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Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 242.003 (2026)

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Sec. 242.003. POLICIES AND RULES. (a) The board is responsible for the review and approval of all policies and shall make rules appropriate to the proper accomplishment of the department's functions. The board may delegate to the executive director the board's responsibility for the adoption of certain policies as appropriate for the proper accomplishment of the department's functions relating to state-operated facilities and the department's personnel.

(b) The board shall adopt rules for the government of the schools, facilities, and programs under the department's authority under this subtitle and shall see that the schools, facilities, and programs are conducted according to law and to the board's rules.

(c) The purpose of the rules and of all education, work, training, discipline, and recreation adopted under this section and of all other activities in the schools, facilities, and programs is to restore and increase the self-respect and self-reliance of the children under the authority of the department and to qualify those children for good citizenship and honorable employment.

Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.

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Cited in 1 case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Texas Youth Comm'n v. Thomas Bollinger, No. 07-11-00152-CV, 2013 WL 2390101 (Tex. App.—Amarillo May 28, 2013).
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Texas Youth Comm'n v. Thomas Bollinger, No. 07-11-00152-CV, 2013 WL 2390101 (Tex. App.—Amarillo May 28, 2013). “See TEX. HUM. RES. CODE ANN. § 242.003 (W EST 2013).”
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