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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3919.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3919 / Section 3919.109
§ 3919.109. ADDING OR REMOVING TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

As provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, the board may add territory inside the boundaries of the city or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city to the district or remove territory inside the boundaries of the city or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city from the district, except that:

(1) the addition or removal of the territory must be approved by the city;

(2) the addition or removal may not occur without petition by the owners of the territory being added or removed; and

(3) territory may not be removed from the district if bonds or other obligations of the district payable wholly or partly from assessments assessed on the territory are outstanding.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 26.05 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 26 / Section 26.05
§ 26.05. WARNING SIGN REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Each holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's off-premise permit shall display in a prominent place on the permittee's premises a sign stating in letters at least two inches high: IT IS A CRIME (MISDEMEANOR) TO CONSUME LIQUOR OR MALT BEVERAGES ON THESE PREMISES. The commission or administrator may require the holder of the permit to also display the sign in a language other than English if it can be observed or determined that a substantial portion of the expected customers speak the other language as their familiar language.

(b) A permittee who fails to comply with this section commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $25.
Tex. Insurance Code § 827.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 827 / Section 827.003
§ 827.003. WITHDRAWAL PLAN REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

An insurer shall file with the commissioner a plan for orderly withdrawal if the insurer proposes to:

(1) reduce the insurer's total annual premium volume by 50 percent or more;

(2) reduce the insurer's annual premium by 75 percent or more in a line of insurance in this state; or

(3) reduce in this state, or in any applicable rating territory, the insurer's total annual premium volume in a line of personal automobile or residential property insurance by 50 percent or more.
Tex. Labor Code § 410.025 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 410 / Section 410.025
§ 410.025. SCHEDULING OF BENEFIT REVIEW CONFERENCE; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner by rule shall prescribe the time within which a benefit review conference must be scheduled.

(b) The division shall schedule a contested case hearing to be held not later than the 60th day after the date of the benefit review conference if the disputed issues are not resolved at the benefit review conference.

(c) The division shall send written notice of the benefit review conference to the parties to the claim and the employer.

(d) The commissioner by rule shall provide for expedited proceedings in cases in which compensability or liability for essential medical treatment is in dispute.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8278.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8278 / Section 8278.201
§ 8278.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds to provide water and sewer service to areas inside or outside the boundaries of the district, regardless of whether the areas are contiguous or noncontiguous.
Tex. Education Code § 37.101 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.101
§ 37.101. APPLICABILITY OF CRIMINAL LAWS.
Status: in_force

The criminal laws of the state apply in the areas under the control and jurisdiction of the board of trustees of any school district in this state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.5115 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.5115
§ 504.5115. CERTAIN PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of a Purple Heart awarded by the Department of Public Safety or another law enforcement agency in this state.

(b) The fee for issuance of one set of the license plates is $3.

(c) A person issued specialty license plates under this section shall be issued one set of the license plates without payment of the registration fee required under Chapter 502.

(d) The surviving spouse of a person who was the posthumous recipient of an award described by Subsection (a) is entitled to specialty license plates issued under this section.
Tex. Finance Code § 16.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 16 / Section 16.004
§ 16.004. AUDITS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the duty of the state auditor to audit a financial regulatory agency. The state auditor shall enter into a contract and schedule with each financial regulatory agency to conduct audits, including financial reports and performance audits. The financial regulatory agency shall reimburse the state auditor for all costs incurred in performing the audits and shall provide to the governor a copy of any audit performed.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.051 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.051
§ 171.051. APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION; EFFECTIVE DATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, a corporation may apply for an exemption under this subchapter by filing with the comptroller, as provided by the rules of the comptroller, evidence of the corporation's qualifications for the exemption.

(b) If a corporation files the evidence establishing the corporation's qualifications for an exemption within 15 months after the last day of the calendar month in which the corporation's charter or certificate of authority is dated, the exemption is recognized, if it is finally established, as of the date of the charter or certificate.

(c) The exemption provided by Section 171.063 of this code must be established as provided by that section, but a corporation may apply for and receive other exemptions as provided by this section.

(d) Neither this section nor Section 171.063 of this code requires a corporation that was granted a franchise tax exemption before September 1, 1975, that was entitled to the exemption on September 1, 1975, and that has held the exemption since that date, to file an additional application, report, letter of exemption, or other evidence of qualification for that exemption.
Tex. Family Code § 231.307 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 231 / Section 231.307
§ 231.307. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCHES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Title IV-D agency shall develop a system meeting the requirements of federal law (42 U.S.C. Sections 666(a)(4) and (17)) for the exchange of data with financial institutions doing business in the state to identify an account of an obligor owing past-due child support and to enforce support obligations against the obligor, including the imposition of a lien and a levy and execution on an obligor's assets held in financial institutions as required by federal law (42 U.S.C. Section 666(c)(1)(G)).

(b) The Title IV-D agency by rule shall establish procedures for data matches authorized under this section.

(c) The Title IV-D agency may enter into an agreement with one or more states to create a consortium for data matches authorized under this section. The Title IV-D agency may contract with a vendor selected by the consortium to perform data matches with financial institutions.

