Texas § 497.082 USE OF REGULAR INMATES AS TRUSTIES PROHIBITED.

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§ 497.082 — USE OF REGULAR INMATES AS TRUSTIES PROHIBITED.

Texas § 497.082

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 497.082 (2026).

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Sec. 497.082. USE OF REGULAR INMATES AS TRUSTIES PROHIBITED. An employee of the institutional division may not use the inmate as a trusty unless the division appoints the inmate to serve as a trusty. However, in the case of an extreme emergency, as determined by a farm manager, the farm manager may fill a vacancy in a position formerly held by a trusty by appointing an inmate to serve in that position for not more than 10 days.

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Sec. 497.082. USE OF REGULAR INMATES AS TRUSTIES PROHIBITED. An employee of the institutional division may not use the inmate as a trusty unless the division appoints the inmate to serve as a trusty. However, in the case of an extreme emergency, as determined by a farm manager, the farm manager may fill a vacancy in a position formerly held by a trusty by appointing an inmate to serve in that position for not more than 10 days.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 496.082 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.