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Tex. Insurance Code § 425.221 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.221
§ 425.221.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.221. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS FOR CAPITAL, SURPLUS, AND CONTINGENCY FUNDS: BONDS OR NOTES OF EDUCATIONAL OR RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS. Subject to Section 425.226, an insurer may invest the insurer's capital, surplus, and contingency funds in a bond or note of an educational or religious corporation that has provided for the payment of a sufficient amount of the first weekly or monthly revenues of the corporation to an interest and sinking fund account in a bank or trust company as an independent paying agent.
Tex. Local Government Code § 563.103 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 563 / Section 563.103
§ 563.103. CONTENTS OF ORDER OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An order or resolution of the commissioners court authorizing the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds, under this chapter may:

(1) provide for the flow of funds and the establishment and maintenance of an interest and sinking fund, a reserve fund, or another fund;

(2) prohibit the further issuance of obligations payable from the pledged revenues or reserve the right to issue additional bonds that are on a parity with, or subordinate to, the lien and pledge on the revenue being used to support the bonds being issued; and

(3) contain any other provision determined by the commissioners court.

(b) The commissioners court may make covenants with respect to the bonds, the pledged revenues, and the operation and maintenance of any facilities the revenue of which is pledged.
Tex. Labor Code § 201.082 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 201 / Section 201.082
§ 201.082. EXCEPTIONS TO WAGES.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "wages" does not include:

(1) that part of the remuneration paid by an employer to an individual for employment during a calendar year that exceeds remuneration to the individual, excluding remuneration under another subdivision of this section, by the employer, of $9,000;

(2) a payment, including an amount the employer pays for insurance or an annuity or pays into a fund for the payment of insurance or an annuity, that is made to or for an employee or the employee's dependent under a plan the employer established for employees generally, or a class of employees, including or excluding the employee's dependents, for:

(A) retirement;

(B) sickness or accident disability;

(C) medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability; or

(D) expenses related to death;

(3) a payment made to an individual employee for retirement, including an amount an employer pays for insurance or an annuity or pays into a fund for the payment of insurance or an annuity;

(4) a payment for sickness or accident disability, or medical or hospitalization expenses for sickness or accident disability, an employer makes to or for an individual employee after the expiration of six calendar months after the last calendar month the employee worked for the employer;

(5) a payment made to or for an employee or the employee's beneficiary:

(A) from or to a trust defined by Section 401(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 401(a)), that is exempt from tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 501(a)), at the time of payment, unless the payment is made to an employee of the trust as remuneration for service as an employee and not as a beneficiary of the trust; or

(B) under or to an annuity plan that, at the time of the payment, is a plan described by Section 403(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 403(a));

(6) a tax an employer pays, without deduction from the remuneration of the employee, that is imposed on the employee under Section 3101, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 3101);

(7) noncash remuneration paid to an employee for service not in the course of the employer's business;

(8) a payment, except vacation or sick pay, made to an employee after the month the employee is 65 years of age, if the employee did not work for the employer in the period for which the payment is made; or

(9) the part of remuneration from a single employer for services in a calendar year that exceeds the amount applicable to the year under Subdivision (1) for which contributions have been paid under a state unemployment law.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.121 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.121
§ 61.121. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "beach" shall have the same definition as provided in Section 61.012 of this code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.013 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.013
§ 52.013. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

A marketing association may:

(1) engage in any activity connected with:

(A) the production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves;

(B) the marketing, selling, harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, or use of any agricultural products produced or delivered to it by its members;

(C) the production, manufacturing, or marketing of the by-products of those agricultural products;

(D) the purchase, hiring, or use by its members of supplies, machinery, or equipment; and

(E) the financing of an activity enumerated by Paragraphs (A) through (D) of this subdivision;

(2) borrow money and make advances to its members;

(3) act as an agent or representative of any member in an activity authorized by Subdivision (1) or (2) of this section;

(4) acquire, hold, own, exercise all rights of ownership in, sell, transfer, or pledge shares of capital stocks or bonds of a corporation or association, including a bank for cooperatives organized under the Farm Credit Act of 1933, engaged in an activity related to that of the association incorporated under this chapter or engaged in the handling or marketing of a product handled by the association;

(5) establish reserves and invest the money in those reserves in bonds or other property as provided by the association's bylaws;

(6) buy, hold, and exercise all privileges of ownership over real or personal property that is determined by the association to be necessary or convenient for, or incidental to, conducting and operating its business;

(7) perform, in or outside this state, acts that are necessary, suitable, or proper to accomplish the purposes and objectives permitted by this section or that are conducive to or expedient for the interest or benefit of the association, and may contract for the performance of those acts;

(8) possess and exercise, in or outside this state, all powers, rights, and privileges necessary for or incidental to the purposes for which the association is organized or the activities in which it is engaged;

(9) exercise the rights, powers, and privileges that are granted by the laws of the state to general corporations and that are not inconsistent with this chapter; and

(10) deliver money to a scholarship fund for rural students.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.001
§ 1104.001. GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OR ESTATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Only one person may be appointed as guardian of the person or estate, but one person may be appointed guardian of the person and another person may be appointed guardian of the estate, if it is in the best interest of the incapacitated person or ward.

