Tex. Government Code § 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 private school or a person with visual impairment in this state to manufacture Braille textbooks or other instructional aids for the education of persons with visual impairment.

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 752 (H.B. 2839), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2025.