{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.004","heading":"ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTER.","body":"(a) The commissioner is responsible for the general statewide administration of this chapter.\n(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the effective administration and implementation of this chapter.\n(c) A designee of the executive commissioner may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the executive commissioner under this chapter except as otherwise required by law.\n(d) A designee of the commissioner may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the commissioner under this chapter except as otherwise required by law.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.168, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0217, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"22f40194e430e6c2512143e40b2be7a1702f4227c7f1d159d321ec772f00fe85","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}