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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 716 / Section 716.201
§ 716.201. CREMATION DISPUTE.
Status: in_force

(a) Until authorized by a valid court order, a crematory establishment, funeral establishment, cemetery, or other person may refuse to accept deceased human remains or to perform a cremation if the crematory establishment, funeral establishment, cemetery, or person is aware of:

(1) a dispute that has not been resolved or settled concerning the cremation of the remains;

(2) a reasonable basis for questioning any representation made by the authorizing agent; or

(3) any other lawful reason for refusing to accept or cremate the remains.

(b) A crematory establishment, funeral establishment, cemetery, or other person aware of any dispute concerning the release or disposition of the cremated remains may refuse to release the remains until:

(1) the dispute has been resolved or settled; or

(2) authorized by a valid court order to release or dispose of the remains.

(c) A crematory establishment, funeral establishment, cemetery, or other person is not liable in a civil action or criminal prosecution for refusing to accept or cremate human remains in accordance with Subsection (a) or for refusing to release or dispose of or releasing or disposing of cremated remains in accordance with Subsection (b).
Tex. Government Code § 472.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 472 / Section 472.051
§ 472.051. SELF-DIRECTED AND SEMI-INDEPENDENT STATUS OF AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each agency is self-directed and semi-independent as specified in this chapter.

(b) Each agency is a state agency, as that term is defined in Section 2001.003(7).

(b-1) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, each agency is subject to a provision of law that applies to state agencies, including:

(1) state purchasing requirements under Subtitle D, Title 10;

(2) interagency transfer voucher requirements under Section 2155.327;

(3) travel requirements under Chapters 2171 and 2205, using amounts provided by the General Appropriations Act to guide travel reimbursement rates; and

(4) prompt payment requirements under Chapter 2251.

(c) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall examine each agency's performance as a self-directed and semi-independent agency and the agency's compliance with this chapter as part of the commission's periodic review of the agency under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act).

(d) Each agency shall pay the cost incurred by the Sunset Advisory Commission in performing a review of the agency under the agency's enabling legislation. The Sunset Advisory Commission shall determine the cost, and the agency shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of a statement from the Sunset Advisory Commission detailing the cost.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.308 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.308
§ 7.308. ENFORCEMENT OF CARRIER'S LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) A carrier's lien on goods may be enforced by public or private sale of the goods, in bulk or in packages, at any time or place and on any terms that are commercially reasonable, after notifying all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. The notification must include a statement of the amount due, the nature of the proposed sale, and the time and place of any public sale. The fact that a better price could have been obtained by a sale at a different time or in a different method from that selected by the carrier is not of itself sufficient to establish that the sale was not made in a commercially reasonable manner. The carrier has sold goods in a commercially reasonable manner if the carrier sells the goods in the usual manner in any recognized market therefor, sells at the price current in that market at the time of the sale, or has otherwise sold in conformity with commercially reasonable practices among dealers in the type of goods sold. A sale of more goods than apparently necessary to be offered to ensure satisfaction of the obligation is not commercially reasonable, except in cases covered by the preceding sentence.

(b) Before any sale pursuant to this section, any person claiming a right in the goods may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien and the reasonable expenses incurred in complying with this section. In that event, the goods may not be sold but must be retained by the carrier, subject to the terms of the bill of lading and this chapter.

(c) A carrier may buy at any public sale pursuant to this section.

(d) A purchaser in good faith of goods sold to enforce a carrier's lien takes the goods free of any rights of persons against which the lien was valid, despite the carrier's noncompliance with this section.

(e) A carrier may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any sale pursuant to this section but shall hold the balance, if any, for delivery on demand to any person to which the carrier would have been bound to deliver the goods.

(f) The rights provided by this section are in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against a debtor.

(g) A carrier's lien may be enforced pursuant to either Subsection (a) or the procedure set forth in Section 7.210(b).

