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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 102.001 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 102 / Section 102.001
§ 102.001. REIMBURSEMENT FEES FOR SERVICES OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 826, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

(b) A defendant required to pay reimbursement fees under this article shall pay 15 cents per mile for mileage required of an officer to perform a service listed in this subsection and to return from performing that service. If the service provided is the execution of a writ and the writ is directed to two or more persons or the officer executes more than one writ in a case, the defendant is required to pay only mileage actually and necessarily traveled. In calculating mileage, the officer must use the railroad or the most practical route by private conveyance. This subsection applies to:

(1) conveying a prisoner after conviction to the county jail;

(2) conveying a prisoner arrested on a warrant or capias issued in another county to the court or jail of the county in which the warrant or capias was issued; and

(3) traveling to execute criminal process, to summon or attach a witness, and to execute process not otherwise described by this article.

(c) to (e) Repealed by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 826, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 4.40(1), eff. January 1, 2020.

(g) Relettered from (e) by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 16.01(12), eff. Aug. 28, 1989, and repealed by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 826, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 4.40(1), eff. January 1, 2020.
Tex. Election Code § 174.092 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 174 / Section 174.092
§ 174.092. TIME AND PLACE OF CONVENTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The biennial state convention shall be convened on a date selected by the state executive committee.

(b) Not later than the date the state chair delivers to the county chairs the certification of names for placement on the general primary election ballot, the state executive committee shall set the date, hour, and place for convening the state convention.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2051.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.201
§ 2051.201. CONTRACT FORM.
Status: in_force

(a) A registered athlete agent must use a form approved by the secretary of state for any agent contract or financial services contract.

(b) The secretary of state shall by rule require that, to the extent practicable, the form for an agent contract or financial services contract conforms to the contract form approved by the national professional sports association for the sport in which the athlete will be represented.
Tex. Election Code § 146.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 146 / Section 146.002
§ 146.002. WRITE-IN VOTING IN RUNOFF PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Write-in voting is not permitted in a runoff election.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 43.035 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 43 / Section 43.035
§ 43.035. RECONSIDERATION OF FINE OR COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a defendant notifies the court that the defendant has difficulty paying the fine and costs in compliance with the judgment, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether that portion of the judgment imposes an undue hardship on the defendant.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a defendant may notify the court by:

(1) voluntarily appearing and informing the court or the clerk of the court in the manner established by the court for that purpose;

(2) filing a motion with the court;

(3) mailing a letter to the court; or

(4) any other method established by the court for that purpose.

(c) If the court determines at the hearing under Subsection (a) that the portion of the judgment regarding the fine and costs imposes an undue hardship on the defendant, the court shall consider whether the fine and costs should be satisfied through one or more methods listed under Article 42.15(a-1).

(d) The court may decline to hold a hearing under Subsection (a) if the court:

(1) previously held a hearing under that subsection with respect to the case and is able to determine without holding a hearing that the portion of the judgment regarding the fine and costs does not impose an undue hardship on the defendant; or

(2) is able to determine without holding a hearing that:

(A) the applicable portion of the judgment imposes an undue hardship on the defendant; and

(B) the fine and costs should be satisfied through one or more methods listed under Article 42.15(a-1).

(e) The court retains jurisdiction for the purpose of making a determination under this article.
Tex. Government Code § 1433.047 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1433 / Section 1433.047
§ 1433.047. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Notice of an election under this subchapter shall be published once a week for at least two consecutive weeks, in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the territorial limits of the issuer. The first publication must be not less than 14 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Family Code § 159.301 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.301
§ 159.301. PROCEEDINGS UNDER CHAPTER.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 46.

(c) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or foreign country that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.059 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.059
§ 371.059. APPROVAL; ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commissioner shall approve the application and issue a license if the commissioner finds that the applicant is eligible for the license.

