Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 14.001 — DEFINITIONS

CP § 14.001Title 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL · Part A. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 14. INMATE LITIGATION

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In this chapter:

(1)"Claim" means a cause of action governed by this chapter.

(2)"Department" means the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

(3)"Inmate" means a person housed in a secure correctional facility.

(4)"Secure correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

(5)"Trust account" means an inmate's trust account administered by the department under Section 501.014, Government Code, by a facility under contract with the department, or by a jail.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 378, Sec. 2, eff. June 8, 1995.