1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the organization and operation of certain prison
1-3 industries in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas
1-4 Youth Commission, and certain county correctional facilities, to
1-5 agricultural programs and work programs of the Texas Department of
1-6 Criminal Justice, and to certain funds held in trust for inmates in
1-7 the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; providing
1-8 a penalty.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Subchapters A and B, Chapter 497, Government
1-11 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-12 SUBCHAPTER A. TEXAS CORRECTIONAL [PRISON]
1-13 INDUSTRIES [OFFICE]
1-14 Sec. 497.001. TEXAS CORRECTIONAL [PRISON] INDUSTRIES;
1-15 DEFINITIONS [OFFICE]. (a) Texas Correctional Industries [The
1-16 prison industries office] is an office in the department.
1-17 (b) In this subchapter and Subchapter B:
1-18 (1) "Office" means Texas Correctional Industries.
1-19 (2) "Articles and products" include services provided
1-20 through the use of inmate labor.
1-21 Sec. 497.002. PURPOSE; IMPLEMENTATION. (a) The purposes of
1-22 the [prison industries] office are to implement this subchapter and
1-23 Subchapter B to:
1-24 (1) provide adequate, regular, and suitable employment
2-1 for the [and] vocational training and rehabilitation of inmates,
2-2 consistent with proper correctional purposes;
2-3 (2) use the labor of inmates for self-maintenance;
2-4 (3) reimburse the state for expenses caused by the
2-5 crimes of inmates and the cost of their imprisonment;
2-6 (4) provide for the requisition and disbursement of
2-7 department articles and products through established state
2-8 authorities to eliminate the possibility of unlawful private profit
2-9 from the distribution of those articles and products;
2-10 (5) provide materials, products, or articles for sale
2-11 to the public, to private enterprises, or to agencies of the state
2-12 or political subdivisions of the state; and
2-13 (6) develop and expand public and private prison
2-14 industry operations [development and expansion of public and
2-15 private prison industries].
2-16 (b) To implement the purposes of the office, the department
2-17 may establish and operate a prison industries program at each
2-18 correctional facility that the department considers suitable for
2-19 such a program.
2-20 Sec. 497.003. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The board may establish a
2-21 prison industries advisory committee. If the board establishes a
2-22 prison industries advisory committee, the advisory committee must
2-23 be [is] composed of nine members appointed by the board. Members
2-24 of the advisory committee, if the advisory committee is
2-25 established, serve staggered three-year terms with the terms of
2-26 three members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
2-27 Sec. 497.004. INMATE LABOR, PAY. (a) The department shall
3-1 use inmate labor in [the] prison industries [program] to the
3-2 greatest extent feasible and shall develop and expand [the] prison
3-3 industries [program] by pursuing arrangements with business for the
3-4 use of inmate labor.
3-5 (b) The board may develop by rule and the department may
3-6 administer an incentive pay scale for inmates who participate in
3-7 [the] prison industries [program]. Prison industries [The program]
3-8 may be financed through contributions donated for this purpose by
3-9 private businesses contracting with the department. The department
3-10 shall apportion pay earned by an inmate in the same manner as is
3-11 required by Section 497.051 [under this subchapter to the following
3-12 persons and entities, in amounts determined at the discretion of
3-13 the department:]
3-14 [(1) persons to whom the inmate has been ordered by a
3-15 court to pay restitution;]
3-16 [(2) the inmate's family and dependents;]
3-17 [(3) the state, as reimbursement for the cost of the
3-18 inmate's confinement;]
3-19 [(4) the compensation to victims of crime fund,
3-20 created by Article 56.54, Code of Criminal Procedure; and]
3-21 [(5) the inmate's trust fund].
3-22 Sec. 497.005. INDUSTRIAL REVOLVING ACCOUNT. (a) The
3-23 legislature may appropriate money to an industrial revolving
3-24 account in the general revenue fund.
3-25 (b) The office shall administer the industrial revolving
3-26 account.
