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Tex. Education Code § 58.011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 58 / Section 58.011
§ 58.011. STATEWIDE PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALTY PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Medical school" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.501(1), except that the term also includes the school of osteopathic medicine at the University of the Incarnate Word.

(2) "Pediatric subspecialty" means a pediatric medical subspecialty certification offered by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties or American Osteopathic Association.

(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may contract with one or more organizations to operate a statewide pediatric subspecialty preceptorship program for medical students enrolled in Texas medical schools.

(c) An organization eligible to receive funds under this section must:

(1) qualify for exemption from federal income tax under Section 501, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 501); or

(2) be operated by a state accredited medical school.

(d) Students eligible to participate in the preceptorship program under this section must indicate an interest in a career in a pediatric subspecialty.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.451 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.451
§ 18A.451. CREATION OF RECORDINGS.
Status: in_force

The contents of a wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepted by means authorized by this chapter shall be recorded on tape, wire, or other comparable device in a way that protects the recording from editing or other alterations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.152
§ 3911.152. CITY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An improvement project must comply with any applicable city construction codes and construction ordinances.

(b) The district may not provide, conduct, or authorize any improvement project on the city streets, highways, rights-of-way, or easements without the consent of the governing body of the city.
Tex. Government Code § 26.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.005
§ 26.005. SEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Each county court shall be provided with a seal that has a star with five points engraved in the center. The seal must also have "County Court of ____________ County, Texas" engraved on it.

(b) The seal shall be impressed on all process other than subpoenas issued out of the court and shall be used to authenticate the official acts of the county clerk and county judge. The seal may be created using electronic means, including by using an optical disk or another electronic reproduction technique, if the means by which the seal is impressed on an original document created using the same type of electronic means does not allow for changes, additions, or deletions to be made to the document.

(c) The signature of the county clerk may be affixed on an original document using electronic means, provided those means meet the requirements described by Subsection (b).

(d) A seal impressed or a signature affixed by electronic means may be delivered or transmitted electronically.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4102 / Section 4102.053
§ 4102.053. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO RESIDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall issue a public insurance adjuster license to an applicant on determining that the application meets the requirements of this chapter, the license application fee has been paid, and the applicant is an individual who:

(1) is at least 18 years of age;

(2) is a citizen of the United States or has complied with all federal laws pertaining to employment or to the transaction of business in the United States;

(3) is a resident of this state;

(4) is trustworthy and of a moral character that reasonably ensures that the applicant will conduct the business of a public insurance adjuster fairly and in good faith without detriment to the public;

(5) has not been convicted of a felony in the 10 years preceding filing an application under this chapter or, if convicted of a felony in the 10 years preceding filing an application under this chapter, has received a full pardon from that conviction and is otherwise relieved from any disabilities connected with that conviction;

(6) has sufficient experience or training relating to the assessment of:

(A) real and personal property values; and

(B) physical loss of or damage to real or personal property that may be the subject of insurance and claims under insurance;

(7) is sufficiently informed as to the terms and effects of the types of insurance contracts that provide coverage on real and personal property;

(8) possesses knowledge and experience adequate to enable the applicant to engage in the business of a public insurance adjuster fairly and without injury to the public or any member of the public with whom the applicant may have business as a public insurance adjuster;

(9) has successfully passed the license examination prescribed under Section 4102.057 or is exempt from the examination requirement under this chapter;

(10) has complied with the financial responsibility requirements imposed under Section 4102.105; and

(11) has complied with any other requirements under applicable state law, including provision of a complete set of fingerprints on request, as provided by Section 4001.103.

(b) The commissioner may issue a resident public insurance adjuster license to an applicant who has been convicted of a felony 11 or more years before filing an application under this chapter if the commissioner determines that the applicant is qualified to act as a public insurance adjuster and that the circumstances surrounding the applicant's conviction do not warrant the denial of a license issued under this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 54.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 54 / Section 54.011
§ 54.011. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall, to the greatest extent possible, seek private funding to supplement and match funding provided through the program.

(b) The commission or a service provider may not:

(1) use funding provided through the program to perform, induce, assist, or refer an abortion; or

(2) grant funds to an abortion provider, an affiliate of an abortion provider, or an abortion services provider.

(c) The commission may not use more than three percent of funding allocated to the program to:

(1) administer the program; and

(2) procure evaluator services under Section 54.007.

(d) An organization is not eligible for funding under this chapter if the organization:

(1) is a governmental entity or quasi-governmental entity;

(2) is a hospital or hospital district;

(3) primarily functions as a medical, behavioral health, or mental health provider;

(4) shares any employees or members of its governing body with an abortion services provider; or

(5) is affiliated with, collaborates, or has a relationship with an organization that shares any employees or members of its governing body with an abortion services provider.

