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Tex. Occupations Code § 53.022 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 53 / Section 53.022
§ 53.022. FACTORS IN DETERMINING WHETHER CONVICTION DIRECTLY RELATES TO OCCUPATION.
Status: in_force

In determining whether a criminal conviction directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of a licensed occupation, the licensing authority shall consider each of the following factors:

(1) the nature and seriousness of the crime;

(2) the relationship of the crime to the purposes for requiring a license to engage in the occupation;

(3) the extent to which a license might offer an opportunity to engage in further criminal activity of the same type as that in which the person previously had been involved;

(4) the relationship of the crime to the ability or capacity required to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the licensed occupation; and

(5) any correlation between the elements of the crime and the duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation.
Tex. Tax Code § 41.71 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 41 / Section 41.71
§ 41.71. EVENING AND WEEKEND HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) An appraisal review board by rule shall provide for hearings on protests on a Saturday or after 5 p.m. on a weekday.

(b) The board may not schedule:

(1) the first hearing on a protest held on a weekday evening to begin after 7 p.m.; or

(2) a hearing on a protest on a Sunday.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6001.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6001 / Section 6001.052
§ 6001.052. ADOPTION OF RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) In adopting necessary rules, the commissioner may use recognized standards, including standards:

(1) published by the National Fire Protection Association;

(2) recognized by federal law or regulation;

(3) published by any nationally recognized standards-making organization; or

(4) contained in the manufacturer's installation manuals.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt and administer rules determined essentially necessary for the protection and preservation of life and property regarding:

(1) registration of firms engaged in the business of:

(A) installing or servicing portable fire extinguishers or planning, certifying, installing, or servicing fixed fire extinguisher systems; or

(B) hydrostatic testing of fire extinguisher cylinders;

(2) the examination and licensing of individuals to:

(A) install or service portable fire extinguishers; and

(B) plan, certify, install, or service fixed fire extinguisher systems; and

(3) requirements for:

(A) installing or servicing portable fire extinguishers; and

(B) planning, certifying, installing, or servicing fixed fire extinguisher systems.

(c) The commissioner by rule shall prescribe requirements for applications and qualifications for licenses, permits, and certificates issued under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1045.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1045 / Section 1045.002
§ 1045.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The district operates and is financed as provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and by this chapter and other laws relating to hospital districts organized under Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.401
§ 1002.401. DENIAL OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may deny a license:

(1) to an applicant who fails to satisfy a requirement of this chapter; or

(2) on a determination by the board that there is probable cause to believe that an applicant has violated:

(A) this chapter;

(B) a provision of this chapter to which a license holder would be subject; or

(C) a comparable provision in the licensing or registration law of another state.

(b) The board may not issue a license pending the disposition of a complaint alleging a violation in this or another state if the board has notice of the alleged violation.

(c) The board shall notify an applicant who is denied a license of the reason for denial in writing not later than the 30th day after the date of the board's decision. Not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt of the notice, the applicant may make a written request for a hearing. In the absence of a request for a hearing, the board's action is final.
Tex. Government Code § 301.043 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 301 / Section 301.043
§ 301.043. ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF DRAFTING AND OTHER REQUESTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "department" has the meaning assigned by Section 301.042(a).

(b) Records relating to requests of department staff for the drafting of proposed legislation or for assistance, information, advice, or opinion are:

(1) subject to legislative privilege; and

(2) not public information and not subject to Chapter 552.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.933 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.933
§ 201.933. DIGITAL SIGNATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) A license application received by the department is considered signed if a digital signature is transmitted with the application and intended by the applicant to authenticate the license in accordance with Subsection (b).

(b) The department may only accept a digital signature used to authenticate a license application under procedures that:

(1) comply with any applicable rules of another state agency having jurisdiction over department use or acceptance of a digital signature; and

(2) provide for consideration of factors that may affect a digital signature's reliability, including whether a digital signature is:

(A) unique to the person using it;

(B) capable of independent verification;

(C) under the sole control of the person using it; and

(D) transmitted in a manner that will make it infeasible to change the data in the communication or digital signature without invalidating the digital signature.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.555 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.555
§ 39.555. MARKETING OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

An electric utility subject to this subchapter may market an energy efficiency or renewable energy program directly to a retail electric customer in its service territory and provide rebate or incentive funds directly to a customer to promote or facilitate the success of programs implemented under Section 39.905.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8169.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8169 / Section 8169.101
§ 8169.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by general law applicable to a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9008.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9008 / Section 9008.102
§ 9008.102. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside the district.

(b) A road project must meet or exceed all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located. If the district is located outside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, a road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances of the county in which the district is located.

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by ordinance or resolution. If the district is located outside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not undertake a road project unless the county in which the district is located consents by ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Property Code § 201.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 201 / Section 201.004
§ 201.004. EXTENSION, RENEWAL, CREATION, MODIFICATION OF, OR ADDITION TO, RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A petition may be filed under this chapter to:

(1) extend or renew an unexpired restriction;

(2) create a restriction;

(3) add to or modify an existing restriction; or

(4) modify an existing provision in an instrument creating a restriction that provides for extension of those restrictions.

