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Tex. Finance Code § 59.107 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 59 / Section 59.107
§ 59.107. NONEMERGENCY OPENING AND RELOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A safe deposit company may not relocate a safe deposit box rented for a term of at least six months if the box rental is not delinquent or open a safe deposit box to relocate its contents to another safe deposit box or other location except:

(1) in the presence of the lessee;

(2) with the lessee's written authorization; or

(3) as otherwise provided by this section or Section 59.108.

(b) A safe deposit box may not be relocated under this section unless the storage conditions at the new location are at least as secure as the conditions at the original box location.

(c) Not later than the 30th day before the scheduled date of a nonemergency relocation, the safe deposit company shall give notice of the relocation to each lessee of the safe deposit box. The notice must state the scheduled date and time of the relocation and whether the box will be opened during the relocation.

(d) A lessee may personally supervise the relocation or authorize the relocation in writing if notice is given to each lessee.

(e) If during the relocation the box is opened and a lessee does not personally supervise the relocation or has not authorized the relocation in writing, two employees, at least one of whom is an officer or manager of the safe deposit company and at least one of whom is a notary public, shall inventory the contents of the box in detail. The safe deposit company shall notify each lessee of the new box number or location not later than the 30th day after the date of the relocation and shall include a signed and notarized copy of the inventory report. The cost of a certified mailing other than the first notice sent in connection with each relocation may be treated as box rental due at the expiration of the rental term.

(f) This section does not apply to a relocation of a safe deposit box within the same building.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.59 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.59
§ 17.59. POST JUDGMENT RELIEF.
Status: in_force

(a) If a money judgment entered under this subchapter is unsatisfied 30 days after it becomes final and if the prevailing party has made a good faith attempt to obtain satisfaction of the judgment, the following presumptions exist with respect to the party against whom the judgment was entered:

(1) that the defendant is insolvent or in danger of becoming insolvent; and

(2) that the defendant's property is in danger of being lost, removed, or otherwise exempted from collection on the judgment; and

(3) that the prevailing party will be materially injured unless a receiver is appointed over the defendant's business; and

(4) that there is no adequate remedy other than receivership available to the prevailing party.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Subsection (a) of this section, a prevailing party may move that the defendant show cause why a receiver should not be appointed. Upon adequate notice and hearing, the court shall appoint a receiver over the defendant's business unless the defendant proves that all of the presumptions set forth in Subsection (a) of this section are not applicable.

(c) The order appointing a receiver must clearly state whether the receiver will have general power to manage and operate the defendant's business or have power to manage only a defendant's finances. The order shall limit the duration of the receivership to such time as the judgment or judgments awarded under this subchapter are paid in full. Where there are judgments against a defendant which have been awarded to more than one plaintiff, the court shall have discretion to take any action necessary to efficiently operate a receivership in order to accomplish the purpose of collecting the judgments.
Tex. Government Code § 442.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.202
§ 442.202. SCOPE OF RULES.
Status: in_force

The rules may govern:

(1) the conservation, preservation, and use of state property, whether natural features or constructed facilities;

(2) the abusive, disruptive, or destructive conduct of persons;

(3) the activities of site visitors, including camping, swimming, boating, fishing, or other recreational activities;

(4) the possession of pets or animals;

(5) the regulation of traffic and parking; and

(6) conduct that endangers the health or safety of site visitors or their property.
Tex. Finance Code § 201.006 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 201 / Section 201.006
§ 201.006. ISSUANCE OF INTERPRETIVE STATEMENTS AND OPINIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) To encourage the effective coordination and implementation of home state laws and host state laws with respect to interstate branching, the commissioner, directly or through a deputy commissioner or department attorney, may:

(1) issue interpretive statements containing matters of general policy to guide the public and banks and bank holding companies subject to this subtitle;

(2) amend or repeal a published interpretive statement by issuing an amended statement or notice of repeal of a statement and publishing the statement or notice;

