Tex. Occ. Code § 551.008 · Chapter 551. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PROHIBITION ON RULE VIOLATING SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) All rules, regulations, or policies adopted by the board may not violate Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(b) A person may assert a violation of Subsection (a) as an affirmative defense in an administrative hearing or as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding under Chapter 37, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 485 (H.B. 2561), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.551.htm
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