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Tex. Human Resources Code § 45.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 45 / Section 45.002
§ 45.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Adverse action" means any action that directly or indirectly adversely affects the person against whom the adverse action is taken, places the person in a worse position than the person was in before the adverse action was taken, or is likely to deter a reasonable person from acting or refusing to act. An adverse action includes:

(A) denying an application for, refusing to renew, or canceling funding;

(B) declining to enter into, refusing to renew, or canceling a contract;

(C) declining to issue, refusing to renew, or canceling a license;

(D) terminating, suspending, demoting, or reassigning a person; and

(E) limiting the ability of a person to engage in child welfare services.

(2) "Catchment area" means a geographic service area for providing child protective services or child welfare services.

(3) "Child welfare services" means social services provided to or on behalf of children, including:

(A) assisting abused or neglected children;

(B) counseling children or parents;

(C) promoting foster parenting;

(D) providing foster homes, general residential operations, residential care, adoptive homes, group homes, or temporary group shelters for children;

(E) recruiting foster parents;

(F) placing children in foster homes;

(G) licensing foster homes;

(H) promoting adoption or recruiting adoptive parents;

(I) assisting adoptions or supporting adoptive families;

(J) performing or assisting home studies;

(K) assisting kinship guardianships or kinship caregivers;

(L) providing family preservation services;

(M) providing family support services;

(N) providing temporary family reunification services;

(O) placing children in adoptive homes; and

(P) serving as a foster parent.

(4) "Child welfare services provider" means a person, other than a governmental entity, that provides, seeks to provide, or applies for or receives a contract, subcontract, grant, subgrant, or cooperative agreement to provide child welfare services. The person is not required to be engaged exclusively in child welfare services to be a child welfare services provider.

(5) "Governmental entity" means:

(A) this state or a municipality or other political subdivision of this state;

(B) any agency of this state or of a municipality or other political subdivision of this state, including a department, bureau, board, commission, office, agency, council, and public institution of higher education; or

(C) a single source continuum contractor in this state providing services identified under Section 264.153, Family Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3889.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3889 / Section 3889.006
§ 3889.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

(a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code;

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.

(b) If the city creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a), the city and the board of directors of the zone, by contract with the district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the district to be used by the district for the purposes permitted for money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code, including the right to pledge the money as security for any bonds issued by the district for an improvement project. A project may not receive public funds under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code, unless the project has been approved by the governing body of the city.

(c) A tax increment reinvestment zone created by the city in the district is not subject to the limitations provided by Section 311.006(b), Tax Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.258 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.258
§ 1103.258. REEXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant who fails an examination may apply to retake the examination on payment of an additional examination fee.

(b) An applicant who fails the examination three consecutive times may not apply for reexamination or submit a new license application unless the applicant submits evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has completed additional education, as prescribed by the board, since the date the applicant last took the examination.
Tex. Finance Code § 186.105 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 186 / Section 186.105
§ 186.105. SAFE DEPOSITS AND OTHER BAILMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract between the state trust company and a person for bailment, of deposit for hire, or for the lease of a safe, vault, or box, ceases on the date specified in the notice as the date for removal of property or a later date approved by the banking commissioner. A person who has paid rental or storage charges for a period extending beyond the date designated for removal of property has an unsecured claim against the state trust company for a refund of the unearned amount paid.

(b) If the property is not removed by the date the contract ceases, an officer of the state trust company shall inventory the property. In making the inventory, the officer may open a safe, vault, box, package, parcel, or receptacle in the custody or possession of the state trust company. The inventory must be made in the presence of a notary public who is not an officer or employee of the state trust company and who is bonded in an amount and by sureties approved by the banking commissioner. The property shall be marked to identify, to the extent possible, its owner or the person who left it with the state trust company.

(c) After all property belonging to others that is in the state trust company's custody and control has been inventoried, a master list certified by the state trust company officer and the notary public shall be furnished to the banking commissioner. The master list shall be kept in a place and dealt with in a manner the banking commissioner specifies pending delivery of the property to its owner or to the comptroller as unclaimed property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9032.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9032 / Section 9032.106
§ 9032.106. DIRECTOR'S BOND.
Status: in_force

Each director shall make bond in the amount of $5,000 payable to the county judge of Coke County for the faithful performance of the director's duties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8828.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8828 / Section 8828.004
§ 8828.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Fisher County, Texas, unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Government Code § 443.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 443 / Section 443.007
§ 443.007. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall:

(1) preserve, maintain, and restore the Capitol, the General Land Office Building, their contents, and their grounds;

(2) define the buildings' grounds, except that the grounds may not include another state office building;

(3) review and approve the executive director's annual budget and work plan, the long-range master plan for the buildings and their grounds, and the furnishings plan for placement and care of objects under the care of the curator;

(4) approve all changes to the buildings and their grounds, including usual maintenance and any transfers or loans of objects under the curator of the Capitol's care;

(5) define and identify all significant aspects of the buildings and their grounds;

(6) define and identify, with the curator of the Capitol, all significant contents of the buildings and all state-owned items of historical significance that were at one time in the buildings; and

(7) maintain records relating to the construction and development of the buildings, their contents, and their grounds, including documents such as plans, specifications, photographs, purchase orders, and other related documents, the original copies of which shall be maintained by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

(a-1) If the board updates or modifies its long-range master plan for the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and modification of the Capitol and the Capitol grounds, the board must conform its plan to the Capitol Complex master plan prepared by the Texas Facilities Commission under Section 2166.105.

