{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-655.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 655.001","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"This chapter applies only to a state agency that is required by federal law or regulation to use a merit system of personnel administration for the agency or for a program administered under the agency.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 655. MERIT SELECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.655.htm#655.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"8f79f86f4027d7ca8463897ea7a6f3646c89c028eff50ef3c039fa97447783fd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-654.062","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-655.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}