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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.003: LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 2. HEALTH
- SUBTITLE A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
- CHAPTER 12. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
(a) A suit brought by the department must be brought in the name of the state.
(b) The attorney general shall assign a special assistant to attend to the department's legal matters, and on the department's request shall furnish necessary assistance to the department relating to its legal requirements.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0010, eff. April 2, 2015.
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