(3) issue, in response to specific requests from the public or the banking industry, opinions interpreting this subtitle or determining the applicability of laws of this state to the operation of interstate branches or other offices in this state by out-of-state banks or in other states by Texas banks; and

(4) amend or repeal an opinion by issuing an amended opinion or notice of repeal of an opinion, except that the requesting party may rely on the original opinion if:

(A) all material facts were originally disclosed to the commissioner;

(B) the safety and soundness of the affected bank or bank holding company will not be affected by further reliance on the original opinion; and

(C) the text and interpretation of relevant, governing provisions of applicable home state, host state, and federal law have not been changed by legislative or judicial action.

(b) An interpretive statement or opinion may be disseminated by newsletter, via electronic medium such as the internet, in a volume of statutes or related materials published by the commissioner or others, or by other means reasonably calculated to notify persons affected by the interpretive statement or opinion. An opinion may be disseminated to the public if the commissioner determines that the opinion is useful for the general guidance and convenience of the public or banks or bank holding companies. A published opinion must be redacted to preserve the confidentiality of the requesting party unless the requesting party consents to be identified in the published opinion. Notice of an amended or withdrawn statement or opinion must be disseminated in a substantially similar manner as the affected statement or opinion was originally disseminated.

(c) An interpretive statement or opinion issued under this subtitle does not have the force of law and is not a rule for the purposes of Chapter 2001, Government Code, unless adopted by the finance commission as provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code. An interpretive statement or opinion is an administrative construction of this subtitle entitled to great weight if the construction is reasonable and does not conflict with this subtitle.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.146 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.146
§ 2155.146. CERTAIN PURCHASES BY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Employees Retirement System of Texas is delegated all purchasing functions relating to the purchase of goods or services from funds other than general revenue funds for a purpose the retirement system determines relates to the fiduciary duties of the retirement system.

(b) The Employees Retirement System of Texas shall acquire goods or services by any procurement method approved by the board of trustees of the retirement system that provides the best value to the retirement system. The retirement system shall consider the best value standards enumerated in Section 2155.074, as added by Chapter 1206, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997.

(c) The comptroller shall procure goods or services for the Employees Retirement System of Texas at the request of the retirement system, and the retirement system may use the services of the comptroller in procuring goods or services.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.066 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.066
§ 2054.066. DEPARTMENT REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, in consultation with the quality assurance team, the Information Technology Council for Higher Education, and the Legislative Budget Board, shall review existing statutes, procedures, data, and organizational structures to identify opportunities to increase efficiency, customer service, and transparency in information resources technologies. The department must:

(1) identify and address financial data needed to comprehensively evaluate information resources technologies spending from an enterprise perspective;

(2) review best practices in information resources technologies governance, including private sector practices and lessons learned from other states; and

(3) review existing statutes regarding information resources technologies governance, standards, and financing to identify inconsistencies between current law and best practices.

(b) The department shall report its findings and recommendations to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, Senate Committee on Government Organization, and House Technology Committee not later than December 1, 2014.
Tex. Water Code § 55.518 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.518
§ 55.518. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall have an interest and sinking fund which shall consist of all taxes collected under the provisions of this chapter for this fund.

(b) Money in the interest and sinking fund shall be paid out only:

(1) to satisfy and discharge interest on the bonds;

(2) to pay the bonds;

(3) to defray the expense of assessing and collecting the tax; and

(4) to pay principal and interest due to the United States under a contract with the district under which bonds have not been deposited with the United States.

(c) The board shall order money from the fund to be paid out by warrants drawn as provided in this chapter. When funds are paid out, the depository shall receive and cancel the interest coupon or bond paid, and the interest coupon or bond shall be delivered to the board to be cancelled and destroyed.
Tex. Government Code § 418.0125 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.0125
§ 418.0125. LIMITATIONS ON MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "nonelective medical procedure" means a medical procedure, including a surgery, a physical exam, a diagnostic test, a screening, the performance of a laboratory test, and the collection of a specimen to perform a laboratory test, that if not performed within a reasonable time may, as determined in good faith by a patient's physician, result in:

(1) the patient's loss of life; or

(2) a deterioration, complication, or progression of the patient's current or potential medical condition or disorder, including a physical condition or mental disorder.

