82R5763 MAW-D
By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 1599
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of prison-made products to nonprofit
organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 497.021, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 497.021. AUTHORITY. This subchapter governs the sale
of prison-made products [to governmental agencies].
SECTION 2. 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;
(2) a private or independent institution of higher
education to manufacture for or sell to that school or institution
prison-made articles or products; [or]
(3) a nonprofit organization exempt from federal
taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 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 3. Section 497.025(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A political subdivision or a nonprofit organization
exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, may purchase articles and products under this
subchapter directly from the office.
SECTION 4. Section 497.028, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 497.028. CATALOGS. The office shall prepare catalogs
that accurately and completely describe articles and products
produced under this subchapter. The office shall send copies of the
catalogs to all state agencies and make the catalogs available to
political subdivisions and to nonprofit organizations exempt from
taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.