{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.501","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 487.501","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Rural community\" means a rural area as defined by the department.\n(2) \"Medical school\" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.501, Education Code.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1112, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Redesignated from Health and Safety Code Sec. 106.251 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 9.006(d), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 63, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 487. OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS IN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER L. RURAL PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.487.htm#487.501","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"d6395a7d52ed3306c9a1f3eb3d246a2e900885c206a945afa039e08617a9c3c2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.454","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}