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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 510.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 510 / Section 510.002
§ 510.002. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies to personal data from an individual that is collected, transferred, or processed by a data broker.

(b) This chapter does not apply to the following data:

(1) deidentified data, if the data broker:

(A) takes reasonable technical measures to ensure that the data is not able to be used to identify an individual with whom the data is associated;

(B) publicly commits in a clear and conspicuous manner:

(i) to process and transfer the data solely in a deidentified form without any reasonable means for reidentification; and

(ii) to not attempt to identify the information to an individual with whom the data is associated; and

(C) contractually obligates a person that receives the information from the provider:

(i) to comply with this subsection with respect to the information; and

(ii) to require that those contractual obligations be included in any subsequent transfer of the data to another person;

(2) employee data;

(3) publicly available information;

(4) inferences made exclusively from multiple independent sources of publicly available information that do not reveal sensitive data with respect to an individual; or

(5) data subject to Title V, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. Section 6801 et seq.).
Tex. Election Code § 66.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 66 / Section 66.004
§ 66.004. POLLING PLACE CHECKLISTS.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall adopt rules and create a checklist or similar guidelines to assist the presiding judge of a polling place in processing forms and conducting procedures required by this code at the opening and closing of the polling place.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.109
§ 3833.109. LIBRARY, POLICE STATION, FIRE STATION; CITY CONSENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

After obtaining the city's consent by resolution, the district may acquire, construct, and maintain a library, police station, or a fire station.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.158
§ 1005.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board a sworn statement of the amount of district money and an account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.124 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.124
§ 841.124. HEARING ON UNAUTHORIZED PETITION FOR RELEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) If as authorized by Section 841.123 the judge does not deny a petition for release filed by the committed person without the office's authorization, the judge shall conduct a hearing on the petition not later than the 60th day after the date of filing of the petition.

(b) The petitioner and the state are entitled to an immediate examination of the person by an expert.

(c) On request of the petitioner or the attorney representing the state, the court shall conduct the hearing before a jury.

(d) The burden of proof at the hearing is on the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner's behavioral abnormality has not changed to the extent that the petitioner is no longer likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8177.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8177 / Section 8177.004
§ 8177.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 505, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 8280-508, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, and validity;

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

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Government Code § 2267.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2267 / Section 2267.002
§ 2267.002. DECLARATION OF PUBLIC PURPOSE; CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: repealed

(a) The legislature finds that:

(1) there is a public need for timely acquisition, design, construction, improvement, renovation, expansion, equipping, maintenance, operation, implementation, and installation of education facilities, technology and other public infrastructure, and government facilities in this state that serve a public need and purpose;

(2) the public need may not be wholly satisfied by existing methods of procurement in which qualifying projects are acquired, designed, constructed, improved, renovated, expanded, equipped, maintained, operated, implemented, or installed;

(3) there are inadequate resources to develop new education facilities, technology and other public infrastructure, and government facilities for the benefit of the citizens of this state, and there is demonstrated evidence that partnerships between public entities and private entities or other persons can meet these needs by improving the schedule for delivery, lowering the cost, and providing other benefits to the public;

(4) financial incentives exist under state and federal tax provisions that encourage public entities to enter into partnerships with private entities or other persons to develop qualifying projects; and

(5) authorizing private entities or other persons to develop or operate one or more qualifying projects may serve the public safety, benefit, and welfare by making the projects available to the public in a more timely or less costly fashion.

(b) An action authorized under Section 2267.053 serves the public purpose of this chapter if the action facilitates the timely development or operation of a qualifying project.

(c) The purposes of this chapter include:

(1) encouraging investment in this state by private entities and other persons;

(2) facilitating bond financing or other similar financing mechanisms, private capital, and other funding sources that support the development or operation of qualifying projects in order to expand and accelerate financing for qualifying projects that improve and add to the convenience of the public; and

(3) providing governmental entities with the greatest possible flexibility in contracting with private entities or other persons to provide public services through qualifying projects subject to this chapter.

(d) This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purposes of this section.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1075 , Sec. 12(1), eff. September 1, 2015.
Tex. Water Code § 11.330 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.330
§ 11.330. OUTLET FOR FREE PASSAGE OF WATER.
Status: in_force

The owner of any works for the diversion or storage of water shall maintain a substantial headgate at the point of diversion, or a gate on each discharge pipe of a pumping plant, constructed so that it can be locked at the proper place by the watermaster, or a suitable outlet in a dam to allow the free passage of water that the owner of the dam is not entitled to divert or impound. The commission shall adopt rules, and the executive director shall enforce the rules, governing the type and location of the headgates or gates and the outlets to allow the free passage of water.
Tex. Election Code § 232.044 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 232 / Section 232.044
§ 232.044. WITHDRAWAL IN NEW ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this code governing withdrawal of candidates in the contested election apply to the new election ordered by a court in an election contest, except that:

(1) the district court shall set the deadline for withdrawal from the new election; and

(2) a political party's executive committee may not make a replacement nomination if the party's nominee withdraws from the new election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.051
§ 1451.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies to an accident and health insurance policy, including an individual, blanket, or group policy.

