Bill Text: TX HB1810 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the sale of prison-made products to certain persons.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-25 - Placed on intent calendar [HB1810 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1810-Comm_Sub.html
By: Giddings (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) | H.B. No. 1810 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2015; | ||
May 15, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal | ||
Justice; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE VOTE | ||
YeaNayAbsentPNV | ||
WhitmireX | ||
HuffmanX | ||
BurtonX | ||
CreightonX | ||
HinojosaX | ||
MenéndezX | ||
PerryX | ||
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relating to the sale of prison-made products to certain persons. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 497.021, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 497.021. AUTHORITY. This subchapter governs the sale | ||
of prison-made products [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 497.022, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 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; [ |
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(3) a private vendor that contracts with the | ||
department under Chapter 495 to manufacture for or sell to that | ||
private vendor prison-made articles or products; | ||
(4) an employee or retired employee of a state agency, | ||
as defined by Section 2052.101, to sell to that employee or retired | ||
employee prison-made articles or products; or | ||
(5) a private school or a visually handicapped person | ||
in this state to manufacture Braille textbooks or other | ||
instructional aids for the education of visually handicapped | ||
persons. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 497.025, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The board shall adopt rules and develop best practices | ||
governing the purchase of articles and products under this | ||
subchapter by a private vendor that contracts with the department | ||
under Chapter 495, provided that: | ||
(1) the articles and products may be shipped or used | ||
only in this state and may not be resold or transferred to another | ||
facility in this state that is not operating under a contract with | ||
the department at the time of the transfer; and | ||
(2) the office may not sell articles and products to a | ||
private vendor if the private vendor currently purchases the | ||
articles or products from a private business that has its primary | ||
place of business in this state. | ||
(e) The board shall: | ||
(1) for the purpose of verifying compliance with this | ||
subchapter, require a private vendor described by Subsection (d) to | ||
identify the businesses with whom the vendor currently purchases | ||
the same or similar items for the preceding 12 months before placing | ||
an order with the office; and | ||
(2) report any savings realized by a private vendor | ||
described by Subsection (d) under this subchapter to the | ||
legislature in the department's annual fiscal year review. | ||
(f) The board shall adopt rules governing the purchase of | ||
articles and products under this subchapter by an employee or | ||
retired employee of a state agency, as defined by Section 2052.101. | ||
The rules must provide that articles and products may be shipped and | ||
used only in this state and may not be resold. In adopting the | ||
rules, the board shall determine: | ||
(1) the articles and products available for purchase; | ||
(2) the minimum quantity or price of an order; | ||
(3) the delivery and production schedule; and | ||
(4) any other factors relevant to ensuring that the | ||
office is not impeded in effectively meeting the purposes of this | ||
subchapter. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 497.028, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 497.028. CATALOGS. The office shall prepare catalogs | ||
that accurately and completely describe articles and products | ||
produced under this subchapter. The office shall send copies of the | ||
catalogs to all state agencies and make the catalogs available to | ||
political subdivisions, private vendors that contract with the | ||
department under Chapter 495, and employees and retired employees | ||
of state agencies, as defined by Section 2052.101. | ||
SECTION 5. Not later than August 31, 2016, the Texas Board | ||
of Criminal Justice shall adopt rules as required by Sections | ||
497.025(d) and (f), Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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