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Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.041 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 47 / Section 47.041
§ 47.041. COMMERCIAL LICENSE BUYBACK SUBACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commercial license buyback subaccount is a subaccount in the game, fish, and water safety account. The subaccount consists of money deposited to the subaccount under this section.

(b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the commercial license buyback subaccount revenue from the following sources:

(1) revenue set aside under Section 47.081(d);

(2) revenue set aside under Section 78.111(d);

(3) a fee collected under Section 77.115;

(4) $25 of each wholesale fish dealer's license issued under Section 47.009;

(5) $25 of each wholesale truck dealer's fish license issued under Section 47.010;

(6) $6 of each retail fish dealer's license issued under Section 47.011;

(7) $11 of each retail dealer's truck license issued under Section 47.013;

(8) $25 of each commercial bay shrimp boat license issued under Section 77.031;

(9) $25 of each commercial bait-shrimp boat license issued under Section 77.033;

(10) $25 of each commercial gulf shrimp boat license issued under Section 77.035;

(11) $15 of each bait-shrimp dealer's license issued under Section 77.043; and

(12) revenue from any other source authorized by law.

(c) The department may accept grants and donations of money or materials from private or public sources to be applied to the commercial license buyback subaccount.

(d) Money in the commercial license buyback subaccount may be used only to buy back a commercial license from a willing license holder.

(e) The commercial license buyback subaccount is not subject to Section 403.095, Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.518 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.518
§ 348.518. SHARING OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

To ensure consistent enforcement of law and minimization of regulatory burdens, the commissioner and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may share information, including criminal history information, relating to a person licensed under this chapter. Information otherwise confidential remains confidential after it is shared under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6904.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6904 / Section 6904.151
§ 6904.151. DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise any power necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including the power to:

(1) sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in its own name;

(2) adopt an official seal;

(3) adopt and enforce bylaws and rules for the conduct of its affairs;

(4) acquire, hold, use, and dispose of its receipts and money from any source;

(5) acquire, own, rent, lease, accept, hold, or dispose of property, or an interest in property, including a right or easement, by purchase, exchange, gift, assignment, condemnation, sale, lease, or otherwise, in performing district duties or exercising district powers under this chapter;

(6) hold, manage, operate, or improve property;

(7) lease or rent any land, building, structure, or facility from or to any person;

(8) sell, assign, lease, encumber, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of property, or an interest in property, and release or relinquish a right, title, claim, lien, interest, easement, or demand, regardless of the manner in which acquired, and conduct a transaction authorized by this subdivision by public or private sale, with or without public bidding, notwithstanding any other law;

(9) issue bonds, provide for and secure the payment of the bonds, and provide for the rights of the holders of the bonds in the manner and to the extent authorized by this chapter;

(10) request and accept an appropriation, grant, allocation, subsidy, guarantee, aid, service, material, or gift from any source, including the federal government, the state, a public agency, or a political subdivision;

(11) operate and maintain an office;

(12) appoint and determine the duties, tenure, qualifications, and compensation of district officers and employees, as well as any agent, professional advisor, or counselor, including any financial consultant, accountant, attorney, architect, engineer, appraiser, or financing expert, considered necessary or advisable by the board; and

(13) exercise any power granted by Chapter 30, Water Code, to water districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 43.007 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 43 / Section 43.007
§ 43.007. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court shall acquire an amount of land reasonably expected to support an experiment station that will produce revenue sufficient to maintain the station, as determined by the court. The land and necessary improvements may be acquired either through donation with good title of land and sufficient houses, residences, and barns, or through purchase under Subsection (b) of this section.

(b) If approved at an election conducted under Chapter 1251, Government Code, the commissioners court may issue bonds or warrants for the purpose of acquiring land and constructing buildings and improvements for an experiment station. The commissioners court may levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of principal on the bonds or warrants at maturity.
Tex. Government Code § 41.109 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 41 / Section 41.109
§ 41.109. AUTHORITY OF INVESTIGATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) An investigator appointed by a prosecuting attorney has the same authority as the sheriff of the county to make arrests anywhere in the county and to serve anywhere in the state warrants, capiases, subpoenas in criminal cases, and all other processes in civil or criminal cases issued by a district court, county court, or justice court of this state.

