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Tex. Insurance Code § 841.401 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.401
§ 841.401. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the establishment of domestic limited purpose subsidiary life insurance companies to enable those companies to support excess reserves for certain life insurance policies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8092.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8092 / Section 8092.0104
§ 8092.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8092.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 223.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 223 / Section 223.007
§ 223.007. TAX REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A title insurance company liable for the tax imposed by this chapter must file annually with the comptroller a tax report on a form prescribed by the comptroller.

(b) The tax report is due on the date the tax is due under Section 223.006(a).
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.204 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.204
§ 1103.204. FULFILLMENT OF EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "real estate-related financial transaction" means a transaction involving:

(1) selling, leasing, purchasing, exchanging, investing in, or financing real property or an interest in real property;

(2) refinancing real property or an interest in real property; or

(3) using real property or an interest in real property as security for a loan or investment, including a mortgage-backed security.

(b) This chapter does not limit the amount of time in which an applicant for a certificate or license is required to satisfy the education requirements under this subchapter.

(c) The board shall give an applicant for a certificate or license credit toward fulfilling the requirements of Section 1103.202(2) for classroom hours taken in the course of becoming licensed as a real estate broker or sales agent or for professional development or continuing education courses taken, whether the classroom hours or courses are taken by a person as a real estate broker or sales agent or as an employee of a financial institution engaged in real estate-related financial transactions, if the classroom hours or courses satisfy the requirements established by the guidelines recognized by the Appraiser Qualifications Board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1958.056 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1958 / Section 1958.056
§ 1958.056. INSPECTIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) The department shall conduct inspections as necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 1.25(26), eff. September 1, 2021.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.001
§ 501.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Certificate of Title Act.
Tex. Government Code § 782.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 782 / Section 782.004
§ 782.004. CREATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate a geographical area in the state as a cultural basin if:

(1) there is a commonality within the area, based on cultural, historical, and economic factors;

(2) the areas of commonality within the proposed cultural basin are contiguous; and

(3) state planning regions may be used as building blocks for the formation of the cultural basin.

(b) The governor shall designate no fewer than four and no more than seven cultural basins.

(c) Each of three major metropolitan areas should be in separate cultural basins.
Tex. Estates Code § 358.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 358 / Section 358.054
§ 358.054. NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 10 days before the date set for the hearing on a lease application filed under Section 358.052, excluding the date of notice and the date set for the hearing, the personal representative shall give notice of the hearing by:

(1) publishing the notice in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proceeding is pending; or

(2) if there is no newspaper described by Subdivision (1), posting the notice or having the notice posted.

(b) If notice is published, the date of notice is the date printed on the newspaper.

(c) The notice must:

(1) be dated;

(2) be directed to all persons interested in the estate;

(3) state the date on which the lease application was filed;

(4) describe briefly the property sought to be leased, specifying the fractional interest sought to be leased if less than the entire interest in the tract or tracts identified; and

(5) state the time and place designated by the judge for the hearing.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.310 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.310
§ 13.310. RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may receive and spend federal money allocated to the state for any project established to develop outdoor recreation resources under this subchapter and for administrative and other expenses incident to the administration of these projects.

(b) The department may receive and expend funds from the state, a county, a city, or any other source for the development of outdoor recreation resources under this subchapter.

(c) The department shall deposit all funds received for the development of outdoor recreation resources in the state treasury to the credit of the state land and water conservation account, the Texas recreation and parks account, the large county and municipality recreation and parks account, or the state parks account.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987 / Section 7987.107
§ 7987.107. DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING AGREEMENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

After the district's board is organized, but before the district may undertake any improvement project, impose taxes or fees, or issue bonds or otherwise borrow money, the district must become a party to and assume all applicable obligations, requirements, and limitations in the development agreement entered into between the city and the owner or owners of a majority of land in the district, including any limitation imposed by the city.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3927.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3927 / Section 3927.154
§ 3927.154. METHOD OF NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

The district may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail. The board shall determine the method of mailing notice.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.354 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.354
§ 457.354. WITHDRAWAL ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An election to withdraw from an authority must be held on the first applicable uniform election date occurring after the expiration of 12 calendar months after the date the governing body orders the election.

(b) The governing body shall give notice of the election to the board, the department, and the comptroller immediately on calling the election.

(c) At the election, the ballots shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Shall the (name of authority) be continued in (name of unit of election)?"

(d) If a majority of the votes received on the measure in an election favor the proposition, the authority continues in the unit of election.

(e) If less than a majority of the votes received on the measure in the election favor the proposition, the authority ceases in the unit of election on the day after the date of the canvass of the election.

(f) On the effective date of a withdrawal from an authority:

(1) the authority shall cease providing transportation services in the withdrawn unit of election; and

(2) the financial obligations of the authority attributable to the withdrawn unit of election cease to accrue.

