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Tex. Insurance Code § 2202.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2202 / Section 2202.057
§ 2202.057. RECIPROCITY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may waive any requirement for a certificate of authority for an applicant who holds a certificate of authority from another state if the other state has requirements for a certificate of authority that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7984A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7984A / Section 7984A.0503
§ 7984A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3947.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3947 / Section 3947.109
§ 3947.109. AD VALOREM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Government Code § 434.028 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.028
§ 434.028. CITIZENSHIP ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS.
Status: in_force

On request of a veteran, the Texas Veterans Commission shall evaluate the veteran's citizenship status in order to:

(1) educate and direct the veteran in becoming a United States citizen; and

(2) facilitate the veteran's naturalization process.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 146 / Section 146.002
§ 146.002. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not conduct, operate, or maintain a tattoo studio unless the person holds a license issued by the department to operate the tattoo studio. Except as provided by Section 146.0025, a person may not conduct, operate, or maintain a body piercing studio unless the person holds a license issued by the department to operate the body piercing studio.

(b) Except as provided by Section 146.0025, a person may not practice tattooing or body piercing at a temporary location unless the person holds a temporary location license for tattooing or body piercing, as appropriate, issued by the department.

(c) The license must be displayed in a prominent place in the tattoo or body piercing studio or temporary location.

(d) Tattooing and body piercing are permitted only at a location that is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4051.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4051 / Section 4051.052
§ 4051.052. AUTHORITY TO WRITE ADDITIONAL LINES.
Status: in_force

A person who holds a general property and casualty license may, in addition, write the kinds of insurance contracts described by:

(1) Section 4051.101 and Subchapter E; or

(2) Chapter 4055.
Tex. Labor Code § 352.008 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 352 / Section 352.008
§ 352.008. HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

An applicant for or recipient of vocational rehabilitation services who is aggrieved by an action or inaction under this chapter is entitled to a hearing by the commission in accordance with law.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.103 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 71 / Section 71.103
§ 71.103. PLACE OF FILING.
Status: repealed

(a) A corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, registered series of a limited liability company, or foreign filing entity required to file a certificate under Section 71.101 shall file the certificate in the office of the secretary of state.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 900 (H.B. 3609), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 900 (H.B. 3609), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Tex. Water Code § 13.511 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.511
§ 13.511. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Eligible city" means any municipality whose waterworks and sewer system is operated by a board of utility trustees pursuant to provisions of a home-rule charter.

(2) "Privatization contract" means any contract, agreement, or letter of intent or group of the same by which any eligible city contracts with a service provider to provide for the financing, acquisition, improvement, or construction of sewage treatment and disposal facilities pursuant to which such service provider or its assignee or subcontractor will own, operate, and maintain such facilities and provide sewage treatment and disposal services to the eligible city or any contract pursuant to which such service provider agrees to operate and maintain, or have its subcontractor operate and maintain all or any part of the eligible city's sewage treatment and disposal facilities.

(3) "Service provider" means any person or group of persons who is a party to a privatization contract which thereby contracts to provide sewage treatment and disposal services to an eligible city.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3823.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3823 / Section 3823.153
§ 3823.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) The petition must be signed by:

(1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district that will be subject to the assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Tarrant County; or

(2) at least 50 owners of real property in the district that will be subject to the assessment, if more than 50 persons own real property in the district that will be subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Tarrant County.

(c) A petition requesting a project financed by bonds must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district that will be subject to the assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Tarrant County.
Tex. Estates Code § 1105.204 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.204
§ 1105.204. RELEASE OF LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY PERSONAL SURETIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A personal surety who has given a lien under Section 1105.202 may apply to the court to have the lien released.

(b) The court shall order the lien released if:

(1) the court is satisfied that the bond is sufficient without the lien; or

(2) sufficient other real or personal property of the surety is substituted on the same terms required for the lien that is to be released.

(c) If the personal surety does not offer a lien on other substituted property under Subsection (b)(2) and the court is not satisfied that the bond is sufficient without the substitution of other property, the court shall order the guardian to appear and give a new bond.

(d) A certified copy of the court's order releasing the lien and describing the property that was subject to the lien has the effect of canceling the lien if the order is filed with the county clerk and recorded in the deed records of the county in which the property is located.
Tex. Local Government Code § 377.071 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 377 / Section 377.071
§ 377.071. GENERAL POWERS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may:

(1) perform any act necessary to the full exercise of the district's powers;

(2) accept a grant or loan from a:

(A) department or agency of the United States;

(B) department, agency, or political subdivision of this state; or

(C) public or private person;

(3) acquire, sell, lease, convey, or otherwise dispose of property or an interest in property, including a development project, under terms and conditions determined by the district;

(4) employ necessary personnel; and

(5) adopt rules to govern the operation of the district and its employees and property.

(b) A district may contract with a public or private person to:

(1) plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, or renovate a development project; or

(2) perform any other act the district is authorized to perform under this chapter.

(c) A district may not levy an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Transportation Code § 21.111 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 21 / Section 21.111
§ 21.111. PUBLIC HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission or the commission's authorized representative shall hold a public hearing before approving any financial assistance under this subchapter, except as provided by Section 21.1115.

(b) The commission shall give each interested party an opportunity to be heard at the hearing.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.056 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.056
§ 2165.056. POWERS IN RELATION TO OTHER AGENCY PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may, at a state agency's request, exercise the powers and duties given to the commission by this subchapter and Subchapters A, D, E, and F, on or with respect to any property owned or leased by the state.

(b) Services provided by the commission under this section are not subject to Chapter 771.

(c) The commission shall establish a system of charges for providing services under this section to assure recovery of the cost of providing the services and shall submit a purchase voucher or journal voucher after the close of each month to agencies for which services were performed.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 48.153 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 48 / Section 48.153
§ 48.153. ACCESS TO INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To implement an investigation of reported abuse, neglect, or exploitation, the probate court, or the county court when no probate court exists, may authorize entry of the place of residence of the elderly person or person with a disability.

(b) A peace officer shall accompany and assist the person making a court-ordered entry under this section, if in the opinion of the court such action is necessary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0501
§ 8513.0501. OBLIGATION PAYABLE.
Status: in_force

A debt, liability, or obligation of the authority for the payment of money, however entered into or incurred and whether arising from an express or implied contract or otherwise, is payable solely:

(1) out of the revenue received by the authority with respect to its properties; or

(2) from any other money or income from any source coming into the authority's possession, including proceeds of sale of bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7948A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7948A / Section 7948A.0101
§ 7948A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Clear Sky Municipal Utility District of Denton County.
Tex. Insurance Code § 559.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 559 / Section 559.102
§ 559.102. MULTIPLE LENDER INQUIRIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall consider multiple lender inquiries made within 30 days of a prior inquiry, if coded by the consumer reporting agency on the consumer's credit report as from the home mortgage industry, as only one inquiry.

(b) An insurer shall consider multiple lender inquiries made within 30 days of a prior inquiry, if coded by the consumer reporting agency on the consumer's credit report as from the motor vehicle lending industry, as only one inquiry.
Tex. Occupations Code § 303.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 303 / Section 303.008
§ 303.008. REBUTTAL STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a nursing peer review committee makes an adverse finding against a nurse, the committee shall provide the nurse with a detailed description of the basis of its finding.

(b) The peer review committee shall give the nurse the opportunity to offer rebuttal information and to submit a rebuttal statement of reasonable length. Any rebuttal statement must be included with any information disclosed by the committee under Section 303.007.
Tex. Local Government Code § 158.034 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 158 / Section 158.034
§ 158.034. APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) In a county with a population of less than 2.8 million, if a majority of the employees voting at the election approve the creation of a sheriff's department civil service system, the sheriff, commissioners court, and district attorney shall each appoint one person to serve as a member of the civil service commission that administers the system. In a county with a population of 2.8 million or more, if a majority of the employees voting at the election approve the creation of a sheriff's department civil service system, the sheriff, commissioners court, and district attorney shall each appoint two persons to serve as members of the civil service commission that administers the system, and the three appointing authorities shall appoint one member by joint action requiring the affirmative vote of each of the authorities.

(b) The sheriff shall designate one of the members as chairman of the commission.

(c) Each member of the commission is appointed for a term of two years. However, the initial members of the commission in a county with a population of less than 2.8 million shall determine by lot which two of them will serve a term of two years and which one of them will serve a term of one year. In a county with a population of 2.8 million or more:

(1) the initial member appointed jointly under Subsection (a) serves a term of two years; and

(2) the initial members appointed by each individual appointing authority shall determine by lot which one of the two initial members appointed by the appointing authority will serve a term of two years and which initial member appointed by that authority will serve a term of one year.

(d) The entity that appointed a member of the commission whose position becomes vacant shall appoint a person to serve the unexpired part of the member's term.

(e) To be eligible for appointment to the commission, a person must:

(1) be at least 25 years old; and

(2) have resided in the county for the three years immediately preceding the date on which the person's term will begin.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.204
§ 1087.204. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Family Code § 86.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 86 / Section 86.003
§ 86.003. COURT ORDER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER TEMPORARY ORDER.
Status: in_force

On request by an applicant obtaining a temporary ex parte protective order that excludes the respondent from the respondent's residence, the court granting the temporary order shall render a written order to the sheriff, constable, or chief of police to provide a law enforcement officer from the department of the chief of police, constable, or sheriff to:

(1) accompany the applicant to the residence covered by the order;

(2) inform the respondent that the court has ordered that the respondent be excluded from the residence;

(3) protect the applicant while the applicant takes possession of the residence; and

(4) protect the applicant if the respondent refuses to vacate the residence while the applicant takes possession of the applicant's necessary personal property.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1105.012 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.012
§ 1105.012. MEMBERSHIP IN EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

Employees of the agency are members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas under Chapter 812, Government Code, and the commission's and the board's transition to independent status as provided by this chapter has no effect on their membership or any benefits under that system.
Tex. Labor Code § 407A.403 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.403
§ 407A.403. CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner may issue an order requiring a person or group to cease and desist from engaging in an act or practice found to be in violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.