3-27 (c) The office may use money in the industrial revolving
4-1 account to purchase real property, erect buildings, improve
4-2 facilities, buy equipment and tools, install or replace equipment,
4-3 buy industrial raw materials and supplies, and pay for other
4-4 necessary expenses for the administration of this subchapter and
4-5 Subchapter B.
4-6 (d) The office shall remit money received from the sale of
4-7 articles and products produced under this subchapter and Subchapter
4-8 B to the comptroller to be deposited in the industrial revolving
4-9 account.
4-10 (e) When the governor and the Legislative Budget Board
4-11 determine that the industrial revolving account contains money in
4-12 an amount that exceeds the amount necessary for the administration
4-13 of this subchapter and Subchapter B, the governor and the
4-14 Legislative Budget Board shall certify that fact to the
4-15 comptroller, who shall transfer the excess amount to the
4-16 unobligated portion of the general revenue fund.
4-17 (f) Section 403.095, Government Code, does not apply to the
4-18 industrial revolving account. [PROCEEDS FROM PRISON INDUSTRIES.
4-19 Proceeds received from the operation of a prison industries program
4-20 shall be deposited in the industrial revolving fund. The proceeds
4-21 may be used by the department for the administration of this
4-22 subchapter.]
4-23 Sec. 497.006. CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE BUSINESS. To encourage
4-24 the development and expansion of [the] prison industries [program],
4-25 the prison industries office may enter into necessary contracts
4-26 related to the prison industries program. With the approval of the
4-27 board, the office may enter into a contract with a private
5-1 business to conduct a program on or off property operated by the
5-2 department. A contract entered into under this section must comply
5-3 with the Private Sector/Prison Industry Enhancement Certification
5-4 Program operated by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and authorized
5-5 by 18 U.S.C. Section 1761. In determining under Section 497.051
5-6 the number of inmates employed in conditional work programs, the
5-7 department shall count the number of inmates participating in a
5-8 work program under a contract entered into under this section. Not
5-9 more than 250 inmates may participate in work programs under
5-10 contracts entered into under this section.
5-11 Sec. 497.007. GRANTS. The [prison industries] office may
5-12 accept any grant designated for inmate vocational rehabilitation.
5-13 The office shall maintain records relating to the receipt and
5-14 disbursement of grant funds, and shall annually report to the board
5-15 on the administration of grant funds.
5-16 Sec. 497.008. LEASE OF LAND. To further the expansion and
5-17 development of [the] prison industries [program], the department
5-18 may lease prison land to a private business. A lease under this
5-19 section may not exceed a term of 50 years. The business must lease
5-20 the land at fair market value and may construct or convert plant
5-21 facilities on the land.
5-22 Sec. 497.009. CERTIFICATION FOR FRANCHISE TAX CREDIT. The
5-23 department or the [prison industries] office on behalf of the
5-24 department shall prepare and issue a certification that a
5-25 corporation requires to establish eligibility for the franchise tax
5-26 credit for wages paid to inmates or employees who were inmates
5-27 under Subchapter L, Chapter 171, Tax Code.
6-1 Sec. 497.010. OFFENSE: SALE OR OFFER OF SALE OF
6-2 PRISON-PRODUCED ARTICLES OR PRODUCTS. (a) A person commits an
6-3 offense if the person intentionally sells or offers to sell on the
6-4 open market in this state an article or product the person knows
6-5 was manufactured in whole or in part by an inmate of the department
6-6 or an inmate in any correctional facility or reformatory
6-7 institution in this state or in any other state, other than an
6-8 inmate:
6-9 (1) who was on community supervision, parole, or
6-10 mandatory supervision;
6-11 (2) employed by an enterprise that has employed the
6-12 inmate in order to take advantage of the franchise tax credit
6-13 offered under Subchapter L, Chapter 171, Tax Code, at the time of
6-14 manufacture; or
6-15 (3) participating in a federally certified prison
6-16 industry enhancement program.
6-17 (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor
6-18 [COMPLIANCE. The prison industries office may enter into a
6-19 contract with a private business under Section 497.006 only if the
6-20 contract specifies that the prison industries office and the
6-21 private business will comply with the Private Sector/Prison
6-22 Industry Enhancement Certification Program operated by the Bureau
6-23 of Justice Assistance and authorized by 18 U.S.C. Section 1761].
