79R7470 MFC-D

By:  Hodge                                                        H.B. No. 1529



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of educational services to certain 
inmates imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 501.020 to read as follows:
	Sec. 501.020.  IN-CELL EDUCATION.  The department may 
establish a policy to provide in-cell education to an inmate 
confined in administrative segregation if:
		(1)  the inmate would benefit from the education; and                  
		(2)  the education can be provided to the inmate in a 
way that does not pose a threat to the health or safety of any 
department staff member or other inmate.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.