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Tex. Government Code § 490A.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 490A / Section 490A.006
§ 490A.006. ENTREPRENEURSHIP SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The network shall develop a statewide association of local individuals who are entrepreneurship developers trained to analyze, evaluate, and develop business plans and help local entrepreneur participants start, grow, or develop their businesses.

(b) The network may establish local entrepreneurship centers in every county practicable, at which an entrepreneur participant may access programs, necessary support, and online resources provided and developed by the network. In establishing the entrepreneurship centers, the network shall use existing infrastructure, public and private organizations, and other resources, including chambers of commerce, universities and community colleges, county extension offices, Texas Workforce Commission offices, and local business offices.

(c) The network shall adopt requirements for entrepreneurship centers. An organization must meet the requirements adopted under this subsection before hosting an entrepreneurship center.

(d) A group of individuals who have services, resources, or expertise to offer entrepreneur participants may agree to provide services through the network as an entrepreneurship force.
Tex. Estates Code § 310.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 310 / Section 310.001
§ 310.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "undistributed assets" includes funds used to pay debts, administration expenses, and federal and state estate, inheritance, succession, and generation-skipping transfer taxes until the date the debts, expenses, and taxes are paid.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.4031 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.4031
§ 431.4031. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) A wholesale distributor that distributes prescription drugs that are medical gases or a wholesale distributor that is a manufacturer or a third-party logistics provider on behalf of a manufacturer is exempt from Sections 431.404(a)(5) and (6), (b), and (c), 431.4045(2), 431.405, and 431.407.

(b) A state agency or a political subdivision of this state that distributes prescription drugs using federal or state funding to nonprofit health care facilities, local mental health authorities, or local intellectual and developmental disability authorities for distribution to a pharmacy, practitioner, or patient is exempt from Sections 431.405(b), 431.407, 431.412, and 431.413.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule may exempt specific purchases of prescription drugs by state agencies and political subdivisions of this state if the executive commissioner determines that the requirements of this subchapter would result in a substantial cost to the state or a political subdivision of the state.
Tex. Water Code § 28.103 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 28 / Section 28.103
§ 28.103. LEAKING WATER WELLS FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The leaking water wells fund is created as a fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund.

(b) The fund consists of:

(1) money appropriated, credited, or transferred to the fund by the legislature;

(2) gifts or grants contributed to the fund; and

(3) interest earned on deposits and investments of the fund.

(c) Interest earned on money deposited to the credit of the fund is exempt from Section 404.071, Government Code. Interest earned on money in the fund shall be retained in the fund.

(d) The fund may be used only to implement the program established under Section 28.104, including the costs of program administration and operation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 442.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 442 / Section 442.003
§ 442.003. CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not limit the authority of this state or a political subdivision of this state to regulate or prohibit a prescription drug.
Tex. Government Code § 54A.303 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54A / Section 54A.303
§ 54A.303. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW; CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Subchapter C applies to an associate judge appointed under this subchapter except to the extent of a conflict with this subchapter.

(b) Nothing in this subchapter limits the authority of a court to which this subchapter applies to issue an order under Title 3, Estates Code, or Chapter 48, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Property Code § 5.029 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.029
§ 5.029.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.029. CORRECTION INSTRUMENTS: MATERIAL CORRECTIONS. (a) In addition to nonmaterial corrections, including the corrections described by Section 5.028, the parties to the original transaction or the parties' heirs, successors, or assigns, as applicable may execute a correction instrument to make a material correction to the recorded original instrument of conveyance, including a correction to:

(1) add:

(A) a buyer's disclaimer of an interest in the real property that is the subject of the original instrument of conveyance;

(B) a mortgagee's consent or subordination to a recorded document executed by the mortgagee or an heir, successor, or assign of the mortgagee; or

(C) land to a conveyance that correctly conveys other land;

(2) remove land from a conveyance that correctly conveys other land; or

(3) accurately identify a lot or unit number or letter of property owned by the grantor that was inaccurately identified as another lot or unit number or letter of property owned by the grantor in the recorded original instrument of conveyance.

