{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 573.002","heading":"DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP.","body":"Except as provided by Section 573.043, this chapter applies to relationships within the third degree by consanguinity or within the second degree by affinity.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE B. ETHICS","CHAPTER 573. DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP; NEPOTISM PROHIBITIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.573.htm#573.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"09f46bfe22d13989413e8007040cbb805540ebef40fdccb31c44ba8736c33bed","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}