(b) The Texas Medical Board during a declared state of disaster may not issue an order or adopt a regulation that limits or prohibits a nonelective medical procedure.

(c) The Texas Medical Board during a declared state of disaster may issue an order or adopt a regulation imposing a temporary limitation or prohibition on a medical procedure other than a nonelective medical procedure only if the limitation or prohibition is reasonably necessary to conserve resources for nonelective medical procedures or resources needed for disaster response. An order issued or regulation adopted under this subsection may not continue for more than 15 days unless renewed by the board.

(d) A person subject to an order issued or regulation adopted under this section who in good faith acts or fails to act in accordance with that order or regulation is not civilly or criminally liable and is not subject to disciplinary action for that act or failure to act.

(e) The immunity provided by Subsection (d) is in addition to any other immunity or limitation of liability provided by law.

(f) Notwithstanding any other law, this section does not create a civil, criminal, or administrative cause of action or liability or create a standard of care, obligation, or duty that provides the basis for a cause of action for an act or omission under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 461A.055 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.055
§ 461A.055. REPORTING OF CHILDREN INVOLVED IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR FROM FAMILY INVOLVED IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department in the context of mental health services, the commission, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall:

(1) attempt to determine whether a child under the agency's jurisdiction is involved in substance abuse or is from a substance-abusing family;

(2) record its determination in the case record of the child; and

(3) record the information for statistical reporting purposes.

(b) The agencies shall revise their assessment forms, as needed, to include a determination under this section.

(c) The department shall coordinate the efforts of the agencies described by Subsection (a) in complying with this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.113 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.113
§ 225.113. LIEUTENANT CLAY CRABB MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 290 between its intersection with Circle Drive in Travis County and its intersection with Hays Country Acres Road in Hays County is designated as the Lieutenant Clay Crabb Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Lieutenant Clay Crabb Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42.014 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.014
§ 42.014. FINDING THAT OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED BECAUSE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE.
Status: in_force

(a) In the trial of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, or Section 28.02, 28.03, 28.08, or 42.0601, Penal Code, the judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and enter the affirmative finding in the judgment of the case if at the guilt or innocence phase of the trial, the judge or the jury, whichever is the trier of fact, determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally selected the person against whom the offense was committed, or intentionally selected the person's property that was damaged or affected as a result of the offense, because of the defendant's bias or prejudice against a group identified by race, color, disability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, gender, or sexual preference or by status as a peace officer or judge.

(b) The sentencing judge may, as a condition of punishment, require attendance in an educational program to further tolerance and acceptance of others.

(c) In this article, "sexual preference" has the following meaning only: a preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.206
§ 1030.206. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Education Code § 49.006 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.006
§ 49.006. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this chapter. The rules may provide for the commissioner to make necessary adjustments to the provisions of Chapter 48, including providing for the commissioner to make an adjustment in the funding element established by Section 48.202, at the earliest date practicable, to the amount the commissioner believes, taking into consideration options exercised by school districts under this chapter and estimates of student enrollments, will match appropriation levels.

(b) As necessary for the effective and efficient administration of this chapter, the commissioner may modify effective dates and time periods for actions described by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3889.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3889 / Section 3889.203
§ 3889.203. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:

(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and

(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other obligations as the interest becomes due; and

(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0202
§ 540.0202. PUBLIC NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR CONTRACT APPLICATIONS.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 30th day before the date the commission plans to issue a request for applications to enter into a contract with the commission to provide health care services to recipients in a region, the commission shall publish notice of and make available for public review the request for applications and all related nonproprietary documents, including the proposed contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.116
§ 1090.116. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The district, through the board, may sue and be sued.
Tex. Water Code § 51.591 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.591
§ 51.591. ATTORNEY TO FILE SUITS TO COLLECT DELINQUENT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall on or before April 1 of each year employ an attorney to file suits to collect all delinquent taxes.

