{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-497.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 497.022","heading":"CONTRACTS.","body":"The department may contract with:\n(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;\n(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\n(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.\nAmended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 752 (H.B. 2839), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 497. INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE; LABOR OF INMATES","SUBCHAPTER B. SALES OF PRISON-MADE ARTICLES OR PRODUCTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.497.htm#497.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"8b5db7a3c001b98746dda20008d16fabcf36a08bde70b9eaf2439799505e35de","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-497.0211","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-497.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}