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Tex. Water Code § 5.272 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.272
§ 5.272. PUBLIC INTEREST COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

The office shall be headed by a public interest counsel appointed by the commission. The executive director may submit the names and qualifications of candidates for public interest counsel to the commission.
Tex. Family Code § 157.106 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.106
§ 157.106. CASH BOND AS SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the respondent has posted a cash bond and is found to be in arrears in the payment of court-ordered child support, the court shall order that the proceeds of the cash bond be paid to the child support obligee or to a person designated by the court, not to exceed the amount of child support arrearages determined to exist.

(b) This section applies without regard to whether the respondent appears at the hearing.
Tex. Education Code § 66.79 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 66 / Section 66.79
§ 66.79. PAYMENT OF ROYALTY IN KIND.
Status: in_force

(a) An oil or gas royalty due under a lease on university lands shall be paid in kind at the discretion of the board.

(b) The option to take royalty in kind or to take cash royalties may be exercised by the board at any time or from time to time on not less than 60 days' notice to the lessee.

(c) The board shall enter into contracts or other instruments or agreements to dispose of the portion of the royalty taken in kind, which may include contracts for sale, transportation, or storage of the oil or gas. The commissioner shall execute contracts approved by the board under this section that are consistent with applicable law.

(d) The board of regents may enter into insurance contracts or other agreements to secure or guarantee payment of contracts or other instruments or agreements to dispose of the portion of the royalty taken in kind, including contracts for sale, transportation, and storage.

(e) If the board has elected to take royalty in kind, the board may elect that delivery of the correct amount of oil or gas shall be at the wellhead, at the oil and gas separator, into a pipeline connected at the well, or at such other location as may be specified in a royalty in kind provision in the lease or other agreement. Such delivery by the lessee shall satisfy the lessee's obligation for payment of the royalty due under the lease. This section shall not be construed to surrender or in any way affect the right of the board of regents under existing or future leases to receive royalty on the basis of market value of production not taken in kind.
Tex. Water Code § 63.256 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.256
§ 63.256. SALE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the bonds are registered, the chairman of the commission shall offer them for sale and shall sell the bonds on the best terms and for the best price possible.

(b) As the bonds are sold, the money received for them shall be paid to the district depository to the credit of the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.054 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.054
§ 45A.054. FILING BY MAIL.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of this chapter, a document is considered timely filed with the clerk of a justice or municipal court if:

(1) the document is deposited with the United States Postal Service in a first class postage prepaid envelope properly addressed to the clerk on or before the date the document is required to be filed with the clerk; and

(2) the clerk receives the document not later than the 10th day after the date the document is required to be filed with the clerk.

(b) A legible postmark affixed by the United States Postal Service is prima facie evidence of the date the document is deposited with the United States Postal Service.

(c) In this article, "day" does not include Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday.
Tex. Government Code § 476.0103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 476 / Section 476.0103
§ 476.0103. STATE TAX REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time the endorsing municipality deposits to the trust fund its hotel occupancy tax revenue under Section 476.0102(a), the comptroller, at the direction of the office, shall transfer to the trust fund a portion of the state tax revenue determined under Section 476.0051(a)(1) in an amount equal to 6.25 multiplied by the amount of that municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue.

(b) At the time the comptroller deposits to the trust fund the municipal sales and use tax revenue under Section 476.0102(b), the comptroller, at the direction of the office, shall transfer to the trust fund a portion of the state tax revenue determined under Section 476.0051(a)(1) in an amount equal to 6.25 multiplied by the amount of that municipal sales and use tax revenue.

(c) The comptroller shall discontinue transferring to the trust fund any state tax revenue determined under Section 476.0051(a)(1) on the earlier of:

(1) the end of the third calendar month following the month in which the closing event of the games occurs; or

(2) the date the amount of state revenue in the trust fund equals 86 percent of the maximum amount of municipal and state tax revenue that may be transferred or deposited to the trust fund under Section 476.0104.
Tex. Labor Code § 413.0311 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 413 / Section 413.0311
§ 413.0311. REVIEW OF MEDICAL NECESSITY DISPUTES; CONTESTED CASE HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to an appeal of an independent review organization decision regarding determination of the medical necessity for a health care service.

