Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner is responsible for the general statewide administration of this chapter.
(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the effective administration and implementation of this chapter.
(c) A designee of the executive commissioner may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the executive commissioner under this chapter except as otherwise required by law.
(d) A designee of the commissioner may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the commissioner under this chapter except as otherwise required by law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.168, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0217, eff. April 2, 2015.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 52f6b9a467cef2c4f74b225787b0fb64caf97fd6fdfa399ea127b6928302e7cf
- 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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