{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1201.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 1201.004","heading":"CONSTRUCTION.","body":"This chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve the legislative intent and purposes of this chapter. A power granted by this chapter shall be broadly interpreted to achieve that intent and those purposes.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 9. PUBLIC SECURITIES","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 1201. PUBLIC SECURITY PROCEDURES ACT","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.1201.htm#1201.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"39660d2ca40c869046dd806a027d682e0ed7661b6085d791fed49999f9d153cf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1201.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1201.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}