Amend CSHB 1, page V-23, appropriations to the Department of
Criminal Justice, by adding the following new rider:
      Prison Industries Office.  The Council on Competitive
Government (CCG) shall conduct a comprehensive review of services
provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison
industries office to determine if those services may be better
provided by selecting service providers through competition with
other state agency providers of the services or through private
commercial sources.  The review shall focus on the most effective
way to capture the business of state and local governmental
entities and public and private educational institutions while
maintaining the primary purpose of providing inmates with effective
job training.
      If the CCG determines that a service provided by the TDCJ
prison industries office may be better provided by selecting the
service provider through competition, the CCG shall require the
TDCJ to engage in any process developed by the CCG to select a
service provider through competition with other state agency
providers of the service or through private commercial sources.