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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 486.0146 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 486 / Section 486.0146
§ 486.0146. PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The privacy protections provided an individual under 21 C.F.R. Section 1314.45 apply to information entered or stored in a real-time electronic logging system.

(b) A business establishment that engages in over-the-counter sales of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine may disclose information entered or stored in a real-time electronic logging system only to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

(c) A business establishment that engages in over-the-counter sales of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine may not use information entered or stored in a real-time electronic logging system for any purpose other than for a disclosure authorized by Subsection (b) or to comply with the requirements of this chapter.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a business establishment that engages in over-the-counter sales of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine or an employee or agent of the business establishment is not civilly liable for the release of information entered or stored in a real-time electronic logging system unless the release constitutes negligence, recklessness, or wilful misconduct.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8008.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8008 / Section 8008.104
§ 8008.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3973.0706 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3973 / Section 3973.0706
§ 3973.0706. ADDITION OR EXCLUSION OF LAND IN DEFINED AREA.
Status: in_force

The district may add or exclude land from the defined areas in the same manner the district may add or exclude land from the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.056
§ 1201.056. FORM NUMBER.
Status: in_force

Each form that constitutes a part of an individual accident and health insurance policy, including each rider or endorsement, must be identified by a form number placed in the lower left corner of the first page of the form.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1093.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1093 / Section 1093.002
§ 1093.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The San Augustine City-County Hospital District operates in accordance with and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3842.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3842 / Section 3842.151
§ 3842.151. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
Tex. Education Code § 62.072 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 62 / Section 62.072
§ 62.072. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) For each state fiscal year, the coordinating board shall distribute any performance incentive funds appropriated by the legislature for purposes of this subchapter, and any other funds made available for the purposes of this subchapter, to eligible institutions as follows:

(1) 50 percent to be distributed among eligible institutions in proportion to the increase, if any, in the average number of degrees awarded annually by each institution in the two most recent fiscal years from the average number of degrees awarded annually by that institution in the two fiscal years immediately preceding those fiscal years, using the weights assigned to each degree under the table prescribed by Subsection (b); and

(2) the remaining 50 percent to be distributed among eligible institutions in proportion to the average number of degrees awarded annually by each institution in the three most recent fiscal years, using the weights assigned to each degree under the table prescribed by Subsection (b).

(b) A number of points is assigned for each degree awarded by an eligible institution according to the following table:
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 25.11 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 25 / Section 25.11
§ 25.11. SEATING AREA REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A wine and malt beverage retailer's permittee must have an area designated on the premises for the permittee's customers to sit if they wish to consume beverages sold by the permittee on the premises.
Tex. Finance Code § 62.159 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.159
§ 62.159. USE OF SURPLUS ACCOUNTS AND EXPENSE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) At an association's closing date, the association may use all or part of a surplus account, whether earned or paid-in, or expense fund contributions on its books to:

(1) meet expenses of operating the association for the period just closed;

(2) make required transfers to loss reserves; or

(3) pay or credit dividends declared on savings accounts.

(b) Paid-in surplus may be used instead of earnings to pay organizational and operating expenses and dividends on savings accounts and to meet any loss reserve requirements.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 343.021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 343 / Section 343.021
§ 343.021. AUTHORITY TO ABATE NUISANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a county adopts abatement procedures that are consistent with the general purpose of this chapter and that conform to this chapter, the county may abate a nuisance under this chapter:

(1) by demolition or removal, except as provided by Subsection (b);

(2) in the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(1), (9), or (10), by prohibiting or controlling access to the premises;

(3) in the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(6), by:

(A) prohibiting or controlling access to the premises and installing a cover that cannot be opened by a child over the entire swimming pool; or

(B) draining and filling the swimming pool; or

(4) in the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(12), by removal, remediation, storage, transportation, disposal, or other means of waste management authorized under Chapter 361.

