
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