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Tex. Government Code § 2308.108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.108
§ 2308.108. POLICY ON TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

The members of the council shall develop and implement a policy requiring the executive director and council employees to research and propose appropriate technological solutions to improve the council's ability to perform its functions. The technological solutions must:

(1) ensure that:

(A) the public is able to easily find information about the council on the Internet; and

(B) persons who want to use the council's services are able to:

(i) interact with the council through the Internet; and

(ii) access any service that can be provided effectively through the Internet;

(2) be cost-effective; and

(3) be developed through the council's planning processes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8162.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8162 / Section 8162.003
§ 8162.003. FINDING OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.167 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.167
§ 901.167. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of:

(1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, for the adoption of board rules; and

(2) appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the board's jurisdiction.

(b) The board's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.

(c) The board shall designate a trained person to:

(1) coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);

(2) serve as a resource for any training necessary for implementation of the negotiated rulemaking or alternative dispute resolution procedures; and

(3) collect data on the effectiveness of the procedures implemented by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1901 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1901
§ 411.1901. SCHOOL SAFETY CERTIFICATION FOR QUALIFIED HANDGUN INSTRUCTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a process to enable qualified handgun instructors certified under Section 411.190 to obtain an additional certification in school safety. The process must include a school safety certification course that provides training in the following:

(1) the protection of students;

(2) interaction of license holders with first responders;

(3) tactics for denying an intruder entry into a classroom or school facility; and

(4) methods for increasing a license holder's accuracy with a handgun while under duress.

(b) The school safety certification course under Subsection (a) must include not less than 15 hours and not more than 20 hours of instruction.

(c) A qualified handgun instructor certified in school safety under this section may provide school safety training, including instruction in the subjects listed under Subsection (a), to employees of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school who hold a license to carry a handgun issued under this subchapter.

(d) The department shall establish a fee in an amount that is sufficient to cover the costs of the school safety certification under this section.

(e) The department may adopt rules to administer this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.204
§ 1085.204. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name and the board secretary shall attest the bonds as provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.313 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.313
§ 1701.313.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1701.313. DISQUALIFICATION: CONVICTION OF BARRATRY. (a) A person who has been convicted of barratry under Section 38.12, Penal Code, is disqualified to be an officer, telecommunicator, or county jailer, and the commission may not issue a license to the person.

(b) For purposes of this section and Section 1701.503, a person is convicted of barratry if a court enters an adjudication of guilt against the person regardless of whether:

(1) the sentence is subsequently probated and the person is discharged from community supervision;

(2) the accusation, complaint, information, or indictment against the person is dismissed following community supervision; or

(3) the person is pardoned for the offense, unless the pardon is granted expressly for subsequent proof of innocence.
Tex. Transportation Code § 431.071 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 431 / Section 431.071
§ 431.071. APPROVAL OF BONDS AND NOTES BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation shall submit a bond or note authorized under Section 431.070 and a contract supporting its issuance to the attorney general for examination.

(b) If the attorney general finds that the bond or note, and any supporting contract are authorized under this chapter, the attorney general shall approve them.

(c) After approval by the attorney general, a bond, note, or contract may not be contested for any reason.
Tex. Occupations Code § 506.351 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 506 / Section 506.351
§ 506.351. GROUNDS FOR LICENSE DENIAL AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
Status: in_force

After a hearing, the commission or executive director may deny a license to an applicant, suspend or revoke a person's license, or place on probation a license holder if the applicant or license holder:

(1) violates this chapter, a commission rule, or an order of the commission or the executive director;

(2) obtains a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of a material fact;

(3) sells, barters, or offers to sell or barter a license; or

(4) engages in unprofessional conduct that:

(A) endangers or is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of the public as defined by commission rule; or

(B) violates the code of ethics adopted and published by the commission.
Tex. Local Government Code § 176.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 176 / Section 176.002
§ 176.002. APPLICABILITY TO VENDORS AND OTHER PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to a person who is:

(1) a vendor; or

(2) a local government officer of a local governmental entity.

(b) A person is not subject to the disclosure requirements of this chapter if the person is:

(1) a state, a political subdivision of a state, the federal government, or a foreign government; or

(2) an employee or agent of an entity described by Subdivision (1), acting in the employee's or agent's official capacity.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 368.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 368 / Section 368.015
§ 368.015. FEES.
Status: in_force

Fees or other money received by a county under the licensing program shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1094.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1094 / Section 1094.201
§ 1094.201. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board.

(b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement of:

(1) the outstanding obligations of the district;

(2) the cash on hand in each district fund;

(3) the money received by the district from all sources during the previous year;

(4) the money available to the district from all sources during the ensuing year;

(5) the balances expected at the end of the year in which the budget is being prepared;

(6) the estimated revenue and balances available to cover the proposed budget;

(7) the estimated tax rate required; and

(8) the proposed expenditures and disbursements and the estimated receipts and collections for the following fiscal year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.104
§ 3938.104. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 273.504 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 273 / Section 273.504
§ 273.504. FEE AND TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The corporation is exempt from fees and taxes imposed by this state or a political subdivision of this state, except a tax imposed on real property.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4008.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4008 / Section 4008.002
§ 4008.002. TRAINING AND EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may adopt rules requiring an agent who holds a license issued under this code to be certified, through specific education, training, examination, and experience requirements as provided by this chapter, before an agent may sell a product or product line designated by the commissioner.