(b) The board may adopt rules concerning the buildings, their contents, and their grounds. The board may allocate specific duties and responsibilities to any other state agency, if the other agency agrees to perform the duty or accept the responsibility.

(c) Any power or duty related to the buildings and formerly vested in the Texas Commission on the Arts, State Purchasing and General Services Commission, Antiquities Committee, Texas Historical Commission, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, or any other entity or state agency is vested solely in the board.

(d) The board may purchase insurance policies to insure the buildings, the contents of the buildings, and any other personal property against any insurable risk, including insurance covering historical artifacts, art, or other items on loan to the board.

(e) The board shall manage and maintain the two adjacent landscaped areas bordered and separated by contiguous concrete sidewalks abutting the south side of the Sam Houston Building.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 90.001 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 90 / Section 90.001
§ 90.001. RATIFICATION.
Status: in_force

The Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas, executed in the City of Dallas, on February 16, 1935, by the Governor of Texas, the text of which is set out in Section 90.007 of this code, was ratified by the legislature of this state in Chapter 81, General Laws, Acts of the 44th Legislature, Regular Session, 1935.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 109.008 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 109 / Section 109.008
§ 109.008. CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

The actions and remedies provided by this chapter are not exclusive and are in addition to any other action or remedy provided by law.
Tex. Labor Code § 305.027 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 305 / Section 305.027
§ 305.027. PAYMENT OF GRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of an enrollment report for a student awarded a grant under this chapter and certification of the amount of the student's financial need from the approved institution, the commission shall certify the amount of the grant awarded to the student.

(b) The grant shall be paid to the student through the eligible institution in which the student is enrolled.
Tex. Family Code § 156.1045 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 156 / Section 156.1045
§ 156.1045. MODIFICATION OF ORDER ON CONVICTION FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The conviction or an order deferring adjudication of a person who is a possessory conservator or a sole or joint managing conservator for an offense involving family violence is a material and substantial change of circumstances sufficient to justify a temporary order and modification of an existing court order or portion of a decree that provides for the appointment of a conservator or that sets the terms and conditions of conservatorship or for the possession of or access to a child to conform the order to the requirements of Section 153.004(d).

(b) A person commits an offense if the person files a suit to modify an order or portion of a decree based on the grounds permitted under Subsection (a) and the person knows that the person against whom the motion is filed has not been convicted of an offense, or received deferred adjudication for an offense, involving family violence. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Transportation Code § 342.304 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 342 / Section 342.304
§ 342.304. FAILURE TO SERVE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the holder of a license to operate a ferry, on being tendered the authorized toll, does not, without reasonable cause, transport a person or the person's property of the type usually transported by the ferry, the holder is liable to the person in the amount of $2 for each 30 minutes of delay.

(b) A suit under this section must be filed in a justice court of the county in which the license is issued.

(c) A person who brings suit under this section and prevails is also entitled to recover costs of suit.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2501.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2501 / Section 2501.002
§ 2501.002. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this title is to completely regulate the business of title insurance on real property and, as described by Subtitle F, on personal property, including the direct issuance of policies and the reinsurance of any assumed risks, to:

(1) protect consumers and purchasers of title insurance policies; and

(2) provide adequate and reasonable rates of return for title insurance companies and title insurance agents.

(b) It is the express legislative intent that this title accomplish the purpose described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9502.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9502 / Section 9502.0305
§ 9502.0305. COSTS OF RELOCATION OF PROPERTY; EASEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In the event that the district, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain or power of relocation or any other power, makes necessary the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade of or alteration in construction of any electric transmission or distribution line or telephone properties, facilities, or pipelines, all necessary relocations, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration of construction shall be done at the sole expense of the district.

(b) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration of construction and providing comparable replacement without enhancing the facilities after deducting from it the net salvage value derived from the old facility.

(c) The district has all necessary or useful rights-of-way and easements along, over, under, and across all public, state, municipal, and county roads, highways, and places for any of its purposes. The district shall restore a used facility to its previous condition as nearly as possible at the sole expense of the district.

(d) The district may acquire, sell, lease, convey, or otherwise dispose of a right-of-way or easement under terms and conditions determined by the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.202 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.202
§ 353.202. CREDIT LIFE AND CREDIT HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A holder may require a retail buyer to provide credit life insurance and credit health and accident insurance.

