Tex. Gov't Code § 500.003 · Chapter 500. MISCELLANEOUS DISCIPLINARY MATTERS
GAMBLING PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Gambling is not permitted at any place in a facility operated by or under contract with the department where inmates are housed or worked. An employee of the department who engages in gambling or knowingly permits gambling at any place where inmates are housed or worked is subject to immediate dismissal.
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. 499.003 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. 1.067, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.500.htm
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- sha256 6617b18b2f838eb5e71ceba0c1b28726e75767a6621c1bf93cb79e293d780ed7
- 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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