{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-117.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 117.003","heading":"DESIGNATION OF COUNTRY AS THREAT TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.","body":"(a) The governor, after consultation with the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety, may designate a country as a threat to critical infrastructure for purposes of this chapter.\n(b) The governor shall consult the Homeland Security Council, established under Subchapter B, Chapter 421, Government Code, to assess a threat to critical infrastructure for purposes of making a designation under this section.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 975 (S.B. 2116), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2021.\nRedesignated from Business and Commerce Code, Chapter 113 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 24.001(2), eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES","SUBTITLE C. BUSINESS OPERATIONS","CHAPTER 117. PROHIBITION ON AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN-OWNED COMPANIES IN CONNECTION WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.117.htm#117.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"06e04e6543a62153ee8ba4592920453b4e9eb1779ebcf47a44423867c4b589d0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-117.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-117.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}