Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 51.002 · Chapter 51. FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTERS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Dating relationship" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.0021(b), Family Code.
(1-a) "Dating violence" means an act, other than a defensive measure to protect oneself, by an individual against another individual with whom the actor has or has had a dating relationship and that is:
(A) intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault;
(B) a threat that reasonably places an individual in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault; or
(C) intended to inflict emotional harm, including an act of emotional abuse.
(1-b) "Family" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.003, Family Code.
(2) "Family violence" means:
(A) an act by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household that:
(i) is intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault or that is a threat that reasonably places the member in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault, but does not include defensive measures to protect oneself; or
(ii) is intended to inflict emotional harm, including an act of emotional abuse; or
(B) dating violence.
(3) "Family violence center" includes a family violence shelter center and a family violence nonresidential center.
(4) "Family violence nonresidential center" means a program that:
(A) is operated by a public or private nonprofit organization; and
(B) provides comprehensive nonresidential services to victims of family violence.
(5) "Family violence shelter center" means a program that:
(A) is operated by a public or private nonprofit organization; and
(B) provides comprehensive residential and nonresidential services to victims of family violence.
(6) "Family violence special project" means a project that:
(A) is operated by a public or private nonprofit organization; and
(B) provides at least one specialized family violence service.
(7) "Household" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.005, Family Code.
(8) "Member of a household" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.006, Family Code.
(8-a) "Trauma-informed" in regard to a service or service model means that the service or service model is provided in a manner that recognizes and responds to the signs and symptoms of trauma in, and the risks of trauma to, a victim of family violence to better support the victim and promote the victim's choice, trust, dignity, connection, and healing.
(9) "Victim of family violence" means:
(A) an adult member of a family or household who is subjected to an act of family violence;
(B) a member of the household of the adult described by Paragraph (A), other than the member of the household who commits the act of family violence, including an act of emotional abuse; or
(C) an individual who is subjected to an act of dating violence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3313, ch. 867, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 636, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 36, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(27), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 6, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 164 (S.B. 1841), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2024.
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 71.0021DATING VIOLENCE.Printed as Section 71.0021(b), Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 71.003FAMILY.Printed as Section 71.003, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 71.005HOUSEHOLD.Printed as Section 71.005, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 71.006MEMBER OF A HOUSEHOLD.Printed as Section 71.006, Family Code
Cited by 20 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 51.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.141BATTERING INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMPrinted as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.504COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE; SPECIAL CONDITIONS.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 58.051DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.063PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.138EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER CENTER, VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING SHELTER CENTER, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM INFORMATION.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 772.0065FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIMINAL HOMICIDE PREVENTION TASK FORCE.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 3002.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 191.00491BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO VICTIMS AND CHILDREN OF VICTIMS OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 260.002EXEMPTIONS.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 469.003PLACES INELIGIBLE FOR ACCREDITATION AS RECOVERY HOUSE.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 767.002EXEMPTIONS.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
Labor Code
Local Government Code
Penal Code
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.1016PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO VICTIMS AND CHILDREN OF VICTIMS OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.1811WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH, HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH, OR VICTIM OR CHILD OF VICTIM OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE.Printed as Section 51.002, Human Resources Code
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