(b) This subchapter applies to an accident and health insurance policy issued by a stipulated premium company subject to Chapter 884.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.9911 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.9911
§ 201.9911.
Status: in_force

Sec. 201.9911. PLANNING ORGANIZATION 10-YEAR PLAN. (a) Each planning organization shall develop a 10-year transportation plan for the use of the funding allocated to the region. The department shall assist the planning organizations by providing in a timely manner such information as is reasonably requested by the planning organizations.

(b) The first four years of the plan shall be developed to meet the transportation improvement plan requirements of 23 U.S.C. Section 134 or 135, as applicable.

(c) For an area that is not within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning organization, the department district shall develop the 10-year transportation plan with input from municipal and county elected officials and transportation officials in the region.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.351 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.351
§ 111.351. WIRELESS EQUIPMENT FOR AUDITORS.
Status: in_force

The comptroller shall acquire wireless communication equipment for use by its auditors, including wireless modems for laptop computers for high-speed, wireless access to comptroller systems.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.211 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.211
§ 1001.211. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall maintain a record of its proceedings.

(b) The board's records shall be available to the public at all times.

(c) The board's records are prima facie evidence of the proceedings of the board set forth in the records. A transcript of the records certified by the secretary of the board under seal is admissible in evidence with the same effect as if it were the original.
Tex. Insurance Code § 861.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 861 / Section 861.101
§ 861.101. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A general casualty company may not engage in the business of insurance in this state without a certificate of authority issued under this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.011
§ 214.011. PLUMBING INSPECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) If a municipality does not have a special charter that provides for an inspector of plumbing, the governing body of the municipality may appoint an inspector of plumbing for a term fixed by the governing body.

(b) The same individual may serve as plumbing inspector and municipal engineer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9031.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9031 / Section 9031.0202
§ 9031.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Jim Welch;

(2) Allen Hoover;

(3) Matt Baillio;

(4) Skip Lietz; and

(5) David Higgins.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 9031.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 9031.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 9031.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7952A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7952A / Section 7952A.0103
§ 7952A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 432.070 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.070
§ 432.070. PLEAS OF ACCUSED.
Status: in_force

(a) If an accused after arraignment makes an irregular pleading or after a plea of guilty sets up matter inconsistent with the plea, if it appears that the accused has entered the plea of guilty improvidently or through lack of understanding of its meaning and effect, or if the accused fails or refuses to plead, a plea of not guilty shall be entered in the record, and the court shall proceed as though the accused had pleaded not guilty.

(b) With respect to a charge or specification to which a plea of guilty has been made by the accused and accepted by the military judge, or by a court-martial without a military judge, a finding of guilty on the charge or specification may, if permitted by regulations of the governor, be entered immediately without vote. This finding constitutes the finding of the court unless the plea of guilty is withdrawn before the announcement of the sentence, in which event the proceedings shall continue as though the accused had pleaded not guilty.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2431 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2431
§ 152.2431. WALLER COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Waller County is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Waller County, and the judge of each county court at law.

(b) The commissioners court shall pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation set by the commissioners court at not more than $1,200, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(c) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Waller County.
Tex. Property Code § 67.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.005
§ 67.005. COMMINGLING.
Status: in_force

(a) If oil or gas in which there exists more than one oil and gas lien is commingled with other oil or gas in a manner that the identity of the specific oil or gas is lost, the oil and gas lien:

(1) continues without interruption into and attaches to any resulting commingled product; and

(2) is perfected automatically on the date of the oil and gas lien's original perfection but only for the volume of the commingled product that is equal to the volume of product to which the oil and gas lien originally attached.

(b) If commingling described by Subsection (a) occurs, the oil and gas lien in the commingled product has priority over any security interest or other lien that is not an oil and gas lien or permitted lien, regardless of whether the security interest or other lien has been properly perfected.

(c) If more than one oil and gas lien attaches to the commingled product, the oil and gas liens rank equally in the proportion that the respective sales prices secured by each oil and gas lien bears as a percentage of the total of the sales prices secured by all oil and gas liens applicable to the production at the time the production was commingled.