(b) An investigator is under the exclusive authority and direction of the prosecuting attorney and is not under the authority and direction of the sheriff. The prosecuting attorney is responsible for the official acts of his investigators and has the same remedies against his investigators and their sureties as any person has against a prosecuting attorney and his sureties.

(c) An investigator may not draw a fee of any character for performing a duty prescribed by this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.152
§ 1101.152. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules to charge and collect fees in amounts reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter and the real estate recovery trust account as required by this chapter, including a fee for:

(1) filing an original application for a broker license;

(2) renewal of a broker license;

(3) filing an original application for a sales agent license;

(4) renewal of a sales agent license;

(5) registration as an easement or right-of-way agent;

(6) filing an application for a license examination;

(7) filing a request for a change of place of business, change of name, return to active status, or change of sponsoring broker;

(8) filing a request to replace a lost or destroyed license or certificate of registration;

(9) filing an application for approval of an education program under Subchapter G;

(10) annual operation of an education program under Subchapter G;

(11) transcript evaluation;

(12) preparing a license or registration history;

(13) filing a request for a determination of fitness to engage in a profession the commission regulates;

(14) conducting a criminal history check for issuing or renewing a license; and

(15) registering as a business entity under Section 1101.355(d).

(b) The commission shall adopt rules to set and collect fees in amounts reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of implementing the continuing education requirements for license holders, including a fee for:

(1) an application for approval of a continuing education provider; and

(2) an application for approval of a continuing education course of study.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 442.057 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 442 / Section 442.057
§ 442.057. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A donor or participating provider who acts in good faith in donating, accepting, storing, labeling, distributing, or dispensing prescription drugs under this chapter:

(1) is not criminally liable and is not subject to professional disciplinary action for those activities; and

(2) is not civilly liable for damages for bodily injury, death, or property damage that arises from those activities unless the injury, death, or damage arises from the donor or participating provider's recklessness or intentional conduct.

(b) A manufacturer of a prescription drug that donates a drug under this chapter is not, in the absence of bad faith, criminally or civilly liable for bodily injury, death, or property damage arising from the donation, acceptance, or dispensing of the drug, including the manufacturer's failure to communicate to a donor or other person:

(1) product or consumer information about the donated prescription drug; or

(2) the expiration date of the donated prescription drug.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0306
§ 8513.0306. POWER TO CONTROL, DEVELOP, STORE, AND USE WATER FOR NAVIGATIONAL USE.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may control, develop, store, and use the natural flow and floodwaters of the San Antonio River and its tributaries for the purpose of operating and maintaining:

(1) navigable canals or waterways; and

(2) navigational systems or facilities auxiliary to navigable canals or waterways.

(b) The navigational use of water authorized by Subsection (a) is subordinate and incidental to consumptive use of water.
Tex. Education Code § 85.52 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.52
§ 85.52. SALE OF MINERAL ORE IN PLACE.
Status: in_force

Mineral ore located in and on the land may also be sold in place by the board at not less than the fair market value as determined by the same methods as are provided for leasing of lands under this subchapter for development of the minerals in the lands.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 47.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 47 / Section 47.008
§ 47.008. CONFIDENTIALITY AND GENERAL ACCESS TO DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) The information management, reporting, and tracking system provided in accordance with this chapter must meet confidentiality requirements in accordance with required state and federal privacy guidelines.

(b) Data obtained through the information management, reporting, and tracking system under this chapter are for the confidential use of the department, the department's designee, and the persons or public or private entities that the department determines are necessary to carry out the functions of the tracking system.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall develop guidelines to protect the confidentiality of patients in accordance with Chapter 159, Occupations Code, and require the written or electronic consent of a parent or guardian of a patient before any individually identifying information is provided to the department or the primary statewide resource center established under Section 30.051, Education Code, as set out in this chapter. The department and center shall permit a parent or guardian at any time to withdraw information provided to the department or center under this chapter.

