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Tex. Education Code § 51.173 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.173
§ 51.173. BONDS AS LEGAL INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for all banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies of all kinds and types, fiduciaries, trustees, and guardians, and for all interest and sinking funds and other public funds of the State of Texas, and all agencies, subdivisions, and instrumentalities thereof, including all counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, and all other kinds and types of districts, public agencies, and bodies politic. The bonds are eligible and lawful security for all deposits of public funds of the State of Texas and all agencies, subdivisions, and instrumentalities thereof, including all counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, and all other kinds and types of districts, public agencies, and bodies politic, to the extent of the market value of the bonds, when accompanied by any unmatured interest coupons appurtenant to them.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.001 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.001
§ 152.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Event of withdrawal" or "withdrawal" means an event specified by Section 152.501(b).

(2) "Event requiring a winding up" means an event specified by Section 11.051 or 11.057.

(3) "Foreign limited liability partnership" means a partnership that:

(A) is foreign; and

(B) has the status of a limited liability partnership pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction of formation.

(4) "Other partnership provisions" means the provisions of Chapters 151 and 154 and Title 1 to the extent applicable to partnerships.

(5) "Transfer" includes:

(A) an assignment;

(B) a conveyance;

(C) a lease;

(D) a mortgage;

(E) a deed;

(F) an encumbrance; and

(G) the creation of a security interest.

(6) "Withdrawn partner" means a partner with respect to whom an event of withdrawal has occurred.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8856.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8856 / Section 8856.104
§ 8856.104. WELL SPACING RULES; EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district shall exempt from the well spacing requirements adopted by the district any well that is completed on or before the effective date of those requirements.

(b) The district may provide by rule that a well may lose its exemption under this section if the well is modified in a manner that substantially increases the capacity of the well after the effective date of the well spacing requirements adopted by the district.

(c) Except as provided by this section and notwithstanding Section 8856.103, the district may require any well or class of wells exempt from permitting under Chapter 36, Water Code, to comply with the well spacing requirements adopted by the district. The district shall apply well spacing requirements uniformly to any well or class of wells based on the size or capacity of the well and without regard to the type of use of the groundwater produced by the well.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 23.07 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 23 / Section 23.07
§ 23.07. PURCHASE AND SALE OF VINTAGE DISTILLED SPIRITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a local distributor's permit may purchase vintage distilled spirits from a vintage distilled spirits seller.

(b) A vintage distilled spirits seller may sell to the holder of a local distributor's permit, for each permitted premises, not more than 24 containers of vintage distilled spirits during any 12-month period.

(c) The holder of a local distributor's permit shall maintain a record of each purchase of vintage distilled spirits until the second anniversary of the date the vintage distilled spirits are purchased and provide the record to the commission on request. The record must include the following information:

(1) the permit holder's name, address, permit number, and phone number;

(2) the vintage distilled spirits seller's name, address, and phone number;

(3) the brand name and quantity of each vintage distilled spirits container purchased;

(4) the date of the purchase; and

(5) the number of containers of vintage distilled spirits the permit holder has previously purchased from the vintage distilled spirits seller and the dates of those purchases.

(d) A local distributor's permit holder may sell to the holder of a mixed beverage permit not more than six containers of vintage distilled spirits during any 12-month period.

(e) Any holder of a local distributor's permit who is injured in the permittee's business or property by a vintage distilled spirits seller by the sale of forged, adulterated, or counterfeit vintage distilled spirits to the permittee may institute suit in any district court in the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred to require enforcement by injunctive procedures and to recover triple damages plus costs of suit including reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Utilities Code § 64.201 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 64 / Section 64.201
§ 64.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "commercial mobile service provider" means a provider of commercial mobile service as defined by Section 332(d), Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq.), Federal Communications Commission rules, and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103-66).
Tex. Finance Code § 92.603 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.603
§ 92.603. CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

A member of a limited savings bank is obligated to make contributions as required in the company agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8457.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8457 / Section 8457.103
§ 8457.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.061 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 61 / Section 61.061
§ 61.061. PAYMENT RATES AND LIMITS.
Status: in_force

The payment rates and limits prescribed by Sections 61.034 and 61.035 that relate to county services apply to inpatient and outpatient hospital services a public hospital is required to provide if:

(1) the hospital cannot provide the services or emergency services that are required; and

(2) the services are provided by an entity other than the hospital.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7926A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7926A / Section 7926A.0502
§ 7926A.0502. 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. Property Code § 113.010 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.010
§ 113.010. SALE OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A trustee may contract to sell, sell and convey, or grant an option to sell real or personal property at public auction or private sale for cash or for credit or for part cash and part credit, with or without security.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.070 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.070
§ 623.070. NONAPPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to the transportation of an intermodal shipping container as defined by Section 623.401, regardless of whether the container is sealed or unsealed.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 1.103 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 1 / Section 1.103
§ 1.103. CONSTRUCTION OF TITLE TO PROMOTE ITS PURPOSES AND POLICIES; APPLICABILITY OF SUPPLEMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) This title must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:

(1) to simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;

(2) to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage and agreement of the parties; and

(3) to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.

