{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.302","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.302","heading":"GRANT PROGRAM FOR YOUTH GROUPS.","body":"(a) The entity administering Section 161.301 shall also develop and implement a grant program to support youth groups that include as a part of the group's program components related to reduction of use by the group's members of tobacco and e-cigarettes as defined by Section 161.081.\n(b) \"Youth group\" means a nonprofit organization that:\n(1) is chartered as a national or statewide organization;\n(2) is organized and operated exclusively for youth recreational or educational purposes and that includes, as part of the group's program, in addition to the components described by Subsection (a), components relating to:\n(A) prevention of drug abuse;\n(B) character development;\n(C) citizenship training; and\n(D) physical and mental fitness;\n(3) has been in existence for at least 10 years; and\n(4) has a membership of which at least 65 percent is younger than 22 years of age.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 671, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 181 (S.B. 97), Sec. 27, eff. October 1, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER O. PREVENTION OF TOBACCO AND E-CIGARETTE USE BY MINORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm#161.302","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"04a13fa316edf62a1a7a1300fb2a83275445b137d5498deb2d0a6105cc5aa04e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.301","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.351"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}