Texas Government Code 2306.1101 – Definition
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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 2306.1101
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this subchapter, “homeless youth” means a person who is younger than 19 years of age, including a migratory child, as defined by Section 1309, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. § 6399), who:
(1) lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including a person who is:
(A) living in an emergency shelter;
(B) abandoned in a hospital; or
(C) awaiting foster care placement;
(2) has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for humans; or
(3) is living in a car, park, other public space, abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or train station, or similar setting.