Tex. Gov't Code § 557.021 · Subchapter C. COMMUNISM
DEFINITIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Communist" means a person who commits an act reasonably calculated to further the overthrow of the government:
(A) by force or violence; or
(B) by unlawful or unconstitutional means and replace it with a communist government.
(2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
(3) "Government" means the government of this state or any of its political subdivisions.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.557.htm
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- sha256 7a5231cda0f36db514181540cc98b6744ee7017879d566889b4e36d4d56fd4e3
- 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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