(b) In a county with a population of 250,000 or more, the commissioner shall approve an application for:

(1) an original license to operate a pawnshop at a facility that is not an existing licensed pawnshop at the time the application is filed if the proposed facility is not located within two miles of a licensed pawnshop;

(2) the relocation of a licensed pawnshop to a facility that is not an existing licensed pawnshop at the time the application is filed if the facility where the pawnshop is to be relocated is not located within one mile of a licensed pawnshop; and

(3) the relocation of a licensed pawnshop if at the time the application is filed the pawnshop has been in operation at its current location for at least three years, and the facility where the pawnshop is to be relocated is either within one mile of its existing location or, if in excess of one mile from its existing location, not within one mile of another existing operating pawnshop.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), the commissioner may approve an application for the relocation of a licensed pawnshop that needs to relocate marginally further than one mile from its existing location or that at the time the application is made has not been in operation in its current location for at least three years if the necessity for relocation was caused by circumstances beyond the applicant's control.

(d) A determination of distance for purposes of this section is based on a measurement taken from the front door of a facility to the front door of the other facility. For a facility not in existence at the time the application is filed, the location of the front door of the proposed facility must be indicated on architectural drawings or comparable professionally prepared drawings depicting the facility and the entire boundary of the lot or parcel of land to which the facility is to be attached.
Tex. Estates Code § 22.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 22 / Section 22.002
§ 22.002. AUTHORIZED CORPORATE SURETY.
Status: in_force

"Authorized corporate surety" means a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to engage in business in this state for the purpose of issuing surety, guaranty, or indemnity bonds that guarantee the fidelity of an executor or administrator.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.201 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.201
§ 101.201. ALLOCATION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES.
Status: in_force

The profits and losses of a limited liability company shall be allocated to each member of the company on the basis of the agreed value of the contributions made by each member, as stated in the company's records required under Section 101.501.
Tex. Property Code § 11.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.004
§ 11.004. DUTY OF RECORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A county clerk shall:

(1) correctly record, as required by law, within a reasonable time after delivery, any instrument authorized or required to be recorded in that clerk's office that is proved, acknowledged, or sworn to according to law;

(2) give a receipt, as required by law, for an instrument delivered for recording;

(3) record instruments relating to the same property in the order the instruments are filed; and

(4) provide and keep in the clerk's office the indexes required by law.

(b) A county clerk who violates a provision of this section and the sureties on the clerk's bond are liable for damages and, on motion in district court and after three days' notice to the clerk, for a civil penalty of not more than $500, half of which is payable to the county and half to the person who files the motion.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.258 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.258
§ 366.258. INDEMNIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may indemnify one or more of its directors or officers for necessary expenses and costs, including attorney's fees, incurred by the directors or officers in connection with any claim asserted against the directors or officers in their respective capacities as directors or officers.

(b) If an authority does not fully indemnify a director or officer as provided by Subsection (a), the court in a proceeding in which any claim against the director or officer is asserted or any court with jurisdiction of an action instituted by the director or officer on a claim for indemnity may assess indemnity against the authority, its receiver, or trustee only if the court finds that, in connection with the claim, the director or officer is not guilty of negligence or misconduct.

(c) A court may not assess indemnity under Subsection (b) for an amount paid by the director or officer to the authority.

(d) This section applies to a current or former director or officer of the authority.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.0412 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0412
§ 161.0412. REGULATION AND REGISTRATION OF FERAL SWINE HOLDING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may, for disease control purposes, require the registration of feral swine holding facilities.

(b) To prevent the spread of disease, the commission may require a person to register with the commission if the person confines feral swine in a holding facility for slaughter, sale, exhibition, hunting, or any other purpose specified by commission rule.

(c) Rules adopted under this section shall include registration requirements, provisions for the issuance, revocation, and renewal of a registration, disease testing, inspections, recordkeeping, construction standards, location limitations, and provisions relating to the treatment of swine in and movement of swine to or from a feral swine holding facility.

