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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of prison-made products to nonprofit |
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organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 497.021, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 497.021. AUTHORITY. This subchapter governs the sale |
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of prison-made products [to governmental agencies]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 497.022, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 497.022. CONTRACTS. The department may contract with: |
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(1) another state, the federal government, a foreign |
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government, or an agency of any of those governments to manufacture |
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for or sell to those governments prison-made articles or products; |
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(2) a private or independent institution of higher |
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education to manufacture for or sell to that school or institution |
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prison-made articles or products; [or] |
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(3) a nonprofit organization exempt from federal |
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taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or |
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(4) a private school or a visually handicapped person |
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in this state to manufacture Braille textbooks or other |
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instructional aids for the education of visually handicapped |
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persons. |
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SECTION 3. Section 497.025(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A political subdivision or a nonprofit organization |
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exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal |
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Revenue Code of 1986, may purchase articles and products under this |
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subchapter directly from the office. |
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SECTION 4. Section 497.028, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 497.028. CATALOGS. The office shall prepare catalogs |
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that accurately and completely describe articles and products |
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produced under this subchapter. The office shall send copies of the |
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catalogs to all state agencies and make the catalogs available to |
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political subdivisions and to nonprofit organizations exempt from |
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taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |