The Go Texan Certified Retirement Community Program is established to:
  (1) promote Texas as a retirement destination to retirees and potential retirees both in and outside Texas;
  (2) assist Texas communities in their efforts to market themselves as desirable retirement locations and to develop communities that retirees would find attractive for a retirement lifestyle;
  (3) assist in the development of retirement communities and long term living communities for economic development purposes and as a means of providing a potential workforce and enriching Texas communities; and
  (4) increase tourism to Texas by promoting the state as a desirable retirement location to visitors and those seeking retirement options in Texas.

Source Note: The provisions of this §17.601 adopted to be effective January 10, 2013, 38 TexReg 241