(g) Withdrawal from an authority does not affect the right of the authority to travel through the territory of the unit of election to provide service to a unit of election that is a part of the authority.
Tex. Estates Code § 360.103 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 360 / Section 360.103
§ 360.103. EXPENSES OF PARTITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The distributees shall pay the expense of the estate's partition pro rata.

(b) The portion of the estate allotted to a distributee is liable for the distributee's portion of the partition expense, and, if not paid, the court may order execution for the expense in the names of the persons entitled to payment of the expense.
Tex. Water Code § 7.256 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.256
§ 7.256. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

If a person can establish that an act or event that otherwise would be a violation of a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted or an order or permit issued by the commission under such a statute was caused solely by compliance with the general duty clause of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. Section 654), the act or event is not a violation of that statute, rule, order, or permit.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 71.031 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 71 / Section 71.031
§ 71.031. ACT OR OMISSION OUT OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) An action for damages for the death or personal injury of a citizen of this state, of the United States, or of a foreign country may be enforced in the courts of this state, although the wrongful act, neglect, or default causing the death or injury takes place in a foreign state or country, if:

(1) a law of the foreign state or country or of this state gives a right to maintain an action for damages for the death or injury;

(2) the action is begun in this state within the time provided by the laws of this state for beginning the action;

(3) for a resident of a foreign state or country, the action is begun in this state within the time provided by the laws of the foreign state or country in which the wrongful act, neglect, or default took place; and

(4) in the case of a citizen of a foreign country, the country has equal treaty rights with the United States on behalf of its citizens.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), all matters pertaining to procedure in the prosecution or maintenance of the action in the courts of this state are governed by the law of this state.

(c) The court shall apply the rules of substantive law that are appropriate under the facts of the case.
Tex. Transportation Code § 252.302 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 252 / Section 252.302
§ 252.302. ORGANIZATION OF SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The county road department is responsible for the construction and maintenance of county roads.

(b) The county road department includes:

(1) the commissioners court as the policy-making body;

(2) the county road engineer as the chief executive officer;

(3) other administrative personnel; and

(4) road employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.057
§ 8845.057. VOTE REQUIRED FOR OFFICIAL BOARD ACTION.
Status: in_force

An official action of the board is not valid without the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors.
Tex. Water Code § 49.225 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.225
§ 49.225. LEASES.
Status: in_force

A district may lease any of its property, real or personal, to any person. The lease may contain the terms and provisions that the board determines to be advantageous to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.190 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.190
§ 361.190. CHANGE IN USE OF LISTED FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) After the listing of a facility on the state registry, a person may not substantially change the manner in which the facility is used without notifying the executive director and receiving written approval of the executive director for the change.

(b) A substantial change in use shall be defined by rule and shall include actions such as the erection of a building or other structure at the facility, the use of the facility for agricultural production, the paving of the facility for use as a roadway or parking lot, and the creation of a park or other public or private recreational use on the facility.

(c) The notice must be in writing, addressed to the executive director, sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, and include a brief description of the proposed change in use.

(d) The executive director shall approve or disapprove the proposed action within 60 days after the date of receipt of the notice of proposed change in use. The executive director may not approve the proposed change in use if the new use will significantly interfere with a proposed, ongoing, or completed remedial action program at a facility or expose the public health and safety or the environment to a significantly increased threat of harm.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 32.09 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 32 / Section 32.09
§ 32.09. TEMPORARY MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The manager or other person in charge of the club premises may allow a person to enter the club if he possesses a valid temporary membership card which has no erasures or changes and which has the temporary dates in a prominent position on the card. A temporary member may enjoy the club's services and privileges for a period of not more than three days per invitation. A temporary member may bring not more than three guests to the club and must remain in their presence while they are at the club.

(b) At the time of his admission the temporary member shall pay the club a fee of $3, which shall represent the fee payable by the permittee to the state. All fees and payments from temporary members shall be collected in cash or through credit cards approved by the commission or administrator.

(c) Temporary memberships shall be governed by rules promulgated by the commission consistent with the provisions of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 552.403 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.403
§ 552.403. SPECIAL RIGHT OF ACCESS FOR MEMBER OF GOVERNING BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the governing board of a governmental body or nongovernmental entity may inspect, duplicate, or inspect and duplicate public information maintained by the governmental body or the nongovernmental entity if the member is acting in the member's official capacity.

(b) Public information requested under this section shall be provided to the member promptly and without charge.

(c) If requested by the member, public information requested under this section that is confidential under law shall be redacted from the information provided to the member without charge.

(d) Information subject to attorney-client privilege is not subject to disclosure to a member of a governing board under this section unless the attorney-client relationship upon which the privilege is based applies to the member. A governmental body or nongovernmental entity shall inform the member if information responsive to a request made under Subsection (a) is withheld under this subsection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8172.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8172 / Section 8172.101
§ 8172.101. 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 § 7937A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7937A / Section 7937A.0106
§ 7937A.0106. 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.104
§ 1063.104. HEALTH CARE OR HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall provide for:

(1) the establishment of a health care or hospital system by:

(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and

(B) equipping the buildings; and

(2) the administration of the system for health care or hospital purposes.

