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Tex. Human Resources Code § 11.002

This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 11.002, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.

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§ 11.002. PURPOSE OF TITLE; CONSTRUCTION.

Official statutory text

(a) The purpose of this title is to establish a program of social security to provide necessary and prompt assistance to the citizens of this state who are entitled to avail themselves of its provisions.

(b) This title shall be liberally construed in order that its purposes may be accomplished as equitably, economically, and expeditiously as possible.

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