Tex. Gov't Code § 492.012 · Chapter 492. TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: GENERAL DUTIES; MEMBERSHIP
SUNSET PROVISION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board and the department are abolished September 1, 2037.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 17, Sec. 3.01, eff. Nov. 12, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 1.112, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1227 (H.B. 1116), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (S.B. 909), Sec. 14, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 2), Sec. 2.04, eff. July 10, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1154 (S.B. 213), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 596 (S.B. 619), Sec. 3.03, eff. June 10, 2019.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2025.
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