(b) A correction instrument under this section must be:

(1) executed by each party to the recorded original instrument of conveyance the correction instrument is executed to correct or, if applicable, a party's heirs, successors, or assigns; and

(2) recorded in each county in which the original instrument of conveyance that is being corrected is recorded.
Tex. Government Code § 1475.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1475 / Section 1475.004
§ 1475.004. ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county:

(1) may, on its own motion, order an election to determine whether the county will issue bonds or warrants or otherwise lend its credit to take an action under Section 1475.002; and

(2) shall order such an election if a petition signed by at least 25 of the resident owners of taxable property in the county that calls for the election is filed with the commissioners court.

(b) The election order must include as close a description as possible of:

(1) the proposed navigation purposes, aid to navigation, or right-of-way and necessary dumping privileges to be acquired;

(2) the amount of the proposed bonds or warrants or the extent of the credit proposed to be authorized for those purposes;

(3) if the commissioners court proposes to issue bonds or warrants, the maturity dates and rate of interest of the bonds or warrants; and

(4) if the commissioners court proposes to lend the credit of the county, the manner in which the credit is to be used and the terms of the credit to be authorized.

(c) Subject to Section 4.003(c), Election Code, the commissioners court shall give 20 days notice of the election:

(1) by publication in a newspaper published at the county seat; and

(2) by posting in three public places in the county, one of which must be at the county seat.

(d) The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The issuance of bonds (or, if appropriate, 'the issuance of warrants' or 'the lending of credit') and the imposition of a tax in payment of the bonds (or, if appropriate, 'in payment of the warrants' or 'in payment of the lending of credit')."
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.501 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 74 / Section 74.501
§ 74.501. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Future damages" means damages that are incurred after the date of judgment for:

(A) medical, health care, or custodial care services;

(B) physical pain and mental anguish, disfigurement, or physical impairment;

(C) loss of consortium, companionship, or society; or

(D) loss of earnings.

(2) "Future loss of earnings" means the following losses incurred after the date of the judgment:

(A) loss of income, wages, or earning capacity and other pecuniary losses; and

(B) loss of inheritance.

(3) "Periodic payments" means the payment of money or its equivalent to the recipient of future damages at defined intervals.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.173 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.173
§ 52.173. OFFSET WELLS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Horizontal drainhole well" means a well with a horizontal drainhole that may produce oil or gas along at least 100 feet of the drainhole.

(2) "Take point" means any point in a horizontal drainhole well where oil or gas can be produced from the reservoir or field interval recognized by the Railroad Commission of Texas.

(3) "Unconventional fracture treated field" means an oil or gas field in which horizontal well development and hydraulic fracture treatment must be used to recover resources from all or part of the field.

(a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), if oil or gas is produced in commercial quantities within 1,000 feet of land subject to this subchapter or if production of oil or gas is draining land subject to this subchapter, the owner, lessee, sublessee, receiver, or other agent in control of land subject to this subchapter shall in good faith begin the drilling of a well or wells upon such state land within 100 days after the draining well or wells or the well or wells completed within 1,000 feet of the state land commence to produce in commercial quantities and shall prosecute such drilling with diligence to reasonably develop the state land and to protect such state land against drainage.

(a-2) If the well producing oil or gas in commercial quantities under Subsection (a-1) is a horizontal drainhole well located in an unconventional fracture treated field, the owner, lessee, sublessee, receiver, or other agent in control of land subject to this subchapter is not required to drill an offset well as provided by Subsection (a-1) unless any take point in the horizontal drainhole well is located closer to the state land than the greater of:

(1) the minimum distance established by the applicable lease-line spacing requirement of the Railroad Commission of Texas; or

(2) a perpendicular distance of 330 feet.

(b) An offset well shall be drilled to a depth and the means shall be employed which may be necessary to prevent undue drainage of oil or gas from beneath the state land.

(c) Within 30 days after an offset well has been completed or abandoned, a log of each well shall be filed in the land office.