(b) The health care or hospital system may include:

(1) domiciliary care and treatment of the sick, injured, or geriatric;

(2) hospitals;

(3) outpatient clinics;

(4) dispensaries;

(5) convalescent home facilities;

(6) necessary nurses;

(7) domiciliaries and training centers;

(8) blood banks;

(9) community mental health centers;

(10) research centers or laboratories;

(11) ambulance services; and

(12) any other facilities the board considers necessary for health or hospital care.
Tex. Government Code § 2206.154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2206 / Section 2206.154
§ 2206.154. REPORTING OF INFORMATION TO COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (b-1), not later than February 1 of each year, an entity described by Section 2206.151 shall submit to the comptroller a report containing records and other information specified by this subchapter for the purpose of providing the comptroller with information to maintain the eminent domain database under Section 2206.153. The entity shall submit the report in a form and in the manner prescribed by the comptroller.

(b) An entity described by Section 2206.151 created on or after September 1, 2015, is not required to submit the entity's initial report under Subsection (a) before the 180th day after the date of the entity's creation.

(b-1) A political subdivision described by Subsection (b-2) is required to file an annual report under Subsection (a) only if the political subdivision's eminent domain authority information has changed from the information reported in the most recent report filed by the political subdivision under this section. If for the current annual reporting period the political subdivision's eminent domain authority information is the same as the information reflected for the political subdivision in the eminent domain database for the previous annual reporting period, the political subdivision, not later than February 1 of the current annual reporting period, shall confirm the accuracy of the information by electronically updating the political subdivision's previously filed report with the comptroller in the manner prescribed by the comptroller.

(b-2) Subsection (b-1) applies to the following political subdivisions:

(1) a public school district located in a county with a population of less than 25,000;

(2) a municipality or county with a population of less than 25,000; or

(3) a district created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, with a population of less than 25,000.

(c) In addition to the annual report required under Subsection (a), an entity described by Section 2206.151 shall report to the comptroller any changes to the entity's eminent domain authority information reported under this section not later than the 90th day after the date on which the change occurred.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2206.205 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2206 / Section 2206.205
§ 2206.205. IMMUNITY FROM CERTAIN LIABILITIES.
Status: in_force

A board member or board employee is not liable:

(1) with respect to a claim or judgment for which coverage is provided by the pool; or

(2) for a claim or judgment made against a school district or junior college district covered by the pool.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.301 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 5 / Section 5.301
§ 5.301. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies to service of process, notice, or demand on a series of a domestic limited liability company or a series of a foreign entity.

(b) For purposes of this subchapter, a reference to a "series" is intended to be a reference to a protected series or registered series of a domestic limited liability company or to a series of a foreign entity that has the power to sue or be sued as a separate series under the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign entity.
Tex. Occupations Code § 554.010 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 554 / Section 554.010
§ 554.010. PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may commission as a peace officer to enforce this subtitle an employee who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(b) An employee commissioned as a peace officer under this subtitle has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace officer while carrying out duties as a peace officer under this subtitle.
Tex. Estates Code § 252.104 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 252 / Section 252.104
§ 252.104. NOTICE AND DELIVERY OF WILL TO EXECUTOR.
Status: in_force

If a county clerk inspects a will under Section 252.103 and the will names an executor, the clerk shall:

(1) notify the person named as executor that the will is on deposit with the clerk; and

(2) deliver, on request, the will to the person named as executor.
Tex. Transportation Code § 66.082 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 66 / Section 66.082
§ 66.082. PILOT LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A pilot is not liable directly or as a member of an organization of pilots for any claim that:

(1) arises from an act or omission of another pilot or organization of pilots; and

(2) relates directly or indirectly to pilot services.
Tex. Education Code § 38.213 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.213
§ 38.213. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school may accept gifts, grants, donations, and federal and local funds to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6902.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6902 / Section 6902.153
§ 6902.153. DISTRICT MONEY.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, hold, use, and dispose of its money from any source.
Tex. Government Code § 540A.0107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.0107
§ 540A.0107.
Status: in_force

Sec. 540A.0107. MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR: VEHICLE ACCESSIBILITY. For purposes of this subchapter and notwithstanding Section 2402.111(a)(2)(A), Occupations Code, a motor vehicle operator who provides a service under this subchapter may use a wheelchair-accessible vehicle equipped with a lift or ramp that is capable of transporting a passenger using a fixed-frame wheelchair in the cabin of the vehicle if the vehicle otherwise meets the requirements of Section 2402.111, Occupations Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.005 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.005
§ 134.005. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to the extraction of coal:

(1) by a landowner for the landowner's own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by the landowner; or

(2) incidental to federal, state, or local government-financed highway or other construction under commission rules.

(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not exempt the noncommercial production of coal by in situ distillation or retorting, leaching, or another chemical or physical process or preparation.

(c) This chapter does not apply to surface coal mining and reclamation operations in existence before August 3, 1977.