(b) In the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(13), the county may use any means of abatement reasonably necessary to bring the system into compliance with Chapter 366 only after the defendant fails to abate the nuisance as ordered by the court under Section 343.012(e).
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 22.03 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.03
§ 22.03. CITATION TO SURETIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon entry of judgment, a citation shall issue forthwith notifying the sureties of the defendant, if any, that the bond has been forfeited, and requiring them to appear and show cause why the judgment of forfeiture should not be made final.

(b) A citation to a surety who is an individual shall be served to the individual at the address shown on the face of the bond or the last known address of the individual.

(c) A citation to a surety that is a corporation or other entity shall be served to the attorney designated for service of process by the corporation or entity under Chapter 804, Insurance Code.

(d) By filing the waiver or designation in writing with the clerk of the court, a surety may waive service of citation or may designate a person other than the surety or the surety's attorney to receive service of citation under this article. The waiver or designation is effective until a written revocation is filed with the clerk.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3962.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3962 / Section 3962.0304
§ 3962.0304. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the city, the county, or any other governmental entity to provide law enforcement, public safety, fire protection, ambulance, emergency, or code enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.041
§ 775.041. FEE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A fee imposed by a district under Section 775.040 must be paid within a reasonable amount of time as established by the district.

(b) If the fee has not been paid in the amount of time established by the district, the district may collect the fee by filing a complaint in the appropriate court of jurisdiction in the county in which the district's principal office or meeting place is located.

(c) If the district prevails in any suit to collect the fee, it may, in the same action, recover reasonable fees for attorneys, expert witnesses, and other costs incurred by the district in the suit. The court shall determine the amount of the attorney's fees.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.055 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 10 / Section 10.055
§ 10.055. GENERAL EFFECT OF INTEREST EXCHANGE.
Status: in_force

When an interest exchange takes effect:

(1) the ownership or membership interest of each acquired organization is exchanged as provided in the plan of exchange, and the former owners or members whose interests are exchanged under the plan of exchange are entitled only to the rights provided in the plan of exchange or, if applicable, a right to receive the fair value for the ownership interests provided under Subchapter H; and

(2) the acquiring organization has all rights, title, and interests with respect to the ownership or membership interest to be acquired by it subject to the provisions of the plan of exchange.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 221.085 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 221 / Section 221.085
§ 221.085. VESTING PROPERTY IN SPONSORING ENTITY.
Status: in_force

The title to all funds and other property owned by a development corporation when it dissolves automatically vests in the sponsoring entity without further conveyance, transfer, or other act.
Tex. Utilities Code § 58.153 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 58 / Section 58.153
§ 58.153. NEW SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the pricing conditions prescribed by Section 58.152(a), an electing company may introduce a new service 10 days after providing an informational notice to the commission, to the office, and to any person who holds a certificate of operating authority in the electing company's certificated area or areas or who has an effective interconnection agreement with the electing company.

(b) An electing company serving more than five million access lines in this state shall provide notice to any person who holds a certificate of operating authority in the electing company's certificated area or areas or who has an effective interconnection agreement with the electing company of any changes in the generally available prices and terms under which the electing company offers basic or nonbasic telecommunications services regulated by the commission at retail rates to subscribers that are not telecommunications providers. Changes requiring notice under this subsection include the introduction of any new nonbasic services, any new features or functions of basic or nonbasic services, promotional offerings of basic or nonbasic services, or the discontinuation of then-current features or services. The electing company shall provide the notice:

(1) if the electing company is required to give notice to the commission, at the same time the company provides that notice; or

(2) if the electing company is not required to give notice to the commission, at least 45 days before the effective date of a price change or 90 days before the effective date of a change other than a price change, unless the commission determines that the notice should not be given.

(c) An affected person, the office on behalf of residential or small commercial customers, or the commission may file a complaint at the commission challenging whether the pricing by an incumbent local exchange company of a new service is in compliance with Section 58.152(a). The commission shall allow the company to continue to provide the service while the complaint is pending.