(h) A carrier is liable for damages caused by failure to comply with the requirements for sale under this section and, in case of wilful violation, is liable for conversion.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8100.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8100 / Section 8100.0402
§ 8100.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8100.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.252
§ 1603.252. GENERAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may accept, approve, develop, or contract for the examinations required by this chapter, including the administration of the examinations.

(b) The executive director shall determine uniform standards for acceptable performance on an examination for a license under Subchapter E-1.

(c) The examination must include a written examination as provided by Section 1603.253 and may include a practical examination as provided by Section 1603.256.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.301
§ 1063.301. DISSOLUTION ELECTION; PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order an election on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's assets and obligations.

(b) The board shall order an election on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's assets and obligations if the board receives a petition by district residents requesting an election that:

(1) is certified as valid by the Montgomery County elections administrator under Section 1063.302; or

(2) the Montgomery County elections administrator fails to act on within the time allowed by Section 1063.302.

(c) A petition requesting an election must:

(1) state that it is intended to request an election in the district on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's assets and obligations;

(2) be signed by a number of district residents equal to at least 15 percent of the total vote received by all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election in the district that occurs more than 30 days before the date the petition is submitted; and

(3) be submitted to the Montgomery County elections administrator.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8820.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8820 / Section 8820.152
§ 8820.152. FEES ON WELLS IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district may assess to the owner or operator of a well located in a conservation and reclamation district described by Section 8820.151 a fee based on the amount of groundwater produced from the well in the same manner and at the same rate as other wells in the district.
Tex. Water Code § 11.127 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.127
§ 11.127.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.127. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: DRAINAGE PLANS. If the commission believes that the efficient operation of any existing or proposed irrigation system may be adversely affected by lack of adequate drainage facilities incident to the work proposed to be done by an applicant, the commission may require the applicant to submit to the executive director for approval plans for drainage adequate to guard against any injury which the proposed work may entail.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.402 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.402
§ 1369.402. CERTAIN FEES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan issuer or a pharmacy benefit manager may not directly or indirectly charge or hold a pharmacist or pharmacy responsible for a fee for any step of or component or mechanism related to the claim adjudication process, including:

(1) the adjudication of a pharmacy benefit claim;

(2) the processing or transmission of a pharmacy benefit claim;

(3) the development or management of a claim processing or adjudication network; or

(4) participation in a claim processing or adjudication network.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 9.04 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 9 / Section 9.04
§ 9.04. SUIT UPON BOND.
Status: in_force

Any such bond, upon the breach thereof, may be sued upon by the district or county attorney, in the name of the State of Texas, within two years after such breach, and not afterwards; and such suits shall be governed by the same rules as civil actions.
Tex. Property Code § 112.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.003
§ 112.003. CONSIDERATION.
Status: in_force

Consideration is not required for the creation of a trust. A promise to create a trust in the future is enforceable only if the requirements for an enforceable contract are present.
Tex. Government Code § 4004.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.002
§ 4004.002. CERTAIN DISPLAYS OR ADVERTISEMENT OF REGISTRATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Except as expressly provided by this title, a dealer, agent, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative may not by public display or advertisement use the fact that the person is registered under this title, the person's registration certificate or evidence of registration, or a certified copy of the certificate or evidence of registration in connection with any sale or effort to sell any security or any rendering of services as an investment adviser.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.304
§ 1052.304. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved.

(b) If a majority of the votes in the election do not favor dissolution, the board shall continue to administer the district and another election on the question of dissolution may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election on the question of dissolution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4016.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4016 / Section 4016.0301
§ 4016.0301. 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. Government Code § 403.209 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.209
§ 403.209. SUBMISSION OF PROTEST PAYMENTS TO COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer who receives payments of taxes or fees made under protest as required by Section 403.202 shall each day send to the comptroller the payments, a list of the persons making the payments, and a written statement that the payments were made under protest.

(b) The comptroller shall deposit each payment made under protest in the General Revenue Fund or to the fund or funds to which the tax or fee is allocated by law.

(c) The comptroller or the officer who receives a payment made under protest, if designated by the comptroller, shall maintain detailed records of the payment made under protest.