(b) Education, training, examination, and experience requirements established by rule under this chapter may be used to satisfy any other agent education, training, examination, and experience requirements otherwise established under this code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2155.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.053
§ 2155.053. GRATUITOUS BAILEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse keeper may hold a person's property, including baggage, at the keeper's option and at the property owner's risk if the property owner:

(1) forwards the property to the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse before becoming a guest;

(2) leaves the property in the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse lobby before checking the property or becoming a guest; or

(3) allows the property to remain in the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse after the innkeeper and guest relationship has ceased and without checking the property.

(b) If a person checks property at a hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse and leaves the property at the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse free of charge for one week without being a guest, the hotel, apartment hotel, or boardinghouse keeper may, absent a special agreement, continue to hold the property after the first week at the property owner's risk.
Tex. Occupations Code § 171.018 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 171 / Section 171.018
§ 171.018. DEFAULT PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The grounds for default include, but are not limited to, failure of a member state to perform such obligations or responsibilities imposed upon it by the compact, or the rules and bylaws of the interstate commission promulgated under the compact.

(b) If the interstate commission determines that a member state has defaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities under the compact, or the bylaws or promulgated rules, the interstate commission shall provide:

(1) written notice to the defaulting state and other member states of the nature of the default, the means of curing the default, and any action taken by the interstate commission and in which the interstate commission specifies the conditions by which the defaulting state must cure its default; and

(2) remedial training and specific technical assistance regarding the default.

(c) If the defaulting state fails to cure the default, the defaulting state shall be terminated from the compact upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the commissioners and all rights, privileges, and benefits conferred by the compact shall terminate on the effective date of termination. A cure of the default does not relieve the offending state of obligations or liabilities incurred during the period of the default.

(d) Termination of membership in the compact shall be imposed only after all other means of securing compliance have been exhausted. Notice of intent to terminate shall be given by the interstate commission to the governor, the majority and minority leaders of the defaulting state's legislature, and each of the member states.

(e) The interstate commission shall establish rules and procedures to address licenses and physicians that are materially impacted by the termination of a member state, or the withdrawal of a member state.

(f) The member state that has been terminated is responsible for all dues, obligations, and liabilities incurred through the effective date of termination, including obligations, the performance of which extends beyond the effective date of termination.

(g) The interstate commission shall not bear any costs relating to any state has been found to be in default or that has been terminated from the compact, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon in writing between the interstate commission and the defaulting state.

(h) The defaulting state may appeal the action of the interstate commission by petitioning the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the federal district where the interstate commission has its principal offices. The prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Family Code § 85.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 85 / Section 85.007
§ 85.007. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On request by a person protected by an order or an adult member of the family or household of a person protected by an order, the court shall exclude from a protective order:

(1) the address, county of residence, and telephone number of a person protected by the order; or

(2) the address and telephone number of:

(A) the place of employment or business of a person protected by the order; or

(B) the child-care facility or school a child protected by the order attends or in which the child resides.

(a-1) In a hearing on an application for a protective order, the court shall inform each person described by Subsection (a) who is present at the hearing of the person's right, on request, to have information described by that subsection excluded from the protective order and specifically ask the person if the person wishes the court to exclude that information from the protective order.

(b) On granting a request for confidentiality under this section, the court shall order the clerk to:

(1) strike the information described by Subsection (a) from the public records of the court; and

(2) maintain a confidential record of the information for use only by:

(A) the court; or

(B) a law enforcement agency for purposes of entering the information required by Section 411.042(b)(6), Government Code, into the statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
Tex. Transportation Code § 21.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 21 / Section 21.001
§ 21.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Aeronautics" means:

(A) the art and science of flight of aircraft;

(B) aviation;

(C) the operation, navigation, piloting, maintenance, and construction of aircraft or component parts of aircraft;

(D) air navigation aids, including lighting, markings, and aircraft, ground, and related communications;

(E) air crew and air passenger facilities;

(F) airports and airstrips and their design, construction, repair, maintenance, or improvement; and

(G) the dissemination of information and instruction concerning any of the matters in this subdivision.

(2) "Aircraft" means a device intended, used, or designed for flight in the air.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation Commission.

(4) "Department" means the Texas Department of Transportation.

(5) "Director" means the director of the Texas Department of Transportation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7935.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7935 / Section 7935.103
§ 7935.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.061 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.061
§ 85.061. INSPECTION AND GAUGING.
Status: in_force

The commission may require any well, lease, refinery, plant, tank or storage, pipeline, or gathering line that belongs to or is under the control of a person who produces, stores, transports, refines, reclaims, treats, markets, or processes oil or gas or the products of either to be inspected or gauged by the agents of the commission whenever and as often as and for such periods as the commission considers necessary.
Tex. Estates Code § 1201.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.004
§ 1201.004. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may request an applicant or court-appointed fiduciary to produce other information identifying an applicant, ward, or guardian, including a social security number, in addition to identifying information the applicant or fiduciary is required to produce under this title.

(b) The court shall maintain any information required under this section, and the information may not be filed with the clerk.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.151
§ 351.151. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by a majority vote of a quorum may adopt procedural and substantive rules.

(b) The board may not adopt a substantive rule before submitting the proposed rule to the attorney general for a ruling on the proposed rule's validity.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.356 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.356
§ 1051.356. CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for its certificate holders. A certificate holder must participate in the programs to the extent required by the board to keep the person's certificate of registration.

(b) The continuing education programs:

(1) must include courses relating to sustainable or energy-efficient design standards; and

(2) may include courses relating to:

(A) health, safety, or welfare; or

(B) barrier-free design.

(b-1) As part of a certificate holder's continuing education requirements for each annual registration period, the board by rule shall require the certificate holder to complete at least one hour of continuing education relating to sustainable or energy-efficient design standards.

(c) The board may recognize the continuing education programs of:

(1) a nationally acknowledged organization involved in providing, recording, or approving postgraduate education; and

(2) any other sponsoring organization or individual whose presentation is approved by the board as qualifying in design or construction health, safety, or welfare.

(d) A person is exempt from the continuing education requirements of this section if the person is, as of September 1, 1999, engaged in teaching the subject matter for which the person is registered under this subtitle as a full-time faculty member or other permanent employee of an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.008 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.008
§ 13.008. SOLICITATION, RECEIPT, AND TRANSFER OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may solicit and receive donations of land for public purposes and may refuse donations of land not acceptable for public purposes.

(b) If title to a site has vested in the department and if ownership of the site is no longer in the best interest of the department, the department may transfer the title:

(1) to another state department or institution requesting the site;

(2) to the donor of the land if the donor requests the return of the site;

(3) to the United States if it has undertaken the development of the site for public purposes;

(4) to the grantor if the deed to the department contains a reversion clause providing that title reverts to the grantor when the site is not used for the purposes for which it was acquired; or

(5) to any legally authorized entity if the property is to be used for public purposes.

(c) A two-thirds vote of the commission is necessary for action taken under this section.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 622.106 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 622 / Section 622.106
§ 622.106. PUBLISHING ADVERTISEMENTS OR RULES WITH INCONSISTENT OR INCOMPLETE PRIZE DESCRIPTIONS.
Status: in_force

A person conducting a sweepstakes may not publish or cause to be published:

(1) different advertisements for the same sweepstakes that contain inconsistent descriptions of the grand prize to be awarded through the sweepstakes; or

(2) official rules of the sweepstakes that do not uniquely identify the prizes to be awarded and the date the prizes will be awarded.
Tex. Government Code § 158.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 158 / Section 158.001
§ 158.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "court security officer" means a constable, sheriff, sheriff's deputy, municipal peace officer, or any other person assigned to provide security for an appellate, district, statutory county, county, municipal, or justice court in this state.
Tex. Tax Code § 32.01 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 32 / Section 32.01
§ 32.01. TAX LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) On January 1 of each year, a tax lien attaches to property to secure the payment of all taxes, penalties, and interest ultimately imposed for the year on the property, whether or not the taxes are imposed in the year the lien attaches. The lien exists in favor of each taxing unit having power to tax the property.

(b) A tax lien on inventory, furniture, equipment, or other personal property is a lien in solido and attaches to all inventory, furniture, equipment, and other personal property that the property owner owns on January 1 of the year the lien attaches or that the property owner subsequently acquires.

(c) If an owner's real property is described with certainty by metes and bounds in one or more instruments of conveyance and part of that property is the owner's residence homestead taxed separately and apart from the remainder of the property, each of the liens under this section that secures the taxes imposed on that homestead and on the remainder of that property extends in solido to all the real property described in the instrument or instruments of conveyance, unless the homestead is identified as a separate parcel and is separately described in the conveyance or another instrument recorded in the real property records.

(d) The lien under this section is perfected on attachment and, except as provided by Section 32.03(b), perfection requires no further action by the taxing unit.
Tex. Estates Code § 1202.157 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.157
§ 1202.157. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ORDER DISMISSING APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

If the court finds that a modification of the ward's guardianship is not necessary or that the ward's capacity has not been restored, the court shall dismiss the application and enter an order that contains findings of fact and specifies, in addition to the information required by Section 1202.154, that the guardian's powers, limitations, or duties with respect to the ward's care or the management of the ward's property remain unchanged.
Tex. Occupations Code § 451.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 451 / Section 451.055
§ 451.055. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The presiding officer of the commission shall designate a member of the board to serve as the presiding officer of the board for a two-year term. The presiding officer of the board may vote on any matter before the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 521.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 521 / Section 521.054
§ 521.054. RECORD OF INQUIRY OR COMPLAINT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The department shall maintain a written record of each inquiry and complaint received through the department's toll-free telephone number.