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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to access to television by inmates confined by the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice in death row segregation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 501.020 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 501.020. ACCESS TO TELEVISION BY INMATE CONFINED IN |
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DEATH ROW SEGREGATION. (a) The department shall establish a policy |
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that: |
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(1) allows an inmate confined in death row segregation |
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to purchase from the commissary a television for in-cell use; and |
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(2) specifies the manner in which an inmate may use the |
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in-cell television. |
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(b) The department may only offer for sale in the commissary |
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a model of television that does not pose a threat to the health or |
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safety of any department staff member or inmate. |
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(c) Proceeds from the sale of televisions to inmates |
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confined in death row segregation shall be deposited to the credit |
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of the general revenue fund. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |