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Tex. Water Code § 7.170 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.170
§ 7.170. INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING RELEASE OF MEDICAL WASTE INTO ENVIRONMENT AND ENDANGERMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person, acting intentionally or knowingly with respect to the person's conduct, releases or causes or allows the release of a medical waste into the environment and by that action places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, unless the release is done in strict compliance with all required permits or an order issued or rule adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(D) or Section 7.187(2)(G) or both. If an offense committed by an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the offense is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(E) or Section 7.187(2)(G) or both.

(c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(E). If an offense committed by a person other than an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the offense is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(F).
Tex. Government Code § 1505.065 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.065
§ 1505.065. ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) As provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this subchapter, the municipality may issue and negotiate additional bonds as necessary.

(b) Additional bonds that are sold are on a parity with bonds of the same issue.
Tex. Estates Code § 752.104 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 752 / Section 752.104
§ 752.104. STOCK AND BOND TRANSACTIONS.
Status: in_force

The language conferring authority with respect to stock and bond transactions in a statutory durable power of attorney empowers the attorney in fact or agent to:

(1) buy, sell, and exchange:

(A) stocks;

(B) bonds;

(C) mutual funds; and

(D) all other types of securities and financial instruments other than commodity futures contracts and call and put options on stocks and stock indexes;

(2) receive certificates and other evidences of ownership with respect to securities;

(3) exercise voting rights with respect to securities in person or by proxy;

(4) enter into voting trusts; and

(5) consent to limitations on the right to vote.
Tex. Finance Code § 154.409 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 154 / Section 154.409
§ 154.409. SUIT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may notify the attorney general of a violation of this chapter.

(b) The attorney general shall institute suit in the name of this state against a person who violates this chapter in a district court in Travis County or the county in which the violation occurred.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0804 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0804
§ 3965.0804. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADVERTISING BOND ISSUE.
Status: in_force

A district may not advertise for an issuance of bonds until the completion of at least 25 percent of the projected value of the improvements, including houses and other buildings, that are liable for district assessments and necessary to support the district bonds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.1071 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 487 / Section 487.1071
§ 487.1071. CANNABINOIDS ELIGIBLE FOR DISPENSING.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "phytocannabinoid" means a chemical substance:

(1) created naturally by a plant of the species Cannabis sativa L. that is separated from the plant by a mechanical or chemical extraction process;

(2) created naturally by a plant of the species Cannabis sativa L. that binds to or interacts with the cannabinoid receptors of the endocannabinoid system; or

(3) produced by decarboxylation from a naturally occurring cannabinoid acid without the use of a chemical catalyst.

(b) A dispensing organization may not dispense a low-THC cannabis product that contains a cannabinoid that is not a phytocannabinoid.
Tex. Government Code § 2167.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2167 / Section 2167.104
§ 2167.104. SUBLEASE TO CHILD CARE PROVIDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to restrictions imposed by a lease or other enforceable contract, the commission, at the request of the occupying agency, shall sublease part of a space leased under this chapter to a child care provider for the operation of a child care facility.

(b) Chapter 663 applies to the establishment and operation of the child care facility, except as provided by this section.

(c) This section does not affect the duties of the commission regarding child care facilities in state-owned buildings and potential child care facility sites in state-owned buildings under Chapter 663, 2165, or 2166.

(d) The occupying agency and the commission may agree to:

(1) procedures relating to the selection of the child care provider;

(2) granting some preference in enrollment to children of officers and employees of the occupying state agency; and

(3) any other matter regarding the operation of the child care facility.

(e) The commission shall sublease space under this section to a child care provider approved by the commission under Chapter 663 at a rate set by the commission.

(f) In leasing space under this chapter, the commission shall, whenever possible, enter into a lease contract that allows for subleasing space to a child care provider.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 826 / Section 826.014
§ 826.014. COUNTIES MAY ADOPT ORDINANCES AND RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt ordinances or rules that establish a local rabies control program in the county and set local standards that are compatible with and equal to or more stringent than the program established by this chapter and the department rules adopted under this chapter.

(b) County ordinances or rules adopted under this section supersede this chapter and the department rules adopted under this chapter within that county so that dual enforcement will not occur.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9083.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9083 / Section 9083.0101
§ 9083.0101. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the powers essential to the accomplishment of the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and may exercise the rights, powers, privileges, and functions implied by that section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1008.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1008 / Section 1008.206
§ 1008.206. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.254 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.254
§ 202.254. EXAMINATION.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Section 202.261, each applicant for a license to practice podiatry in this state must pass an examination approved by the department.

(b) The department shall recognize, prepare, administer, or arrange for the administration of an examination under this chapter.