6-24 SUBCHAPTER B. SALES OF PRISON-MADE ARTICLES OR PRODUCTS
6-25 [GOODS ACT OF 1963]
6-26 Sec. 497.021. AUTHORITY [SHORT TITLE]. This subchapter
6-27 governs the sale of prison-made products to governmental agencies
7-1 [may be cited as the Prison-Made Goods Act of 1963].
7-2 Sec. 497.022. CONTRACTS. The department may contract with:
7-3 (1) another state, the federal government, a foreign
7-4 government, or an agency of any of those governments to manufacture
7-5 for or sell to those governments prison-made articles or products;
7-6 or
7-7 (2) a private school or a visually handicapped person
7-8 in this state to manufacture Braille textbooks or other
7-9 instructional aids for the education of visually handicapped
7-10 persons [PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to:]
7-11 [(1) provide adequate, regular, and suitable
7-12 employment for the vocational training and rehabilitation of
7-13 inmates, consistent with proper penal purposes;]
7-14 [(2) use the labor of inmates for self-maintenance;]
7-15 [(3) reimburse the state for expenses caused by the
7-16 crimes of inmates and the cost of their confinement;]
7-17 [(4) provide for the requisition and disbursement of
7-18 institutional division articles and products through established
7-19 state authorities to eliminate the possibility of private profits
7-20 from the distribution of those articles and products; and]
7-21 [(5) provide materials, products, or articles for sale
7-22 to a private person or for the use of the state or a political
7-23 subdivision of the state].
7-24 Sec. 497.023. [RULES. The board may adopt rules necessary
7-25 for the administration of this subchapter.]
7-26 [Sec. 497.024.] PRIORITIES. Under this subchapter and
7-27 Subchapter A, the office [The institutional division] shall produce
8-1 products and articles [administer this subchapter] first to fulfill
8-2 the needs of agencies of the state [for articles and products
8-3 produced under this subchapter,] and second to fulfill the needs of
8-4 political subdivisions or other purchasers [for the articles and
8-5 products].
8-6 [Sec. 497.025. PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES;
8-7 EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL. To provide articles and products to an
8-8 agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state, the
8-9 institutional division may purchase equipment, raw materials, and
8-10 supplies in the manner provided by law.]
8-11 Sec. 497.024 [497.026]. AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS:
8-12 DUTIES TO PURCHASE. (a) If the office [institutional division]
8-13 produces an article or product under this subchapter, an agency of
8-14 the state or a political subdivision may purchase the article or
8-15 product only from the office [division].
8-16 (b) If the General Services Commission determines that an
8-17 article or product produced by the office [institutional division]
8-18 under this subchapter does not meet the requirements of an agency
8-19 of the state or a political subdivision, or that the office has
8-20 determined [institutional division of the Texas Department of
8-21 Criminal Justice determines] that the office [division] is unable
8-22 to fill a requisition for an article or product, the agency or
8-23 subdivision may purchase the article or product from another
8-24 source.
8-25 (c) An agency of the state or a political subdivision may
8-26 not evade the intent of this subchapter by requesting an article or
8-27 product that varies slightly from standards for articles or
9-1 products established under Section 497.027 [497.029], if the office
9-2 [institutional division] produces a similar article or product
9-3 that is in compliance with established standards and is reasonably
9-4 suited to the actual needs of the agency or subdivision.
9-5 Sec. 497.025 [497.027]. PURCHASING PROCEDURE. (a) An
9-6 agency of the state that purchases articles and products under
9-7 this subchapter must requisition the purchase through the General
9-8 Services Commission except for purchases of articles or products
9-9 [items or services] not included in an established contract. The
9-10 purchase of articles or products [items] not included in an
9-11 established contract and that do not exceed the dollar limits
9-12 established under Section 2155.132 [3.08(a), State Purchasing and
9-13 General Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil
9-14 Statutes),] may be acquired directly from the office [department]
9-15 on the agency's obtaining an informal or a formal quotation for
9-16 the item and issuing a proper purchase order to the office
9-17 [department].
