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TX Govt Code § 493.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 493 - Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Organization|Section 493.028. Inspector General Report on Criminal Offenses

Sec. 493.028.  INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON CRIMINAL OFFENSES.  (a)  In this section, "special prosecution unit" means the special prosecution unit established under Subchapter E, Chapter 41.(b)  The inspector general of the department shall on a quarterly basis prepare and deliver to the board of directors of the special prosecution unit a report concerning any alleged criminal offense concerning the department and described by Article 104.003(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, that occurred during the preceding calendar quarter.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 263 (S.B. 103), Sec. 17, eff. June 8, 2007.Renumbered from Government Code, Section 493.026 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 27.001(32), eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 493.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 493 - Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Organization|Section 493.029. Local and Regional Release and Discharge Procedure

Sec. 493.029.  LOCAL AND REGIONAL RELEASE AND DISCHARGE PROCEDURE.  (a)  The department shall establish a procedure through which an inmate being discharged from the department or being released on parole or to mandatory supervision is discharged or released, as applicable, from:(1)  the facility in which the inmate is serving the inmate's sentence; or(2)  the facility designated as a regional release facility under Subsection (b) that is nearest to the facility in which the inmate is serving the inmate's sentence.(b)  The department shall designate six or more facilities  operated by the department as regional release facilities from which an inmate being discharged from the department or being released on parole or to mandatory supervision may be discharged or released, as applicable, rather than being released under Subsection (a)(1).  If the department determines that discharging or releasing an inmate under Subsection (a) is not in the best interest of the inmate or would threaten the safety of the public, the department may release the inmate from a regional release facility designated under this subsection other than the facility described by Subsection (a)(2).|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 445 (H.B. 2289), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 493.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 493 - Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Organization|Section 493.030. Notice to Social Security Administration

Sec. 493.030.  NOTICE TO SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.  (a)  The department shall notify the United States Social Security Administration of the release or discharge of a prisoner who:(1)  immediately before the prisoner's confinement in a state correctional facility, was receiving:(A)  Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq.; or(B)  Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 401 et seq.; and(2)  before the release or discharge, was confined in the facility for a period of less than 12 consecutive months.(b)  The department shall provide the notice described by Subsection (a) to the United States Social Security Administration by mail and electronically immediately on the prisoner's release or discharge from custody. The department shall provide a copy of the notice to the prisoner at the time of the prisoner's release or discharge.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1123 (H.B. 200), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 493.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 493 - Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Organization|Section 493.031. Case Management Committees

Sec. 493.031.  CASE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES.  (a)  Each facility under the oversight of the correctional institutions division shall establish a case management committee to assess each inmate in the facility and ensure the inmate is receiving appropriate services or participating in appropriate programs.  The case management committee shall:(1)  review each individualized treatment plan adopted under Section 508.152 for an inmate in the facility and, as applicable, discuss with the inmate a possible treatment plan, including participation in any program or service that may be available through the department, the Windham School District, or any volunteer organization; and(2)  meet with each inmate in the facility at the time of the inmate's initial placement in the facility and at any time in which the committee seeks to reclassify the inmate based on the inmate's refusal to participate in a program or service recommended by the committee.(b)  A case management committee must include the members of the unit classification committee.  In addition to those members, a case management committee may include any of the following members, based on availability and inmate needs:(1)  an employee whose primary duty involves providing rehabilitation and reintegration programs or services;(2)  an employee whose primary duty involves providing vocational training or educational services to inmates;(3)  an employee whose primary duty involves providing medical care or mental health care treatment to inmates; or(4)  a representative of a faith-based or volunteer organization.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1154 (S.B. 213), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 493.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 493 - Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Organization|Section 493.032. Correctional Officer Training Related to Pregnant Inmates

Sec. 493.032.  CORRECTIONAL OFFICER TRAINING RELATED TO PREGNANT INMATES.  (a)  The department shall provide training relating to medical and mental health care issues applicable to pregnant inmates to:(1)  each correctional officer employed by the department at a facility in which female inmates are confined; and(2)  any other department employee whose duties involve contact with pregnant inmates.(b)  The training must include information regarding:(1)  appropriate care for pregnant inmates; and(2)  the impact on a pregnant inmate and the inmate's unborn child of:(A)  the use of restraints;(B)  placement in administrative segregation; and(C)  invasive searches.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 123 (H.B. 650), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 493.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 493 - Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Organization|Section 493.033. Availability of Peer Support Services