(b) On a finding, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that a person or group has violated a cease and desist order issued under this section, the commissioner may:

(1) impose a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each violation of the order, not to exceed an aggregate fine of $100,000;

(2) revoke the group's certificate of approval or any license held by the person issued under the Insurance Code; or

(3) impose the fine and revoke the certificate or license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.202
§ 1078.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1078.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of a tax.
Tex. Education Code § 61.7021 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.7021
§ 61.7021. ELIGIBILITY FOR BORDER INSTITUTION FACULTY REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

To be eligible to receive repayment assistance for border institution faculty, a person must apply to the board and must:

(1) have received a doctoral degree not earlier than September 1, 1994, from a public or private institution of higher education accredited as required by the board; and

(2) be employed as a full-time faculty member with instructional duties in an institution of higher education located in a county that borders the United Mexican States.
Tex. Finance Code § 186.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 186 / Section 186.005
§ 186.005. SUCCESSION OF TRUST POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a state trust company in the process of voluntary or involuntary dissolution and liquidation is acting as trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, or escrow agent, or in another fiduciary or custodial capacity, the banking commissioner may authorize the sale of the state trust company's administration of fiduciary accounts to a successor entity with fiduciary powers.

(b) The successor entity, without the necessity of action by a court or the creator or a beneficiary of the fiduciary relationship, shall:

(1) continue the office, trust, or fiduciary relationship; and

(2) perform all the duties and exercise all the powers connected with or incidental to the fiduciary relationship as if the successor entity had been originally designated as the fiduciary.

(c) This section applies to all fiduciary relationships, including a trust established for the benefit of a minor by court order under Section 142.005, Property Code. This section does not affect any right of a court or a party to the instrument governing the fiduciary relationship to subsequently designate another trustee as the successor fiduciary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1031.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1031 / Section 1031.006
§ 1031.006. PUBLIC PURPOSE; TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

All property owned by the district:

(1) shall be held for public purposes; and

(2) is exempt from taxation of every character.
Tex. Water Code § 60.345 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.345
§ 60.345. APPROVAL AND INCONTESTABILITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) No bonds shall be issued by the district until they shall have been approved by the attorney general.

(b) After the bonds have been approved by the attorney general and registered by the comptroller of public accounts they shall be negotiable and incontestable.

(c) When the bonds of an issue are thus approved and registered, the bonds later delivered by the district in lieu of these bonds, pursuant to Section 60.337 of this code in connection with the exchange of registered for unregistered bonds, or unregistered bonds for registered bonds, or in lieu of lost or mutilated bonds, need not be reapproved by the attorney general or reregistered by the comptroller of public accounts. Nevertheless, the bonds shall likewise be incontestable, and except for the limitations resulting from registration shall be negotiable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.152
§ 11002.152. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 11002.155, the district shall transfer improvements described by Section 11002.108 in accordance with this section on the later of:

(1) the date that the district acquires or completes the improvement; or

(2) the date the receiving entity approves the transfer.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.26 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.26
§ 17.26. TIME GIVEN TO PROCURE BAIL.
Status: in_force

Reasonable time shall be given the accused to procure security.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8821.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8821 / Section 8821.051
§ 8821.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with two or three directors' terms expiring December 31 of each even-numbered year.

(c) A director may not serve more than three consecutive terms.
Tex. Local Government Code § 111.0708 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 111 / Section 111.0708
§ 111.0708. PLEDGING REVENUE AS SECURITY FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

In preparing a county budget, a county may secure county bonds or other obligations by pledging for the term of the bonds or other obligations:

(1) any security authorized by law; or

(2) any revenue or receipts obtained by the county from the levy of a state tax if the state is required to pay the county the proceeds or receipts from the tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7954A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7954A / Section 7954A.0302
§ 7954A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Election Code § 213.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 213 / Section 213.004
§ 213.004. COMPENSATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a member of a recount committee is entitled to compensation for time spent in making a recount at an hourly rate set by the recount supervisor, not to exceed the maximum hourly rate for election judges.

(b) A tabulator assisting in a recount using automatic tabulating equipment to recount ballots originally counted at a central counting station is entitled to compensation in an amount set by the recount supervisor, not to exceed the rate of compensation for the tabulation supervisor of the central counting station.
Tex. Government Code § 840A.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 840A / Section 840A.052
§ 840A.052. ELIGIBILITY FOR CASH BALANCE BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

A member is eligible to retire and receive a cash balance annuity if the member:

(1) is at least 60 years old and has at least eight years of service credited in the retirement system; or

(2) is at least 50 years old and has at least 12 years of service credited in the retirement system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7908.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7908 / Section 7908.052
§ 7908.052. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.