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Texas Government Code - Section 497.091. Contracts For Inmate Labor

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§ 497.091. CONTRACTS FOR INMATE LABOR.  (a) In this 
section:              
		(1)  "Agency" has the meaning assigned that term by 
Section 771.002.        
		(2)  "Local government" has the meaning assigned that 
term by Section 791.003.
	(b)  The department shall seek contracts with agencies and 
local governments to provide inmate labor to those agencies and 
governments, with the department giving priority to seeking 
contracts for the use of inmate labor for service projects that 
benefit the public.
	(c)  The department may not enter into a contract with an 
agency under this section unless the contract complies with Chapter 
771 and may not enter into a contract with a local government under 
this section unless the contract complies with Chapter 791. A 
contract entered into under this section may provide that the 
department be reimbursed for expenses incurred by the division in 
providing inmate labor to the agency or local government.
	(d)  The department shall make reasonable efforts to 
contract with nonprofit organizations that provide services to the 
general public and enhance social welfare and the general 
well-being of the community to provide inmate labor to those 
organizations.  In entering contracts under this subsection, the 
department should give preference to nonprofit organizations that 
will use the inmate labor in a manner that increases the inmates' 
vocational skills.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, § 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
1989.  Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Government Code § 496.091 and 
amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, § 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 
26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, § 1.041, 
eff. Sept. 1, 1995;   Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, § 2, eff. 
Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 302, § 1, eff. May 29, 
1999;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, § 1.33, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.

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