{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-120.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 120.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\nText of subdivision effective until September 01, 2026\n(1) \"Border region\" means the area consisting of the counties immediately adjacent to the international boundary between the United States and Mexico.\nText of subdivision effective on September 01, 2026\n(1) \"Border region\" has the meaning assigned to \"Texas-Mexico border region\" by Section 2056.002, Government Code.\n(2) \"Task force\" means the Task Force of Border Health Officials.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 754 (S.B. 1680), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (H.B. 1240), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2026.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH","CHAPTER 120. TASK FORCE OF BORDER HEALTH OFFICIALS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.120.htm#120.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"615e9e469bed9b5d9af7610becadcd73316229fa1fe9267d207d061e7bb5c3a0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-119b.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-120.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}