{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-161.0541","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.0541","heading":"MAINTENANCE OF MERIT SYSTEM.","body":"The merit system established as provided by Section 161.054 may be maintained in conjunction with other state agencies that are required by federal law to operate under a merit system.\nActs 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2338, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Section 21.007 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.006, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 11. AGING, COMMUNITY-BASED, AND LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES","CHAPTER 161. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. PERSONNEL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.161.htm#161.0541","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"8371d376172c851f40845fba6bff6bc1444531bbede7f3da96fbdc499a6dc2a8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-161.0515","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-161.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}