(d) At the determination of the commissioner and with the commissioner's written approval, the payment of a compensatory royalty shall satisfy the obligation to drill an offset well or wells required by Subsection (a-1). Such compensatory royalty shall be paid at a royalty rate established by the commissioner if the land is unleased, or at the royalty rate provided by the state lease, if the land is leased. Such compensatory royalty shall be paid on the market value at the well of production from the well producing oil or gas in commercial quantities described by Subsection (a-1).
Tex. Local Government Code § 303.030 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 303 / Section 303.030
§ 303.030. RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The original and two copies of the restated articles of incorporation and a certified copy of the resolution of the sponsor's governing body authorizing the articles shall be delivered to the secretary of state.

(b) If the secretary of state finds that the restated articles of incorporation comply with this chapter and have been authorized by the sponsor's governing body, the secretary of state, on payment of the fees required by this chapter, shall:

(1) write "filed" on the original and each copy of the restated articles of incorporation and the month, day, and year of the filing;

(2) file the original in the office of the secretary of state; and

(3) issue two restated certificates of incorporation with a copy of the restated articles of incorporation attached to each.

(c) The secretary of state shall deliver a restated certificate of incorporation, with a copy of the restated articles of incorporation attached, to the corporation or its representative and to the sponsor's governing body.

(d) On the issuance by the secretary of state of the restated certificate of incorporation, the original articles of incorporation and all amendments are superseded, and the restated articles of incorporation become the corporation's articles of incorporation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.008
§ 81.008. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE IN ANIMALS; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The Texas Animal Health Commission and the Texas A&M University Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall each adopt by rule a memorandum of understanding, adopted also by rule by the executive commissioner, governing the exchange of information on communicable diseases in animals between the department and those entities.
Tex. Education Code § 88.301 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.301
§ 88.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) "Local government employee member" means a member who is an employee, as defined by Section 504.001, Labor Code, of a political subdivision, as defined by that section.

(2) "Member" means an individual, other than an employee of The Texas A&M University System, who has been officially designated as a member of Texas Task Force 1.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1103 (H.B. 4464), Sec. 8(3), eff. September 1, 2025.

(4) "State employee member" means a member employed by an agency of the state other than a component of The Texas A&M University System.
Tex. Government Code § 2175.906 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.906
§ 2175.906. ABOLISHED AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

On abolition of a state agency, in accordance with Chapter 325, the commission shall take custody of all of the agency's property or other assets as surplus property unless other law or the legislature designates another appropriate governmental entity to take custody of the property or assets.
Tex. Family Code § 107.154 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.154
§ 107.154.
Status: in_force

Sec. 107.154. ADOPTION EVALUATOR: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. (a) In this section:

(1) "Full-time experience" means a period during which a person works at least 30 hours per week.

(2) "Human services field of study" means a field of study designed to prepare a person in the disciplined application of counseling, family therapy, psychology, or social work values, principles, and methods.

(b) To be qualified to conduct an adoption evaluation under this subchapter, a person must:

(1) have a degree from an accredited college or university in a human services field of study and a license to practice in this state as a social worker, professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, or psychologist and:

(A) have one year of full-time experience working at a child-placing agency conducting child-placing activities; or

(B) be practicing under the direct supervision of a person qualified under this section to conduct adoption evaluations;

(2) be employed by or under contract with a domestic relations office, provided that the person conducts adoption evaluations relating only to families ordered to participate in adoption evaluations conducted by the domestic relations office; or

(3) be qualified as a child custody evaluator under Section 107.104.

(c) In addition to the other qualifications prescribed by this section, an individual must complete at least eight hours of family violence dynamics training provided by a family violence service provider to be qualified to conduct an adoption evaluation under this subchapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.006 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 55A / Section 55A.006
§ 55A.006. MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the limitation provided by Article 55A.001, a person is entitled to obtain the expunction of any information that identifies the person, including the person's name, address, date of birth, driver's license number, and social security number, contained in records and files relating to the person's arrest or the arrest of another person if:

(1) the expunction of identifying information is sought with respect to the arrest of the person asserting the entitlement and the person was arrested solely as a result of identifying information that was inaccurate due to a clerical error; or

(2) the expunction of identifying information is sought with respect to the arrest of a person other than the person asserting the entitlement and:

(A) the information identifying the person asserting the entitlement was falsely given by the arrested person as the arrested person's identifying information without the consent of the person asserting the entitlement; and

