By Place H.B. No. 2304 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the state's liability for inmates released on furlough. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 501.006, Government Code, is amended by 1-5 adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: 1-6 (i) Neither the state nor its agencies or departments shall 1-7 be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by an inmate while the 1-8 inmate is on furlough or reprieve, unless the state contracts in 1-9 writing with the entity rendering the service for or to the inmate. 1-10 A contract is valid only if it specifies the service to be rendered 1-11 and the cost to be incurred by the state is approved by the state 1-12 prior to rendition of the service, unless such expenses were 1-13 incurred for emergency services as deemed by the institutional 1-14 division. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.