Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 14.001

DEFINITIONS

Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Bell v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division (1998)

Most recently applied in Damon Kendrick Dove v. State (August 2018)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 378, Sec. 2, eff

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In this chapter:

(1) "Claim" means a cause of action governed by this chapter.

(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

(3) "Inmate" means a person housed in a secure correctional facility.

(4) "Secure correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

(5) "Trust account" means an inmate's trust account administered by the department under Section 501.014, Government Code, by a facility under contract with the department, or by a jail.

(6) "Unsworn declaration" means a document executed in accordance with Chapter 132.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.