(d) Statistical or aggregated information that is about activities conducted under this chapter and that could not be used to individually identify a newborn, infant, or patient or a parent or guardian of a newborn, infant, or patient is not confidential.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3860.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3860 / Section 3860.003
§ 3860.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing Harris County, the City of Houston, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, parking, housing, recreation, the arts, safety, and the public welfare in the area of the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of September 1, 2007, to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1772 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1772
§ 25.1772. NAVARRO COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, and except as limited by Subsection (b), a county court at law in Navarro County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:

(1) felony cases to:

(A) conduct arraignments;

(B) conduct pretrial hearings;

(C) accept guilty pleas; and

(D) conduct jury trials on assignment of a district judge presiding in Navarro County and acceptance of the assignment by the judge of the county court at law;

(2) Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases;

(3) family law matters;

(4) juvenile matters;

(5) probate matters;

(6) disputes ancillary to probate, eminent domain, condemnation, or landlord and tenant matters relating to the adjudication and determination of land titles and trusts, whether testamentary, inter vivos, constructive, resulting, or any other class or type of trust, regardless of the amount in controversy or the remedy sought; and

(7) appeals from the justice and municipal courts.

(b) A county court at law does not have jurisdiction of:

(1) suits on behalf of this state to recover penalties or escheated property;

(2) felony cases involving capital murder;

(3) misdemeanors involving official misconduct; or

(4) contested elections.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(69), eff. January 1, 2012.

(d) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid a total annual salary set by the commissioners court at an amount that is not less than $1,000 less than the total annual salary received by a district judge in the county. A district judge's or statutory county court judge's total annual salary does not include contributions and supplements paid by a county.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(69), eff. January 1, 2012.

(f) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, and the county clerk shall serve as clerk of a county court at law in all other matters. Each clerk shall establish a separate docket for a county court at law.

(g) The official court reporter of a county court at law is entitled to receive a salary set by the judge of the county court at law with the approval of the commissioners court.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(69), eff. January 1, 2012.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.1113 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.1113
§ 2306.1113. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) During the period beginning on the date project applications are filed in an application cycle and ending on the date the board makes a final decision with respect to the approval of any application in that cycle, a member of the board may not communicate with the following persons:

(1) an applicant or a related party, as defined by state law, including board rules, and federal law; and

(2) any person who is:

(A) active in the construction, rehabilitation, ownership, or control of a proposed project, including:

(i) a general partner or contractor; and

(ii) a principal or affiliate of a general partner or contractor; or

(B) employed as a consultant, lobbyist, or attorney by an applicant or a related party.

(a-1) Subject to Subsection (a-2), during the period beginning on the date project applications are filed in an application cycle and ending on the date the board makes a final decision with respect to the approval of any application in that cycle, an employee of the department may communicate about an application with the following persons:

(1) the applicant or a related party, as defined by state law, including board rules, and federal law; and

(2) any person who is:

(A) active in the construction, rehabilitation, ownership, or control of the proposed project, including:

(i) a general partner or contractor; and

(ii) a principal or affiliate of a general partner or contractor; or

(B) employed as a consultant, lobbyist, or attorney by the applicant or a related party.

(a-2) A communication under Subsection (a-1) may be oral or in any written form, including electronic communication through the Internet, and must satisfy the following conditions:

(1) the communication must be restricted to technical or administrative matters directly affecting the application;

(2) the communication must occur or be received on the premises of the department during established business hours; and

(3) a record of the communication must be maintained and included with the application for purposes of board review and must contain the following information:

(A) the date, time, and means of communication;

(B) the names and position titles of the persons involved in the communication and, if applicable, the person's relationship to the applicant;

(C) the subject matter of the communication; and

(D) a summary of any action taken as a result of the communication.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (a-1), a board member or department employee may communicate without restriction with a person listed in Subsection (a) or (a-1) during any board meeting or public hearing held with respect to the application, but not during a recess or other nonrecord portion of the meeting or hearing.