(d) For purposes of a tax or fee paid under protest under this subchapter, the interest to be credited on the tax or fee is an amount equal to the amount of interest that would have been earned by the tax or fee if the tax or fee had been deposited into the suspense account of the comptroller.
Tex. Government Code § 2251.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2251 / Section 2251.001
§ 2251.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, in this chapter:

(1) "Distribution date" means:

(A) if no payment law prohibits the comptroller from issuing a warrant, the date the comptroller makes the warrant available:

(i) for mailing directly to its payee under Section 2155.382(c); or

(ii) to the state agency that requested issuance of the warrant;

(B) if no payment law prohibits the comptroller from initiating an electronic funds transfer, the date the comptroller initiates the transfer;

(C) if a payment law prohibits the comptroller from issuing a warrant, the date the comptroller would have made the warrant available, in the absence of the payment law:

(i) for mailing directly to its payee under Section 2155.382(c); or

(ii) to the state agency that requested issuance of the warrant; or

(D) if a payment law prohibits the comptroller from initiating an electronic funds transfer, the date the comptroller would have made the warrant prepared under Section 403.0552(b) available, in the absence of the payment law:

(i) for mailing directly to its payee under Section 2155.382(c); or

(ii) to the state agency that requested initiation of the transfer.

(2) "Goods" includes supplies, materials, or equipment.

(3) "Governmental entity" means a state agency or political subdivision of this state.

(4) "Payment" means money owed to a vendor.

(5) "Payment law" means:

(A) Section 57.48 or 57.482, Education Code;

(B) Section 231.007, Family Code;

(C) Section 403.055 or 2107.008; or

(D) any similar statute.

(6) "Political subdivision" means:

(A) a county;

(B) a municipality;

(C) a public school district; or

(D) a special-purpose district or authority.

(7) "Service" includes gas and water utility service.

(8) "State agency" means:

(A) a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government that is created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a river authority and an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;

(B) the legislature or a legislative agency; or

(C) the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, a court of appeals, a state judicial agency, or the State Bar of Texas.

(9) "Subcontractor" means a person who contracts with a vendor to work or contribute toward completing work for a governmental entity. The term does not include a state agency. The term includes an officer or employee of a state agency when the officer or employee contracts with a vendor in a private capacity.

(10) "Vendor" means a person who supplies goods or a service to a governmental entity or another person directed by the entity. The term does not include a state agency, except for Texas Correctional Industries. The term includes an officer or employee of a state agency when acting in a private capacity to supply goods or a service.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 127.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 127 / Section 127.001
§ 127.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agreement pertaining to a well for oil, gas, or water or to a mine for a mineral":

(A) means:

(i) a written or oral agreement or understanding concerning the rendering of well or mine services; or

(ii) an agreement to perform a part of those services or an act collateral to those services, including furnishing or renting equipment, incidental transportation, or other goods and services furnished in connection with the services; but

(B) does not include a joint operating agreement.

(2) "Joint operating agreement" means an agreement between or among holders of working interests or operating rights for the joint exploration, development, operation, or production of minerals.

(3) "Mutual indemnity obligation" means an indemnity obligation in an agreement pertaining to a well for oil, gas, or water or to a mine for a mineral in which the parties agree to indemnify each other and each other's contractors and their employees against loss, liability, or damages arising in connection with bodily injury, death, and damage to property of the respective employees, contractors or their employees, and invitees of each party arising out of or resulting from the performance of the agreement.

(4) "Well or mine service":

(A) includes:

(i) drilling, deepening, reworking, repairing, improving, testing, treating, perforating, acidizing, logging, conditioning, purchasing, gathering, storing, or transporting oil, brine water, fresh water, produced water, condensate, petroleum products, or other liquid commodities, or otherwise rendering services in connection with a well drilled to produce or dispose of oil, gas, other minerals or water; and

(ii) designing, excavating, constructing, improving, or otherwise rendering services in connection with a mine shaft, drift, or other structure intended for use in exploring for or producing a mineral; but

(B) does not include:

(i) purchasing, selling, gathering, storing, or transporting gas or natural gas liquids by pipeline or fixed associated facilities; or

(ii) construction, maintenance, or repair of oil, natural gas liquids, or gas pipelines or fixed associated facilities.

