TITLE 37.PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS

Part 6. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Chapter 160. RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT OF WORK PROGRAM RESIDENTS' EARNED FUNDS

37 TAC §§160.1 - 160.8

(Editor's note: The text of the following sections proposed for repeal will not be published. The sections may be examined in the offices of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or in the Texas Register office, Room 245, James Earl Rudder Building, 1019 Brazos Street, Austin.)

The Board of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice proposes to repeal 37 TAC 160, Receipt and Disbursement of Work Program Residents' Earned Funds, and all subsections from §§160.1 to 160.8. The purpose of the repeal deletes language that describes a practice that is obsolete and no longer within the agency's authority.

Brad Livingston, Chief Financial Officer for TDCJ, has determined that for the first five years the rule will be in effect, enforcing or administering the rule does not have foreseeable implications related to costs or revenues for state or local government. Mr. Livingston has also determined that there will be no economic impact on persons required to comply with the rule, and that the public benefit expected as a result of the proposed rule is the increased opportunity for public discourse on issues relevant to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Comments should be directed to Carl Reynolds, General Counsel, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, P.O. Box 13084, Austin, Texas 78711, Carl.Reynolds@tdcj.state.tx.us. Written comments from the general public should be received within 30 days of the publication of this proposal.

The repeal is proposed under Texas Government Code, §492.010.

Cross Reference to Statutes: Texas Government Code, §492.010.

§160.1.Conditional Work Program Contract.

§160.2.Residents' Contributions.

§160.3.Distribution of Residents' Contributions.

§160.4.Maximum Deductions.

§160.5.Accounting.

§160.6.Transfer of Residents' Funds upon Release.

§160.7.Transfer of Residents' Funds upon Release to Another Facility or Institution.

§160.8.Discretion To Change Disbursement Percentages.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on March 28, 2003.

TRD-200302098

Carl Reynolds

General Counsel

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Earliest possible date of adoption: May 11, 2003

For further information, please call: (512) 463-0422