Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code - Section 14.001. Definitions
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§ 14.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Claim" means a cause of action governed by this
chapter.
(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice.
(3) "Inmate" means a person housed in a secure
correctional facility.
(4) "Secure correctional facility" has the meaning
assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
(5) "Trust account" means an inmate's trust account
administered by the department under Section 501.014, Government
Code, by a facility under contract with the department, or by a
jail.
(6) "Unsworn declaration" means a document executed in
accordance with Chapter 132.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 378, § 2, eff. June 8, 1995.
Section: 12.005 12.006 12.007 13.001 13.002 13.003 13.004 14.001 14.002 14.003 14.004 14.005 14.006 14.007 14.008
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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