(5) "Wild well" means a well from which the escape of oil or gas is not intended and cannot be controlled by equipment used in normal drilling practice.

(6) "Unilateral indemnity obligation" means an indemnity obligation in an agreement pertaining to a well for oil, gas, or water or to a mine for a mineral in which one of the parties as indemnitor agrees to indemnify the other party as indemnitee with respect to claims for personal injury or death to the indemnitor's employees or agents or to the employees or agents of the indemnitor's contractors but in which the indemnitee does not make a reciprocal indemnity to the indemnitor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 324.098 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 324 / Section 324.098
§ 324.098. BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES.
Status: in_force

(a) If funds are not available to pay the principal of or interest on bonds issued by the district or to pay other obligations of the district, the board may declare an emergency and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes to borrow the money needed. The bond anticipation notes may bear interest at a rate that does not exceed the maximum rate provided by Chapter 1204, Government Code, and must mature within one year after their date of issuance.

(b) Bond anticipation notes may also be issued for any purpose for which bonds of the district have been voted or to refund previously issued bond anticipation notes.

(c) Bond anticipation notes issued under this section must be authorized by resolution of the board, subject to approval by the commissioners court under Section 324.045, and must be executed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5002.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5002 / Section 5002.203
§ 5002.203. DESIGNATION OF REINVESTMENT ZONE.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Subchapters B and C, Chapter 312, Tax Code, the district may submit a written request to the commissioners court of a county in which a property owned by the district is located for the commissioners court to designate the property as a reinvestment zone for the purposes of Chapter 312, Tax Code. The commissioners court may designate the property as a reinvestment zone if the commissioners court finds the criteria set forth in Section 312.202, Tax Code, are met for the property as if a municipality in which the property is located were creating the zone.

(b) The commissioners court may execute a tax abatement agreement with the owner of a leasehold interest in tax-exempt real property or property owned by the district located in a reinvestment zone designated under this subchapter to exempt all or a portion of the value of the leasehold interest in the real property. The court may execute a tax abatement agreement with the owners of tangible personal property or an improvement located on tax-exempt real property or property owned by the district that is located in a reinvestment zone designated under this subchapter to exempt all or a portion of the value of the tangible personal property or improvement located on the real property.

(c) The other terms of an agreement entered into under this section are governed by Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8383.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8383 / Section 8383.202
§ 8383.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Education Code § 51.704 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.704
§ 51.704. FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The fund for the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences is created as a special fund in the state treasury.

(b) The fund consists of:

(1) appropriations; and

(2) grants from industry and other sources.

(c) For each biennium the legislature may appropriate to the fund an amount equal to the amount of donations received from private sources for the biennium, not to exceed $2 million per biennium.

(d) The comptroller shall administer the fund until the center is located in Texas.

(e) The comptroller may accept grants for the purpose of the fund.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 146.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 146 / Section 146.003
§ 146.003. REGISTER OF SHIPPED CATTLE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commander or agent of a vessel or the agent of a railroad on which cattle are exported from this state shall keep a register of all cattle shipped, showing:

(1) the marks, brands, and a general description of the animals;

(2) the name of the person shipping the animals;

(3) the date of shipment; and

(4) the county from which the cattle were driven.

(b) On the first day of each month, the commander or agent shall deposit the register with the county clerk of the county from which the cattle were shipped. The clerk shall copy the register into records maintained for that purpose and return it to the party recording the information.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.284 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.284
§ 161.284. APPRAISAL AND TITLE.
Status: in_force

The board shall have an appraisal of the property made as it considers necessary to determine the value and, before consummating the purchase, shall satisfy itself regarding the title as provided in Section 161.214 of this code. The board may by rule require an on-site meeting between the appraiser and the veteran.