Tex. Gov't Code § 418.151 · Subchapter G. CITIZEN DUTIES AND CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION
CITIZEN DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each person in this state shall conduct himself and keep and manage his affairs and property in ways that will reasonably assist and will not unreasonably detract from the ability of the state and the public successfully to manage emergencies. This obligation includes appropriate personal service and use or restriction on the use of property in time of disaster.
(b) This chapter neither increases nor decreases these obligations but recognizes their existence under the constitution and statutes of this state and the common law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm
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- sha256 062b69869b1f130aacf2ee5963cb65396df5a0e5aa2adecf76629794a2d0eb69
- Composed by
- 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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