(c) Subsection (a) does not prohibit the board from participating in social events at which a person with whom communications are prohibited may or will be present, provided that all matters related to applications to be considered by the board will not be discussed.
Tex. Government Code § 443A.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 443A / Section 443A.102
§ 443A.102.
Status: in_force

Sec. 443A.102. AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO; ALAMO BATTLE FLAG; 1813 TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. (a) In this section, "1813 Declaration of Independence" means the first Texas Declaration of Independence dated April 6, 1813, and proclaiming Texas' independence from Spain.

(b) The commission may negotiate an agreement with the appropriate authorities in Mexico under which Mexico will trade or lend to this state the flag of the New Orleans Greys captured at the Battle of the Alamo or the 1813 Declaration of Independence. An agreement under this section:

(1) may not affect title to the flag or the 1813 Declaration of Independence;

(2) may provide that Mexico will restore the flag or the 1813 Declaration of Independence to a suitable condition before the trade or loan, provided the conditioning does not alter the authenticity or integrity of the flag or the 1813 Declaration of Independence; and

(3) is not valid unless the agreement is approved by the governor and by the appropriate authority for approval under the laws of Mexico.

(c) If an agreement to trade or lend the Alamo battle flag or the 1813 Declaration of Independence under Subsection (b) does not provide that Mexico will restore the flag or the 1813 Declaration of Independence to a suitable condition before the trade or loan, the commission may use only gifts or grants to restore the flag or the 1813 Declaration of Independence to a suitable condition after the trade or loan.

(d) The commission shall designate an appropriate place in the Alamo complex for the secure display of the Alamo battle flag and the 1813 Declaration of Independence.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.155
§ 1952.155. BENEFITS PAYABLE WITHOUT REGARD TO FAULT OR COLLATERAL SOURCE; EFFECT ON SUBROGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The benefits under coverage required by this subchapter are payable without regard to:

(1) the fault or nonfault of the named insured or recipient in causing or contributing to the collision; and

(2) any collateral source of medical, hospital, or wage continuation benefits.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an insurer paying benefits under coverage required by this subchapter does not have a right of subrogation or claim against any other person or insurer to recover any benefits by reason of the alleged fault of the other person in causing or contributing to the collision.

(c) An insurer paying benefits pursuant to this subchapter, including a county mutual insurance company, shall have a right of subrogation and a claim against a person causing or contributing to the collision if, on the date of loss, financial responsibility as required by Chapter 601, Transportation Code, has not been established for a motor vehicle involved in the collision and operated by that person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8094.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8094 / Section 8094.0102
§ 8094.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6913.256 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6913 / Section 6913.256
§ 6913.256. ELECTION FOR BONDS PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) District bonds, other than refunding bonds, payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes may not be issued unless authorized by a district election at which a majority of the votes cast favor the bond issuance.

(b) The board may order an election under this section without a petition. The order must specify:

(1) the time and places at which the election will be held;

(2) the purpose for which the bonds will be issued;

(3) the maximum amount of the bonds;

(4) the maximum maturity of the bonds;

(5) the form of the ballot; and

(6) the presiding judge for each voting place.

(c) Notice of the election must be given by publishing a substantial copy of the order calling the election in a newspaper published in Haskell County that is circulated in the district for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must be not later than the 15th day before the date of the election.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.516 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.516
§ 1103.516. DIRECT EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

In a contested case hearing, the administrative law judge may conduct a direct examination of a witness at any stage of the witness's testimony.
Tex. Local Government Code § 211.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 211 / Section 211.005
§ 211.005. DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may divide the municipality into districts of a number, shape, and size the governing body considers best for carrying out this subchapter. Within each district, the governing body may regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings, other structures, or land.

(b) Zoning regulations must be uniform for each class or kind of building in a district, but the regulations may vary from district to district. The regulations shall be adopted with reasonable consideration, among other things, for the character of each district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, with a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land in the municipality.