Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 137.051 · Subchapter B. FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Child abuse and neglect prevention" means family support services designed to prevent child abuse and neglect before the abuse or neglect occurs. The term includes child fatality prevention education programs and other activities directed at the general public to stop child abuse and neglect.
(2) "Children's trust fund" means a child abuse and neglect prevention program.
(3) "Operating fund" means the commission's child abuse and neglect prevention operating fund account.
(4) "State agency" means a board, commission, department, office, or other state agency that:
(A) is in the executive branch of the state government;
(B) was created by the constitution or a statute of this state; and
(C) has statewide jurisdiction.
(5) "Trust fund" means the commission's child abuse and neglect prevention trust fund account.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 957, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.208, eff. April 2, 2015.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter D, Chapter 40 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 63, eff. September 1, 2015.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter D, Chapter 40 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1257 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Family Code, Subchapter B, Chapter 265 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1033 (S.B. 24), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.137.htm
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