Tex. Gov't Code § 508.081 · Subchapter C. REPRESENTATION OF INMATES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Compensation" has the meaning assigned by Section 305.002.
(2) "Inmate" includes:
(A) an administrative releasee;
(B) an inmate imprisoned in the institutional division; and
(C) a person confined in a county jail awaiting:
(i) transfer to the institutional division; or
(ii) a revocation hearing.
(3) "Represent" means to directly or indirectly contact in person or by telephone, facsimile transmission, or correspondence a member or employee of the board or an employee of the department on behalf of an inmate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 126 (H.B. 719), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2021.
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.508.htm
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