{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-244.026","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 244.026","heading":"DISTANCE MEASUREMENT.","body":"For purposes of this subchapter, distance is measured along the shortest straight line between the nearest property line of the shelter for homeless individuals and the nearest property line of another shelter for homeless individuals or a primary or secondary school, as appropriate.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1253, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE C. REGULATORY AUTHORITY APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 244. LOCATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND SHELTERS","SUBCHAPTER B. SHELTER FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.244.htm#244.026","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"5cc4bedd8ae798df3e96127c55d7716c450a20a325dfbbfa0787fa87c0f982a4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-244.025","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-245.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}