{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-261.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 261.003","heading":"INDEPENDENCE.","body":"(a) The independent ombudsman in the performance of its duties and powers under this chapter acts independently of the department.\n(b) Funding for the independent ombudsman is appropriated separately from funding for the department.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Chapter 64 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.010, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 12. JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES AND FACILITIES","SUBTITLE D. INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN","CHAPTER 261. INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.261.htm#261.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"6279fb8bd345e3fb58e4fa56e526479258698a47ce5b59eeedf74653ccc5713d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-261.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-261.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}