Tex. Government Code § 497.059
LIMITING IMPACT OF CERTIFICATION ON NON-PRISON INDUSTRY
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- Tex. Government Code § 497.059, LIMITING IMPACT OF CERTIFICATION ON NON-PRISON INDUSTRY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/655397
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(a) The board may not grant initial certification to a private sector prison industries program if the board determines that the operation of the program would result in the loss of existing jobs provided by any employer in this state.
(b) The board shall adopt rules to determine whether a program would cause the loss of existing jobs of a specific type provided by an employer in this state.
(c) For the purposes of this section, a program does not result in the loss of existing jobs if, at the time of initial certification, the jobs are performed by workers in a foreign country.