{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-11.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 11.002","heading":"PURPOSE OF TITLE; CONSTRUCTION.","body":"(a) The purpose of this title is to establish a program of social security to provide necessary and prompt assistance to the citizens of this state who are entitled to avail themselves of its provisions.\n(b) This title shall be liberally construed in order that its purposes may be accomplished as equitably, economically, and expeditiously as possible.\nActs 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2335, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.002, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.11.htm#11.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"7f7d24c663b12b28fec7b0786ea00cf85d4ebdd5f674ae0f15f4503360247e3c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-11.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-11.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}