(c) The license examination must consist of a written and practical component. The department shall determine the passing score for the examination using accepted criterion-referenced methods. The department shall have the examination validated by an independent testing professional.

(d) The examination must cover the subjects of anatomy, chemistry, dermatology, diagnosis, pharmacology, pathology, physiology, microbiology, orthopedics, and podiatry, as related to ailments of the human foot.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 282 (H.B. 3078), Sec. 62(23), eff. September 1, 2017.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.156 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.156
§ 1952.156. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the requirements of this section and Section 1952.157, an insurer shall pay benefits under the coverage required by this subchapter periodically as claims for those benefits arise, but not later than the 30th day after the date the insurer receives satisfactory proof of a claim.

(b) The coverage required by this subchapter may:

(1) prescribe a period of not less than six months after the date of an accident within which the original proof of loss with respect to a claim for benefits must be presented to the insurer; and

(2) provide that an insurer may require reasonable medical proof of an alleged recurrence of an injury for which an original claim for benefits was made if a lapse occurs in the period of total disability or in the medical treatment of an injured person who:

(A) has received benefits under that coverage; and

(B) subsequently claims additional benefits based on the alleged recurrence.

(c) The aggregate benefits payable under the coverage required by this subchapter to any person may not exceed the maximum limits prescribed in the insurance policy.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 138.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 138 / Section 138.002
§ 138.002. CIVIL ACTION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a manufacturer, seller, trade association, livestock producer, or agricultural producer is not liable under any law of this state for any claim arising out of weight gain or obesity, a health condition associated with weight gain or obesity, or any other generally known condition allegedly caused by or allegedly likely to result from the long-term consumption of food, including:

(1) an action brought by a person other than the individual on whose weight gain, obesity, or health condition the action is based; and

(2) any derivative action brought by or on behalf of any individual or any representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of any individual.

(b) This section does not prohibit a person from bringing:

(1) an action in which:

(A) a manufacturer or seller of a food knowingly and wilfully violates a federal or state statute applicable to the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, advertisement, labeling, or sale of the food; and

(B) the violation is a proximate cause of injury related to an individual's weight gain or obesity or any health condition associated with an individual's weight gain or obesity; or

(2) an action brought:

(A) under Chapter 431, Health and Safety Code; or

(B) by the attorney general under Section 17.47, Business & Commerce Code.

(c) This section does not create a cause of action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8339.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8339 / Section 8339.002
§ 8339.002. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 13.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 13 / Section 13.002
§ 13.002. JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

Judgment may be rendered for costs at the conclusion of the action as in other cases, but the state is not liable for any of those costs.
Tex. Occupations Code § 505.502 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 505 / Section 505.502
§ 505.502. PROHIBITED CONDUCT BY BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a business or professional entity may not:

(1) represent itself or another to the public as being engaged in the practice of social work or as offering social work services under an assumed, trade, business, professional, partnership, or corporate name or title;

(2) directly or indirectly use or cause to be used the term "social work," "social work services," "social work, inc.," "social workers," "licensed social workers," "licensed baccalaureate social workers," "licensed master social workers," "licensed clinical social workers," "LMSW," "LSW," "LBSW," or "LCSW," or any combination, abbreviation, or variation of those terms; or

(3) directly or indirectly use or cause to be used a term listed in Subdivision (2) in combination with any other word, letter, initial, sign, legend, or symbol on, in, or directly or indirectly as a part of:

(A) any sign, directory, contract, pamphlet, stationery, advertisement, or other document;

(B) a signature; or

(C) a trade, assumed, corporate, or other business or professional name.

(b) A business or professional entity may engage in conduct described by Subsection (a) if:

(1) the entity is actively engaged in the practice of social work; and

(2) the social work services that constitute the entity's practice are:

(A) personally performed by a social worker who is practicing in accordance with this chapter; or

(B) performed under the supervision of a licensed baccalaureate social worker, licensed master social worker, or licensed clinical social worker.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9602.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9602 / Section 9602.0101
§ 9602.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board of directors of the district.

(3) "District" means the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District.

(4) "Service area" means the area in which the district may perform dredging and maintenance operations, which is composed of the following territory:

(A) Lake Houston;

(B) the East and West Forks of the San Jacinto River between the Harris County line and Lake Houston;

(C) Luce Bayou downstream from Trent Road; and

(D) Caney Creek between the Harris County line and Lake Houston.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3873 / Section 3873.205
§ 3873.205. MUNICIPAL APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A district must obtain the approval of the governing body of the city before issuing bonds for a park improvement project and for the plans and specifications of a park improvement project financed by the bond issuance.

(b) Instead of approval of bonds by the city, the district before finally approving a capital improvements budget may obtain approval from the governing body of the city of a capital improvements budget for a period not to exceed five years. If a district obtains approval of a capital improvements budget, it may finance the capital improvements and issue bonds specified in the budget without further approval from the city.

