Sec. 502.020.  WORKPLACE SAFETY FOR INMATES.  A person imprisoned in a facility operated by or for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is not an employee for the purposes of this chapter.  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall provide a person imprisoned in a facility operated by or for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice the protections from exposure to hazardous chemicals in the workplace as provided for in this chapter.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1332, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1501, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 10.004, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.