Tex. Gov't Code § 501.012 · Subchapter A. GENERAL WELFARE PROVISIONS
FAMILY LIAISON OFFICER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The director of the institutional division shall designate one employee at each facility operated by the institutional division to serve as family liaison officer for that facility. The family liaison officer shall facilitate the maintenance of ties between inmates and their families for the purpose of reducing recidivism. Each family liaison officer shall:
(1) provide inmates' relatives with information about the classification status, location, and health of inmates in the facility;
(2) notify inmates about emergencies involving their families and provide inmates with other necessary information relating to their families; and
(3) assist inmates' relatives and other persons during visits with inmates and aid those persons in resolving problems that may affect permitted contact with inmates.
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. 500.012 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. 1.079, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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.501.htm
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