(b) A petition is not effective to extend, renew, create, add to, or modify a restriction unless the petition is filed with the county clerk's office in the county where the subdivision is located before the second anniversary of the date the committee files with the county clerk the notice required by Section 201.005(a).

(c) If a petition meeting the requirements of this chapter is filed with the county clerk within the required period, the provisions of the petition extending, renewing, creating, adding to, or modifying a restriction apply to and burden all of the property in the subdivision except property excluded under Section 201.009. If a petition contains provisions extending or renewing the term of a restriction, the petition may provide for an initial extension or renewal period of not more than 10 years and additional automatic extensions of the term for not more than 10 years each. The extension, renewal, creation, or modification of, or addition to, a restriction takes effect on the later of the dates the petition is filed with the county clerk or a date specified in the petition.

(d) If existing originally applicable restrictions provide a procedure for extension, that procedure may be used for successive extensions of the originally applicable restrictions unless the original restriction instrument expressly prohibits the procedure from being used for successive extensions.
Tex. Education Code § 61.504 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.504
§ 61.504. DISBURSEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to a contract, the board may disburse through the designated project director to a medical school, licensed hospitals, or nonprofit corporations funds for the purpose of the graduate training of physicians in an approved family practice residency training program. The project director shall be the chairman of the Department of Family Practice in a medical school or the program director of an approved family practice residency training program operated by licensed hospitals or nonprofit corporations. The project director shall, in accordance with such rules as the board may adopt, make timely reports directly to the board concerning the development and progress of the family practice training program.

(b) The board may establish by contract the method or manner of the disbursement to the project director.
Tex. Election Code § 63.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 63 / Section 63.006
§ 63.006. VOTER WITH REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION WHO IS NOT ON LIST.
Status: in_force

(a) A voter who, when offering to vote, presents the documentation required under Section 63.001(b) but whose name is not on the precinct list of registered voters shall be accepted for voting if the voter also presents a voter registration certificate indicating that the voter is currently registered:

(1) in the precinct in which the voter is offering to vote; or

(2) in a different precinct in the same county as the precinct in which the voter is offering to vote and the voter executes an affidavit stating that the voter:

(A) is a resident of the precinct in which the voter is offering to vote or is otherwise entitled by law to vote in that precinct;

(B) was a resident of the precinct in which the voter is offering to vote at the time the information on the voter's residence address was last provided to the voter registrar;

(C) did not deliberately provide false information to secure registration in a precinct in which the voter does not reside; and

(D) is voting only once in the election.

(b) After the voter is accepted, an election officer shall:

(1) indicate beside the voter's name on the poll list that the voter was accepted under this section; and

(2) enter the voter's name on the registration omissions list.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3827.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3827 / Section 3827.158
§ 3827.158. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) In exercising the district's power to borrow, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.546 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.546
§ 452.546. BOARD MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A subregional board, by resolution, shall:

(1) set the time, place, and day of regular meetings; and

(2) adopt rules and bylaws as necessary to conduct meetings.

(b) A special meeting must be called by written notice of the presiding officer or assistant presiding officer.
Tex. Tax Code § 201.403 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 201 / Section 201.403
§ 201.403. TAX SET ASIDE.
Status: in_force

One-half of one percent of the tax collected under this chapter shall be set aside in the state treasury for the use of the comptroller to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, subject to appropriation by the legislature. Money set aside by this section that is not spent at the end of a fiscal year reverts proportionally to the other funds to which the taxes imposed by this chapter are paid.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.121 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 143 / Section 143.121
§ 143.121. PROHIBITION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by this subchapter or by mutual consent of the parties, a person may not remove a fence that is:

(1) a separating or dividing fence in which the person is a joint owner; or

(2) attached to a fence owned or controlled by another person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.053
§ 1098.053. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be:

(1) a resident of the district; and

(2) a qualified voter.

(b) A district employee may not serve as a director.
Tex. Finance Code § 125.402 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 125 / Section 125.402
§ 125.402. DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS OF MEMBER; CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A credit union is not required to disclose or produce to a third party or permit a third party to examine a record pertaining to the affairs of a credit union member unless:

(1) the request is made in connection with an examination or audit by a government agency authorized by law to examine credit unions;

(2) the member consents to the disclosure or production of the record; or

(3) the request is made by the department or is made in response to:

(A) a subpoena or other court order; or

(B) an administrative subpoena or summons issued by a state or federal agency as authorized by law.

(b) The commission may authorize the disclosure of information relating to a credit union member under circumstances and conditions that the commission determines are appropriate or required in the daily operation of the credit union's business.

(c) The commission may adopt reasonable rules relating to the:

(1) permissible disclosure of nonpublic personal information about the accounts of credit union members; and

(2) duties of the credit union to maintain confidentiality of member accounts.

