Tex. Gov't Code Section 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.

Source: Section 494.002 — Director, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.494.htm#494.002 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

494.001
Institutional Division Mission 494.002
Director 494.003
Director’s Accounts 494.004
Director’s Reports 494.007
Employees’ Salaries, Room and Board, Medical Care 494.008
Department Employees: Limited Law Enforcement Powers 494.010
Employees’ Possession and Use of Tobacco Products 494.011
Assessment of Unit Design and Security Systems 494.012
Maintenance Staff

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Original Source: Section 494.002 — Director, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.494.htm#494.002 (last accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

Tex. Gov't Code Section 494.002 Director

(a)

(b)

Tex. Gov't Code Section 494.002
Director