Texas Government Code Title 4, Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, And Staff

• Texas Section 494.001 - Institutional Division Mission
  The mission of the institutional division is to provide safe and appropriate confinement, supervision, rehabilitation, and reintegration of adult felons, and to effectively manage or...
• Texas Section 494.002 - Director
  (a) The director of the institutional division may adopt policies governing the humane treatment, training, education, rehabilitation, and discipline of inmates and may arrange for...
• Texas Section 494.003 - Director's Accounts
  (a) The department shall keep a correct and accurate account of each financial transaction involving the institutional division, including the receipt and disbursement of money...
• Texas Section 494.004 - Director's Reports
  The director of the institutional division shall make a complete report to the board at each regular meeting of the board. The report must describe...
• Texas Section 494.007 - Employees' Salaries, Room And Board, Medical Care
  (a) Salaries of employees of the institutional division and the provision of board, lodging, uniforms, and other provisions to employees are as provided by the...
• Texas Section 494.008 - Department Employees: Limited Law Enforcement Powers
  (a) The executive director or the executive director's designee may authorize employees of the department to transport offenders and to apprehend escapees from any division...
• Texas Section 494.010 - Employees' Possession And Use Of Tobacco Products
  A rule adopted by the board that regulates the possession and use of tobacco products by department employees must provide that employees of the department...
• Texas Section 494.011 - Assessment Of Unit Design And Security Systems
  (a) In order to ensure that the institutional division is managed effectively, the division not less than once every three years shall assess the long-term...
• Texas Section 494.012 - Maintenance Staff
  (a) The institutional division shall evaluate the efficiency of the maintenance staff of each unit of the division. (b) The institutional division may assign a...

Last modified: September 28, 2016