Sec. 493.033.  AVAILABILITY OF PEER SUPPORT SERVICES.  (a)  The department shall adopt a policy to increase the availability of formal and informal peer support services, including certified peer specialist services, to a person confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the department, including a state jail felony facility, substance abuse felony punishment facility, or intermediate sanction facility.(b)  The policy adopted under Subsection (a) must:(1)  allow for persons who have previously been convicted of an offense, including releasees on parole or mandatory supervision and defendants on community supervision, to serve as certified peer specialists in a facility described by Subsection (a);(2)  specify the conditions under which a person described by Subdivision (1) may serve as a certified peer specialist; and(3)  allow for persons confined in a facility described by Subsection (a) to serve in a peer support role, provided that the persons are trained and supervised by a community-based organization described by Subsection (c).(c)  In implementing the policy adopted under Subsection (a), the department shall:(1)  collaborate with community-based organizations that provide peer specialist training, including training in any of the following peer support specialties:(A)  certified peer specialist;(B)  certified peer reentry specialist;(C)  certified peer recovery specialist; or(D)  any other peer support specialty recognized by the Health and Human Services Commission; and(2)  encourage and assist persons described by Subsection (b)(3), with particular emphasis on persons who have been involved with programs or services relating to substance abuse or behavioral health, to participate in training described by Subdivision (1).|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 3227), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.Redesignated from Government Code, Section 493.032 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 21.001(30), eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 494.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, and Staff|Section 494.001. Institutional Division Mission

Sec. 494.001.  INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION MISSION.  The mission of the institutional division is to provide safe and appropriate confinement, supervision, rehabilitation, and reintegration of adult felons, and to effectively manage or administer correctional facilities based on constitutional and statutory standards.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a).  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.012, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 494.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, and Staff|Section 494.002. Director

Sec. 494.002.  DIRECTOR.  (a)  The director of the institutional division may adopt policies governing the humane treatment, training, education, rehabilitation, and discipline of inmates and may arrange for the separation and classification of inmates according to the inmates' sex, age, health, corrigibility, and type of offense for which the inmate was sentenced to the institutional division.(b)   In addition to a salary, the board shall provide the director of the institutional division with a house and reimburse the director for necessary expenses related to travel for the institutional division.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 493.001 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.013, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 494.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, and Staff|Section 494.003. Director's Accounts

Sec. 494.003.  DIRECTOR'S ACCOUNTS.  (a)  The department shall keep a correct and accurate account of each financial transaction involving the institutional division, including the receipt and disbursement of money by the division.  The department shall keep an account of each institutional division unit, industry, and farm, and for each person doing business with the division.(b)  The director of the institutional division or a designee of the director shall provide a receipt for all money received by the institutional division.(c)  The director of the institutional division may require employees of the institutional division to make necessary reports at stated intervals.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 493.002 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.014, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 494.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, and Staff|Section 494.004. Director's Reports

Sec. 494.004.  DIRECTOR'S REPORTS.  The director of the institutional division shall make a complete report to the board at each regular meeting of the board.  The report must describe the fiscal affairs of the institutional division and the division's general fiscal condition.  On January 1 of each year the board shall require a complete inventory of institutional division property.  The inventory must contain a statement of the book and the actual market value of each item listed in the inventory and a statement of the fiscal condition of the institutional division as of January 1. The board shall prepare a sufficient number of copies of the inventory to make the inventory generally available for public inspection.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 493.003 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.|
TX Govt Code § 494.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, and Staff|Section 494.007. Employees' Salaries, Room and Board, Medical Care

Sec. 494.007.  EMPLOYEES' SALARIES, ROOM AND BOARD, MEDICAL CARE.  (a)  Salaries of employees of the institutional division and the provision of board, lodging, uniforms, and other provisions to employees are as provided by the General Appropriations Act.(b)  The department, in preparing its biennial budget request, shall review the rent charged department employees for state-owned housing and the department's policy of providing rent-free state-owned housing to certain employees.  The department, as part of the budget request, shall adjust the rent charged employees as necessary to more closely reflect the market value of the housing and shall adjust the list of employees receiving rent-free housing if necessary to comply with the General Appropriations Act, state law, or policies on rent-free housing adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  If the department determines that no adjustment in rent charged to employees is necessary for a biennium, the department shall state that fact in the department's budget request.(c)  Employees of the institutional division who are injured in the line of duty are entitled to receive free medical care and hospitalization from division doctors and the division hospital.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 493.008 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 238, Sec. 2.01, eff. May 22, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 494.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, and Staff|Section 494.008. Department Employees: Limited Law Enforcement Powers

