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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.556 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.556
§ 21.556. DISCOVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a corporation proposes to dismiss a derivative proceeding under Section 21.558, discovery by a shareholder after the filing of the derivative proceeding in accordance with this subchapter shall be limited to:

(1) facts relating to whether the person or persons described by Section 21.554 are independent and disinterested;

(2) the good faith of the inquiry and review by the person or group; and

(3) the reasonableness of the procedures followed by the person or group in conducting the review.

(b) Discovery described by Subsection (a) may not be expanded to include a fact or substantive matter regarding the act, omission, or other matter that is the subject matter of the derivative proceeding but the scope of discovery shall not be so limited if the court determines after notice and hearing that a good faith review of the allegations has not been made by an independent and disinterested person or group in accordance with Sections 21.554 and 21.558.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.001
§ 32.001. PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to enable the state to provide medical assistance on behalf of needy individuals and to enable the state to obtain all benefits for those persons authorized under the Social Security Act or any other federal act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.352 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.352
§ 3933.352. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of Subchapters C, D, E, and F, Chapter 323, Tax Code, relating to county sales and use taxes apply to the application, collection, and administration of a sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter to the extent consistent with this chapter, as if references in Chapter 323, Tax Code, to a county referred to the district and references to a commissioners court referred to the board.

(b) Sections 323.401-323.404 and 323.505, Tax Code, do not apply to a tax imposed under this subchapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 301.047 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 301 / Section 301.047
§ 301.047. COMMISSION EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTABLE TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

In performing functions required or authorized by law, employees of the commission are directly accountable to the executive director.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1802.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1802 / Section 1802.005
§ 1802.005. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8421.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8421 / Section 8421.001
§ 8421.001. 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 137.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 21.0711 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0711
§ 21.0711. ALTERNATIVE COORDINATE SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Spatial Reference Center at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi established under Section 88.503, Education Code, may adopt a revised state coordinate system that may be used for purposes of this subchapter under the authority granted to the center as the state's facilitator of the National Spatial Reference System.

(b) A revised coordinate system adopted under Subsection (a) is an official state coordinate system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8368.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8368 / Section 8368.005
§ 8368.005. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8368.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter is located has consented by ordinance or resolution and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Labor Code § 1.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 1 / Section 1.004
§ 1.004. REFERENCE IN LAW TO STATUTE REVISED BY CODE.
Status: in_force

A reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this code that revises that statute or part of the statute.
Tex. Water Code § 5.552 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.552
§ 5.552. NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBTAIN PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall determine when an application is administratively complete.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the executive director determines the application to be administratively complete:

(1) the applicant shall publish notice of intent to obtain a permit at least once in the newspaper of largest circulation in the county in which the facility to which the application relates is located or proposed to be located or, if the facility to which the application relates is located or proposed to be located in a municipality, at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality; and

(2) the chief clerk of the commission shall mail notice of intent to obtain a permit to:

(A) the state senator and representative who represent the general area in which the facility is located or proposed to be located;

(B) the mayor and health authorities of the municipality in which the facility is located or proposed to be located;

(C) the county judge and health authorities of the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be located; and

(D) the river authority in which the facility is located or proposed to be located if the application is under Chapter 26, Water Code.

(c) The commission by rule shall establish the form and content of the notice. The notice must include:

(1) the location and nature of the proposed activity;

(2) the location at which a copy of the application is available for review and copying as provided by Subsection (e);

(3) a description, including a telephone number, of the manner in which a person may contact the commission for further information;

(4) a description, including a telephone number, of the manner in which a person may contact the applicant for further information;

(5) a description of the procedural rights and obligations of the public, printed in a font style or size that clearly provides emphasis and distinguishes it from the remainder of the notice;

(6) a description of the procedure by which a person may be placed on a mailing list in order to receive additional information about the application;

(7) the time and location of any public meeting to be held under Subsection (f); and

(8) any other information the commission by rule requires.

(d) In addition to providing notice under Subsection (b)(1), the applicant shall comply with any applicable public notice requirements under Chapters 26 and 27 of this code, Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, and rules adopted under those chapters.

(e) The applicant shall make a copy of the application available for review and copying at a public place in the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be located.

(f) The applicant, in cooperation with the executive director, may hold a public meeting in the county in which the facility is located or proposed to be located in order to inform the public about the application and obtain public input.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0051
§ 540.0051. PURPOSE AND IMPLEMENTATION.
Status: in_force

The commission shall implement the Medicaid managed care program by contracting with managed care organizations in a manner that, to the extent possible:

(1) improves the health of Texans by:

(A) emphasizing prevention;

(B) promoting continuity of care; and

(C) providing a medical home for recipients;

(2) ensures each recipient receives high quality, comprehensive health care services in the recipient's local community;

(3) encourages training of and access to primary care physicians and providers;

(4) maximizes cooperation with existing public health entities, including local health departments;