(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit the joint appointment, if the court finds it to be in the best interest of the incapacitated person or ward, of:

(1) a husband and wife;

(2) joint managing conservators;

(3) co-guardians appointed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state; or

(4) both parents of an adult who is incapacitated if the incapacitated person:

(A) has not been the subject of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship; or

(B) has been the subject of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship and both of the incapacitated person's parents were named as joint managing conservators in the suit but are no longer serving in that capacity.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.751 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.751
§ 161.751. PURPOSE OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to ensure a pregnant woman whose unborn child is diagnosed with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness or medical condition is informed of the availability of perinatal palliative care.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 252.009 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 252 / Section 252.009
§ 252.009. DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OF INACTIVE NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a nonprofit association has been inactive for three years or longer, or a shorter period as specified in a document of the nonprofit association, a person in possession or control of personal property of the nonprofit association may transfer the custody of the property:

(1) if a document of a nonprofit association specifies a person to whom transfer is to be made under these circumstances, to that person; or

(2) if no person is specified, to a nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation pursuing broadly similar purposes, or to a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.

(b) Notwithstanding the above, if a nonprofit association is classified under the Internal Revenue Code as a 501(c)(3) organization or is or holds itself out to be established or operating for a charitable, religious, or educational purpose, as defined by Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code, then any distribution must be made to another nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation with similar charitable, religious, or educational purposes.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 523.051 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 523 / Section 523.051
§ 523.051. NOTATION OF FORGED CHECK.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "victim of identity theft" means a person who has filed with an appropriate law enforcement agency a criminal complaint alleging commission of an offense under Section 32.51, Penal Code.

(b) A financial institution, in accordance with its customary procedures, shall process as forgeries checks received on the account of a victim of identity theft if the victim:

(1) closes the account at the financial institution as a result of the identity theft;

(2) notifies the financial institution that the identity theft is the reason for closing the account;

(3) provides the financial institution with a copy of the criminal complaint described by Subsection (a); and

(4) requests that the financial institution return checks with the notation "forgery."

(c) A victim of identity theft who requests that a financial institution return checks with the notation "forgery" as provided by Subsection (b):

(1) may not assert that the financial institution is liable under Section 4.402 for wrongfully dishonoring a check returned after the victim makes the request; and

(2) shall hold the financial institution harmless for acting in accordance with the victim's request.
Tex. Government Code § 1508.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.103
§ 1508.103. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS, NOTES, AND WARRANTS.
Status: in_force

A municipality may issue bonds, notes, or warrants to provide money for an acquisition or an activity authorized by Section 1508.102.
Tex. Labor Code § 413.024 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 413 / Section 413.024
§ 413.024. INFORMATION TO EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The division shall provide injured employees with information regarding the benefits of early return to work. The information must include information on how to receive assistance in accessing high-quality medical care through the workers' compensation system.
Tex. Education Code § 28.0043 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.0043
§ 28.0043. RESTRICTION ON INSTRUCTION REGARDING SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or district or charter school employee may not provide or allow a third party to provide instruction, guidance, activities, or programming regarding sexual orientation or gender identity to students enrolled in prekindergarten through 12th grade.

(b) This section may not be construed to:

(1) limit a student's ability to engage in speech or expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or by Section 8, Article I, Texas Constitution, that does not result in material disruption to school activities;

(2) limit the ability of a person who is authorized by the district to provide physical or mental health-related services to provide the services to a student, subject to any required parental consent; or

(3) prohibit an organization whose membership is restricted to one sex and whose mission does not advance a political or social agenda from meeting on a school district or open-enrollment charter school campus.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.266 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.266
§ 46C.266. MODIFICATION OR REVOCATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court, on its own motion or the motion of any interested person and after notice to the acquitted person and a hearing, may modify or revoke court-ordered outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.

(b) At the hearing, the court without a jury shall determine whether the state has established clear and convincing evidence that:

(1) the acquitted person failed to comply with the regimen in a manner or under circumstances indicating the person will become likely to cause serious harm to another if the person is provided continued outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision; or

(2) the acquitted person has become likely to cause serious harm to another if provided continued outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.

(c) On a determination under Subsection (b), the court may take any appropriate action, including:

(1) revoking court-ordered outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision and ordering the person committed for inpatient or residential care; or

(2) imposing additional or more stringent terms on continued outpatient or community-based treatment.

(d) An acquitted person who is the subject of a proceeding under this article is entitled to representation by counsel in the proceeding.

(e) The court shall set a date for a hearing under this article that is not later than the seventh day after the applicable motion was filed. The court may grant one or more continuances of the hearing on the motion of a party or of the court and for good cause shown.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 102.005 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 102 / Section 102.005
§ 102.005. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A sex offender commits an offense if the sex offender violates Section 102.002.

