{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-313.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 313.003","heading":"PUBLICATION OF NOTICE FOR LAWS PRIMARILY AFFECTING PERSONS.","body":"(a) If a resident of this state intends to apply for passage of a law that will primarily affect persons and will not directly affect a particular locality more than it will affect another, the person applying for passage must publish notice in a newspaper published in the county in which the person resides in the same manner as if the law will affect the locality.\n(b) If the applicant is not a resident of this state, publication of notice in a newspaper published in Austin is sufficient.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. LEGISLATION","CHAPTER 313. NOTICE FOR LOCAL AND SPECIAL LAWS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.313.htm#313.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"07ebb1b6a93d5aea727209d17f44ceecf29495d43f039b08c23805bca63ed53d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-313.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-313.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}