Sec. 497.008.  LEASE OF LAND.  To further the expansion and development of prison industries, the department may lease prison land to a private business.  A lease under this section may not exceed a term of 50 years.  The business must lease the land at a mutually agreed upon price and may construct or convert plant facilities on the land.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from Sec. 496.008 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.034, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1037, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.