9-18 (b) A political subdivision may purchase articles and
9-19 products under this subchapter directly from the office
9-20 [institutional division].
9-21 (c) If an agency or political subdivision purchasing goods
9-22 under this subchapter desires to purchase goods or articles from
9-23 the office [division], it may do so without complying with any
9-24 other state law otherwise requiring the agency or political
9-25 subdivision to request competitive bids for the article or product.
9-26 Nothing herein shall be interpreted to require a political
9-27 subdivision to purchase goods or articles from the office
10-1 [division] if the political subdivision determines that the goods
10-2 or articles can be purchased elsewhere at a lower price. An [or
10-3 an] agency may decline to purchase goods or articles from the
10-4 office [division] if the agency determines, after giving the office
10-5 a final opportunity to negotiate on price, and the General Services
10-6 Commission certifies, that the goods or articles can be purchased
10-7 elsewhere at a lower price.
10-8 Sec. 497.026 [497.028]. PRICES. The office [institutional
10-9 division] and the [State Purchasing and] General Services
10-10 Commission shall determine the sales price of articles and products
10-11 produced under this subchapter.
10-12 Sec. 497.027 [497.029]. SPECIFICATIONS. (a) The [State
10-13 Purchasing and] General Services Commission shall establish
10-14 specifications for articles and products produced under this
10-15 subchapter. An article or product produced under this subchapter
10-16 must meet specifications established under this subsection in
10-17 effect when the article or product is produced.
10-18 (b) The office [institutional division] may manufacture
10-19 articles and products to meet commercial specifications for the
10-20 article or product if the [State Purchasing and] General Services
10-21 Commission has not established specifications for the article or
10-22 product and the commission approves the commercial specifications.
10-23 Sec. 497.028 [497.030]. CATALOGS. The office [institutional
10-24 division] shall prepare catalogs that accurately and completely
10-25 describe articles and products produced under this subchapter. The
10-26 office [institutional division] shall send copies of the catalogs
10-27 to all state agencies and make the catalogs available to political
11-1 subdivisions.
11-2 Sec. 497.029 [497.031]. NEW ARTICLES AND PRODUCTS. The
11-3 [State Purchasing and] General Services Commission may request the
11-4 office [institutional division] to produce additional articles or
11-5 products under this subchapter.
11-6 Sec. 497.030 [497.032]. [STATE PURCHASING AND] GENERAL
11-7 SERVICES COMMISSION REPORTS. (a) Not later than the 31st day
11-8 before the first day of each fiscal year, the [State Purchasing
11-9 and] General Services Commission shall submit to the office
11-10 [institutional division] a report that summarizes the types and
11-11 amounts of articles and products sold under this subchapter in the
11-12 preceding nine months.
11-13 (b) Not later than the 100th day after the last day of each
11-14 fiscal year, the [State Purchasing and] General Services Commission
11-15 shall submit to the office [institutional division] a report that
11-16 states the types and amounts of articles and products sold under
11-17 this subchapter in the preceding fiscal year.
11-18 (c) A report submitted by the [State Purchasing and] General
11-19 Services Commission under this section must describe the articles
11-20 and products to the extent possible in the manner those articles
11-21 and products are described in catalogs prepared under Section
11-22 497.028 [497.030].
11-23 [Sec. 497.033. INDUSTRIAL REVOLVING FUND. (a) The
11-24 legislature may appropriate in the General Appropriations Act money
11-25 to an industrial revolving fund.]
11-26 [(b) The prison industries office established under Section
11-27 497.001 shall administer the industrial revolving fund.]
12-1 [(c) The institutional division may use money appropriated
12-2 to the industrial revolving fund to erect buildings, improve
12-3 facilities, buy equipment and tools, install or replace equipment,
12-4 and pay for other necessary expenses for the administration of this
12-5 subchapter.]