(B) the only reason why the identifying information of the person asserting the entitlement is contained in the applicable arrest records and files is the deception of the arrested person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7205.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7205 / Section 7205.101
§ 7205.101. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code, applicable to special utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Tax Code § 160.062 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 160 / Section 160.062
§ 160.062. PENALTY FOR SIGNING FALSE AFFIDAVITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person signs a joint affidavit required by Section 160.042 and knows that it is false in any material fact.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.
Tex. Local Government Code § 324.043 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 324 / Section 324.043
§ 324.043. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

A board member is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in performing the duties of a board member. A board member's reimbursement for necessary expenses, in excess of $250, shall be approved by the commissioners court. A board member's approved expense account shall be paid in due time by the board's check or warrant.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.421 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.421
§ 11.421. QUALIFICATION OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the chief appraiser denies a timely filed application for an exemption under Section 11.20 for an organization that otherwise qualified for the exemption on January 1 of the year but that did not satisfy the requirements of Subsection (c)(4) of that section on that date, the organization is eligible for the exemption for the tax year if the organization:

(1) satisfies the requirements of Section 11.20(c)(4) before the later of:

(A) June 1 of the year to which the exemption applies; or

(B) the 60th day after the date the chief appraiser notifies the organization of its failure to comply with those requirements; and

(2) within the time provided by Subdivision (1) files with the chief appraiser a new completed application for the exemption together with an affidavit stating that the organization has complied with the requirements of Section 11.20(c)(4).

(b) If the chief appraiser cancels an exemption for a religious organization under Section 11.20 that was erroneously allowed in a tax year because he determines that the organization did not satisfy the requirements of Section 11.20(c)(4) on January 1 of that year, the organization is eligible for the exemption for that tax year if the organization:

(1) was otherwise qualified for the exemption;

(2) satisfies the requirements of Section 11.20(c)(4) on or before the 60th day after the date the chief appraiser notifies the organization of the cancellation; and

(3) within the time provided by Subdivision (2) files with the chief appraiser a new completed application for the exemption together with an affidavit stating that the organization has complied with the requirements of Section 11.20(c)(4).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1110.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1110 / Section 1110.002
§ 1110.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a life insurance policy issued on or after August 31, 1981.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 325.005 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 325 / Section 325.005
§ 325.005. TRANSMISSION OF FRAUDULENT ELECTRONIC MAIL PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person may not, with the intent to engage in conduct involving the fraudulent use or possession of identifying information, send or cause to be sent to an electronic mail address held by a resident of this state an electronic mail message that:

(1) is falsely represented as being sent by a legitimate online business;

(2) refers or links the recipient to a web page that is represented as being associated with the legitimate online business; and

(3) directly or indirectly induces, requests, or solicits the recipient to provide identifying information for a purpose that the recipient believes is legitimate.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 112.022 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.022
§ 112.022. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The council shall hire an executive director in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 15025 and its subsequent amendments to carry out the policies and activities established by the council.

(b) The executive director shall hire and supervise necessary staff who will be responsible solely for carrying out activities designated by the council and consistent with:

(1) applicable federal developmental disability laws; and

(2) this chapter.

(c) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to members of the council and to council employees, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements for office or employment under this subchapter, including information regarding a person's responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Tex. Government Code § 2003.0412 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.0412
§ 2003.0412. EX PARTE CONSULTATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the provisions of Section 2001.061 apply in relation to a matter before the office without regard to whether the matter is considered a contested case under Chapter 2001.

(b) The provisions of Section 2001.061 do not apply to a matter before the office to the extent that the office is conducting an alternative dispute resolution procedure in relation to the matter. The chief administrative law judge shall adopt rules that prescribe the types of alternative dispute resolution procedures in which ex parte consultations are prohibited and the types of alternative dispute resolution procedures in which ex parte consultations are allowed. For alternative dispute resolution procedures in which ex parte consultations are prohibited, the chief administrative law judge in adopting rules under this subsection shall model the prohibition after Section 2001.061 but may vary the extent of the prohibition if necessary to take into account the nature of alternative dispute resolution procedures.