(d) Rules authorized by this section may be adopted only for disease-control purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 466.409 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.409
§ 466.409. TREATMENT OF PRIZE PAYABLE ON TICKET PURCHASED BY INELIGIBLE PERSON.
Status: in_force

If an individual listed in Section 466.254 purchases a ticket or claims or otherwise attempts to collect or receive a lottery prize or a share of a lottery prize or an individual younger than 18 years of age directly purchases a ticket, the individual is not eligible to receive a prize or share of a prize, and the prize or share of a prize otherwise payable on the ticket is treated as an unclaimed prize as provided by Section 466.408.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4004.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.151
§ 4004.151. AGENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer continuing education and precertification training programs required by rules adopted under Chapter 4008.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.208
§ 3916.208. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to:

(1) a tax imposed by the district; or

(2) a required payment for a service provided by the district, including water and sewer service.
Tex. Government Code § 808.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 808 / Section 808.006
§ 808.006. RELIANCE ON COMPANY RESPONSE.
Status: in_force

The comptroller and a state governmental entity may rely on a company's response to a notice or communication made under this chapter without conducting any further investigation, research, or inquiry.
Tex. Transportation Code § 255.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 255 / Section 255.007
§ 255.007. OFFENSE FOR VIOLATION OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates an order adopted under this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2023.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2023 / Section 2023.004
§ 2023.004. COMMISSION RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt:

(1) rules for conducting horse racing or greyhound racing in this state that involves wagering; and

(2) rules for administering this subtitle in a manner consistent with this subtitle.

(b) The commission may establish separate sections to review or propose commission rules.

(c) The commission or a commission section shall hold a meeting on a proposed rule before the commission publishes the proposed rule in the Texas Register.

(d) The commission shall post at each racetrack notice of a meeting under Subsection (c) that includes an agenda of the meeting and a summary of the proposed rule.

(e) A copy of a proposed rule published in the Texas Register shall be posted concurrently at each racetrack.

(f) The commission or a commission section may appoint a committee of experts, members of the public, or other interested parties to advise the commission or section about a proposed commission rule.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 113.009 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 113 / Section 113.009
§ 113.009. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter waives sovereign immunity only for the benefit of:

(1) a party to the contract that is the subject of a dispute under Section 113.002; or

(2) the assignee of a party to the contract, if assignment of an interest in the contract is permitted by the terms of the contract.

(b) Except for an assignment described by Subsection (a)(2), a party authorized by this chapter to sue for a cause of action of breach of contract may not transfer or assign that cause of action to any person.
Tex. Labor Code § 413.025 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 413 / Section 413.025
§ 413.025. RETURN-TO-WORK GOALS AND ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall assist recipients of income benefits to return to the workforce. The division shall develop improved data sharing, within the standards of federal privacy requirements, with all appropriate state agencies and workforce programs to inform the division of changes needed to assist income benefit recipients to successfully reenter the workforce.

(b) The division shall train staff dealing with income benefits to respond to questions and assist injured employees in their effort to return to the workforce. If the division determines that an injured employee is unable to ever return to the workforce, the division shall inform the employee of possible eligibility for other forms of benefits, such as social security disability income benefits.

(c) As necessary to implement the requirements of this section, the division shall:

(1) attempt to remove any barriers to successful employment that are identified at the division, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, and private vocational rehabilitation programs;

(2) ensure that data is tracked among the division, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, and insurance carriers, including outcome data;

(3) establish a mechanism to refer income benefit recipients to the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development centers for employment opportunities; and

(4) develop a mechanism to promote employment success that includes post-referral contacts by the division with income benefit recipients.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.202
§ 334.202. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipality by ordinance or the county by order may provide that the tax is imposed at a flat amount on each parked motor vehicle or is imposed as a percentage of the amount charged for event parking by the owner or lessee of the parking facility.

(b) Regardless of the method of imposition, the amount of the tax may not exceed $3 for each motor vehicle, except as provided by Subsection (b-1).