12-6 [(d) The institutional division shall deposit funds received
12-7 from the sale of articles and products produced under this
12-8 subchapter with the state treasurer to be maintained in the
12-9 industrial revolving fund.]
12-10 [(e) Subject to the approval of the board, the institutional
12-11 division may use money deposited under Subsection (d) for the
12-12 purposes described in Subsection (c), and for the employment of
12-13 supervisors as necessary for the administration of this subchapter.]
12-14 [(f) When the governor and the Legislative Budget Board
12-15 determine that the industrial revolving fund contains money in an
12-16 amount that exceeds the amount necessary for the administration of
12-17 this subchapter, the excess amount shall be transferred by the
12-18 institutional division to the general revenue fund.]
12-19 [(g) Sections 403.094(h) and (i) do not apply to the
12-20 industrial revolving fund.]
12-21 [Sec. 497.034. SURPLUS PROPERTY AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
12-22 (a) The board may authorize the director of the institutional
12-23 division to sell or dispose of surplus agricultural products and
12-24 personal property owned by the institutional division, other than
12-25 products or property produced for sale by the division.]
12-26 [(b) Products and property described by Subsection (a) shall
12-27 be sold under rules adopted by the board and at prices and terms
13-1 set by the board.]
13-2 [(c) The institutional division may use surplus agricultural
13-3 lands to provide agricultural products to a nonprofit organization
13-4 at no profit to the division.]
13-5 [Sec. 497.035. OFFENSE: SALE OR OFFER OF SALE OF
13-6 PRISON-PRODUCED ARTICLES OR PRODUCTS. (a) A person commits an
13-7 offense if the person intentionally sells or offers to sell on the
13-8 open market in this state an article or product the person knows
13-9 was manufactured in whole or in part by an inmate of the
13-10 institutional division or an inmate in a correctional facility in
13-11 any other state, other than an inmate:]
13-12 [(1) who was on community supervision, parole, or
13-13 mandatory supervision;]
13-14 [(2) employed by an enterprise who has employed the
13-15 inmate to advantage themselves of the Franchise Tax Credit offered
13-16 under Subchapter L, Chapter 171, Tax Code, at the time of
13-17 manufacture; or]
13-18 [(3) participating in a federally certified prison
13-19 industry enhancement program.]
13-20 [(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
13-21 punishable by:]
13-22 [(1) a fine of not less than $10 or more than $500;]
13-23 [(2) confinement in jail for a term of not less than
13-24 10 days or more than one year; or]
13-25 [(3) both such fine and confinement.]
13-26 SECTION 2. Section 497.091, Government Code, is amended by
13-27 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
14-1 (d) The department may contract with nonprofit organizations
14-2 that provide services to the general public and enhance social
14-3 welfare and the general well-being of the community to provide
14-4 inmate labor to those organizations.
14-5 SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 497, Government Code, is
14-6 amended by adding Section 497.113 to read as follows:
14-7 Sec. 497.113. SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND PRODUCTS.
14-8 (a) The board may authorize the sale or disposal of surplus
14-9 agricultural products and personal property owned by the
14-10 department, other than products or property produced for sale by
14-11 the department.
14-12 (b) Products and property described by Subsection (a) shall
14-13 be sold under rules adopted by the board and at prices and terms
14-14 set pursuant to those rules.
14-15 (c) The department may use surplus agricultural capacity to
14-16 provide agricultural products to a nonprofit organization at no
14-17 profit to the department.
14-18 SECTION 4. Section 38.111(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
14-19 as follows:
14-20 (a) An inmate of the institutional division or a person
14-21 confined in a state jail felony facility commits an offense if with
14-22 intent to obtain a benefit or with intent to harm or defraud
14-23 another the inmate or person possesses, discloses, or uses personal
14-24 information about another that the inmate or person has access to
14-25 by means of participation in a work program operated by or for the
14-26 institutional division or state jail division.
