{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2306.1101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2306.1101","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"homeless youth\" means a person who is younger than 19 years of age, including a migratory child, as defined by Section 1309, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 6399), who:\n(1) lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including a person who is:\n(A) living in an emergency shelter;\n(B) abandoned in a hospital; or\n(C) awaiting foster care placement;\n(2) has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for humans; or\n(3) is living in a car, park, other public space, abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or train station, or similar setting.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 691 (H.B. 679), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE G. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS INVOLVING BOTH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS","CHAPTER 2306. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS","SUBCHAPTER OO. HOMELESS YOUTH"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2306.htm#2306.1101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e58a32732c932bf1d398ae266e9eae0a549c4a75ad256de1f4c2dadcc6d735ba","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2306.1098","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2306.1121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}