(b) A party to a medical dispute described by Subsection (a) is entitled to a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing under this section shall be conducted by an administrative law judge in the manner provided for contested case hearings under Subchapter D, Chapter 410. Notwithstanding Section 410.024, a benefit review conference is not a prerequisite to a contested case hearing under this section.

(c) The decision of an administrative law judge under this section is final in the absence of a timely appeal by a party for judicial review under Subsection (d).

(d) A party who has exhausted all administrative remedies under Section 413.031 and this section and who is aggrieved by a final decision of the administrative law judge under Subsection (c) may seek judicial review of the decision. Judicial review under this subsection shall be conducted in the manner provided for judicial review of a contested case under Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code, except that the party seeking judicial review under this section must file suit not later than the 45th day after the date on which the division mailed the party the decision of the administrative law judge. For purposes of this subsection, the mailing date is considered to be the fifth day after the date the decision of the administrative law judge was filed with the division.

(e) The division and the department are not considered to be parties to the medical dispute for purposes of this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 258.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 258 / Section 258.001
§ 258.001. CLARIFICATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN ROAD.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Chapter 281, a county may clarify the existence of a public interest in a road as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 148.069 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 148 / Section 148.069
§ 148.069. PURCHASE OF SLAUGHTERED CATTLE WITHOUT HIDE OR EARS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person purchases slaughtered cattle in violation of Section 148.045 of this code.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.317 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.317
§ 200.317. CONTRACTS OR TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INTERESTED TRUST MANAGERS AND OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a contract or transaction between a real estate investment trust and:

(1) one or more trust managers or officers, or one or more affiliates or associates of one or more directors or officers, of the trust; or

(2) an entity or other organization in which one or more trust managers or officers, or one or more affiliates or associates of one or more directors or officers, of the trust:

(A) is a managerial official; or

(B) has a financial interest.

(b) An otherwise valid and enforceable contract or transaction described by Subsection (a) is valid and enforceable, and is not void or voidable, notwithstanding any relationship or interest described by Subsection (a), if any one of the following conditions is satisfied:

(1) the material facts as to the relationship or interest described by Subsection (a) and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed to or known by:

(A) the trust managers or a committee of the trust managers, and the trust managers or committee of the trust managers in good faith authorize the contract or transaction by the approval of the majority of disinterested trust managers or committee members, regardless of whether the disinterested trust managers or committee members constitute a quorum; or

(B) the shareholders entitled to vote on the authorization of the contract or transaction, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by a vote of the shareholders; or

(2) the contract or transaction is fair to the real estate investment trust when the contract or transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified by the trust managers, a committee of the trust managers, or the shareholders.

(c) Common or interested trust managers may be included in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the trust managers, or a committee of the trust managers, that authorizes the contract or transaction.

(d) A person who has the relationship or interest described by Subsection (a) may:

(1) be present at or participate in and, if the person is a trust manager or committee member, may vote at a meeting of the trust managers, or of a committee of the trust managers, that authorizes the contract or transaction; or

(2) sign, in the person's capacity as a trust manager or committee member, a unanimous written consent of the trust managers or committee members to authorize the contract or transaction.

(e) If at least one of the conditions of Subsection (b) is satisfied, neither the trust nor any of the trust's shareholders will have a cause of action against any of the persons described by Subsection (a) for breach of duty with respect to the making, authorization, or performance of the contract or transaction because the person had the relationship or interest described by Subsection (a) or took any of the actions authorized by Subsection (d).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 593 / Section 593.011
§ 593.011. FEES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall charge reasonable fees to cover the costs of services provided to nonindigent persons.

(b) The department shall provide services free of charge to indigent persons.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.013 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.013
§ 63.013. INFORMATION TO CLEARINGHOUSE.
Status: in_force

Each law enforcement agency shall provide to the missing children and missing persons information clearinghouse:

(1) any information that would assist in the location or identification of any missing child who has been reported to the agency as missing; and

(2) any information regarding an attempted child abduction that has been reported to the agency or that the agency has received from any person or another agency.
Tex. Education Code § 74.103 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.103
§ 74.103. GIFTS AND GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept and administer, on terms and conditions satisfactory to it, grants and gifts tendered to it in aid of research and teaching at the medical school. The board may also accept from the federal government or any foundation, trust fund, corporation, or individual donations, gifts, and grants, including real estate, buildings, libraries, laboratories, apparatus, equipment, records, and leases, for the exclusive use and benefit of the medical school.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.758 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.758
§ 2306.758. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall solicit gifts and grants to make loans under this subchapter.

