Tex. Gov't Code § 2401.001 · Chapter 2401. PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004.
(2) "Governmental entity" means:
(A) this state;
(B) a board, commission, council, department, or other agency in the executive branch of state government that is created by the state constitution or a statute, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
(C) the legislature or a legislative agency;
(D) a state judicial agency or the State Bar of Texas;
(E) a political subdivision of this state, including a county, municipality, or special district or authority; or
(F) an officer, employee, or agent of an entity described by Paragraphs (A) through (E).
(3) "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section 311.005, except the term does not include:
(A) an employee of a governmental entity acting within the employee's scope of employment; or
(B) a contractor of a governmental entity acting within the scope of the contract.
(4) "Religious organization" means an organization open to the public that is a religious organization under Section 110.011(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 525), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2401.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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Civil Practice and Remedies Code
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