{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-121.031","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.031","heading":"ESTABLISHMENT.","body":"The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county may establish a local health department by majority vote.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH","CHAPTER 121. LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH REORGANIZATION ACT","SUBCHAPTER D. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.121.htm#121.031","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e1c8903fccc7843c748d5d7367c8c79dbb5b21d1b5c7c637c63c7163b1e6320f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-121.029","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-121.032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}