(b) The department may also make loans under this subchapter from:

(1) available funds in the housing trust fund established under Section 2306.201; and

(2) federal block grants that may be used for the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) In a state fiscal year, the department may use not more than 10 percent of the revenue available for purposes of this subchapter to enhance the ability of tax-exempt organizations described by Section 2306.755(a) to implement the purposes of this chapter and to enhance the number of such organizations that are able to implement those purposes. The department shall use that available revenue to provide financial assistance, technical training, and management support for the purposes of this subsection.

(d) All money received by the department as part of the owner-builder loan program under this subchapter, including any amount received by the department for payment of the principal of or interest on a loan made under this subchapter, shall be deposited in the housing trust fund established under Section 2306.201 to be used to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. If the money to be received by the department for a state fiscal year for payment of the principal of or interest on a loan made under this subchapter is less than $3 million for a state fiscal year, the department shall use any available source of money in the housing trust fund to ensure that not less than $3 million is used for the owner-builder loan program each state fiscal year.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 221.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 221 / Section 221.016
§ 221.016. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Articles of incorporation may be amended to contain any provision that is lawful under this chapter if the sponsoring entity's governing body by appropriate resolution determines that the amendment is advisable and authorizes or directs that an amendment be made.

(b) The development corporation's president or vice-president and secretary or assistant secretary, or the presiding officer and the secretary or clerk of the sponsoring entity's governing body, shall execute articles of amendment on behalf of the development corporation. An officer signing the articles of amendment shall verify those articles.

(c) The articles of amendment must include:

(1) the name of the development corporation;

(2) if the amendment alters a provision of the original or amended articles of incorporation, an identification by reference or description of the altered provision and a statement of its text as amended;

(3) if the amendment is an addition to the original or amended articles of incorporation, a statement of that fact and the full text of each added provision;

(4) the name and current address of the sponsoring entity;

(5) a statement that the amendment was authorized by the governing body of the sponsoring entity; and

(6) the date of the meeting at which the governing body adopted or approved the amendment.
Tex. Transportation Code § 223.248 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 223 / Section 223.248
§ 223.248. ASSUMPTION OF RISKS AND COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department shall assume:

(1) all risks and costs associated with:

(A) changes and modifications to the scope of the project requested by the department;

(B) unknown or differing conditions at the site of the project;

(C) applicable environmental clearance and other regulatory permitting necessary for the project; and

(D) natural disasters and other force majeure events; and

(2) all costs associated with property acquisition, other than costs associated with acquiring a temporary easement or work area used for staging or constructing the project.

(b) A design-build contractor may assume some or all of the risks or costs described by Subsection (a) if the terms of the assumption are reflected in the final request for proposals, including all supplements to the request.
Tex. Election Code § 273.061 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 273 / Section 273.061
§ 273.061. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme court or a court of appeals may issue a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of any duty imposed by law in connection with the holding of an election or a political party convention, regardless of whether the person responsible for performing the duty is a public officer.

(b) The court of criminal appeals may issue a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of any duty imposed by law in connection with the provision, sequestration, transfer, or impoundment of evidence in or records relating to a criminal investigation conducted under this code or conducted in connection with the conduct of an election or political party convention. If a writ of mandamus is issued under this subsection, it shall include an order requiring the provision, sequestration, transfer, or impoundment of the evidence or record.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 541.205 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 541 / Section 541.205
§ 541.205. LOCAL PREEMPTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter supersedes and preempts any ordinance, resolution, rule, or other regulation adopted by a political subdivision regarding the processing of personal data by a controller or processor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3795.902 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3795 / Section 3795.902
§ 3795.902. CONFLICT OF LAWS.
Status: in_force

In the event of a conflict between this subchapter and any other law, this subchapter prevails.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0206
§ 8512.0206. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this chapter or the bylaws, the board may take action by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting.