(d) A financial institution providing information or responding to a notice of child support lien or levy provided under Subchapter G, Chapter 157, or otherwise acting in good faith to comply with the Title IV-D agency's procedures under this section may not be liable under any federal or state law for any damages that arise from those acts.

(e) In this section:

(1) "Financial institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.311; and

(2) "Account" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.311.

(f) A financial institution participating in data matches authorized by this section may provide the Title IV-D agency an address for the purpose of service of notices or process required in actions under this section or Subchapter G, Chapter 157.

(g) This section does not apply to an insurer subject to the reporting requirements under Section 231.015.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3841.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3841 / Section 3841.003
§ 3841.003. 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 the City of League City, Galveston 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, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, 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 Galveston County or the City of League City from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 5018.0154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5018 / Section 5018.0154
§ 5018.0154. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY FOR CURRENT EXPENSES; EVIDENCE OF OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may:

(1) borrow money for current expenses; and

(2) evidence the borrowed money by warrants payable not later than the close of the calendar year for which the loan is made.

(b) The amount of the warrants may not exceed the anticipated revenue.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1019.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1019 / Section 1019.101
§ 1019.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for:

(1) operating all hospital facilities; and

(2) providing hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Finance Code § 343.205 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 343 / Section 343.205
§ 343.205. PREPAYMENT PENALTIES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A lender may not make a high-cost home loan containing a provision for a prepayment penalty.
Tex. Insurance Code § 556.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 556 / Section 556.052
§ 556.052.
Status: in_force

Sec. 556.052. UNFAIR METHOD OF COMPETITION OR UNFAIR PRACTICE: FAILURE TO DISCLOSE. A depository institution engages in an unfair method of competition or an unfair practice in the sale of insurance by the depository institution if, on the premises of the depository institution or in connection with a product offering of the depository institution, the depository institution sells or solicits the purchase of insurance or a person sells or solicits the purchase of insurance recommended or sponsored by the depository institution and the depository institution or person fails to clearly disclose in all promotional materials relating to an insurance product distributed to customers and potential customers that:

(1) an insurance product sold through or in the depository institution or a subsidiary or affiliate of the depository institution is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

(2) the insurance product is not issued, guaranteed, or underwritten by the depository institution or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

(3) the insurance product involves investment risk, if appropriate, including potential loss of principal.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 362.037 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 362 / Section 362.037
§ 362.037. TRUST AS SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The issuer's governing body may additionally secure bonds, including refunding bonds, by a trust indenture under which the trustee may be a bank that has trust powers and that is located inside or outside the state.

(b) Regardless of any mortgage, deed of trust lien, or security interest under Section 362.038, the trust indenture may:

(1) contain any provision that the governing body prescribes for the security of the bonds and the preservation of the trust estate;

(2) provide for amendment or modification of the trust indenture;

(3) condition the right to spend the issuer's money or sell an issuer's system as provided by the trust indenture;

(4) provide in other manners for protection and enforcement of bondholders' rights and remedies as is reasonable and proper; and

(5) provide for the issuance of replacement bonds for lost, stolen, or mutilated bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8809.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8809 / Section 8809.054
§ 8809.054. BOARD RESOLUTIONS; VOTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall act by resolutions adopted by the board.

(b) All directors are entitled to vote.

(c) The affirmative vote of a majority of the board is necessary to adopt a resolution.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 71.011 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 71 / Section 71.011
§ 71.011. DAMAGES NOT SUBJECT TO DEBTS.
Status: in_force

Damages recovered in an action under this subchapter are not subject to the debts of the deceased.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9602.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9602 / Section 9602.0402
§ 9602.0402. PLAN OF FINANCING.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall study methods of financing the services provided by and improvements constructed by the district.

(b) The district shall make the results of the study conducted under this section available to the public.
Tex. Insurance Code § 83.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 83 / Section 83.054
§ 83.054. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) On receiving a timely request for a hearing under Section 83.053, the department shall docket the case at the State Office of Administrative Hearings not later than the 30th day after the date the department receives the request.

(b) The hearing is subject to the procedures for contested cases under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(c) At the hearing, the person requesting the hearing must show why the order should not be affirmed.

(d) Following receipt of the proposal for decision from the State Office of Administrative Hearings regarding the hearing, the commissioner shall affirm, modify, or set aside in whole or in part the order.
Tex. Government Code § 571.1351 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.1351
§ 571.1351. STATUS OF COMPLAINT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall keep an information file about each sworn or other complaint filed with the commission. The file must include:

(1) the name of the person who filed the complaint;

(2) the date the complaint is received by the commission;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) the name of each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) an explanation of the reason the file was closed, if the commission closed the file without taking action other than to investigate the complaint.

