Texas § GV.497.059 - LIMITING IMPACT OF CERTIFICATION ON NON-PRISON INDUSTRY
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§ GV.497.059. LIMITING IMPACT OF CERTIFICATION ON NON-PRISON INDUSTRY
LIMITING IMPACT OF CERTIFICATION ON NON-PRISON INDUSTRY. (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. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1236, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.29, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1056, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1282 (H.B. 1914 ), Sec. 14, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1282 (H.B. 1914 ), Sec. 15, eff. June 19, 2009.
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