80R2748 HLT-D
 
  By: Madden H.B. No. 432
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the offense of the sale of
prison-produced articles or products.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 497.010, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
       (d)  It is an exception to the application of this section
that the actor was an inmate or state jail defendant confined in a
facility operated by or under contract with the department who sold
or offered to sell an art or craft in the manner authorized under
Section 501.013(b).
       SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an
offense committed before, on, or after the effective date of this
Act.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.