Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 161.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter applies only to:
(1) a county that:
(A) contains a municipality that has a population of 500,000 or more;
(B) is located on the international border; and
(C) before September 1, 2009, had a county ethics board appointed by the commissioners court;
(2) a county that:
(A) has a population of 425,000 or more;
(B) is adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3 million or more; and
(C) contains a portion of the San Jacinto River; and
(3) a county that has a population of less than 50,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 799 (S.B. 1368), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 75, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1070 (H.B. 1495), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 137, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.161.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 b06592be1e6b9e074a929aac6ceb71b440303aa112fcb7e9e3f3bfa9c5b53f7e
- 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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