{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 573.021","heading":"METHOD OF COMPUTING DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP.","body":"The degree of a relationship is computed by the civil law method.\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 B. RELATIONSHIPS BY CONSANGUINITY OR BY AFFINITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.573.htm#573.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"02ee6b29df76c43d7855b989fa45b7786dab32137cf5184cbdc81166f55b30d8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}