{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-402.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 402.021","heading":"REPRESENTATION OF STATE.","body":"The attorney general shall prosecute and defend all actions in which the state is interested before the supreme court and courts of appeals.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS","CHAPTER 402. ATTORNEY GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER B. DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.402.htm#402.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"73b326d64f8fef36d3e10aef40b7cffe287c3adc9069b352d9752a1d8a034c3e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-402.010","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-402.0212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}