{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.311","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.311","heading":"PRIMARY EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER.","body":"The digits 9-1-1 are the primary emergency telephone number in a district. A public safety agency whose services are available through a 9-1-1 system may maintain a separate number or numbers for emergencies and shall maintain a separate number or numbers for nonemergency telephone calls.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 772. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS","SUBCHAPTER D. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS: COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OVER 20,000"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.772.htm#772.311","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"30e8fba6dc7406af12bb0e4936599764c4a73fbc18afba55bba5fbfa885aac04","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.310","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}