{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.505","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.505","heading":"POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; DISTRICT POWERS.","body":"(a) A district is a political subdivision of this state created to carry out essential governmental functions.\n(b) A district may exercise all powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 628), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 772. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS","SUBCHAPTER G. REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICTS: STATE PLANNING REGION WITH POPULATION OVER 1.5 MILLION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.772.htm#772.505","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"7174cc2bfb88a9f3ef502cf8df77f65a4d0d0ba613703de919c04588c7d8abc8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.504","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-772.506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}