(c) The district must obtain approval from the city of the plans and specifications of any park improvement project that involves the use of the rights-of-way of streets, roads, or highways or the use of city land or any easements granted by the city.

(d) The city is not obligated to pay any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the district.
Tex. Education Code § 74.102 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.102
§ 74.102. COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

The board of regents may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees and may make rules and regulations for the operation, control, and management of the medical school as may be necessary for its conduct as a medical school of the first class.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.465 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.465
§ 151.465. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN BREWERS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a brewer permitted under Chapter 12A, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.067 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 16 / Section 16.067
§ 16.067. CLAIM INCURRED PRIOR TO ARRIVAL IN THIS STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not bring an action to recover a claim against a person who has moved to this state if the claim is barred by the law of limitations of the state or country from which the person came.

(b) A person may not bring an action to recover money from a person who has moved to this state and who was released from its payment by the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the state or country from which the person came.

(c) A demand that is against a person who has moved to this state and was incurred prior to his arrival in this state is not barred by the law of limitations until the person has lived in this state for 12 months. This subsection does not affect the application of Subsections (a) and (b).
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.382 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.382
§ 1702.382. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An attorney for the department, the attorney general's office, or any criminal prosecutor in this state may institute an action against a person to enjoin a violation by the person of this chapter or an administrative rule.

(b) An injunction action instituted under this section does not require an allegation or proof that an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable damage would result from the continued violation to sustain an action under this section. A bond is not required for an injunction action instituted under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7933.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7933 / Section 7933.101
§ 7933.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3817.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3817 / Section 3817.053
§ 3817.053. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

(a) Section 375.071, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(b) One-half of the board constitutes a quorum.

(c) Except as provided by Section 3817.152, a concurrence of a majority of a quorum is required for any official district action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8014A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8014A / Section 8014A.0403
§ 8014A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1055.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1055 / Section 1055.251
§ 1055.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) On final approval of the annual budget, the board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation.

(b) The board shall impose the tax to:

(1) pay the interest on and create a sinking fund for bonds or other obligations issued or assumed by the district for hospital purposes;

(2) provide for the operation and maintenance of the district and hospital system;

(3) make improvements and additions to the hospital system; and

(4) acquire necessary sites for the hospital system by purchase, lease, or condemnation.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.058 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.058
§ 85.058. COMMISSION INQUIRY AND DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

From time to time, the commission may inquire into the production, storage, transportation, refining, reclaiming, treating, marketing, and processing of oil and gas, and the reasonable market demand for oil and gas, so that it may determine whether or not waste exists or is imminent or whether the oil and gas conservation laws of this state or the rules and orders of the commission promulgated under those laws are being violated.
Tex. Government Code § 844.402 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.402
§ 844.402. RETURN OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the death of a member or former member and after the final payment has been made under any service, disability, or survivor annuity, a lump-sum death benefit is payable in an amount, if any, by which the amount in the person's individual account in the employees saving fund on which the annuity was computed exceeds the amount of annuity payments made.

(b) The benefit provided by this section is payable to the person entitled to receive the final monthly payment of the annuity. If that person is deceased, the benefit provided by this section is payable to the person's beneficiary or, if no surviving beneficiary exists, to the person's spouse or, if no surviving spouse exists, to the person's estate.

(c) The benefit provided by this section is payable from the subdivision accumulation fund.

(d) For plans terminated under Subchapter A-1, Chapter 842, the benefit provided by this section is payable from the closed subdivision annuity reserve fund.
Tex. Election Code § 274.028 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 274 / Section 274.028
§ 274.028. COMMISSION RETAINED BY ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

If the secretary of state contracts with a statewide association for publication of the notice of a proposed constitutional amendment, the contract must provide that the association retain a commission out of the amount paid by the state under the contract. The commission must be a stipulated percentage of the state payment that is uniformly applied against each newspaper.
Tex. Transportation Code § 548.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 548 / Section 548.003
§ 548.003. DEPARTMENT CERTIFICATION AND SUPERVISION OF INSPECTION STATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may certify inspection stations to carry out this chapter and may instruct and supervise the inspection stations and mechanics for the inspection of vehicles and equipment subject to this chapter.

(b) The department shall certify at least one inspection station for each county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985A / Section 7985A.0106
§ 7985A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8424.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8424 / Section 8424.153
§ 8424.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8281.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8281 / Section 8281.102
§ 8281.102. WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, and may improve or extend, any existing water or sewer system that serves all or part of the district territory or may construct a water or sewer system to serve the inhabitants of the county in which the district is located.

(b) A contract to acquire an existing water or sewer facility may be made on terms approved by the contracting parties.