(b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this title, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause shall supplement its provisions.
Tex. Government Code § 4005.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.014
§ 4005.014. MORTGAGES AND LIENS.
Status: in_force

The exemption provided by Section 4005.001 applies to a single transaction in which:

(1) the securities disposed of consist exclusively of notes or bonds secured by a mortgage or vendor's lien on real property or tangible personal property; and

(2) the entire mortgage or lien is sold or transferred with all of the notes or bonds secured by the mortgage or lien.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.226 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.226
§ 2001.226. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a rule or internal procedure of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or Texas Board of Criminal Justice that applies to an inmate or any other person under the custody or control of the department or to an action taken under that rule or procedure.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.042
§ 85.042. FINANCIAL RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall review periodically the financial records of a program funded with a grant under this subchapter.

(b) As a condition of accepting a grant under this subchapter, a community organization must allow the department to periodically review the financial records of that organization.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.109
§ 1062.109. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8369.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8369 / Section 8369.201
§ 8369.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 434.355 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.355
§ 434.355. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules to administer this subchapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 114.007 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 114 / Section 114.007
§ 114.007. DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Expired.

(b) The council with input from people with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders, their families, and related advocacy organizations shall address contemporary issues affecting services available to persons with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders in this state, including:

(1) successful intervention and treatment strategies, including transitioning;

(2) personnel preparation and continuing education;

(3) referral, screening, and evaluation services;

(4) day care, respite care, or residential care services;

(5) vocational and adult training programs;

(6) public awareness strategies;

(7) contemporary research;

(8) early identification strategies;

(9) family counseling and case management; and

(10) recommendations for monitoring autism service programs.

(c) The council with input from people with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders, their families, and related advocacy organizations shall advise the legislature on legislation that is needed to develop further and to maintain a statewide system of quality intervention and treatment services for all persons with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders. The council may develop and recommend legislation to the legislature or comment on pending legislation that affects those persons.

(d) The council shall identify and monitor apparent gaps in services currently available from various state agencies for persons with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders and shall advocate improvements on behalf of those persons.
Tex. Family Code § 82.042 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 82 / Section 82.042
§ 82.042. ISSUANCE OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On the filing of an application, the clerk of the court shall issue a notice of an application for a protective order and deliver the notice as directed by the applicant.

(b) On request by the applicant, the clerk of the court shall issue a separate or additional notice of an application for a protective order.
Tex. Labor Code § 61.060 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 61 / Section 61.060
§ 61.060. ORDER AFTER HEARING.
Status: in_force

After a hearing, the wage claim appeal tribunal shall enter a written order for the payment of wages that the tribunal determines to be due or for the payment of any penalty the tribunal assesses.
Tex. Labor Code § 355.008 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 355 / Section 355.008
§ 355.008. CLOSING CERTAIN FACILITIES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Neither a vending facility operated by an individual with a disability, nor a vending facility location surveyed by the commission, may be closed as a result of the transfer of state property from one agency to another, the alteration of a state building, or the reorganization of a state agency unless the commission agrees to the closing.
Tex. Labor Code § 301.061 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 301 / Section 301.061
§ 301.061. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission shall provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commission and speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the commission.

(b) The executive director shall:

(1) administer this title as provided by rules adopted by the commission;

(2) oversee and manage:

(A) the daily operation and administrative affairs of the commission; and

(B) the implementation of commission policies set by the commission;

(3) coordinate the activities of the commission staff and hold commission staff accountable for the staff's performance of its duties;

(4) determine the organization of the agency and methods of procedure of the agency in accordance with this title; and

(5) make expenditures necessary for the operation of this title.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 9.01(6).
Tex. Insurance Code § 941.354 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 941 / Section 941.354
§ 941.354. COMMISSIONER APPROVAL OF CONVERSION PLAN.
Status: in_force

On the commissioner's approval of the conversion plan and the formation of the capital stock insurance company, all assets, interests, obligations, and liabilities of the Lloyd's plan, including all outstanding policies and insurance obligations, are transferred to the capital stock insurance company, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.007 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.007
§ 62.007. STOPPING FOR SEARCH.
Status: in_force

(a) An authorized employee of the department may search the game bag, receptacle, automobile, or other vehicle if he has reason to believe that the bag, receptacle, automobile, or vehicle contains game unlawfully killed or taken.

(b) A person who refuses to allow a search or refuses to stop a vehicle when requested to do so by an authorized employee commits an offense.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 101A.058 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.058
§ 101A.058. COMPLIANCE PROGRAM; INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The institute shall establish a compliance program operating under the direction of the institute's chief compliance officer to monitor compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter and for use in reporting incidents of noncompliance to the oversight committee.

