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Tex. Gov't Code § 495.004

LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OVER INMATES

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff

A private vendor or county operating under a contract authorized by this subchapter may not:

(1) compute inmate release and parole eligibility dates;

(2) award good conduct time;

(3) approve an inmate for work, medical, or temporary furlough or for preparole transfer; or

(4) classify an inmate or place an inmate in less restrictive custody than the custody ordered by the institutional division.

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