Tex. Human Resources Code § 51A.002
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 51A.002, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 51A.002. APPLICABILITY TO VICTIMS OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Official statutory text
This chapter applies to a victim of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat, including:
(1) an adult member of a family or household who is subjected to an act of family violence;
(2) a member of the household of the adult described by Subdivision (1), other than the member of the household who commits the act of family violence; and
(3) a person who is subjected to conduct constituting stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.
(1) an adult member of a family or household who is subjected to an act of family violence;
(2) a member of the household of the adult described by Subdivision (1), other than the member of the household who commits the act of family violence; and
(3) a person who is subjected to conduct constituting stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.
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