(d) If a complaint is filed under Subsection (c), the electing company has the burden of proving that the company set the price for the new service in accordance with Section 58.152(a). If the complaint is finally resolved in favor of the complainant, the company:

(1) shall, not later than the 10th day after the date the complaint is finally resolved, amend the price of the service as necessary to comply with the final resolution; or

(2) may, at the company's option, discontinue the service.

(e) The notice requirement prescribed by Subsection (b) expires September 1, 2003.
Tex. Government Code § 441.016 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.016
§ 441.016. BUILDING.
Status: in_force

The name of the state archives and library building is the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.455 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.455
§ 205.455.
Status: in_force

Sec. 205.455. OPTIONS FOLLOWING DECISION: PAY OR APPEAL. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the acupuncture board's order imposing the administrative penalty is final, the person shall:

(1) pay the penalty;

(2) pay the penalty and file a petition for judicial review contesting the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both; or

(3) without paying the penalty, file a petition for judicial review contesting the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.

(b) Within the 30-day period, a person who acts under Subsection (a)(3) may:

(1) stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) paying the penalty to the court for placement in an escrow account; or

(B) giving to the court a supersedeas bond approved by the court for the amount of the penalty and that is effective until all judicial review of the acupuncture board's order is final; or

(2) request the court to stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) filing with the court an affidavit of the person stating that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and is financially unable to give the supersedeas bond; and

(B) giving a copy of the affidavit to the presiding officer of the acupuncture board by certified mail.

(c) If the presiding officer of the acupuncture board receives a copy of an affidavit under Subsection (b)(2), the presiding officer may file with the court a contest to the affidavit not later than the fifth day after the date the copy is received.

(d) The court shall hold a hearing on the facts alleged in the affidavit as soon as practicable and shall stay the enforcement of the penalty on finding that the alleged facts are true. The person who files an affidavit has the burden of proving that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and to give a supersedeas bond.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.153
§ 2203.153. FOLLOWING FORM EXCESS LIABILITY COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

Excess liability insurance coverage written for a physician or health care provider by the association under this chapter must be written as following form excess liability insurance to the physician's or provider's primary insurance coverage.
Tex. Property Code § 92.1031 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.1031
§ 92.1031. CONDITIONS FOR RETENTION OF SECURITY DEPOSIT OR RENT PREPAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), a landlord who receives a security deposit or rent prepayment for a dwelling from a tenant who fails to occupy the dwelling according to a lease between the landlord and the tenant may not retain the security deposit or rent prepayment if:

(1) the tenant secures a replacement tenant satisfactory to the landlord and the replacement tenant occupies the dwelling on or before the commencement date of the lease; or

(2) the landlord secures a replacement tenant satisfactory to the landlord and the replacement tenant occupies the dwelling on or before the commencement date of the lease.

(b) If the landlord secures the replacement tenant, the landlord may retain and deduct from the security deposit or rent prepayment either:

(1) a sum agreed to in the lease as a lease cancellation fee; or

(2) actual expenses incurred by the landlord in securing the replacement, including a reasonable amount for the time of the landlord in securing the replacement tenant.
Tex. Water Code § 56.251 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.251
§ 56.251. DETERMINING ACREAGE IN THE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) In districts levying taxes on the benefit basis, the board shall appoint three freehold taxpaying voters in the district as a committee to determine the number of acres of land owned by each landowner in the district. A person appointed by the board shall qualify by taking an oath to fairly and impartially hold hearings and determine acreage.

(b) The committee to determine acreage shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing on the acreage before the 10-day period immediately preceding the day of the hearing.

(c) At the hearing each landowner may testify about the amount of land owned by him in the district. The committee has final jurisdiction to determine the exact acreage of each landowner in the district.

