H.B. No. 3606
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of vocational training to inmates
  confined in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfer
  facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 499, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 499.156 to read as follows:
         Sec. 499.156.  VOCATIONAL TRAINING. The department shall
  adopt a policy under which a representative of a public or private
  entity, including a public or private institution of higher
  education, may provide vocational training on a voluntary basis to
  inmates confined in a transfer facility authorized under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall adopt
  the policy required by Section 499.156, Government Code, as added
  by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3606 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3606 was passed by the Senate on May
  26, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor