Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 2324 amends the Government Code to reorganize the statutes governing the prison industries program. It renames the program Texas Correctional Industries and sets out general provisions in Subchapter A. Subchapter B governs the sale of prison-made products to governmental agencies. The act defines "articles and products" to include services provided by inmate labor, gives the Texas Board of Criminal Justice authority to create an Industry Advisory Committee, allows Texas Correctional Industries to purchase real property from funds in the industrial revolving fund, and repeals the statute that allows direct purchases by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In addition, the act amends the Penal Code to make it a third degree felony for an inmate to possess personal information obtained by working in an industry program with the intent to defraud or gain benefit. The act also amends the Human Resources Code, the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and the Government Code to provide for the apportionment or garnishment of certain inmate funds and to modify the schedule of priorities for withdrawals from an inmate's trust fund.