78R6430 GWK-D

By:  Geren                                                        H.B. No. 1273



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the sale of prison articles and products.                         
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 497.022, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 497.022.  CONTRACTS.  The department may contract with:                   
		(1)  another state, the federal government, a foreign 
government, or an agency of any of those governments to manufacture 
for or sell to those governments prison-made articles or products; 
[or]
		(2)  a nonprofit organization that provides services to 
the general public and enhances social welfare and the general 
well-being of the community to manufacture for or sell to that 
organization prison-made articles or products;
		(3)  a private primary or secondary school or a private 
or independent institution of higher education to manufacture for 
or sell to that school or institution prison-made articles or 
products; or
		(4)  a private school or a visually handicapped person 
in this state to manufacture Braille textbooks or other 
instructional aids for the education of visually handicapped 
persons.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.