{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-620.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 620.003","heading":"PROHIBITION; MODEL POLICY.","body":"(a) Subject to Section 620.004, a governmental entity shall adopt a policy prohibiting the installation or use of a covered application on any device owned or leased by the governmental entity and requiring the removal of covered applications from those devices.\n(b) The Department of Information Resources and the Department of Public Safety shall jointly develop a model policy for governmental entities to use in developing the policy required by Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 903 (S.B. 1893), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2023.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 620. USE OF CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES ON GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY DEVICES PROHIBITED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.620.htm#620.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"775ca4560ccff303039bd2ec18682d0d4c6e4b24400d660b0bfc2e6a19926e19","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-620.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-620.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}