(5) provides incentives to managed care organizations to improve the quality of health care services for recipients by providing value-added services; and

(6) reduces administrative and other nonfinancial barriers for recipients in obtaining health care services.
Tex. Government Code § 3100.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3100 / Section 3100.057
§ 3100.057. DISPLAY ON FLAGPOLE OR FLAGSTAFF WITH FLAGS OF OTHER STATES, OTHER NATIONS, OR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the state flag is displayed with the flag of another state of the United States, of a nation other than the United States, or of an international organization, the state flag:

(1) should be, from the perspective of an observer, to the left of the other flag on a separate flagpole or flagstaff; and

(2) should not be above the other flag on the same flagpole or flagstaff or on a taller flagpole or flagstaff than the flagpole or flagstaff on which the other flag is displayed.

(b) This section does not apply to the United States, including the armed services, if federal custom or practice requires another manner of display.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 20A.201 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 20A / Section 20A.201
§ 20A.201. RECORDING OF ACCUSED OR SUSPECTED PERSON'S TESTIMONY; RETENTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The examination of an accused or suspected person before the grand jury and that person's testimony shall be recorded by a stenographer or by use of an electronic device capable of recording sound.

(b) The validity of a grand jury proceeding is not affected by an unintentional failure to record all or part of the examination or testimony under Subsection (a).

(c) The attorney representing the state shall maintain possession of all records other than stenographer's notes made under Subsection (a) and any typewritten transcription of those records, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.010 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.010
§ 3916.010. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Election Code § 182.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 182 / Section 182.002
§ 182.002. PARTY ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

A political party making nominations under this chapter shall:

(1) establish a county executive committee for each county in which the party will hold a county convention;

(2) select a chair for each county executive committee; and

(3) select a precinct chair for each election precinct in which the party will hold a precinct convention.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8273.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8273 / Section 8273.004
§ 8273.004. AUTHORITY TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 916, Acts of the 70th Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the authority form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the authority's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the authority's right to impose a tax; or

(3) the legality or operation of the authority or its governing body.
Tex. Labor Code § 201.069 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 201 / Section 201.069
§ 201.069. SERVICE OF STUDENT.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "employment" does not include:

(1) service performed in the employ of a school, college, or university by a student who is enrolled and regularly attending classes at the school, college, or university;

(2) service performed by an individual who is enrolled as a student in a full-time program that combines academic instruction with work experience and that is taken for credit at a nonprofit or public educational institution normally maintaining a regular faculty and curriculum and having a regularly organized body of students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are conducted, if the service is an integral part of the program, and the institution has so certified to the employing unit, except:

(A) service performed in a program established for an employer or a group of employers;

(B) service in an apprenticeship training program; or

(C) service performed by a teaching assistant; or

(3) service by a student in the employ of an organized camp if:

(A) the camp:

(i) did not operate for more than seven months in the current calendar year and did not operate for more than seven months in the preceding calendar year; or

(ii) had average gross receipts for any six months in the preceding calendar year that were not more than 33-1/3 percent of its average gross receipts for the other six months in the preceding calendar year; and

(B) the student performed services for the camp for fewer than 13 calendar weeks in the calendar year and the student:

(i) is enrolled as a full-time student at an educational institution; or

(ii) is between academic terms or years and:

(a) the student was enrolled as a full-time student at an educational institution for the preceding academic term or year; and

(b) there is reasonable assurance that the student will be so enrolled for the next academic term or year.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.251 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.251
§ 351.251. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Adult" means an individual who is not a child as defined by Section 101.003, Family Code.

(2) "Response team" means a multidisciplinary team established under this subchapter to strengthen the collaborative response and enhance health and judicial outcomes for sexual assault survivors who are adults.

(3) "Sexual assault program" means a program that:

(A) operates independently from a law enforcement agency or prosecutor's office;

(B) is operated by a local public or private nonprofit corporation either independently or as part of a municipal, county, or state agency; and

(C) provides the minimum services, as defined by Section 420.003, Government Code, to adult survivors of stranger and non-stranger sexual assault.

(4) "Survivor" means an individual who is a victim of a sexual assault or other sex offense, regardless of whether a police report is filed for the incident.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 155.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 155 / Section 155.004
§ 155.004. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 154.021 through 154.023, 154.053, 154.054, and 154.071 through 154.073 shall apply to parties and mediators participating in settlement weeks held under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2035.011 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2035 / Section 2035.011
§ 2035.011. RECORD IN MINUTES.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall record in the court's minutes:

(1) the date the petition is filed; and

(2) the date the petition is certified by the county clerk.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.05715 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.05715
§ 773.05715. PHYSICAL LOCATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An emergency medical services provider must have a permanent physical location as the provider's primary place of business. An applicant for an emergency medical services provider license must demonstrate proof of the location of the primary place of business in the manner required by the department.

(b) The physical location may be owned or leased by the emergency medical services provider.

(c) The emergency medical services provider must remain in the same physical location for the period of licensure, unless the department approves a change in location.

