Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.021 · Subchapter B. PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS

PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

The executive commissioner and department shall exercise their powers in matters relating to protecting the public health to prevent the introduction of disease into the state.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0220, 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
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