Amend SB 365 by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to
read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 497.091(d), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) The department shall make reasonable efforts to <may>
contract with nonprofit organizations that provide services to the
general public and enhance social welfare and the general
well-being of the community to provide inmate labor to those
organizations. In entering contracts under this subsection, the
department should give preference to nonprofit organizations that
will use the inmate labor in a manner that increases the inmates'
vocational skills.