{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-76.018","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 76.018","heading":"APPLICATION OF LAW RELATING TO FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.","body":"For purposes of Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, an ordinance, rule, order, decision, or practice that applies to a person in the custody of a correctional facility operated by or under a contract with a community supervision and corrections department is presumed to be in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. The presumption may be rebutted.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 399, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COURT ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 76. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.76.htm#76.018","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"d86e72f95ac3c8390907ade0f9087eb998eaa04c8ad620fd94fbf509f17743d5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-76.017","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-76.019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}