Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 40.0505 · Subchapter C. GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT
DIVISIONS OF DEPARTMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner shall establish the following divisions and offices within the department:
(1) an investigations division;
(2) a consolidated data division;
(3) a legal division that oversees the following:
(A) legal matters relating to human resources, as necessary to manage the department's workforce and establish the department's hiring and termination policies;
(B) open records;
(C) privacy and confidentiality;
(D) litigation; and
(E) contract compliance;
(4) an operations division that oversees department operations and human resources functions of the department; and
(5) a financial management and accounting services division.
(b) The commissioner may establish additional divisions within the department as the commissioner determines appropriate.
(c) The commissioner may assign department functions among the department's divisions.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1460, Sec. 2.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.196, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 5), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.40.htm
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- 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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