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Tex. Finance Code § 92.205 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.205
§ 92.205. COMPUTATION OF INCOME.
Status: in_force

(a) A savings bank shall close its books at the times provided by its bylaws to determine its gross income for the period since the date of the last closing of its books.

(b) A savings bank's net income for a period is computed by subtracting the amount of the savings bank's operating expenses for the period from the savings bank's gross income for the period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8842.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8842 / Section 8842.051
§ 8842.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3909.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3909 / Section 3909.205
§ 3909.205. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9050.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9050 / Section 9050.104
§ 9050.104. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a facility described by Subsection (b) in providing comparable replacement without enhancement of the facility, after deducting from that cost the net salvage value derived from the old facility.

(b) If the district's exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power granted by this chapter makes necessary relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telegraph or telephone property or facility, or pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the district.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.451 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.451
§ 21.451. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Participating shares" means shares that entitle the holders of the shares to participate without limitation in distributions.

(2) "Sale of all or substantially all of the assets" means the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition, other than a pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, or trust indenture unless otherwise provided by the certificate of formation, of all or substantially all of the property and assets of a domestic corporation that is not made in the usual and regular course of the corporation's business without regard to whether the disposition is made with the goodwill of the business. The term does not include a transaction that results in the corporation directly or indirectly:

(A) continuing to engage in one or more businesses; or

(B) applying a portion of the consideration received in connection with the transaction to the conduct of a business that the corporation engages in after the transaction.

(3) "Shares" includes a receipt or other instrument issued by a depository representing an interest in one or more shares or fractions of shares of a domestic or foreign corporation that are deposited with the depository.

(4) "Voting shares" means shares that entitle the holders of the shares to vote unconditionally in elections of directors.
Tex. Transportation Code § 69.066 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 69 / Section 69.066
§ 69.066. COSTS.
Status: in_force

The board, in a final order under this subchapter, may charge all or part of the costs of processing an application to the parties in the proceedings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.209
§ 1088.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

The district may use the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay:

(1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds;

(2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of acquisition or construction of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds, not to exceed five years;

(3) costs related to the operation and maintenance of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds:

(A) during an estimated period of acquisition or construction, not to exceed five years; and

(B) for one year after the project or facility is acquired or constructed;

(4) costs related to the financing of the bond funds, including debt service reserve and contingency funds;

(5) costs related to the bond issuance;

(6) costs related to the acquisition of land or interests in land for a project or facility to be provided through the bonds; and

(7) costs of construction of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds, including the payment of related professional services and expenses.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 122.055 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 122 / Section 122.055
§ 122.055. SHIPPING CERTIFICATE OR CARGO MANIFEST.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop a shipping certificate or cargo manifest which the department shall issue to a license holder in connection with the transportation of a shipment of hemp plant material originating in this state, other than sterilized seeds that are incapable of beginning germination.

(b) A certificate or manifest developed under Subsection (a) must include a unique identifying number for the shipment and the department's contact information to allow law enforcement during a roadside inspection of a motor vehicle transporting the shipment to verify that the shipment consists of hemp cultivated in compliance with this chapter.

(c) The department may coordinate with the Department of Public Safety to determine whether information included on a certificate or manifest issued under Subsection (a), including the unique identifying number, may be made available to law enforcement personnel through the Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System or a successor system of telecommunication used by law enforcement agencies and operated by the Department of Public Safety.

(d) A person commits an offense if the person, with intent to deceive law enforcement, forges, falsifies, or alters a shipping certificate or cargo manifest issued under this section. An offense under this subsection is a third degree felony.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 150.012 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 150 / Section 150.012
§ 150.012. PURCHASE OF IMPORTED BEEF BY STATE AGENCY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency or political subdivision may not purchase beef or a product consisting substantially of beef that has been imported from outside the United States.

(b) The Texas Department of Health shall enforce this section and shall receive reports of violations of this section.

(c) The Texas Board of Health shall adopt rules for the reporting of purchases covered by this section by state agencies and political subdivisions and for the reporting of violations of this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 313.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 313 / Section 313.005
§ 313.005. PREREQUISITES FOR CONSENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If an adult patient of a home and community support services agency or in a hospital or nursing home, or an adult inmate of a county or municipal jail, is comatose, incapacitated, or otherwise mentally or physically incapable of communication and, according to reasonable medical judgment, is in need of medical treatment, the attending physician shall describe the:

(1) patient's comatose state, incapacity, or other mental or physical inability to communicate in the patient's medical record; and

(2) proposed medical treatment in the patient's medical record.

(b) The attending physician shall make a reasonably diligent effort to contact or cause to be contacted the persons eligible to serve as surrogate decision-makers. Efforts to contact those persons shall be recorded in detail in the patient's medical record.

(c) If a surrogate decision-maker consents to medical treatment on behalf of the patient, the attending physician shall record the date and time of the consent and sign the patient's medical record. The surrogate decision-maker shall countersign the patient's medical record or execute an informed consent form.

