By Hopson                                             H.B. No. 1314
         77R9295 GWK-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to requiring certain inmates of the Texas Department of
 1-3     Criminal Justice to participate in treatment programs.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Chapter 500, Government Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Section 500.004 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 500.004.  PARTICIPATION IN TREATMENT PROGRAM. An inmate
 1-8     required by law or department policy to participate in a treatment
 1-9     program shall participate in the program.
1-10           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-11     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-12     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-13     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-14     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.