(d) This section is intended to recognize the continuation of oil and gas lien rights of an interest owner in the commingled product stream only as to a volume of oil or gas proportionate to the volume of oil or gas that originated from the interest owner, with that volume of the commingled product being considered to have maintained a distinct identity as being available for sale or transportation under the specific contractual arrangements applicable to the production at the time the oil or gas entered the commingled product stream.
Tex. Government Code § 2106.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2106 / Section 2106.004
§ 2106.004. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The office of the governor shall provide to a state agency on request technical assistance for developing the agency's indirect cost recovery plan.
Tex. Government Code § 29.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 29 / Section 29.054
§ 29.054. STATEMENT OPPOSING OR CONCURRING WITH MOTION.
Status: in_force

A party may file with the clerk of the court a statement opposing or concurring with a motion for recusal or disqualification at any time before the motion is heard.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1041.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1041 / Section 1041.104
§ 1041.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system to provide medical and hospital care to the district's residents.
Tex. Transportation Code § 728.022 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 728 / Section 728.022
§ 728.022. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the person first removes any equipment or insignia that could mislead a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law enforcement motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber warning light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of an emblem, or emergency vehicle equipment.

(b) A person may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to a security services contractor who is regulated by the Department of Public Safety and licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, unless each emblem or insignia that identifies the vehicle as a law enforcement motor vehicle is removed before the sale or transfer.

(c) A person who sells or transfers a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public in violation of this section is liable:

(1) for damages proximately caused by the use of that vehicle during the commission of a crime; and

(2) to this state for a civil penalty of $1,000.

(d) The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty imposed under Subsection (c)(2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1102.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.106
§ 1102.106. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district and district facilities.

(b) The rules, on approval by the board, may be published in booklet form at district expense and may be made available to any taxpayer on request.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 39.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 39 / Section 39.002
§ 39.002. FAILURE TO GIVE NOTICE.
Status: in_force

Failure to give notice in a case in which notice is required by Section 30.004(b) or Section 39.001 results in any default judgment in the case being set aside without costs.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 552 / Section 552.002
§ 552.002. CARRYING OF HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER IN STATE HOSPITAL.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "License holder" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.03, Penal Code.

(2) "State hospital" means the following facilities:

(A) the Austin State Hospital;

(B) the Big Spring State Hospital;

(C) the El Paso Psychiatric Center;

(D) the Kerrville State Hospital;

(E) the Vernon State Hospital;

(F) the Rio Grande State Center;

(G) the Rusk State Hospital;

(H) the San Antonio State Hospital;

(I) the Terrell State Hospital;

(J) the Waco Center for Youth;

(K) the Wichita Falls State Hospital;

(L) the Panhandle State Hospital; and

(M) the Lubbock Psychiatric Center.

(3) "Written notice" means a sign that is posted on property and that:

(A) includes in both English and Spanish written language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 552.002, Health and Safety Code (carrying of handgun by license holder in state hospital), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law), may not enter this property with a handgun";

(B) appears in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height; and

(C) is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public at each entrance to the property.

(b) A state hospital may prohibit a license holder from carrying a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on the property of the hospital by providing written notice.

(c) A license holder who carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on the property of a state hospital at which written notice is provided is liable for a civil penalty in the amount of:

(1) $100 for the first violation; or

(2) $500 for the second or subsequent violation.

(d) The attorney general or an appropriate prosecuting attorney may sue to collect a civil penalty under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.153
§ 1088.153. AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments.
Tex. Government Code § 81.078 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.078
§ 81.078. DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), until an attorney has been convicted of the charges for disbarment pending against the attorney in a court of competent jurisdiction, the attorney may be suspended from the practice of law only if the attorney concurs in an order of suspension entered by the grievance committee.

(b) On proof of an attorney's conviction in a trial court of competent jurisdiction of any felony involving moral turpitude or of any misdemeanor involving the theft, embezzlement, or fraudulent misappropriation of money or other property, the district court of the county of the residence of the convicted attorney shall enter an order suspending the attorney from the practice of law during the pendency of any appeals from the conviction. An attorney who has been given probation after the conviction, whether adjudicated or unadjudicated, shall be suspended from the practice of law during the probation.

(c) On proof of final conviction of any felony involving moral turpitude or any misdemeanor involving theft, embezzlement, or fraudulent misappropriation of money or other property, the district court of the county of the residence of the convicted attorney shall enter an order disbarring the attorney.

(d) In an action to disbar any attorney for acts made the basis of a conviction for a felony involving moral turpitude or a misdemeanor involving theft, embezzlement, or fraudulent misappropriation of money or other property, the record of conviction is conclusive evidence of the guilt of the attorney for the crime of which he was convicted.

(e) Either the grievance committee for the bar district or the general counsel may seek enforcement of this section.

(f) This chapter does not prevent prosecution of an attorney in a disciplinary action after conviction for a criminal act based either on the weight of the conviction or on conduct by the attorney that led to the attorney's conviction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 344.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 344 / Section 344.002
§ 344.002. BALLOT PROPOSITIONS.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this chapter shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the propositions:

(1) "The establishment of a mosquito control district in ____________ County."; and

(2) "The levy of a tax of ______ cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the district to finance the mosquito control district within ____________ County."