Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 43.101. Voluntary Work
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Art. 43.101. VOLUNTARY WORK. (a) A defendant confined in
county jail awaiting trial or a defendant confined in county jail
after conviction of a felony or revocation of community
supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision and awaiting
transfer to the institutional division of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice may volunteer to participate in any work program
operated by the sheriff that uses the labor of convicted
defendants.
(b) The sheriff may accept a defendant as a volunteer under
Subsection (a) of this section if the defendant is not awaiting
trial for an offense involving violence or is not awaiting transfer
to the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice after conviction of a felony involving violence, and if the
sheriff determines that the inmate has not engaged previously in
violent conduct and does not pose a security risk to the general
public if allowed to participate in the work program.
(c) A defendant participating in a work program under this
section is not an employee for the purposes of Chapter 501 or 504,
Labor Code.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 753, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 86, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 5.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 3.20, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Article: 43.05 43.06 43.07 43.08 43.09 43.091 43.10 43.101 43.11 43.12 43.13 43.131 43.14 43.141 43.15
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