Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
RESPONSIBILITY OF STATE AND PUBLIC.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The state has a duty to protect the public health. Each person shall act responsibly to prevent and control communicable disease.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm
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- sha256 14313002ab9a2f79c2aef91259cb2bea896bb12fac6dd37e896e457b7d718acb
- 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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