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.
- (6) "Unsworn declaration" means a document executed in accordance with Chapter 132.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 378, Sec. 2, eff. June 8, 1995.