(b) The commission shall provide to the person filing the complaint and to each person who is a subject of the complaint a copy of the commission's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) In addition to the notice required by Sections 571.123 through 571.132, the commission, at least quarterly until final disposition of a complaint, shall notify the person who filed the complaint and each person who is a subject of the complaint, if any, of the status of the sworn or other complaint.
Tex. Transportation Code § 682.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 682 / Section 682.003
§ 682.003. ADOPTION OF HEARING PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

A municipality may by ordinance or a joint board may by resolution, rule, or order establish an administrative adjudication hearing procedure under which a civil fine may be imposed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.212 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.212
§ 1201.212.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1201.212. POLICY PROVISION: CLAIM FORMS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an individual accident and health insurance policy must contain the following provision:

"Claim Forms: The insurer, on receipt of a notice of claim, will provide to the claimant the forms usually provided by the insurer for filing proof of loss. If the forms are not provided before the 16th day after the date of the notice, the claimant shall be considered to have complied with the requirements of this policy as to proof of loss on submitting, within the time fixed in the policy for filing proofs of loss, written proof covering the occurrence, the character, and the extent of the loss for which the claim is made."

(b) The provision required by this section is not required to be contained in a policy issued by a corporation operating under Chapter 842.
Tex. Transportation Code § 112.155 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 112 / Section 112.155
§ 112.155. CERTAIN PROVISIONS VOID.
Status: in_force

A provision of a contract, rule, or device the purpose of which is to exempt a railroad operator from liability under Section 112.152 is void to the extent of the purported exemption.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3905.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3905 / Section 3905.051
§ 3905.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of nine directors who serve staggered terms of three years, with three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each year.
Tex. Family Code § 159.203 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.203
§ 159.203. INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE.
Status: in_force

Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
Tex. Tax Code § 321.506 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 321 / Section 321.506
§ 321.506. USE OF TAX REVENUE BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 321.507, the money received by a municipality under this chapter is for the use and benefit of the municipality and may be used for any purpose for which the general funds of the municipality may be used, except that a municipality may not pledge the revenue received under this chapter to the payment of bonds or other indebtedness.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 552.102 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 552 / Section 552.102
§ 552.102. INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall create and maintain an online mechanism on the attorney general's Internet website through which a consumer may submit a complaint under this chapter to the attorney general.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9089.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9089 / Section 9089.0105
§ 9089.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a water control and improvement district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including the collection, transportation, processing, disposal, and control of domestic, industrial, or communal waste and the gathering, conducting, diverting, and control of local storm water or other harmful excesses of water; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Occupations Code § 564.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 564 / Section 564.006
§ 564.006. EXAMINATION OF REPORT.
Status: in_force

A pharmacist, a pharmacy student, or an authorized representative of the pharmacist or student is entitled on request to examine the peer review or the pharmaceutical organization committee report submitted to the board and to place into the record a statement of reasonable length of the pharmacist's or pharmacy student's view concerning information in the report.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.108 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 822 / Section 822.108
§ 822.108. INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

An owner of a dangerous wild animal, at all reasonable times, shall allow the animal registration agency, its staff, its agents, or a designated licensed veterinarian to enter the premises where the animal is kept and to inspect the animal, the primary enclosure for the animal, and the owner's records relating to the animal to ensure compliance with this subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 57.012 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.012
§ 57.012. PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a district is created, a petition must be presented to the commissioners court or to the county judge of the county if the commissioners court is not in session.

(b) The petition, signed by the owners of a majority of the acreage of the proposed district, shall:

(1) describe the proposed boundaries of the district;

(2) state the general nature of the proposed improvements and their necessity and feasibility;

(3) state whether the taxes proposed to be levied in the district are to be levied on the ad valorem basis or on the benefit basis; and

(4) designate a name for the district which shall include the name of the county in which the district is located.

(c) If the proposed district is composed of land in two or more counties, the petition must designate one of the counties in which any part of the district is to be located as the county of jurisdiction, and this county has jurisdiction over all matters concerning the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 312.208 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 312 / Section 312.208
§ 312.208. MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time before the expiration of an agreement made under this subchapter, the agreement may be modified by the parties to the agreement to include other provisions that could have been included in the original agreement or to delete provisions that were not necessary to the original agreement. The modification must be made by the same procedure by which the original agreement was approved and executed. The original agreement may not be modified to extend beyond 10 years from the date of the original agreement.

(b) An agreement made under this subchapter may be terminated by the mutual consent of the parties in the same manner that the agreement was approved and executed.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.705 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.705
§ 1158.705. PARTITION WITHOUT COURT APPROVAL; RATIFICATION OF PARTITION AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a guardian, without court approval as provided by this subchapter, executes or intends to execute an agreement to partition any real estate in which the ward has an interest, the guardian shall file with the court in which the guardianship proceedings are pending an application for the approval and ratification of the partition agreement.

(b) The application must:

(1) refer to the agreement in a manner in which the court can fully understand the nature of the partition and the real estate being divided; and

(2) state that, in the opinion of the guardian, the agreement is fair and just to the ward's estate and is in the best interests of the estate.

(c) On the filing of an application under Subsection (a), the court shall hold a hearing on the application as provided by Section 1158.703. The court shall enter an order ratifying and approving the partition agreement if the court is of the opinion that the partition is:

(1) fairly made; and

(2) in the best interests of the ward's estate.

(d) On ratification and approval, the partition is effective and binding as if originally executed after a court order.