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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 GOVERNMENT CODE
 Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
 Subtitle G. CORRECTIONS
 Chapter 497. INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE; LABOR OF INMATES  
 Subchapter F. AGRICULTURE  

  Sec. 497.112. AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY    

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  • (a) The institutional division shall review annually the agricultural operations of the division. The review must include:

    (1) a cost-effectiveness analysis of all agricultural programs;

    (2) a determination as to whether the institutional division could more economically purchase certain agricultural products rather than produce those products; and

    (3) a determination as to whether certain agricultural operations performed by inmates could be mechanized, taking into account whether mechanization would adversely affect security or inmate discipline.

    (b) The institutional division shall use the information provided by the annual review in developing and improving agricultural operations.

    (c) The institutional division shall provide the board with a copy of the annual review required by this section.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 496.112 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.