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Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 101.31 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 101 / Section 101.31
§ 101.31. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN DRY AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, no person in a dry area may manufacture, distill, brew, sell, import into the state, export from the state, transport, distribute, warehouse, store, solicit or take orders for, or possess with intent to sell an alcoholic beverage.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the person has previously been convicted two or more times of an offense under this section, the offense is a state jail felony.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 811.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 811 / Section 811.003
§ 811.003. REQUIRED CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW AND EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental entity to which this chapter applies shall ensure each facility the entity regulates or operates reviews state criminal history record information and conducts an employment verification for each person:

(1) who is:

(A) an applicant selected for employment with the facility;

(B) an employee of the facility;

(C) an applicant selected for a volunteer position with the facility;

(D) a volunteer with the facility;

(E) an applicant selected for an independent contractor position with the facility; or

(F) an independent contractor of the facility; and

(2) who may be placed in direct contact with a child receiving services at the facility.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), a person may be placed in direct contact with a child if the person's position potentially requires the person to:

(1) provide care, supervision, or guidance to a child;

(2) exercise any form of control over a child; or

(3) routinely interact with a child.

(c) In conducting an employment verification under Subsection (a), the facility must, to the extent possible, contact the previous employers listed in the submitted application materials for each applicant.

(d) Each facility shall obtain electronic updates from the Department of Public Safety of arrests and convictions for each person:

(1) described by Subsection (a)(1)(B), (D), or (F); and

(2) who continues as an employee, volunteer, or independent contractor or who otherwise continues to be placed in direct contact with a child at the facility.

(e) A facility that submits a name for a background and criminal history check in accordance with Section 42.056, Human Resources Code, and rules adopted under that section for each person described by Subsection (a) is considered to be in compliance with the requirements of this section.

(f) The executive commissioner of the commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section, including rules on existing employment verification procedures for residential treatment facilities that satisfy the requirements of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7932.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7932 / Section 7932.104
§ 7932.104. 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. Business Organizations Code § 200.258 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.258
§ 200.258. VOTING IN ELECTION OF TRUST MANAGERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), trust managers of a real estate investment trust shall be elected by two-thirds of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election of trust managers at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present.

(b) The certificate of formation or bylaws of a real estate investment trust may provide that a trust manager of the real estate investment trust shall be elected only if the trust manager receives:

(1) the vote of the holders of a specified portion, but not less than the majority, of the shares entitled to vote in the election of trust managers;

(2) the vote of the holders of a specified portion, but not less than the majority, of the shares entitled to vote in the election of trust managers and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present; or

(3) the vote of the holders of a specified portion, but not less than the majority, of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election of trust managers at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present.

(c) Subject to Section 200.259, at each election of trust managers of a real estate investment trust, each shareholder entitled to vote at the election is entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by the shareholder for as many candidates as there are trust managers to be elected and for whose election the shareholder is entitled to vote.
Tex. Government Code § 614.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 614 / Section 614.006
§ 614.006. EMPLOYER TO GRANT LEGISLATIVE LEAVE; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

An employer shall grant legislative leave to a peace officer or fire fighter who submits an application as prescribed by this subchapter and who complies with any requirement relating to payment of costs:

(1) except in an emergency; or

(2) unless granting the leave will result in having an insufficient number of employees to carry out the normal functions of the employer.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.154
§ 843.154. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall, within the limits prescribed by this section, prescribe the fees to be charged under this section.

(b) Except for fees collected under Subsections (e) and (f), fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Insurance operating account.

(b-1) A fee collected under Subsection (e) or (f) shall be deposited to the credit of the account described by Section 401.156(a).

(c) A health maintenance organization shall pay to the commissioner a fee in an amount not to exceed:

(1) $18,000 for filing and review of its original application for a certificate of authority;

(2) $200 for filing of an evidence of coverage that requires approval; and

(3) $100 for a filing that is required by rule but does not require approval.

(d) A health maintenance organization shall pay to the comptroller a fee in an amount not to exceed $500 for filing of an annual report under Section 843.155.

