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 medical 1-3 furlough. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 501.006, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: 1-7 (i) Neither the state nor its agencies or departments shall 1-8 be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by an inmate while the 1-9 inmate is on furlough or reprieve, unless the state contracts in 1-10 writing with the entity rendering the service for or to the inmate. 1-11 A contract is valid only if it specifies the service to be rendered 1-12 and the cost to be incurred by the state is approved by the state 1-13 prior to rendition of the service. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-21 passage, and it is so enacted.