Sec. 494.008.  DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES:  LIMITED LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS.  (a)  The executive director or the executive director's designee may authorize employees of the department to transport offenders and to apprehend escapees from any division of the department.  An employee acting under authority granted by the executive director has the same powers and duties as a peace officer under the laws of this state, except that the employee may not act without receiving express orders from the executive director or the executive director's designee, and may exercise those powers and perform those duties throughout the state.(b)  The department may allow employees who are granted law enforcement authority under this section to assist municipal, county, state, or federal law enforcement officers if:(1)  the assistance is requested for an emergency situation that presents an immediate or potential threat to public safety if assistance is not received, including apprehending an escapee of a municipal or county jail or privately operated or federal correctional facility; and(2)  the department determines that the assistance will not jeopardize the safety and security of the department and its personnel.(b-1)  An employee who assists under Subsection (b) a law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer's duties has the same powers and duties as the officer requesting assistance.(c)  An employee of the department may not enforce the laws of this state relating to the prevention of misdemeanors and the detention of persons who commit misdemeanors, including laws regulating traffic and the use of state highways.(d)  An employee described by Subsection (a) may not be considered a peace officer for any purposes other than those specified under this section and is not required to be certified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 493.009 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 322, Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (S.B. 909), Sec. 19, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.28, eff. May 18, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 494.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, and Staff|Section 494.010. Employees' Possession and Use of Tobacco Products

Sec. 494.010.  EMPLOYEES' POSSESSION AND USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.  A rule adopted by the board that regulates the possession and use of tobacco products by department employees must provide that employees of the department are permitted to use tobacco products during work hours at times and locations designated by the board.  In designating locations at which the use of tobacco products is permitted, the board shall designate locations that:(1)  are at a sufficient distance from a place at which employees regularly perform duties to ensure that no employee who abstains from the use of tobacco products is physically affected by the use of tobacco products at the location;  and(2)  do not negatively affect the comfort or safety of any employee or inmate.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 859, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 494.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, and Staff|Section 494.011. Assessment of Unit Design and Security Systems

Sec. 494.011.  ASSESSMENT OF UNIT DESIGN AND SECURITY SYSTEMS.  (a)  In order to ensure that the institutional division is managed effectively, the division not less than once every three years shall assess the long-term administrative segregation and maximum security needs of the division.  The institutional division shall report to the Legislative Criminal Justice Board the results of each assessment made under this section not later than one year after the assessment is completed.(b)  The institutional division shall include in the assessment:(1)  a feasibility study on the conversion of at least one maximum security facility into a medium security facility;(2)  a review of the division's unit design prototypes to determine whether the prototypes could be improved by:(A)  the use of new technologies;(B)  redesign of interiors and exteriors to improve visibility within the prototypes;  or(C)  the use of other cost-saving measures;(3)  a feasibility study on increased use of closed-circuit camera technology, electronic perimeter detection technology, or other electronic technology;  and(4)  a review of any other issues the division determines are relevant to the continued improvement and cost-effectiveness of the system's security system.(c)  The institutional division shall include in the report to the Legislative Criminal Justice Board required by Subsection (a) with the results of the assessment:(1)  a description, with documentation, of the distribution of levels of security within the institutional division;(2)  a comparison of the distribution of levels of security within the division to the distribution of levels of security in prisons in other states;  and(3)  if there is a disparity between the distribution of levels of security within the institutional division and that in prisons in other states, a discussion of whether that disparity is in the best interest of the institutional division.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 238, Sec. 3.01, eff. May 22, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 494.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 494 - Institutional Division: Policy, Director, and Staff|Section 494.012. Maintenance Staff

Sec. 494.012.  MAINTENANCE STAFF.  (a)  The institutional division shall evaluate the efficiency of the maintenance staff of each unit of the division.(b)  The institutional division may assign a staff member to more than one unit of the division to increase the efficiency of the maintenance staff.(c)  The institutional division shall assign a maintenance staff member to two or more units of the division if the division determines that such an assignment is cost-effective.(d)  The institutional division may not employ an assistant unit maintenance manager for a maintenance staff of a unit of the division unless the division determines that the employment of an assistant unit manager at that unit is cost-effective.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 238, Sec. 4.01, eff. May 22, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.015, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 498.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle G - Corrections|Chapter 498 - Inmate Classification and Good Time|Section 498.001. Definitions

Sec. 498.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Inmate" means a person imprisoned by order of a court, whether the person is actually imprisoned in a facility operated by or under contract with the institutional division or is under the supervision or custody of the pardons and paroles division.(2)  "Term" means:(A)  the term of confinement in the institutional division stated in the sentence of the convicting court, if the inmate is serving a sentence for a single offense;(B)  the term of confinement established by Section 508.150, if the inmate is serving two or more sentences consecutively;  or(C)  the longest term of confinement in the institutional division stated in the sentence of the convicting court, if the inmate is serving two or more concurrent sentences.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 497.001 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.046, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|