(e) A health maintenance organization shall pay to the commissioner a fee, in an amount certified by the commissioner to be just and reasonable, for the expenses of all examinations of health maintenance organizations made on behalf of the state by the commissioner or under the commissioner's authority.

(f) A health maintenance organization shall pay to the commissioner a fee in an amount assessed by the commissioner and paid in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner for the expenses of an examination under Section 843.156(a) that:

(1) are incurred by the commissioner or under the commissioner's authority; and

(2) are directly attributable to that examination, including the actual salaries and expenses of the examiners directly attributable to that examination, as determined under rules adopted by the commissioner.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.053
§ 1001.053. PUBLIC WORKS.
Status: in_force

The following work is exempt from this chapter:

(1) a public work that involves electrical or mechanical engineering, if the contemplated expense for the completed project is $8,000 or less;

(2) a public work that does not involve electrical or mechanical engineering, if the contemplated expense for the completed project is $20,000 or less; or

(3) road maintenance or improvement undertaken by the commissioners court of a county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9021.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9021 / Section 9021.105
§ 9021.105. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including a county or a municipality, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8267.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8267 / Section 8267.0301
§ 8267.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 24.09 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 24 / Section 24.09
§ 24.09. OPENING CONTAINERS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 24.12, a person may not break or open a container of liquor or malt beverages or possess an opened container of liquor or malt beverages on the premises of a wine only package store.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.2301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.2301
§ 1603.2301. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not operate a school for instruction in the practice of barbering or cosmetology unless the person holds a license issued under this subchapter to operate the school.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11007.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11007 / Section 11007.103
§ 11007.103. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING WASTE.
Status: in_force

The district has all rights, powers, and privileges necessary or useful to enable it to collect, transport, dispose of, and control domestic, industrial, or communal wastes, whether in fluid, solid, or composite state.
Tex. Education Code § 45.207 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.207
§ 45.207. AWARD OF CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district shall award the depository contract to the bank that submits the highest bid or the highest-ranked proposal, as determined under Subsection (c), except that the district may award the contract as provided by Subsection (a-1) if:

(1) the district:

(A) receives tying bids for the contract; or

(B) after evaluating the proposals for the contract, ranks two or more proposals equally;

(2) each bank submitting a tying bid or proposal has bid or proposed to pay the district the maximum interest rates allowed by law by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

(3) the tying bids or proposals are otherwise equal in the judgment and discretion of the board of trustees of the district.

(a-1) In the case of tying bids or proposals, the board of trustees may award the depository contract by:

(1) determining by lot which of the banks submitting the tying bids or proposals will receive the contract; or

(2) awarding a contract to each of the banks submitting the tying bids or proposals.

(b) The board of trustees may, during the period of the contract, determine the amount of funds to be deposited in each depository bank and determine the account services offered in the bid or proposal form that are to be provided by each bank in its capacity as school district depository. All funds received by the district from or through the agency shall be deposited, at the district's option, in one depository bank or invested in a public funds investment pool created under Chapter 791, Government Code, to be designated by the district.

(c) The board of trustees of the school district shall at a regular or special meeting consider in accordance with this subsection each bid or proposal received. In determining the highest and best bid or the highest-ranked proposal, or in case of tying bids or proposals the highest and best tying bids or proposals, the board of trustees shall consider:

(1) the interest rate bid or proposed on time deposits;

(2) charges for keeping district accounts, records, and reports and furnishing checks;

(3) the ability of the bank submitting the bid or proposal to provide the necessary services and perform the duties as school district depository; and

(4) any other matter that in the judgment of the board of trustees would be to the best interest of the school district.

(d) The board of trustees of the school district has the right to reject any and all bids or proposals.
Tex. Government Code § 24.410 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.410
§ 24.410.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.410. 233RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). (a) The 233rd Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.