14-27 SECTION 5. Section 61.123, Human Resources Code, is amended
15-1 to read as follows:
15-2 Sec. 61.123. PAY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PAY. The commission
15-3 shall apportion wages earned by a child working under the
15-4 industries program in amounts determined at the discretion of the
15-5 commission, in the following priority:
15-6 (1) a person to whom the child has been ordered by a
15-7 court or to whom the child has agreed to pay restitution;
15-8 (2) a person to whom the child has been ordered by a
15-9 court to pay child support; [and]
15-10 (3) the compensation to victims of crime fund or the
15-11 compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund; and
15-12 (4) the child's student account.
15-13 SECTION 6. Chapter 63, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
15-14 amended by adding Section 63.006 to read as follows:
15-15 Sec. 63.006. GARNISHMENT OF FUNDS HELD IN INMATE TRUST FUND.
15-16 (a) A writ of garnishment may be issued against an inmate trust
15-17 fund held under the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal
15-18 Justice under Section 501.014, Government Code, to encumber money
15-19 that is held for the benefit of an inmate in the fund.
15-20 (b) The state's sovereign immunity to suit is waived only to
15-21 the extent necessary to authorize a garnishment action in
15-22 accordance with this section.
15-23 SECTION 7. Sections 501.014(e) and (f), Government Code, are
15-24 amended to read as follows:
15-25 (e) On notification by a court, the department
15-26 [institutional division] shall withdraw from an inmate's trust fund
15-27 account any amount the inmate is ordered to pay by order of the
16-1 court under this subsection [for child support, restitution, fines,
16-2 and court costs]. The department [institutional division] shall
16-3 make a payment under this subsection as ordered by the court to
16-4 either the court or the party specified in the court order. The
16-5 [institutional division and the] department is [are] not liable for
16-6 withdrawing or failing to withdraw money or making payments or
16-7 failing to make payments under this subsection. The department
16-8 [institutional division] shall make withdrawals and payments from
16-9 an inmate's trust fund account under this subsection according to
16-10 the following schedule of priorities:
16-11 (1) as payment in full for all orders for child
16-12 support;
16-13 (2) as payment in full for all orders for restitution;
16-14 (3) as payment in full for all orders for court fees
16-15 and costs [fines]; [and]
16-16 (4) as payment in full for all orders for fines; and
16-17 (5) as payment in full for any other court order,
16-18 judgment, or writ [court costs].
16-19 (f) The department [institutional division] may place a hold
16-20 on funds in or withdraw funds from an inmate trust fund account:
16-21 (1) to restore amounts withdrawn by the inmate against
16-22 uncollected funds;
16-23 (2) to correct accounting errors;
16-24 (3) to make restitution for wrongful withdrawals made
16-25 by an inmate from the trust fund of another inmate;
16-26 (4) to cover deposits until cleared;
16-27 (5) as directed by court order in accordance with
17-1 Subsection (e); [or]
17-2 (6) as part of an investigation by the department of
17-3 inmate conduct involving the use of trust funds or an investigation
17-4 in which activity in the trust fund is evidence; or
17-5 (7) to transfer funds deposited in violation of law or
17-6 department policy.
17-7 SECTION 8. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
17-8 63.006, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, apply only to a writ of
17-9 garnishment issued against an inmate trust fund on or after the
17-10 effective date of this Act. A writ of garnishment issued against
17-11 an inmate trust fund before the effective date of this Act is
17-12 governed by the law as it existed before the effective date of this
17-13 Act, and that law is continued in effect for this purpose.
17-14 SECTION 9. Section 496.051, Government Code, and Section 1,
17-15 Chapter 86, Acts of the 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941
17-16 (Article 9007, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are repealed.
17-17 SECTION 10. (a) The changes in law made by this Act to
17-18 Section 497.010, Government Code, and Section 38.111, Penal Code,
17-19 apply only to an offense committed on or after the effective date
17-20 of this Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed
17-21 before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
17-22 occurs before the effective date.
17-23 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
17-24 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
17-25 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
17-26 SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
17-27 SECTION 12. The importance of this legislation and the
18-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
18-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
18-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
18-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2324 was passed by the House on May
14, 1997, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2324 on May 28, 1997, by a non-record
vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2324 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 1997, by a viva-voce vote.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor