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Tex. Occupations Code § 153.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 153 / Section 153.058
§ 153.058. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of:

(1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, for the adoption of any rules by the board; and

(2) appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the board's jurisdiction.

(b) The board's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.

(c) The board shall designate a trained person to:

(1) coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);

(2) serve as a resource for any training needed to implement the procedures for negotiated rulemaking or alternative dispute resolution; and

(3) collect data concerning the effectiveness of those procedures, as implemented by the board.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.615 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.615
§ 151.615. TAX SUIT COMITY.
Status: in_force

A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a liability for a sales or use tax lawfully imposed by another state if the other state extends a like comity to this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2209.253 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2209 / Section 2209.253
§ 2209.253. USES OF FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Administrative expenses of the pool may be paid from the fund. Payments for administrative expenses during a fiscal year of the pool may not exceed 10 percent of the total amount of the money in the fund during that fiscal year.

(b) Money in the fund may not be used to pay:

(1) punitive damages; or

(2) a fine or penalty imposed for a violation of:

(A) a statute;

(B) an administrative rule of a state agency; or

(C) an ordinance or order of a local government.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2054.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.152
§ 2054.152. PAYMENT OF TAXES, FEES, AND OTHER CHARGES.
Status: in_force

The company shall pay the following in the same manner as a domestic mutual insurance company authorized to engage in the business of insurance and to write workers' compensation insurance in this state:

(1) taxes, including maintenance and premium taxes;

(2) fees; and

(3) payments due in lieu of taxes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.152 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.152
§ 142.152. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Association" means an organization in which emergency medical services personnel participate and that exists for the purpose, wholly or partly, of dealing with one or more public or private employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of employment affecting public employees.

(2) "Emergency medical services personnel" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code. The term applies only to an individual certified under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code.

(3) "Public employer" means a municipality or an agency, board, commission, or political subdivision controlled by a municipality that is required to establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of employment, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment of public employees. The term, under appropriate circumstances, may include a mayor, manager, municipal administrator, municipal governing body, director of personnel, personnel board, or one or more other officials, regardless of the name by which an official is designated.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.44 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.44
§ 17.44. CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are to protect consumers against false, misleading, and deceptive business practices, unconscionable actions, and breaches of warranty and to provide efficient and economical procedures to secure such protection.

(b) Chapter 27, Property Code, prevails over this subchapter to the extent of any conflict.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.165 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.165
§ 166.165. CIVIL ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is a near relative of the principal or a responsible adult who is directly interested in the principal, including a guardian, social worker, physician, or clergyman, may bring an action to request that the medical power of attorney be revoked because the principal, at the time the medical power of attorney was signed:

(1) was not competent; or

(2) was under duress, fraud, or undue influence.

(a-1) In a county in which there is no statutory probate court, an action under this section shall be brought in the district court. In a county in which there is a statutory probate court, the statutory probate court and the district court have concurrent jurisdiction over an action brought under this section.

(b) The action may be brought in the county of the principal's residence or the residence of the person bringing the action.

(c) During the pendency of the action, the authority of the agent to make health care decisions continues in effect unless the court orders otherwise.
Tex. Government Code § 4004.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.102
§ 4004.102. REGISTRATION OF INVESTMENT ADVISER REPRESENTATIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not act or render services as an investment adviser representative for an investment adviser in this state unless the person is registered or submits a notice filing as an investment adviser representative for that particular investment adviser as provided by this subchapter and Subchapter G.

(b) On written application by an investment adviser and on satisfactory compliance with the requirements of this title, the commissioner shall register a person as an investment adviser representative of that investment adviser.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 81.103 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 81 / Section 81.103
§ 81.103. PROPERTY ACQUISITION; MANNER AND MEANS.
Status: in_force

The department may enter on, condemn, and appropriate land, easements, rights-of-way, and property of any person or corporation in the state for the purpose of erecting, constructing, enlarging, and maintaining fish hatcheries, buildings, equipment, roads, and passageways to the hatcheries. The department may also enter on, condemn, and appropriate land, easements, rights-of-way, and property of any person or corporation in the state for the purpose of constructing, enlarging, and maintaining passes or channels from one body of tidewater to another body of tidewater in the state. The manner and method of condemnation, assessment, and payment of damages is the same as is provided for railroads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.254
§ 1095.254. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY DISTRICT TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by a tax assessor-collector appointed by the board. An election under this subsection must be made by December 1 and governs the manner in which taxes are assessed and collected, until changed by a similar resolution.

(b) The district tax assessor-collector must reside in the district.

(c) The board shall set for the district tax assessor-collector:

(1) the term of employment; and

(2) compensation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 373.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 373 / Section 373.003
§ 373.003. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "community development program" means a program adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.104
§ 1121.104. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe:

(1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) accounting and control procedures for the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171 / Section 171.011
§ 171.011. INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not perform an abortion without the voluntary and informed consent of the woman on whom the abortion is to be performed.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.072 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.072
§ 49A.072. WARRANT OF ARREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A justice of the peace who is conducting an inquest into a person's death under this subchapter may issue a warrant for the arrest of a person suspected of causing the death if:

(1) the justice has knowledge that the suspect caused the death;

(2) the justice receives an affidavit stating that the suspect caused the death; or

(3) evidence is adduced at an inquest hearing that shows probable cause to believe the suspect caused the death.

(b) A peace officer who receives an arrest warrant issued by a justice of the peace shall:

(1) execute the warrant immediately; and

(2) detain the arrested person until the arrested person's discharge is ordered by the justice of the peace or other proper authority.

(c) A person who is charged in a death and arrested under a warrant issued by a justice of the peace shall remain in the custody of the arresting peace officer. A warrant issued by another magistrate is not sufficient authority to remove the arrested person from the peace officer's custody.

(d) A person charged in a death who has not been arrested under a warrant issued by a justice of the peace may be arrested on the order of a magistrate other than the justice of the peace and examined by that magistrate while an inquest is pending.

(e) A warrant of arrest issued under Subsection (a) is sufficient if it:

(1) is issued in the name of "The State of Texas";

(2) specifies the name of the person whose arrest is ordered or, if the person's name is unknown, reasonably describes the person;

(3) recites in plain language the offense with which the person is charged; and

(4) is signed and dated by a justice of the peace.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3881.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3881 / Section 3881.052
§ 3881.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 821.055 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 821 / Section 821.055
§ 821.055. TRAINING FOR EUTHANASIA TECHNICIANS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter unless the person has successfully completed, not more than three years before the date the person euthanizes the animal, a training course in the proper methods and techniques for euthanizing animals. The training course curriculum must include:

(1) the pharmacology, proper administration, and storage of euthanasia solutions;

(2) federal and state law regulating the storage and accountability of euthanasia solutions;

(3) euthanasia technician stress management;

(4) proper restraint and handling of an animal during euthanasia;

(5) the procedures for administering commercially compressed carbon monoxide to an animal;

(6) techniques for verifying an animal's death; and

(7) the proper disposal of a euthanized animal.

(b) The department must approve the sponsors and curriculum of the training course required by this section.

(c) This section does not apply to a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an employee of an animal shelter is not required to have successfully completed the training course before the 120th day following the date of initial employment.
Tex. Local Government Code § 326.095 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 326 / Section 326.095
§ 326.095. USE OF TAX.
Status: in_force

Taxes collected under this subchapter may be used only for the purposes for which the district was created and may be pledged as collateral for borrowing money to further those purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 434.452 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.452
§ 434.452. VETERAN SUICIDE PREVENTION ACTION PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, in collaboration with the Texas Coordinating Council for Veterans Services, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Technical Assistance Center Implementation Academy of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, veteran advocacy groups, health care providers, and any other organization or interested party the commission considers appropriate, shall develop a comprehensive action plan to increase access to and availability of professional veteran health services to prevent veteran suicides.

(b) The action plan must:

(1) identify opportunities for raising awareness of and providing resources for veteran suicide prevention;

(2) identify opportunities to increase access to veteran mental health services;

(3) identify funding resources to provide accessible, affordable veteran mental health services;

(4) provide measures to expand public-private partnerships to ensure access to quality, timely mental health services;

(5) provide for proactive outreach measures to reach veterans needing care;

(6) provide for peer-to-peer service coordination, including training, certification, recertification, and continuing education for peer coordinators; and

(7) address suicide prevention awareness, measures, and training regarding veterans involved in the justice system.

(c) The commission shall make specific long-term statutory, administrative, and budget-related recommendations to the legislature and the governor regarding the policy initiatives and reforms necessary to implement the action plan developed under this section. The initiatives and reforms in the long-term plan must be fully implemented by September 1, 2027.

(d) The commission shall include in the commission's strategic plan under Chapter 2056 the plans for implementing the long-term recommendations under Subsection (c).

(e) This subchapter expires September 1, 2027.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0060 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0060
§ 532.0060. DENTAL DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall appoint a Medicaid dental director who is a licensed dentist under Subtitle D, Title 3, Occupations Code, and rules the State Board of Dental Examiners adopts under that subtitle.
Tex. Penal Code § 22.07 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 22 / Section 22.07
§ 22.07. TERRORISTIC THREAT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if he threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property with intent to:

(1) cause a reaction of any type to his threat by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;

(2) place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury;

(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, place of employment or occupation, aircraft, automobile, or other form of conveyance, or other public place;

(4) cause impairment or interruption of public communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public service;

(5) place the public or a substantial group of the public in fear of serious bodily injury; or

(6) influence the conduct or activities of a branch or agency of the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the offense:

(1) is committed against a member of the person's family or household or otherwise constitutes family violence; or

(2) is committed against a public servant.

(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(2), an offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail felony if the offense is committed against a person the actor knows is a peace officer or judge.

(d) An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a Class A misdemeanor, unless the actor causes pecuniary loss of $1,500 or more to the owner of the building, room, place, or conveyance, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.

(e) An offense under Subsection (a)(4), (a)(5), or (a)(6) is a felony of the third degree.

(f) In this section:

(1) "Family" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.003, Family Code.

(2) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code.

(3) "Household" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.005, Family Code.

(g) For purposes of Subsection (d), the amount of pecuniary loss is the amount of economic loss suffered by the owner of the building, room, place, or conveyance as a result of the prevention or interruption of the occupation or use of the building, room, place, or conveyance.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.103 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 19A / Section 19A.103
§ 19A.103. QUALIFIED GRAND JURORS ACCEPTED.
Status: in_force

If, by the person's answer, it appears to the court that the person is a qualified grand juror, the court shall accept the person as a grand juror unless it is shown that the person:

(1) is not of sound mind or of good moral character; or

(2) is in fact not qualified to serve as a grand juror.
Tex. Government Code § 1472.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1472 / Section 1472.006
§ 1472.006. USE OF FUNDS ESTABLISHED FOR BONDS BEING REFUNDED.
Status: in_force

On cancellation of the bonds being refunded, the commissioners court may use money in any fund established by the resolution or order authorizing the issuance of the bonds to be refunded:

(1) to pay the principal of and accrued interest on the bonds to be refunded;

(2) to pay any required redemption premium;

(3) to make a payment into the road and bridge fund of the county; or

(4) for any other lawful purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.105
§ 3897.105. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) As provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9832 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9832
§ 61.9832. ELIGIBILITY; AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to receive loan repayment assistance under this subchapter, a person must:

(1) apply annually for the loan repayment assistance in the manner prescribed by the board;

(2) be a United States citizen;

(3) have completed an undergraduate or graduate program in mathematics or science;

(4) have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a four-point scale or the equivalent;

(5) be:

(A) certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, to teach mathematics or science in a public school in this state; or

(B) teaching under a probationary teaching certificate;

(6) have been employed for at least one year as a teacher teaching mathematics or science at a public school;

(7) not be in default on any other education loan;

(8) not receive any other state or federal loan repayment assistance, including a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant or teacher loan forgiveness;

(9) enter into an agreement with the board under Subsection (c); and

(10) comply with any other requirement adopted by the board under this subchapter.

(b) An initial application for loan repayment assistance under this subchapter must include a transcript of the applicant's postsecondary coursework.

(c) To receive loan repayment assistance under this subchapter, a person must enter into an agreement with the board that includes the following provisions:

(1) the person will accept an offer of full-time employment to teach mathematics or science, as applicable based on the person's certification, in a public school;

(2) the person will complete four consecutive years of employment in any public school as a full-time classroom teacher whose primary duty is to teach mathematics or science, as applicable, based on the person's certification;

(3) beginning with the school year immediately following the last of the four consecutive school years described by Subdivision (2), the person will complete an additional number of consecutive school years teaching in any public school in this state, as prescribed by board rule; and

(4) the person acknowledges the conditional nature of the loan repayment assistance.

(c-1) The rules adopted under Subsection (c)(3) may not require a person to complete more than four additional consecutive school years of teaching as described by that subdivision.

(d) To satisfy the teaching obligation prescribed by an agreement under this section, a person must teach mathematics or science courses for not less than an average of four hours each school day.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.208 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.208
§ 66.208. COMMERCIAL JOINT FISHING VENTURES.
Status: repealed

(a) No person who is engaged in taking seafood in a commercial joint venture may sell or offer to sell the products of the joint venture except in the regular course of the joint venture with the express or implied consent of the co-venturer.

(b) No person who is employed to take seafood may sell or offer to sell the products taken in the course of his employment without the express or implied consent of his employer.

(c) No person may purchase seafood with the knowledge that it is sold in violation of Subsection (a) or (b) of this section.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 110, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 45.008 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 45 / Section 45.008
§ 45.008. IMMUNITY WAIVED.
Status: in_force

(a) Sovereign and governmental immunity to suit are waived.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), this chapter does not waive or abolish sovereign immunity to suit under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.403 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.403
§ 2A.403. RETRACTION OF ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Until the repudiating party's next performance is due, the repudiating party can retract the repudiation unless, since the repudiation, the aggrieved party has canceled the lease contract or materially changed the aggrieved party's position or otherwise indicated that the aggrieved party considers the repudiation final.

(b) Retraction may be by any method that clearly indicates to the aggrieved party that the repudiating party intends to perform under the lease contract and includes any assurance demanded under Section 2A.401.

(c) Retraction reinstates a repudiating party's rights under a lease contract with due excuse and allowance to the aggrieved party for any delay occasioned by the repudiation.
Tex. Estates Code § 1054.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.101
§ 1054.101. INAPPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO CERTAIN GUARDIANSHIPS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to a guardianship created only because the appointment of a guardian for a person is necessary for the person to receive funds from a governmental source.