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;: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF T’EXAS 

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xa0h tmmudition ii a oopmete 0frw00.* 

~0~1 00&o, ~rtl016 lb70 pmvfa0rr 

90 o fffoor er lmp~oye pf the State ,pciitbattiaries ehell be pcrdtte6 to porohascl’a 

&tMa OY fsePaandlsu OP other progerty frw. “J; Ec 

sta te or Qenltaatlary l y c tc exoe~t mL, r uouh %n3 

lue rruftr, *egeteblw~, ice, wetor, etom ana 

lghts aa aey be proOuocd or mcncfaotu?cd OB the 

praalcce at the peuftcatlury , or te apprepriete 

60 bir prlvete .we or’ aeployaent the hbot, sorvloorr or we et cny wfate pcalteatlary convlet, 

or of any ‘malwl, ve?liolo or other personal pmpertp belonging ,to the State, unlcae it be br tb q 

l rpreou eirwent of the. piultcntfary board had by 

en or4er to that cf~eot cntarc4 o? reooP4 a0 the 

~&nutcu of 13814 bawd, preaing: for the ammat 

to be pala by acoh orffocr JI l ~~ployo, io? tho 

we, maploysent and sonleas of such oonviob OT 

oouvlote or the we of any psraona1.grogsrt.y bel~ngln& $6 the State; an4 no cmploge 01 oKfesr 

as,Lng~ my State property +.lL be ellowcd to uec 

uame lh ltecppfng bcer4crs for prorlt anlass such 

header or boerdan bo in the employ of the State 

~ltcutiary systemi a n4 ma pca~tentlrry l cr~eaat, 

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- guerd or other oftleer ar anplofe or the petiteatIary ehcll aoaept~ or rcealva day ealary~ or other 

oempcacetion frem eny psreon or eerparatioia hirIng 

or otho~l~e empleylng State cornfete. Aay eeoh 

ottlder or tiplop *ha shall violate l ny provf*ion 

of thlr artlo~c shall be punlehcd by dbmiasal 

~XOIE hiu orfioc 0; afiplopont and boy e rfn6 of 

not lerr trim h0atpriv0 nor aore than two hundred dollan en4 ii the oonvlotlon be for rooeptlng 

01p reeelvfag any eelaarf-pt owpcncatio8 frors a 

Mrer or aaployer of 3%&e amviotc, the ywliy 100 

ecavia6o4 ehelL, in eddttton to the .~eacl~y cbote 

tlerat!bed, be euaitned in 3611 nut leas than one 

month nor Aorc thaa one mar. 

*Any perem ur my mxber of B ee-pertnerehip 

or ila, OP any agsnt, swvsnt OP Peprasantativo 

of euoh pcmmn, co-fwtnorshlg or fLr?a, or any 

orilear, rgant, cervant or ropreaootetlrc of m-if 

eorporetfon, hfrinz or wiployfng Stat.8 aonvloto 
by eoatnat w!th the StaM or psoritentiory 078. 

tea ot hbo, .kaaa, ore for 041 *ban or portlan 

or psr cent et the sre~a e? other prabota of the 

la b eef o sa sh o emietavhe I l bnll p a y or .proalae 

ox ef?er $e ~7, l ltber al?eobly or lndireatl7, to 

any aargaaat, guard or other aatplo7e of the Btata 

haviag auofr eonriots in oh&r 

dthe? i.kVhOlO OL? iB part r 

or under his eontre~, 

a mone7 or atho* tali 

rwble tb&q, l hnll bo eon&d la the penlteatiery 

fortro 7eara** 

0ab.r the rorlaioaa @f three l rtirlaa 10 is an 

o fYen a g nia a t 2b e P l va 8f tibia 8Ca te for a ny o h a rp or mpbp ~6 Of b h8 Tvns PfiOOB SptM tQ ~UZObea. fnr ~ th. b in 

Q78tlem -7 

l urplua A-’ 

d~~Eendl#~, ot Otbet pmpert7, except g&f’. 

to vegetablaa, IOe, =ter, steer, aad llgbta aa 

mm7 be prodwet or sumfaottwad on thn ~malana of tha syatwi 

It l8 likavtae an OWMSO SW 8Uoh oitlOer of aqloyre~.or.the 

-x08 priaaa 8yatarrte be S~aOnai~lly IEkx%ated in the arle 

of any propetiy to the $daon Syuteap. A trade ia l lrgl7 another 

fonu of aale, and la torbiddrn undor the Skftiea. .' 

It La a. lso a n o S?nnatar ~ my o ffiocr or la p lo ~a o 

o f the 87a tto eE l ppwpriafo to his prirata aae an7 animal, 

+ebial*, or other paraoaal ptopmt7 belon&a to the 87mbe?d, 

un.l~aa *ha Priroa Board shall enter an order on ik alnutoa 

l xpze*aly pennittlng aurh use 0% prison propert and rixm 

the asount to k pnia by the ortioer or eaplo7eo for the us0 

oi aush poraonal propwt7. 

we find no 4t8tut* prohibitin OffiOW8 or ezaplo7eea 

of the 9tat0, other than ottioen and evployeecr of the Prlron 

Sydsr ftaelf, from odllng to a? pcuoheafng mmthe ?rtaoa 

System. 18 thle eoonneatien homer, PI? attention la aireoted 

tr0 that pOeiOB or Artiole &ii vkioh ufike# it 8n orienae for 

the offiowa, sgenta, or aaplo HO of thr ?rlaon smtm to 

kneviagxy and freuilulently 001 I or dlrpose o? any progert.7 be- 

‘fowtq 60 tha Prison Systae below its reasonable nnrket mlua. 

V* aall 7oor attentbn llkevbe to the provisions or 

Penal Cob, ArUale 1848, bearing u$m the generel rubjeot 

aettsr ot the @rcrte uao of ptiaan pmpertr by affioese and 

esplo7wa of the Prison 37atem. This ertiale psa~168s: 
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-da7 0rmer or wployar, 09 tb0 nhioa qatul 

+ rhell iraudulontly oonrsti to hia OI~D we end 

bewil$ any food olotblng, or Other: property belan@ag to or uri d er the Oontxol of 6he Fclaon systea, #ball be .punlshe& 48 if ho had rtolen the sum.- 

wo trust thet the toregoing answers loor iat@-. 

‘fours very truly 

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