{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-501.091","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 501.091","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"Text of section effective on June 19, 2009, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 643, Sec. 4, which states: This Act does not make an appropriation. This Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations act of the 81st Legislature.\nIn this subchapter:\n(1) \"Correctional facility\" means a facility operated by or under contract with the department.\n(2) \"Offender\" means an inmate or state jail defendant confined in a correctional facility.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 643 (H.B. 1711), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 501. INMATE WELFARE","SUBCHAPTER C. CONTINUITY OF CARE PROGRAMS; REENTRY PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.501.htm#501.091","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"86492600d63f7a6bd1956bae349e525b0edd0bbd4df352da781312a2f6ec22c7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-501.071","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-501.092"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}