(b) The following are valid only if authorized or ratified by the affirmative vote of at least five directors:

(1) a contract that involves an amount greater than $100,000 or has a duration of more than one year;

(2) a bond or other evidence of indebtedness; or

(3) an amendment of the bylaws.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5013.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5013 / Section 5013.002
§ 5013.002. FORMER NAME OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

Before April 13, 1983, the authority was known as the Arroyo Colorado Navigation District of Cameron and Willacy Counties.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.210 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.210
§ 121.210. RECOVERY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

An administrative penalty owed under Sections 121.206-121.208 may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general at the request of the railroad commission.
Tex. Family Code § 108.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 108 / Section 108.007
§ 108.007. MICROFILM.
Status: in_force

(a) The vital statistics unit may use microfilm or other suitable means for maintaining the central record file.

(b) A certified reproduction of a document maintained by the vital statistics unit is admissible in evidence as the original document.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.406 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.406
§ 111.406. OWNERSHIP OF STOCK.
Status: in_force

A corporation interested in the proper disposition of well wastewater may purchase, own, or vote stock in a well wastewater corporation.
Tex. Education Code § 38.156 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.156
§ 38.156. REMOVAL FROM PLAY IN PRACTICE OR COMPETITION FOLLOWING CONCUSSION.
Status: in_force

A student shall be removed from an interscholastic athletics practice or competition immediately if one of the following persons believes the student might have sustained a concussion during the practice or competition:

(1) a coach;

(2) a physician;

(3) a licensed health care professional;

(4) a person licensed under Chapter 201 or 453, Occupations Code;

(5) a school nurse; or

(6) the student's parent or guardian or another person with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.001 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.001
§ 12.001. GENERAL DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall administer the laws relating to game, fish, oysters, and marine life, as set out in this code.

(b) The department may:

(1) collect and enforce the payment of all taxes, licenses, fines, and forfeitures due to the department;

(2) inspect all products required to be taxed by the laws relating to game, fish, oysters, and marine life and verify the weights and measures of the products;

(3) examine on request all streams, lakes, and ponds for the purpose of stocking with fish best suited to the locations;

(4) manage the propagation and distribution of fish in state fish hatcheries; and

(5) manage the propagation and distribution of birds and game in state reservations.
Tex. Labor Code § 306.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 306 / Section 306.001
§ 306.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

(2) "Correctional institutions division" means the correctional institutions division of the department.

(3) "Project RIO" means the project for reintegration of offenders.
Tex. Insurance Code § 845.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 845 / Section 845.101
§ 845.101. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The system is governed by a board of directors that consists of 17 members. Notwithstanding the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), appointments to the board shall be made as provided by this section.

(b) The participating hospital providers shall elect, by a majority vote of the governing bodies of the participating hospital providers, five members who represent the participating hospital providers.

(c) Twelve members shall be appointed according to the system's bylaws, including:

(1) six members who reside in the territorial jurisdictions of the participating hospital providers, including:

(A) two members who represent employers;

(B) two members who represent local government officials; and

(C) two members who represent consumers of health care services; and

(2) six members who are licensed physicians who reside and practice in the territorial jurisdictions of the participating hospital providers, including at least three members who perform the general practice of medicine as their professional practice.

(d) Appointments to the board under Subsection (c) shall be made in a manner that provides representation for the territorial jurisdictions of all participating hospital providers.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2651.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2651 / Section 2651.055
§ 2651.055. LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) On or before the expiration date of a license issued under this subchapter, a title insurance company may renew the license by:

(1) certifying to the department each county and address at which the company operates the abstract plant for each license to be renewed;

(2) filing a completed renewal application; and

(3) paying a nonrefundable license renewal fee for each license.

(b) The department shall provide the forms used under this section.

(c) The department shall prescribe the license renewal fee in an amount not to exceed $50.

(d) If a license has been expired for 90 days or less, the license holder may renew the license by paying to the department the required nonrefundable renewal fee and a nonrefundable fee equal to one-half of the original license fee.

(e) If a license has been expired for more than 90 days, the license may not be renewed.