(b-1) A municipality with a population of more than 700,000 within a county with a population of more than 2.1 million adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.5 million may impose the tax authorized by this subchapter at a rate not to exceed $5 for each motor vehicle.

(c) The ballot proposition at the election held to adopt the tax must specify the maximum rate of the tax to be adopted.

(d) The municipality by ordinance or the county by order may repeal or decrease the rate of the tax imposed under this section.
Tex. Family Code § 162.105 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.105
§ 162.105. PLACEMENT IN ANOTHER STATE.
Status: in_force

A juvenile court may place a delinquent child in an institution in another state as provided by Article VI of the compact. After placement in another state, the court retains jurisdiction of the child as provided by Article V of the compact.
Tex. Water Code § 11.081 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.081
§ 11.081. UNLAWFUL USE OF STATE WATER.
Status: in_force

No person may wilfully take, divert, or appropriate any state water for any purpose without first complying with all applicable requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2005.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2005 / Section 2005.004
§ 2005.004. GOOD CAUSE.
Status: in_force

A state agency has good cause to exceed the period it establishes for processing a permit application if:

(1) the number of permit applications to be processed exceeds by at least 15 percent the number of permit applications processed in the same quarter of the previous calendar year;

(2) the agency must rely on another public or private entity to process all or a part of the permit applications received by the agency, and the delay is caused by that entity; or

(3) other conditions exist that give the agency good cause for exceeding the established period.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.262 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.262
§ 366.262. MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 551, Government Code, does not prohibit any open or closed meeting of the board, a committee of the board, or the staff, or any combination of the board or staff, from being held by telephone conference call.

(b) A telephone conference call meeting is subject to the notice requirements applicable to other meetings.

(c) Notice of a telephone conference call meeting that by law must be open to the public must specify the location of the meeting. The location must be a conference room of the authority or other facility in a county of the authority that is accessible to the public.

(d) Each part of the telephone conference call meeting that by law must be open to the public shall be audible to the public at the location specified in the notice and shall be tape-recorded or documented by written minutes. On conclusion of the meeting, the tape recording or the written minutes of the meeting shall be made available to the public.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.060
§ 1028.060. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and is entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(c) Before assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator must execute a bond in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the administrator's duties under this chapter.

(d) The board may pay for the bond with district money.
Tex. Local Government Code § 552.021 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 552 / Section 552.021
§ 552.021.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.021. CONTRACT BETWEEN DISTRICT AND MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 900,000. (a) In this section, "district" means a conservation and reclamation district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.

(b) A municipality with a population of more than 900,000 that owns and operates a municipal water system may:

(1) enter into a contract or joint enterprise with a district for the conveyance, transportation, and distribution of water for or on behalf of the municipality; or

(2) contract to sell water to a district and repurchase all or part of the water at one or more designated points on the district's conveyance, transportation, and distribution system.

(c) A contract under Subsection (b) may provide that municipal payments to the district under the contract:

(1) are an operating expense of the municipal water system; or

(2) are payable from surplus or other funds of the municipal water system, from the revenues of specified municipal water sales contracts, or from other sources.

(d) If the contract under Subsection (b) obligates the municipality to pay any of the consideration from tax revenue, it must first be approved at an election ordered and conducted in the same manner as a bond election.

(e) A contract under Subsection (b) may be made for any period not to exceed 40 years and may provide that it continues in effect until payment of:

(1) all bonds issued by the district to finance conveyance, transportation, or distribution facilities, or the extension, enlargement, or improvement of those facilities; and

(2) any bonds issued to refund bonds described by Subdivision (1).

(f) A municipality covered by this section may contract for the sale of water to industrial and commercial customers or municipal corporations or political subdivisions as provided by ordinance. A contract under this subsection may not be for a term longer than 40 years.

(g) A municipality electing to make a contract under this section is governed solely by this section regardless of another statute, charter provision, or ordinance to the contrary.