(b) The attorney is entitled to receive a fee of 10 percent of the amount of all delinquent taxes collected or paid after suits are filed. The fees shall be charged as court costs.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.156 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.156
§ 1509.156. ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the municipality may not issue bonds under this subchapter unless the issuance is authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The governing body shall hold the election, to the extent practicable, in compliance with Chapter 1251.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 242.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 242 / Section 242.001
§ 242.001. STUDY OF TREATMENT METHODS; STATISTICAL RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall conduct continuing inquiry into the effectiveness of the treatment methods the department employs in the reformation of children. To this end, the department shall maintain a record of arrests and commitments of its wards subsequent to their discharge from the jurisdiction of the department and shall tabulate, analyze, and publish biennially the data for use in evaluating the relative merits of treatment methods.

(b) The department shall cooperate with courts and private and public agencies in the collection of statistics and information regarding juvenile delinquency, arrests made, complaints, informations, and petitions filed, and the dispositions made of them, and other information useful in determining the amount and causes of juvenile delinquency in this state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.126 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.126
§ 623.126. FORM OF PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A permit issued under this subchapter must:

(1) contain the name of the applicant;

(2) be dated and signed by the director of the department or a designated agent;

(3) state the make and model of the portable building unit or units to be transported over the highways;

(4) state the make and model of the towing vehicle;

(5) state the combined length and width of the portable building unit or units and towing vehicle; and

(6) state each highway over which the portable building unit or units are to be moved.

(b) A permit is valid if it is substantially in the form provided by this section.
Tex. Water Code § 29.034 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 29 / Section 29.034
§ 29.034. ACCESS TO PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Members and employees of the railroad commission, on proper identification, may enter public or private property to inspect and investigate conditions relating to the hauling of oil and gas waste, to monitor compliance with a rule, permit, or other order of the railroad commission, or to examine and copy, during reasonable working hours, those records or memoranda of the business being investigated. Members or employees acting under the authority of this section who enter an establishment on public or private property shall observe the establishment's posted safety, internal security, and fire protection rules.
Tex. Water Code § 63.0945 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.0945
§ 63.0945. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES.
Status: repealed

(a) In an election to elect a commissioner, a write-in vote may not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of write-in candidates.

(b) To be entitled to a place on the list of write-in candidates, a candidate must make a declaration of write-in candidacy.

(c) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed with the authority with whom an application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed in the election.

(d) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.054, Election Code, for a write-in candidate in a city election.

(e) Subchapter B, Chapter 146, Election Code, applies to write-in voting in an election to elect a commissioner except to the extent of a conflict with this subchapter.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318, Sec. 51(4), eff. September 1, 2011.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.034 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 13 / Section 13.034
§ 13.034. DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to:

(1) the management of public health hospitals;

(2) the duties of officers and employees of those hospitals; and

(3) the enforcement of necessary discipline and restraint of patients.

(a-1) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for the proper and efficient hospitalization of tuberculosis patients.

(b) The department shall supply each hospital with the necessary personnel for the operation and maintenance of the hospital.

(c) The department may:

(1) prescribe the form and content of applications, certificates, records, and reports provided for under this subchapter;

(2) require reports from the administrator of a public health hospital relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of a patient;

(3) visit each hospital regularly to review admitting procedures and the care and treatment of all new patients admitted since the last visit; and

(4) investigate by personal visit a complaint made by a patient or by another person on behalf of a patient.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.006
§ 2301.006. BROKERS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person may not act as, offer to act as, or claim to be a broker.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8814.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8814 / Section 8814.004
§ 8814.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory in Sterling County unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J or K, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.