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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 497.056. Private Sector Prison Industries Account

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The department shall forward money collected under Section 497.0581 to the comptroller. The comptroller shall deposit the money in the general revenue fund.

(b) The private sector prison industry account is created as an account in the general revenue fund. Money in the account may be appropriated only to:

(1) recruit corporations to participate as private sector industries programs;

(2) pay costs of the board and department in implementing this subchapter, including the cost to the department in reimbursing board members for expenses; and

(3) pay costs associated with the storage of evidence:

(A) containing biological material and used in the prosecution and conviction of an offense; or

(B) of a sexual assault or other sex offense.

(c) On each certification by the department that an amount has been deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund from deductions from participants' wages under Section 497.0581, the comptroller shall transfer an equivalent amount from the general revenue fund to the private sector prison industry account, until the balance in the account is $1 million. The balance of the account may not exceed $1 million.

(d) The department during each calendar quarter shall make a certification of the amount deposited during the previous calendar quarter to the credit of the general revenue fund from deductions from participants' wages under Section 497.0581.

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