Tex. Gov't Code § 497.022 · Subchapter B. SALES OF PRISON-MADE ARTICLES OR PRODUCTS
CONTRACTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The department may contract with:
(1) another state, the federal government, a foreign government, or an agency of any of those governments to manufacture for or sell to those governments prison-made articles or products;
(2) a private or independent institution of higher education to manufacture for or sell to that school or institution prison-made articles or products; or
(3) a private school or a person with visual impairment in this state to manufacture Braille textbooks or other instructional aids for the education of persons with visual impairment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 752 (H.B. 2839), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.497.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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