(b) A sexually oriented business commits an offense if the business violates Section 102.003 or 102.0031.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1032.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.153
§ 1032.153. AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.143 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.143
§ 2155.143. PURCHASE OF CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES BY TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department may purchase care and treatment services, including educational services, for its wards.

(b) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall:

(1) negotiate purchases under this section to achieve fair and reasonable prices at rates that do not exceed any maximum provided by law; and

(2) select service providers according to each provider's qualifications and demonstrated competence.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.0027 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.0027
§ 232.0027.
Status: in_force

Sec. 232.0027. APPROVAL PROCEDURE: APPLICANT RESPONSE TO CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. After the conditional approval or disapproval of a plat application under Section 232.0026, the applicant may submit to the commissioners court or county authority responsible for approving plats that conditionally approved or disapproved the application a written response that satisfies each condition for the conditional approval or remedies each reason for disapproval provided. The commissioners court or county authority may not establish a deadline for an applicant to submit the response.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6917.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6917 / Section 6917.003
§ 6917.003. 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 district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center; and

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, vehicle parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be an improvement project that includes a street or road improvement.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 103.152 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 103 / Section 103.152
§ 103.152. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION.
Status: repealed

(a) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, the comptroller shall provide a list of claimants entitled to payment under Subchapter B and the amounts due for each claimant to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the chair of the appropriate committee in each house of the legislature so that the legislature may appropriate the amount needed to pay the amount owed to each claimant and the amount to be paid to the state disbursement unit, as defined by Section 101.0302, Family Code, on the claimant's behalf.

(b) Not later than September 1 of the year in which an appropriation under this chapter has been made by the legislature, the comptroller shall pay the required amount to each claimant and the state disbursement unit, as defined by Section 101.0302, Family Code.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 180, Sec. 12(3), eff. September 1, 2009.
Tex. Government Code § 434.205 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.205
§ 434.205. ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC AWARENESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The program shall advocate for women veterans and work to increase public awareness about the gender-specific needs of women veterans.

(b) The program shall recommend legislative initiatives and the development of policies on the local, state, and national levels to address the issues affecting women veterans.
Tex. Transportation Code § 284.212 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 284 / Section 284.212
§ 284.212. EFFECT OF APPEAL.
Status: in_force

Service of notice of appeal does not stay the enforcement and collection of the decision of the hearing officer unless the person who files the appeal posts a bond with an agency designated by the county to accept payment for a violation.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.007 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.007
§ 12.007. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO FUND FOR VETERANS' ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "veterans fund" means the fund for veterans' assistance established under Section 434.017, Government Code.

(b) When a person applies for a hunting or fishing license of any type, including a combination hunting and fishing license, under this code, the person may make a voluntary contribution of $1, $5, $10, or $20 to the veterans fund.

(c) The department shall:

(1) include space on the first page of each application for a hunting or fishing license that allows a person applying for the license to indicate that the person is voluntarily contributing $1, $5, $10, or $20 to the veterans fund; and

(2) provide an opportunity for the person to contribute $1, $5, $10, or $20 to the veterans fund during the application process for a hunting or fishing license on the department's Internet website.

(d) The department shall send any contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the fund for veterans' assistance not later than the 14th day of each month. Before sending the money to the veterans fund, the department may deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable expenses for developing and administering this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.709 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.709
§ 1301.709. DECISION BY COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court sustains the finding that a violation occurred, the court may uphold or reduce the amount of the penalty and order the person to pay the full or reduced amount of the penalty.

(b) If the court does not sustain the finding that a violation occurred, the court shall order that a penalty is not owed.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 102.151 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 102 / Section 102.151
§ 102.151. POLICY.
Status: in_force

The unreasonable waste and inefficient use of the citrus resources, caused by the marketing within this state of greater quantities of fresh citrus fruit than are reasonably necessary to supply the demands of the market, are not in the public interest. The difficulty inherent in an attempt of individuals to correlate within a reasonable degree the citrus production to current demand creates chaotic economic conditions in the citrus areas of the state of such severity as to imperil the ability of citrus producers to contribute in appropriate amounts to the support of ordinary governmental and educational functions, thus tending to increase the tax burden of other taxpayers for the same purposes, and renders it impossible for producers to be reasonably assured of an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families. In the interest of the public welfare and general prosperity of the state, the unreasonable waste and inefficient use of citrus resources involved in the marketing of citrus fruit in this state should be eliminated, while at the same time preserving to citrus producers in the area covered by this subchapter an equality of opportunity.
Tex. Insurance Code § 886.106 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 886 / Section 886.106
§ 886.106. CONNECTION WITH OTHER ASSOCIATIONS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A local mutual aid association may not have any connection with another local mutual aid association.

(b) An association may not contribute any form of salary or compensation to an executive officer of another association.