# 37 Tex. Admin. Code § 154.8: 37 TAC § 154.8. Limitations on Contracts

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## Section

- **Citation:** 37 Tex. Admin. Code § 154.8
- **Heading:** 37 TAC § 154.8. Limitations on Contracts
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 37 PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS / Part 6 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE / Chapter 154 PRIVATE SECTOR PRISON INDUSTRIES PROGRAMS / 37 TAC § 154.8

## Text

(a) Only the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ)
 is authorized to approve contracts and renewals or substantive modifications
 of contracts with an employer for a Prison Industries Enhancement
 (PIE) certification program. Contracts and renewals or substantive
 modifications of contracts shall be presented at a regularly scheduled
 meeting of the TBCJ for discussion, consideration, and possible action
 provided that the governmental entity may extend a contract for up
 to a six-month period without TBCJ approval.
(b) For each cost accounting center (CAC) designated
 after June 19, 2009, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ),
 the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), or a county correctional
 facility may not enter into a contract or renew a contract with a
 private industry for a PIE certification program if the TBCJ determines
 that the contract has negatively affected, or would negatively affect,
 any employer in this state, including the loss of existing jobs provided
 by the employer to employees in this state who are not incarcerated
 or imprisoned. The contract shall:
(1) Include specific job descriptions for any work
 that will be performed by participants under the contract;
(2) Include a specific description, in plain language
 and in an easily readable and understandable format, of any product
 that will be manufactured or service that will be provided under this
 contract; and
(3) Charge a private sector prison industry employer
 or other participating entity the fair market value for the lease
 of any property owned by the TDCJ, TJJD, or the county and leased
 to the private sector industry employer or entity under the contract.
(c) For the purpose of this chapter, a contract does
 not negatively affect an employer if the only negative effect alleged
 in a sworn statement by the employer is the loss of existing jobs
 that, at the time the sworn statement is submitted to the TBCJ, are
 performed by workers in a foreign country.
(d) The TBCJ will not enter into a contract for a new
 PIE certification program if there are currently more participants
 in the program at any one time or more CACs than authorized by Texas
 Government Code §497.062.

## Nearby sections

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