(b) The chief compliance officer or the officer's designee shall attend and observe meetings of the peer review committee and the program integration committee to ensure compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.

(c) The chief compliance officer shall submit a written report to the oversight committee confirming each grant application recommendation included on the list the program integration committee submits under Section 101A.302(a)(2) complies with the oversight committee's rules regarding grant award procedures. The report must contain all relevant information on:

(1) the peer review process for the grant application;

(2) the score the peer review committee assigns to the application;

(3) adherence to the conflict-of-interest notification and recusal process; and

(4) confirmation that a recommended grant applicant did not make any gift or grant prohibited by Section 101A.302(f).

(d) To ensure each grant recipient complies with reporting requirements included in the grant contract and the rules adopted under this chapter, the institute shall implement a system to:

(1) track the dates on which grant recipient reports are due and are received by the institute; and

(2) monitor the status of any required report a grant recipient does not timely submit to the institute.

(e) The chief compliance officer shall:

(1) monitor compliance with this section and the status of any required report a grant recipient does not timely submit to the institute; and

(2) notify the institute's general counsel and the oversight committee of a grant recipient who has not complied with the grant contract reporting requirements to allow the institute to suspend or terminate the contract as the institute determines appropriate.

(f) The chief compliance officer shall establish procedures for investigating allegations against oversight committee members, institute employees or contractors, grant applicants, or grant recipients for fraud, waste, or abuse of state resources. The procedures must include:

(1) private access to the compliance program office, such as a telephone hotline; and

(2) to the extent possible, preservation of the confidentiality of communications and the anonymity of a person who submits a compliance report related to fraud, waste, or abuse or participates in a compliance investigation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.114 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.114
§ 1451.114. SELECTION OF LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR.
Status: in_force

An insured may select a licensed professional counselor to provide the services scheduled in the health insurance policy that are within the scope of the counselor's license.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.130 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.130
§ 60.130. CONDUCT OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing on a proposed assessment may be adjourned from time to time.

(b) If a hearings examiner conducts the hearing, the examiner shall file with the board a report on the examiner's findings under Subsection (d).

(c) The board or hearings examiner shall hear and rule on all objections to a proposed assessment raised at the hearing by an owner of real property that would be subject to the assessment or on which agricultural products subject to the assessment are produced.

(d) The board or hearings examiner shall make findings relating to the:

(1) advisability of the assessment, including the purpose of the assessment;

(2) estimated cost of the assessment;

(3) area benefited by the assessment;

(4) method of assessment; and

(5) method and time for payment of the assessment.

(e) After receiving or issuing the findings required by Subsection (d), the board by order:

(1) shall:

(A) impose the assessment as a special assessment on the property or on the agricultural products; and

(B) specify the method of payment on the assessment; and

(2) may:

(A) amend a proposed assessment;

(B) require an assessment to be paid in periodic installments, including interest;

(C) require an interest charge or penalty for a failure to make timely payment; or

(D) charge an amount to cover a delinquency or collection expense.

(f) If the board orders that an assessment may be paid in periodic installments, the installments must:

(1) be in amounts sufficient to meet the annual costs of the project or service for which the assessment is imposed; and

(2) continue for the number of years required to retire the indebtedness or pay for the project or service for which the assessment is imposed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.107 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.107
§ 463.107. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The association is exempt from payment of all fees and all taxes levied by this state or a subdivision of this state, except taxes levied on property.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 103.006 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.006
§ 103.006. TRANSFER OF BILL OF COSTS.
Status: in_force

If a criminal action or proceeding is transferred from one court to another or is appealed, an officer of the court shall certify and sign a bill of costs stating the costs that have accrued and send the bill of costs to the court to which the action or proceeding is transferred or appealed.
Tex. Government Code § 1501.158 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.158
§ 1501.158. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the municipality shall impose an annual ad valorem tax sufficient to pay when due the principal of and interest on each certificate of indebtedness issued under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8886.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8886 / Section 8886.003
§ 8886.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that:

(1) the organization of the district is feasible and practicable;

(2) the land to be included in and the residents of the district will benefit from the creation of the district;

(3) there is a public necessity for the district; and

(4) the creation of the district will further the public welfare.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4012.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4012 / Section 4012.0106
§ 4012.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 307.045 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 307 / Section 307.045
§ 307.045. BONDS AS NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) All bonds issued under this chapter are negotiable instruments under Chapter 3, Business & Commerce Code.

(b) The bonds are legal investments for banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, trustees, and guardians, and for the sinking funds of municipalities, counties, school districts, and other political corporations or political subdivisions of the state.

(c) The bonds are eligible to secure the deposit of any public funds of the state or of a municipality, county, school district, or other political corporation or political subdivision of the state. The bonds are sufficient security for the deposits to the extent of their face value when accompanied by all unmatured appurtenant interest coupons.