(d) A surrogate decision-maker's consent to medical treatment that is not made in person shall be reduced to writing in the patient's medical record, signed by the home and community support services agency, hospital, or nursing home staff member receiving the consent, and countersigned in the patient's medical record or on an informed consent form by the surrogate decision-maker as soon as possible.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.302 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.302
§ 45A.302. DEFERRED DISPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) On a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by a defendant or on a finding of guilt in a misdemeanor case punishable by fine only and payment of all court costs, a judge may defer further proceedings for a period not to exceed 180 days without entering an adjudication of guilt.

(b) In issuing the order of deferral, the judge may impose a special expense fee on the defendant in an amount not to exceed the amount of the fine that could be imposed on the defendant as punishment for the offense.

(c) The fee described by Subsection (b) may be collected at any time before the date on which the period of deferral ends. A judge who orders the collection of the fee must require that the amount of the fee be credited toward the payment of the amount of any fine imposed by the judge as punishment for the offense.

(d) The judge may elect not to impose the special expense fee for good cause shown by the defendant.

(e) An order of deferral under this article terminates any liability under a bond given for the charge.
Tex. Government Code § 2262.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2262 / Section 2262.053
§ 2262.053. CONTRACT FILE CHECKLIST; CERTIFICATION OF AGENCY COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency shall include in the contract file for each of its contracts a checklist to ensure the agency's compliance with state laws and rules relating to the acquisition of goods and services by the agency.

(b) The comptroller shall develop and periodically update a model contract file checklist and make the checklist available for use by state agencies. The comptroller shall periodically update the checklist.

(c) The comptroller may adopt rules necessary to develop or update the model contract file checklist.

(d) The model contract file checklist must address each stage of the procurement process and must include, at a minimum, a description of:

(1) the documents that are required to be maintained during each stage of the procurement process in accordance with applicable state laws and comptroller rules; and

(2) the procedures and documents that are required to be completed during the following stages of the procurement process:

(A) contract solicitation development;

(B) contract formation and award; and

(C) contract management.

(e) A state agency may develop its own contract file checklist based on the procurement and contracting needs of that agency, provided that the checklist developed by the agency is consistent with the comptroller's model contract file checklist and meets any requirements established by comptroller rule under Subsection (c).

(f) Before a state agency awards a contract to a vendor for the purchase of goods or services, the agency's contract manager or procurement director must:

(1) review the contents of the contract file for the contract, including the checklist, to ensure that all documents required by state law or applicable agency rules are complete and present in the file; and

(2) certify in a written document to be included in the contract file that the review required under Subdivision (1) was completed.

(g) A state agency's contract manager or procurement director may delegate to a person in the agency's procurement office the certification authority under this section.

(h) The comptroller by rule shall prescribe the conditions under which a state agency's contract manager or procurement director:

(1) must make the certification required by Subsection (f); and

(2) may delegate the certification authority under this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.3075 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.3075
§ 1701.3075. QUALIFIED APPLICANT AWAITING APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who meets the requirements set forth in Section 1701.307(a) has the same reporting responsibilities toward the commission under rules adopted by the commission as a license holder who has already been appointed as a peace officer.

(b) The commission may determine that a person who meets the requirements under Section 1701.307(a) is ineligible for appointment as a peace officer based on events that occur after the person meets the requirements in Section 1701.307(a) but before the person is appointed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3814.0055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3814 / Section 3814.0055
§ 3814.0055. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the municipality under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by the municipality under Chapter 312, Tax Code; or

(3) an enterprise zone created by the municipality under Chapter 2303, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8406.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8406 / Section 8406.003
§ 8406.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 11.027 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.027
§ 11.027. RIGHTS BETWEEN APPROPRIATORS.
Status: in_force

As between appropriators, the first in time is the first in right.
Tex. Insurance Code § 422.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 422 / Section 422.006
§ 422.006. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

If this chapter conflicts with another law relating to the subject matter or application of this chapter, this chapter controls.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 5.42 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 5 / Section 5.42
§ 5.42. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF RULE.
Status: in_force

A person who violates a valid rule of the commission is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is punishable by the penalty prescribed in Section 1.05 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.063
§ 1004.063. RECRUITMENT OF MEDICAL STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to recruit physicians and other persons to serve as medical staff members or district employees. The actions may include:

(1) advertising and marketing;

(2) paying travel, recruitment, and relocation expenses;

(3) providing a loan or scholarship to a physician or a person currently enrolled in health care education courses at an institution of higher education who contracts to become a medical staff member or district employee; or

(4) contracting with a full-time medical student or other student in a health occupation who is enrolled in and in good standing at an accredited medical school, college, or university to pay the student's tuition or other expenses for the consideration of the student agreeing to serve as an employee or independent contractor for the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 376.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 376 / Section 376.004
§ 376.004. INTERNET POSTING.
Status: in_force

