Sec. 497.004.   LABOR, PAY.  (a)  The board may develop by rule and the department may administer an incentive pay scale for work program participants consistent with rules adopted by the board under Subchapter C.  Prison industries may be financed through contributions donated for this purpose by private businesses contracting with the department.  The department shall apportion pay earned by a work program participant in the same manner as is required by rules adopted by the board under Section 497.0581.
(b)  In assigning work program participants to available job training positions in factories, the department shall consider each participant's classification and availability for work.  The department shall give priority to work program participants closest to release from imprisonment or supervision in making assignment to those job training positions that provide the most marketable skills.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 496.004 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(109), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.031, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1360, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.18, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1282 (H.B. 1914), Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 2009.