(d) The directors, officers, committee members, and employees and any honorary or advisory directors of a credit union shall hold in confidence all information regarding transactions of the credit union, including information concerning transactions with the credit union's members and the members' personal affairs, except to the extent necessary in connection with making, extending, or collecting a loan or extension of credit, or as otherwise authorized by this section, commission rules adopted under Subsection (c), or other applicable law.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.502 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.502
§ 21.502. CERTAIN PROCEDURES RELATING TO WINDING UP.
Status: in_force

To approve a voluntary winding up, a reinstatement, a cancellation of an event requiring winding up, or a revocation of a voluntary decision to wind up, a corporation must follow one of the following procedures:

(1) all shareholders of the corporation must consent in writing to the winding up, the reinstatement, the cancellation of an event requiring winding up, or the revocation of a voluntary decision to wind up the corporation;

(2) if the corporation has not commenced business and has not issued any shares, a majority of the organizers or the board of directors of the corporation must adopt a resolution to wind up, to reinstate, to cancel an event requiring winding up, or to revoke a voluntary decision to wind up; or

(3)(A) the board of directors of the corporation must adopt a resolution:

(i) recommending the winding up, reinstatement, cancellation of an event requiring winding up, or revocation of a voluntary decision to wind up the corporation; and

(ii) directing that the winding up, reinstatement, cancellation of an event requiring winding up, or revocation of a voluntary decision to wind up the corporation be submitted to the shareholders for approval at an annual or special meeting of shareholders; and

(B) the shareholders must approve the action described by Paragraph (A) in accordance with Section 21.503.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8813.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8813 / Section 8813.116
§ 8813.116. GIFTS AND GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The authority may accept a gift or grant from money collected by the Fort Bend Subsidence District to fund the construction, maintenance, or operation of a water treatment or supply system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8179.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8179 / Section 8179.151
§ 8179.151. TAX METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation.

(b) The board is not required to hold a hearing on the adoption of a plan of taxation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 552 / Section 552.102
§ 552.102. SUMMARY REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The inspector general shall prepare a summary report for each investigation conducted with the assistance of the inspector general under this subchapter. The inspector general shall ensure that the report does not contain personally identifiable information of an individual mentioned in the report.

(b) The summary report must include:

(1) a summary of the activities performed during an investigation for which the inspector general provided assistance;

(2) a statement regarding whether the investigation resulted in a finding that an alleged criminal offense was committed; and

(3) a description of the alleged criminal offense that was committed.

(c) The inspector general shall deliver the summary report to the:

(1) executive commissioner;

(2) commissioner of state health services;

(3) commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services;

(4) State Health Services Council;

(5) governor;

(6) lieutenant governor;

(7) speaker of the house of representatives;

(8) standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over state hospitals;

(9) state auditor; and

(10) alleged victim or the alleged victim's legally authorized representative.

(d) A summary report regarding an investigation is subject to required disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. All information and materials compiled by the inspector general in connection with an investigation are confidential, not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and not subject to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their release to anyone other than the inspector general or the inspector general's employees or agents involved in the investigation, except that this information may be disclosed to the Department of Family and Protective Services, the office of the attorney general, the state auditor's office, and law enforcement agencies.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.086 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.086
§ 2001.086. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

A copy or excerpt of documentary evidence may be received in a contested case if an original document is not readily available. On request, a party shall be given an opportunity to compare the copy or excerpt with the original document.
Tex. Water Code § 63.100 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.100
§ 63.100. DISTRICT ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The commission shall appoint one person to the office of assessor and collector for the district. The assessor and collector shall be a qualified elector and a resident of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8288.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8288 / Section 8288.106
§ 8288.106. AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO CONTRACT WITH DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A public agency or political subdivision of this state may enter into a contract or agreement with the district, on terms agreed to by the parties, for:

(1) the purchase or sale of water;

(2) waste collection, transportation, processing, or disposal; or

(3) any purpose relating to the district's powers or functions.
Tex. Transportation Code § 91.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 91 / Section 91.002
§ 91.002. PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The following functions are public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose, and matters of public necessity:

(1) the acquisition, financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of a rail facility under this chapter;

(2) the sale, lease, or license of a rail facility to a rail operator and other public or private persons under this chapter; and

(3) the exercise of any other power granted under this chapter to the commission and the department.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.014
§ 351.014. HOLDING INSANE PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person suspected to be or adjudged insane may not be held in a county jail unless the person:

(1) demonstrates homicidal tendencies; and

(2) must be restrained from committing acts of violence against other persons.

(b) A person requiring restraint under this section may be held in a county jail for not more than 24 hours. The person shall be kept under observation at all times.

(c) At the end of the 24-hour period, the person shall be released or taken to a hospital or mental hospital.

(d) A person held under this section shall be kept in a special enclosure or room for that purpose. The special enclosure or room must have:

(1) a clear floor area of 40 square feet or more;

(2) a ceiling height above the floor of eight feet or more; and

(3) a soft covering on the floor and walls, designed to protect a violent person from self-injury or destruction.