The policy of the state is to encourage and enable persons with disabilities to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state, to achieve maximum personal independence, to become gainfully employed, and to otherwise fully enjoy and use all public facilities available within the state.
Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 121.001
STATE POLICY
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Espino v. Besteiro (1983)
Most recently applied in Nat'l Fed'n of the Blind v. Container Store, Inc. (September 2018)
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2425, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.