Tex. Gov't Code Section 497.003
Advisory Committee


(a)

The board may establish a prison industries advisory committee. If the board establishes a prison industries advisory committee, the advisory committee must be composed of nine members appointed by the board. In appointing members under this subsection, the board shall appoint persons who represent business and industry, including one member of the board and other persons who are:

(1)

local workforce development board members;

(2)

members of recognized labor organizations; and

(3)

members of the staff of the State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.

(b)

Members of the advisory committee, if the advisory committee is established, serve staggered three-year terms with the terms of three members expiring February 1 of each calendar year.

(c)

The prison industries advisory committee shall advise the board on all aspects of prison industry operations and shall make recommendations to the board on the effective use of prison industries programs to assist work program participants in the development of job skills necessary for successful reintegration into the community after release from imprisonment.

(d)

Expired.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 496.003 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1360, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.17, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 497.003 — Advisory Committee, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­497.­htm#497.­003 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

497.001
Texas Correctional Industries
497.002
Purpose
497.003
Advisory Committee
497.004
Labor, Pay
497.005
Industrial Receipts
497.006
Contracts with Private Business
497.007
Grants
497.008
Lease of Land
497.010
Offense: Sale or Offer of Sale of Prison-produced Articles or Products
497.011
Certain Contracts Prohibited
497.012
Repair and Resale of Surplus Data Processing Equipment
497.021
Authority
497.022
Contracts
497.023
Priorities
497.024
Agencies and Political Subdivisions: Duties to Purchase
497.025
Purchasing Procedure
497.026
Prices
497.027
Specifications
497.028
Catalogs
497.029
New Articles and Products
497.031
Sale of State Flags to State Agency
497.051
Purpose
497.056
Private Sector Prison Industries Account
497.057
Rules
497.058
Piecp Wage
497.059
Limiting Impact of Certification on Non-prison Industry
497.060
Workers’ Compensation
497.061
Recidivism Studies
497.062
Limitation on Number of Participants and Cost Accounting Centers
497.063
Contract Requirements
497.064
Availability of Certain Information on Internet
497.081
Appointment
497.082
Use of Regular Inmates as Trusties Prohibited
497.083
Restrictions on Trusties
497.084
Honor Farms
497.085
Failure to Enforce
497.091
Contracts for Inmate Labor
497.092
Highway Improvement
497.093
Inmate Labor at Sam Houston State University
497.094
Job Training Programs
497.095
Inmate’s Work Record
497.096
Liability Protections
497.097
Use of State Jail Felons
497.099
Participation in Work Program Required
497.111
Advisory Committee on Agriculture
497.112
Agricultural Efficiency and Economy
497.113
Surplus Agricultural Property and Products
497.0211
Exception: Institutions of Higher Education
497.0527
Complaints
497.0581
Participant Contributions
497.0595
Limitation on Contracts
497.0596
Notice Concerning Certain Contracts

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 497.003’s source at texas​.gov