Tex. Health & Safety Code § 751.002 · Chapter 751. MASS GATHERINGS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Mass gathering" means a gathering:
(A) that is held outside the limits of a municipality;
(B) that attracts or is expected to attract:
(i) more than 2,500 persons; or
(ii) more than 500 persons, if 51 percent or more of those persons may reasonably be expected to be younger than 21 years of age and it is planned or may reasonably be expected that alcoholic beverages will be sold, served, or consumed at or around the gathering; and
(C) at which the persons will remain:
(i) for more than five continuous hours; or
(ii) for any amount of time during the period beginning at 10 p.m. and ending at 4 a.m.
(2) "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, firm, corporation, partnership, or association.
(3) "Promote" includes organize, manage, finance, or hold.
(4) "Promoter" means a person who promotes a mass gathering.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 692 (S.B. 270), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.751.htm
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- sha256 3fc65a1f6415fd55e164ae1b8ff13b0c366043be544aaf62535b43317603e3cf
- 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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