By Allen H.B. No. 2654 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to contracts entered into by the prison industries office 1-3 of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal 1-4 Justice. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 497.010, Government Code, is amended to 1-7 read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 497.010. Compliance. The prison industries office may 1-9 enter into a contract with a private business under Section 497.006 1-10 only if the contract specifies that the prison industries office 1-11 and the private business will comply with the Private Sector/Prison 1-12 Industry Enhancement Certification Program operated by the Bureau 1-13 of Justice Assistance and authorized by 18 U.S.C. Section 1761 (42 1-14 U.S.C. Section 3701 et seq). 1-15 SECTION 2. 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.