(d) After the committee makes its determination, the land in the district shall be annually placed on the tax rolls according to the acreage determined without rendition of taxes.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.108 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.108
§ 345.108. PROHIBITION ON SIGNING OF AGREEMENT WITH BLANK SPACES.
Status: in_force

A retail buyer may not sign a retail charge agreement that contains blank spaces.
Tex. Finance Code § 155.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 155 / Section 155.005
§ 155.005. EXCHANGE OF DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

(a) On request, the comptroller may allow a bond investment company that has made a deposit under this chapter to alter the composition of the deposit by exchanging cash for securities or securities for cash.

(b) Securities deposited under this section must be approved by the comptroller on the written advice of the attorney general.
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.331 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.331
§ 547.331. HAZARD LAMPS PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

(a) A vehicle may be equipped with lamps to warn other vehicle operators of a vehicular traffic hazard that requires unusual care in approaching, overtaking, or passing.

(b) The lamps shall be:

(1) mounted at the same level and spaced as widely apart as practicable on the front and on the rear of the vehicle; and

(2) visible at a distance of at least 500 feet in normal sunlight.

(c) The lamps shall display simultaneously flashing lights that emit:

(1) a white or amber light, or a color between white and amber, if the lamp is mounted on the front of the vehicle; or

(2) a red or amber light, or a color between red and amber, if the lamp is mounted on the rear of the vehicle.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 37.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 37 / Section 37.005
§ 37.005. DECLARATIONS RELATING TO TRUST OR ESTATE.
Status: in_force

A person interested as or through an executor or administrator, including an independent executor or administrator, a trustee, guardian, other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust in the administration of a trust or of the estate of a decedent, an infant, mentally incapacitated person, or insolvent may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect to the trust or estate:

(1) to ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin, or others;

(2) to direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity;

(3) to determine any question arising in the administration of the trust or estate, including questions of construction of wills and other writings; or

(4) to determine rights or legal relations of an independent executor or independent administrator regarding fiduciary fees and the settling of accounts.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.403 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.403
§ 161.403. PENALTY FOR DEFRAUDING VETERAN AND STATE.
Status: in_force

A person who defrauds a veteran of his rights and benefits under this chapter by an act of fraud, duress, deceit, coercion, or misrepresentation or a person who uses the purposes or provisions of this chapter to defraud the state or any veteran by an act of fraud, duress, coercion, misrepresentation, or deceit, is guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two nor more than 10 years or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.155 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 12 / Section 12.155
§ 12.155. FORFEITURE OF BUSINESS PRIVILEGES.
Status: in_force

A foreign filing entity or a filing entity that fails or refuses to permit the attorney general to examine or make copies of a record, without regard to whether the record is located in this or another state, forfeits the right of the entity to do business in this state, and the entity's registration or certificate of formation shall be revoked or terminated.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.6111 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.6111
§ 242.6111. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Chapter 53, Occupations Code, does not apply to the issuance or renewal of a permit to administer medication under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7992A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7992A / Section 7992A.0501
§ 7992A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Local Government Code § 387.010 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 387 / Section 387.010
§ 387.010. REPEAL OR RATE CHANGE.
Status: repealed

(a) A district that has adopted a sales and use tax under this chapter may, by order and subject to Section 387.007(b):

(1) reduce the rate of the tax or repeal the tax without an election, except that the district may not repeal the sales and use tax or reduce the rate of the sales and use tax below the amount pledged to secure payment of an outstanding district debt or contractual obligation;

(2) increase the rate of the sales and use tax, if the increased rate of the sales and use tax will not exceed the rate approved at an election held under Section 387.003; or

(3) increase the rate of the sales and use tax to a rate that exceeds the rate approved at an election held under Section 387.003 after the increase is approved by a majority of the votes received in the district at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The tax may be changed under Subsection (a) in one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent.

(c) The ballot for an election to increase the tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The increase of a sales and use tax for the ____ County Assistance District No. ___ (insert name of district) from the rate of ____ percent (insert appropriate rate) to the rate of ____ percent (insert appropriate rate)."

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1341, Sec. 29, eff. June 17, 2011.