HBA-MPA H.B. 134 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 134
By: McClendon
Public Health
2/2/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, employers are required to provide chemical lists and material
safety data sheets to employees, but the law does not require prison
inmates to be informed and trained about using hazardous chemicals.  H.B.
134 requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to inform inmates of
hazardous chemicals they may handle. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 502.003(10), Health and Safety Code, to include
within the definition of "employees" for the purposes of this section a
person imprisoned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and working
as a condition of the person's sentence. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
            Effective date:  upon passage.