Tex. Gov't Code § 495.004 · Subchapter A. CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE VENDORS AND COMMISSIONERS COURTS
LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OVER INMATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A private vendor or county operating under a contract authorized by this subchapter may not:
(1) compute inmate release and parole eligibility dates;
(2) award good conduct time;
(3) approve an inmate for work, medical, or temporary furlough or for preparole transfer; or
(4) classify an inmate or place an inmate in less restrictive custody than the custody ordered by the institutional division.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 494.004 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.495.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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