{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-159.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 159.001","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.","body":"This subchapter applies only to:\n(1) a county officer or candidate for a county office of a county with a population of 100,000 or more; or\n(2) a justice of the peace or a candidate for the office of justice of the peace of a county with a population of 125,000 or more.\nAmended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 480 (H.B. 2468), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 159. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBCHAPTER A. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY CERTAIN COUNTY OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.159.htm#159.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"59f6508ea962be0085ad232c2c3dba94339ad4cb77e7534089d662d2be6bcfc3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-158.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-159.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}