Amend CSSB 365 in SECTION 1.33, in added Section 497.099,
Government Code (House Committee Printing, page 24), as follows:
      (1)  Between "REQUIRED." and "The" (line 15), insert "(a)".
      (2)  At the end of the section (between lines 23 and 24),
insert the following:
      "(b)  The board may develop by rule and the department may
administer an incentive pay scale program for inmates required to
work in agricultural, industrial, or other work programs.  In
developing the program, the board shall set pay levels not to
unjustly reward inmates, but rather to instruct inmates on the
virtues of diligent participation in the workplace.  The department
shall deposit an amount earned by an inmate under this subsection
into the inmate's trust fund, and may deduct not more than 80
percent of the amount deposited under this subsection for payment
of restitution and dependent care owed by the inmate.  This
subsection does not apply to the compensation of an inmate
participating in a Texas Correctional Industries program under
Subchapter A or an inmate participating in a private sector prison
industries program under Subchapter C."