The commission shall maintain on its Internet website a list of recycling facilities in this state that are in compliance with this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.217 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.217
§ 425.217.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.217. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS FOR ALL FUNDS: LOANS SECURED BY CERTAIN SECURITIES. An insurer may loan any of the insurer's funds and accumulations and take as collateral for the loan any security described by Sections 425.205-425.213 and 425.218 in which the insurer may invest any of the insurer's funds and accumulations.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4056.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4056 / Section 4056.002
§ 4056.002. RIGHTS OF LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided by this code, an individual who is not a resident of this state and to whom a license is issued under this chapter has the same rights and privileges as a resident license holder.
Tex. Government Code § 432.110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.110
§ 432.110. APPELLATE COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

The trial counsel and defense counsel of a court-martial shall serve in the capacity of appellate counsel on an appeal authorized under this chapter. The accused has the additional right to be represented by civilian counsel at his own expense. If the defense or trial counsel becomes unable to perform these duties because of illness or other disability, the convening authority shall appoint a qualified trial or defense counsel to continue the proceedings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8400.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8400 / Section 8400.002
§ 8400.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Travis County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 51.3071 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.3071
§ 51.3071. TRANSFER OF CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a case is transferred from a district court to a constitutional or statutory county court or another district court, the clerk of the transferring court shall send to the clerk of the court to which the case is transferred, using the electronic filing system established under Section 72.031:

(1) a transfer certificate and index of transferred documents;

(2) a copy of the original papers filed in the transferring court;

(3) a copy of the order of transfer signed by the transferring court;

(4) a copy of each final order;

(5) a copy of the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents from each previous transfer; and

(6) a bill of any costs that have accrued in the transferring court.

(b) The clerk of the transferring court shall use the standardized transfer certificate and index of transferred documents form created by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System under Section 72.037 when transferring a case under this section.

(c) The clerk of the transferee court shall accept documents transferred under Subsection (a) and docket the case.

(d) The clerk of the transferee court shall physically or electronically mark or stamp the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents to evidence the date and time of acceptance under Subsection (c), but may not physically or electronically mark or stamp any other document transferred under Subsection (a).

(e) Sections 80.001 and 80.002 do not apply to the transfer of documents under this section.

(f) The clerks of both the transferee and transferring courts may each produce, under this chapter, certified or uncertified copies of documents transferred under Subsection (a) and must include a copy of the transfer certificate and index of transferred documents with each document produced.

(g) This section applies regardless of whether the transferee court and the transferring court are in the same or different counties.
Tex. Penal Code § 12.44 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 12 / Section 12.44
§ 12.44. REDUCTION OF STATE JAIL FELONY PUNISHMENT TO MISDEMEANOR PUNISHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A court may punish a defendant who is convicted of a state jail felony by imposing the confinement permissible as punishment for a Class A misdemeanor if, after considering the gravity and circumstances of the felony committed and the history, character, and rehabilitative needs of the defendant, the court finds that such punishment would best serve the ends of justice.

(b) At the request of the prosecuting attorney, the court may authorize the prosecuting attorney to prosecute a state jail felony as a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Family Code § 160.402 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.402
§ 160.402. REGISTRATION FOR NOTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), a man who desires to be notified of a proceeding for the adoption of or the termination of parental rights regarding a child that he may have fathered may register with the registry of paternity:

(1) before the birth of the child; or

(2) not later than the 31st day after the date of the birth of the child.

(b) A man is entitled to notice of a proceeding described by Subsection (a) regardless of whether he registers with the registry of paternity if:

(1) a father-child relationship between the man and the child has been established under this chapter or another law; or

(2) the man commences a proceeding to adjudicate his paternity before the court has terminated his parental rights.

(c) A registrant shall promptly notify the registry in a record of any change in the information provided by the registrant. The vital statistics unit shall incorporate all new information received into its records but is not required to affirmatively seek to obtain current information for incorporation in the registry.
Tex. Finance Code § 157.032 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 157 / Section 157.032
§ 157.032. POWERS OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other action, proceeding, or remedy authorized by law, the commissioner may institute an action in the commissioner's name to enjoin a violation of Subchapter D or a rule adopted under Subchapter D. To sustain an action filed under this subsection, it is not necessary to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable damage would result from a continued violation of Subchapter D.

(b) The commissioner is not required to provide an appeal bond in any action or proceeding to enforce Subchapter D.

(c) The commissioner may authorize specific employees to conduct hearings and make recommendations for final decisions in contested cases.
Tex. Education Code § 86.03 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 86 / Section 86.03
§ 86.03. LEADING OBJECT.
Status: in_force

The leading object of the university shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanical arts, in such manner as the legislature may prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Tex. Utilities Code § 122.101 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 122 / Section 122.101
§ 122.101. TAX PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A gas utility on whom a tax is imposed by this chapter during a calendar quarter shall pay the tax to the railroad commission.

(b) A gas utility shall make the tax payment payable to the comptroller.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.059 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.059
§ 1131.059. ASSOCIATIONS OR TRUSTS FOR PAYMENT OF FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A group life insurance policy may be issued to an association or trust for a group of individuals for the payment of future funeral expenses.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.109 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.109
§ 1051.109. OFFICE LOCATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall maintain an office in Austin.