(e) Subsections (d)(2) and (3) do not apply to:

(1) an organization that contracted with the commission before September 1, 2023, for the purpose of providing an alternative to abortion; or

(2) an organization that subcontracted with an organization described by Subdivision (1) for the purpose of providing an alternative to abortion.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7956A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7956A / Section 7956A.0102
§ 7956A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 57.254 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 57 / Section 57.254
§ 57.254. RESUBMISSION OF WARRANTY CLAIM.
Status: in_force

If a warranty claim was rejected on the ground that the dealer failed to properly follow the procedural or technical requirements for submission of a warranty claim, the dealer may resubmit the claim in proper form not later than the 30th day after the date the dealer receives notice of the claim's rejection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.202
§ 1073.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1073.201, 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 rate approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.059 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.059
§ 2310.059. TESTING BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall from time to time measure an amount of motor fuel that is kept or offered for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, to determine:

(1) if the motor fuel is of the amount or quantity represented; or

(2) if the motor fuel is being offered for sale or sold in accordance with law.

(b) If the department finds that any lot of motor fuel contains less of the motor fuel than the amount represented, the department may seize the motor fuel as evidence.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person or the person's employee or agent refuses to exhibit motor fuel being sold or offered for sale at a given quantity, or ordinarily sold in that manner, to the department for testing and proving as to quantity.
Tex. Local Government Code § 571.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 571 / Section 571.003
§ 571.003. USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court or municipal authority may impose additional uses or restrictions on a street, alley, public highway, or other public ground necessary for the location, construction, or maintenance of a seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway.

(b) The commissioners court or municipal authority may authorize an additional use of the seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway if that use will not impair the efficiency of the seawall, breakwater, levee, floodway, or drainway.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.308 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.308
§ 212.308. SALE OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A sale under this subchapter must be made by:

(1) public auction;

(2) sealed bid; or

(3) sealed proposal.

(b) Before a sale may take place under this subchapter, the receiver must publish notice of the proposed sale before the 60th day before the date the sale is to be held and again before the 30th day before the date the sale is to be held. The notice must be published in English and Spanish in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the real property is located. The notice must:

(1) clearly identify the property to be sold;

(2) specify the procedures and date for the public auction, sealed bid, or sealed proposal method of sale;

(3) state the minimum bid for the property, if any;

(4) state any specific financial terms of sale imposed by the receiver; and

(5) describe the restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the use of the property that the receiver has determined are appropriate, other than the restrictions, conditions, and limitations provided by other law.

(c) In addition to the notice required by Subsection (b), to maximize the price at which the property is sold and the number of bidders, the receiver shall exercise best efforts to provide notice of the proposed sale to those persons who may have the business expertise, financial capability, and interest in developing the property, including local, state, and national trade associations whose members are development, real estate, or financial professionals.

(d) On the closing of a sale of property under this subchapter, fee simple title shall be vested in the purchaser.

(e) The receiver may reject any and all offers. If the receiver rejects all offers, the receiver may subsequently reoffer the same property for sale, reorganize the property and offer the property for sale, or combine all or part of the property with other property and offer the combined property for sale.

(f) If the procedures in this section are followed and a sale occurs, the sale price obtained for the property is conclusive as to the fair market value of the property at the time of the sale.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8886.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8886 / Section 8886.161
§ 8886.161. ACQUISITION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

The board may acquire land to:

(1) erect a dam;

(2) drain a lake, draw, depression, or creek; and

(3) install pumps and other equipment necessary to recharge a groundwater reservoir in the district.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.049 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.049
§ 161.049. DEALER RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying or selling animals in commerce:

(1) on the person's own account;

(2) as an employee or agent of the vendor, the purchaser, or both; or

(3) on a commission basis.

(b) A "dealer" as defined by Subsection (a) of this section does not include a person who buys or sells animals as part of the person's bona fide breeding, feeding, dairy, or stocker operations but does include livestock markets and commission merchants.

(c) The commission may require a livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl dealer to maintain records of all livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl bought and sold by the dealer.

(d) The commission may inspect and copy the records of a livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl dealer that relate to the buying and selling of those animals.

(e) The commission by rule shall adopt the form and content of the records maintained by a dealer under Subsection (c) of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3964.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3964 / Section 3964.0402
§ 3964.0402. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, or finance an improvement project or service authorized by this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the district for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8277.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8277 / Section 8277.051
§ 8277.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of directors is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Election Code § 65.056 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 65 / Section 65.056
§ 65.056. DISPOSITION OF REJECTED PROVISIONAL BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the affidavit on the envelope of a rejected provisional ballot contains the information necessary to enable the person to register to vote under Chapter 13, the voter registrar shall make a copy of the affidavit under procedures prescribed by the secretary of state. The voter registrar shall treat the copy as an application for registration under Chapter 13.

(b) The early voting ballot board shall place the envelopes containing rejected provisional ballots in an envelope and shall seal the envelope. More than one envelope may be used if necessary.

