Tex. Gov't Code § 620.003 · Chapter 620. USE OF CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES ON GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY DEVICES PROHIBITED
PROHIBITION; MODEL POLICY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to Section 620.004, a governmental entity shall adopt a policy prohibiting the installation or use of a covered application on any device owned or leased by the governmental entity and requiring the removal of covered applications from those devices.
(b) The Department of Information Resources and the Department of Public Safety shall jointly develop a model policy for governmental entities to use in developing the policy required by Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 903 (S.B. 1893), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.620.htm
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