(d) The emergency medical services provider must maintain all patient care records in the physical location that is the provider's primary place of business, unless the department approves an alternate location.

(e) Only one emergency medical services provider may operate out of a single physical location.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1082.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1082 / Section 1082.158
§ 1082.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a sworn statement of the amount of district money; and

(2) an account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Finance Code § 160.003 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 160 / Section 160.003
§ 160.003. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to a digital asset service provider doing business in this state that:

(1) holds a money transmission license under Subchapter D, Chapter 151; and

(2) either:

(A) serves more than 500 digital asset customers in this state; or

(B) has at least $10 million in customer funds.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a bank, as defined by Section 31.002; or

(2) an entity excluded by commission rule or by order of the banking commissioner based on a finding that the entity is:

(A) not required to hold a money transmission license under Subchapter D, Chapter 151; or

(B) not subject to the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7932.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7932 / Section 7932.105
§ 7932.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 158.055 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 158 / Section 158.055
§ 158.055. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

Every manufacturer selling, shipping, or consigning manufactured homes to or for any person in this state shall keep on file for audit purposes for the limitation period records showing:

(1) the identification number of each module or section of each manufactured home sold, shipped, or consigned;

(2) the name of the retailer or other person to whom or for whom the manufactured home was sold, shipped, or consigned and the address to which the home was delivered in this state; and

(3) the sales price of each manufactured home sold, shipped, or consigned.
Tex. Government Code § 25.2361 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.2361
§ 25.2361. VAN ZANDT COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Van Zandt County has one statutory county court, the County Court at Law of Van Zandt County.
Tex. Family Code § 157.061 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.061
§ 157.061. SETTING HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) On filing a motion for enforcement requesting contempt, the court shall set the date, time, and place of the hearing and order the respondent to personally appear and respond to the motion.

(b) If the motion for enforcement does not request contempt, the court shall set the motion for hearing on the request of a party.

(c) The court shall give preference to a motion for enforcement of child support in setting a hearing date and may not delay the hearing because a suit for modification of the order requested to be enforced has been or may be filed.
Tex. Transportation Code § 24.013 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 24 / Section 24.013
§ 24.013. AIRCRAFT FUEL CONTAINERS; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person operates or intends to operate an aircraft equipped with:

(1) a fuel container that the person knows does not conform to federal aviation regulations or that has not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by inspection or special permit; or

(2) a pipe, hose, or auxiliary pump that is used or intended for transferring fuel to the primary fuel system of an aircraft from a fuel container that the person knows does not conform to federal aviation regulations or that has not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration by inspection or special permit.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the third degree.

(c) A peace officer may seize an aircraft equipped with a fuel container that is the subject of an offense under Subsection (a).

(d) An aircraft seized under Subsection (c) may be forfeited to the Department of Public Safety in the same manner as property subject to forfeiture under Article 18.18, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(e) An aircraft forfeited under Subsection (d) is subject to Chapter 2205, Government Code.

(f) In this section:

(1) "Federal aviation regulations" means the following regulations adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration as those regulations existed on September 1, 1985, except a regulation in existence on September 1, 1985, that is inconsistent with a regulation adopted after that date:

(A) certification procedures for products and parts, 14 C.F.R. Part 21;

(B) maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alteration regulations, 14 C.F.R. Part 43; and

(C) general operating and flight rules, 14 C.F.R. Part 91.

(2) "Operate" means to use, cause to use, or authorize to use an aircraft for air navigation and includes:

(A) the piloting of an aircraft, with or without the right of legal control;

(B) the taxiing of an aircraft before takeoff or after landing; and

(C) the postflight or preflight inspection or starting of the engine of an aircraft.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.212 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.212
§ 61.212. EXEMPTIONS FROM SUBCHAPTER.
Status: repealed

(a) The provisions of this subchapter do not apply:

(1) to excavating, taking, removing, or carrying away sand, marl, gravel, or shell made for the purpose of constructing improvements on real property if the improvements are constructed on the property on which the excavating, taking, removing, or carrying away occurs;

(2) to any landowner who desires to shift sand, marl, gravel, or shell from one location to another on land wholly owned by him; or

(3) to any agency of the federal or state government or any county, city, or other political subdivision or any of their agents or officers acting in their official capacities.

(b) Any person who holds a lease that was issued by the state under Chapter 377, Acts of the 57th Legislature, Regular Session, 1961 (Article 5415e, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), before it was repealed shall be treated as an owner of the land and shall be entitled to excavate, take, remove, and carry away sand, marl, gravel, or shell for the purposes provided in Subsection (a) of this section without obtaining a permit from the commissioners court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8019A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8019A / Section 8019A.0202
§ 8019A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Lisa Angell;

(2) Josh Bouquet;

(3) Tyler Nunez;

(4) Steven Tennis; and

(5) Courtney Wilcox.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8019A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8019A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8019A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.