# Tex. Government Code § 497.001: TEXAS CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES; DEFINITIONS

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Government Code § 497.001
- **Heading:** TEXAS CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES; DEFINITIONS
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.001

## Text

(a) Texas Correctional Industries is an office in the department.

(b) In this subchapter and Subchapter B:

(1) "Office" means Texas Correctional Industries.

(2) "Articles and products" includes services provided through the use of work program participant labor.

(3) "Work program participant" means a person who:

(A) is an inmate confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the department or a defendant or releasee housed in a facility operated by or under contract with the department; and

(B) works at a job assigned by the office.

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