(b) The 233rd District Court shall give preference to family law matters.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2051.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.152
§ 2051.152. PROHIBITED ACTS BY PERSON; ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an administrative violation if the person:

(1) to obtain workers' compensation insurance coverage for the person or another person, intentionally or knowingly:

(A) makes a false statement;

(B) misrepresents or conceals a material fact;

(C) makes a false entry in, fabricates, alters, conceals, or destroys a document; or

(D) conspires to commit an act listed in Paragraph (A), (B), or (C); or

(2) intentionally and knowingly obtains or maintains:

(A) workers' compensation insurance coverage from an insurer that is not authorized to engage in business in this state; or

(B) alternative coverage from an insurer in violation of this code.

(b) An administrative violation under Subsection (a) is punishable by an administrative penalty not to exceed $5,000 assessed in accordance with the procedures established for an administrative violation under Chapter 415, Labor Code.

(c) Each day an administrative violation under Subsection (a)(2) occurs or continues is a separate violation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 161.058 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.058
§ 161.058. VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A vacancy on the commission shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term as follows:

(1) if the vacancy involves a member appointed by the county judge or a county commissioner, the vacancy is filled, except as provided by Subsection (b), by appointment of that officer or the officer's successor in office; or

(2) if the vacancy involves a member appointed under Section 161.055(a)(2), the vacancy is filled as provided by that section for an appointment to a full term.

(b) If the county judge or county commissioner, as applicable, does not fill the vacancy before the 60th day after the date the position becomes vacant, the commission may fill the vacancy by a majority vote of the remaining members.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7502.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7502 / Section 7502.053
§ 7502.053. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS BY COMMISSION; TERM.
Status: in_force

The commission shall:

(1) appoint a person recommended to the board under Section 7502.054 or 7502.055 for a four-year term; or

(2) reject the person recommended.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5003.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5003 / Section 5003.103
§ 5003.103. CHANGE OF PORT AUTHORITY NOT AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The board may not by a vote change the port authority from a navigation district to any other type of district authorized by general law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.351 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.351
§ 451.351. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "bond" includes a note.
Tex. Government Code § 480.0152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 480 / Section 480.0152
§ 480.0152. DEPOSIT OF MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY TAX REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each endorsing municipality or endorsing county shall remit to the comptroller and the comptroller shall deposit into a trust fund created by the comptroller, at the direction of the office, and designated as the events trust fund the amount of the municipality's or county's hotel occupancy tax revenue determined under Section 480.0102(a)(4) or (5), less any amount of the revenue that the municipality or county determines is necessary to meet the obligations of the municipality or county.

(b) The comptroller, at the direction of the office, shall retain the amount of sales and use tax revenue and mixed beverage tax revenue determined under Section 480.0102(a)(2) or (3) from the amounts otherwise required to be sent to the municipality under Sections 321.502 and 183.051(b), Tax Code, or to the county under Sections 323.502 and 183.051(b), Tax Code, less any amount of the revenue that the municipality or county determines is necessary to meet the obligations of the municipality or county, and shall deposit the retained tax revenue to the events trust fund.

(c) The comptroller shall begin retaining and depositing the municipal and county tax revenue:

(1) with the first distribution of that tax revenue that occurs after the first day of the period described by Section 480.0102(a); or

(2) at a time the office otherwise determines to be practicable.

(d) The comptroller shall discontinue retaining the municipal and county tax revenue when the amount of the applicable tax revenue determined under Section 480.0102(a)(2) or (3) has been retained.
Tex. Finance Code § 181.006 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 181 / Section 181.006
§ 181.006. EXEMPTION OF TRUST INSTITUTION DIRECTORS AND PERSONNEL FROM SECURITIES LAW.
Status: in_force

An officer, director, manager, managing participant, or employee of a trust institution with fewer than 500 shareholders or participants, including a state trust company or a trust institution organized under the laws of another state that lawfully maintains an office in this state, or a holding company with fewer than 500 shareholders or participants that controls a trust institution is exempt from the registration and licensing provisions of The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code) with respect to that person's participation in a transaction, including a sale, involving securities issued by the trust institution or the holding company of which that person is an officer, director, manager, managing participant, or employee if the person is not compensated for the person's participation in the transaction.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.344 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.344
§ 843.344. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO ENTITIES CONTRACTING WITH HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a person, including a pharmacy benefit manager, with whom a health maintenance organization contracts to:

(1) process or pay claims;

(2) obtain the services of physicians and providers to provide health care services to enrollees; or

(3) issue verifications or preauthorizations.
Tex. Government Code § 572.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.021
§ 572.021. FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 572.0211, a state officer, a partisan or independent candidate for an office as an elected officer, and a state party chair shall file with the commission a verified financial statement complying with Sections 572.022 through 572.0252.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292C.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292C / Section 292C.004
§ 292C.004. EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

The authority of a county to administer and operate a program under this chapter expires December 31, 2027.
Tex. Government Code § 479.0101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 479 / Section 479.0101
§ 479.0101. MOTOR SPORTS RACING TRUST FUND.
Status: in_force

The motor sports racing trust fund is established outside the state treasury and is held in trust by the comptroller for administration of this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 74.003 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.003
§ 74.003. LAND ACQUISITION.
Status: in_force

The board may acquire by donation or deed of gift, for the use and benefit of the medical branch, any and all properties contiguous or adjacent, or both, to the campus of the medical branch when the lands are deemed necessary for campus expansion.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.131 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2402 / Section 2402.131
§ 2402.131. INTOXICATING SUBSTANCE POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) A delivery network company shall implement an intoxicating substance policy that prohibits a delivery person who is logged in to the company's digital network from any amount of intoxication.

(b) A delivery network company shall include on its Internet website or digital network application:

(1) a notice concerning the company's intoxicating substance policy; and

(2) the means to make a complaint about a suspected violation of the policy.

(c) A delivery network company shall maintain records relevant to a complaint for a period of at least two years after the date the complaint is received.
Tex. Government Code § 660.015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.015
§ 660.015. CANCELLATION CHARGES.
Status: in_force

A state agency may pay or reimburse a state employee for a cancellation charge if:

(1) the charge is incurred for a reason related to official state business or to official state business that could not be conducted because of a natural disaster or other natural occurrence; or

(2) the charge is:

(A) related to a transportation expense that was paid in advance to obtain lower rates; and

(B) incurred because the employee was unable to use the transportation because of an illness or a personal emergency.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 29.08 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 29 / Section 29.08
§ 29.08. MOTION SWORN TO.
Status: in_force

All motions for continuance must be sworn to by a person having personal knowledge of the facts relied on for the continuance.
Tex. Transportation Code § 454.027 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 454 / Section 454.027
§ 454.027. OPERATING EXPENSES AS LIEN ON REVENUE.
Status: in_force

If the revenue of a mass transportation system is encumbered under this chapter, the expenses of operation and maintenance, including all salaries, labor, materials, interest, repairs, and extensions necessary to render efficient service and each proper item of expense, are a first lien against the revenues. The expense of an extension may be a lien prior to an existing lien only if:

(1) the governing body of the municipality considers the extension necessary to keep the system in operation and render adequate service to the municipality and its inhabitants; or

(2) the extension is necessary to meet a condition that would otherwise impair the original securities.
Tex. Government Code § 2102.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2102 / Section 2102.005
§ 2102.005. INTERNAL AUDITING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency shall conduct a program of internal auditing that includes:

(1) an annual audit plan that is prepared using risk assessment techniques and that identifies the individual audits to be conducted during the year; and

(2) periodic audits of the agency's major systems and controls, including:

(A) accounting systems and controls;

(B) administrative systems and controls; and

(C) electronic data processing systems and controls.

(b) In conducting the internal auditing program under Subsection (a), a state agency shall consider methods for ensuring compliance with contract processes and controls and for monitoring agency contracts.
Tex. Local Government Code § 572.101 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 572 / Section 572.101
§ 572.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(2) "Utility" and "water supply or sewer service corporation" have the meanings assigned by Section 13.002, Water Code.

(3) "Utility commission" means the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0307
§ 3965.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.