(b) The holder may offer to provide credit life insurance and credit health and accident insurance, regardless of whether the holder requires a retail buyer to provide the insurance under Subsection (a).

(c) A retail seller may offer involuntary unemployment insurance to the buyer at the time the contract is negotiated or executed.

(d) A holder may include the cost of insurance provided under this section, and a policy or agent fee charged in connection with insurance provided under Subsection (b) or (c), as a separate charge in the contract.
Tex. Government Code § 1505.108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.108
§ 1505.108. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

An obligation issued under this subchapter must mature not later than 30 years after its date.
Tex. Tax Code § 202.303 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 202 / Section 202.303
§ 202.303. FORCED SALE BY OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer may levy on oil for which the tax imposed by this chapter is due and unpaid by notice to the owner or person in charge of the oil.

(b) After notice to the owner or person in charge, the peace officer shall post a notice at the site of the oil that the oil will be sold to the highest bidder 10 days after the notice has been posted.

(c) After the notice has been posted for 10 days, the peace officer shall sell the oil to the highest bidder.

(d) The peace officer, except a ranger, may deduct 10 percent of the proceeds of the sale of the oil as his commission. The officer shall forward the balance, up to the amount of tax due, to the comptroller. The officer shall deliver any proceeds in excess of the tax due and the officer's commission, if any, to the owner of the oil.
Tex. Property Code § 59.044 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 59 / Section 59.044
§ 59.044. NOTICE OF SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) The notice advertising the sale must contain:

(1) a general description of the property;

(2) a statement that the property is being sold to satisfy a landlord's lien;

(3) the tenant's name;

(4) the address of the self-service storage facility; and

(5) the time, place, and terms of the sale.

(a-1) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(5), the place of a sale is:

(1) the physical address of the location of the sale if the sale is conducted at the self-service storage facility or a reasonably near public place; or

(2) the address of the Internet website if the sale is conducted through an Internet website.

(b) The lessor must publish the notice once in each of two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the self-service storage facility is located. If there is not a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the lessor may instead post a copy of the notice at the self-service storage facility and at least five other conspicuous locations near the facility.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 71.11 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 71 / Section 71.11
§ 71.11. MALT BEVERAGE SAMPLING.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a retail dealer's off-premise license may conduct free product samplings of malt beverages on the license holder's premises during regular business hours as provided by this section.

(b) An agent or employee of the holder of a retail dealer's off-premise license may open, touch, or pour malt beverages, make a presentation, or answer questions at a sampling event.

(c) For the purposes of this code and any other law or ordinance:

(1) a retail dealer's off-premise license does not authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption; and

(2) none of the license holder's income may be considered to be income from the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption.

(d) Any malt beverages used in a sampling event under this section must be purchased from or provided by the retailer on whose premises the sampling event is held.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00656 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00656
§ 30.00656.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.00656. JOINT COURT: PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. A municipality that contracts under Section 30.2503 may provide its own prosecuting attorney or the contracting municipalities may agree on the selection of one or more prosecuting attorneys.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.339 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.339
§ 601.339. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOLLOWING CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department may not issue a driver's license to a person who does not hold a driver's license and who:

(1) enters a plea of guilty to an offense or is convicted by a final order or a judgment that:

(A) requires the suspension or revocation of a driver's license;

(B) is imposed for operating a motor vehicle on a highway without a driver's license; or

(C) is imposed for operating an unregistered motor vehicle on a highway; or

(2) forfeits bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for an offense described by Subdivision (1).

(b) Except as described by Subsection (c), a motor vehicle may not be registered in the name of a person described by Subsection (a).

(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), a driver's license may be issued or a motor vehicle may be registered if the person files and maintains evidence of financial responsibility with the department.
Tex. Government Code § 437.062 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.062
§ 437.062. SALARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The adjutant general is entitled to a salary in the amount designated in the General Appropriations Act.

(b) A deputy adjutant general, general officer, or director of state administration employed under this chapter is entitled to a salary subject to the classification and salary schedule provisions defined in the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3810.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3810 / Section 3810.003
§ 3810.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing Harris County, the City of Houston, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of June 18, 1999, to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 1506.163 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1506 / Section 1506.163
§ 1506.163. PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, equipment, operation, and maintenance of a facility or other property described by Section 1506.152(a) is a public purpose and proper municipal function.
Tex. Occupations Code § 605.304 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 605 / Section 605.304
§ 605.304. EXEMPTION FOR PEDORTHISTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Certified pedorthist" means a person certified by the Board for Certification in Pedorthics in the design, manufacture, fit, and modification of shoes and related foot orthoses below the anatomical ankle joint as prescribed by a licensed doctor of medicine or a doctor of podiatry for the amelioration of a painful or disabling condition of the foot; and

(2) "Foot orthosis" includes prosthetic toe fillers or orthoses for use below the ankle.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a certified pedorthist.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7904.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7904 / Section 7904.006
§ 7904.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.