(c) The envelope for the rejected provisional ballots must indicate the date and identity of the election, be labeled "rejected provisional ballots," and be signed by the board's presiding judge.

(d) A board member shall deliver the envelope containing the rejected provisional ballots to the general custodian of election records to be preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election records. The envelope may not be placed in the box containing the accepted provisional ballots.
Tex. Election Code § 127.061 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.061
§ 127.061. SEALED BALLOT BOXES REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Sealed ballot boxes shall be used to deliver electronic system ballots from the polling place to the central counting station in accordance with this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.015 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.015
§ 22.015. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES.
Status: in_force

To enforce an ordinance, resolution, rule, or order adopted under Section 22.014(a), a local government, by ordinance or resolution as appropriate, may appoint airport guards or police, with full police powers, and establish a penalty for a violation of an ordinance, resolution, rule, or order, within the limits prescribed by law. A penalty is enforced in the same manner in which a penalty prescribed by other ordinances or resolutions of the local government is enforced.
Tex. Property Code § 141.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 141 / Section 141.005
§ 141.005. TRANSFER BY GIFT OR EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment in favor of, a custodian for the benefit of a minor under Section 141.010.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1272 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1272
§ 25.1272. JIM WELLS COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Jim Wells County has the jurisdiction provided by this section.

(b) A county court at law in Jim Wells County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:

(1) family law cases and proceedings;

(2) Class A and Class B misdemeanors;

(3) juvenile cases; and

(4) appeals from justice and municipal courts.

(c) A county court at law does not have jurisdiction of:

(1) suits on behalf of this state to recover penalties or escheated property;

(2) felony cases;

(3) misdemeanors involving official misconduct; or

(4) contested elections.

(d) The judge of a county court at law must have the same qualifications as those required by law for a district judge.

(e) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid a total annual salary set by the commissioners court at an amount that is not less than $1,000 less than the total annual salary received by a district judge in the county. A district judge's or statutory county court judge's total annual salary does not include contributions and supplements paid by a county.

(f) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, except that the county clerk serves as clerk of the court in Class A and Class B misdemeanor cases. The county clerk shall serve as clerk of a county court at law in all other matters. Each clerk shall establish a separate docket for a county court at law.

(g) Jurors summoned for a county court at law or a district court in the county may by order of the judge of the court to which they are summoned be transferred to another court for service and may be used as if summoned for the court to which they are transferred.

(h) If a jury trial is requested in a case that is in a county court at law's jurisdiction, the jury shall be composed of six members unless the constitution, Section 25.0007(c), or other law requires a 12-member jury. Failure to object before a six-member jury is seated and sworn constitutes a waiver of a 12-member jury.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0306 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0306
§ 523.0306. TEXAS HOME VISITING PROGRAM TRUST FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Home Visiting Program trust fund is a trust fund outside the treasury with the comptroller. The fund is administered by the office under this section and rules the executive commissioner adopts. Money in the fund is not state money and is not subject to legislative appropriation.

(b) The fund consists of money from voluntary contributions under Section 191.0048, Health and Safety Code, and Section 118.018, Local Government Code.

(c) The office may spend money in the fund without appropriation and only for the purpose of the Texas Home Visiting Program the commission administers.

(d) Interest and income from fund assets shall be credited to and deposited in the fund.
Tex. Local Government Code § 135.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 135 / Section 135.052
§ 135.052. ALLOCATION OF DEPOSITED FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Money collected under Subchapter C as civil fees imposed on or after January 1, 2022, shall be allocated according to the percentages provided by Sections 135.101, 135.102, and 135.103, as applicable.

(b) Expired.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 46.006 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 46 / Section 46.006
§ 46.006. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

To be eligible for participation in the program through the use of matching funds under this chapter, an organization must:

(1) be an eligible applicant under Section 46.004 of this chapter;

(2) prepare and submit a project request and application as provided by department rule; and

(3) meet any other requirement established by department rule.
Tex. Government Code § 839.2025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 839 / Section 839.2025
§ 839.2025. DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining whether a member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of regular judicial duties, the medical board designated under Section 840.202 may apply the standard prescribed by Section 814.203.

(b) A retiree who receives a disability retirement annuity under this subchapter is subject to Section 814.208 to the same extent as a disability retiree under that subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5004.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5004 / Section 5004.053
§ 5004.053. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

At least 10 but not more than 30 days before the date on which a director's term of office expires, the commissioners court of the county of residence of the retiring director shall designate a successor.
Tex. Transportation Code § 228.206 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 228 / Section 228.206
§ 228.206. TOLL REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Toll revenue collected under this section:

(1) shall be deposited in the state highway fund;

(2) may be used by the department to finance the improvement, extension, expansion, or operation of the converted segment of highway and may not be collected except for those purposes; and

(3) is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.