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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.309 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.309
§ 7.309. DUTY OF CARE; CONTRACTUAL LIMITATION OF CARRIER'S LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A carrier that issues a bill of lading, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, shall exercise the degree of care in relation to the goods which a reasonably careful person would exercise under similar circumstances. This subsection does not affect any statute, regulation, or rule of law that imposes liability upon a common carrier for damages not caused by its negligence.

(b) Damages may be limited by a term in the bill of lading or in a transportation agreement that the carrier's liability may not exceed a value stated in the bill or transportation agreement if the carrier's rates are dependent upon value and the consignor is afforded an opportunity to declare a higher value and is advised of the opportunity. However, such a limitation is not effective with respect to the carrier's liability for conversion to its own use.

(c) Reasonable provisions as to the time and manner of presenting claims and commencing actions based on the shipment may be included in a bill of lading or a transportation agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.259 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.259
§ 3897.259. COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may undertake separately or jointly with other persons, including a municipality or county in which the district is located, all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an improvement project:

(1) for improving, enhancing, and supporting public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical services, and law enforcement in and adjacent to the district; or

(2) that confers a general benefit on the entire district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.004
§ 8501.004. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary-treasurer of the board shall keep a record of all proceedings and all orders of the board.

(b) The records of the authority are subject to public inspection.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.173 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.173
§ 134.173. CIVIL ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may request the attorney general to institute a civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other appropriate order, if the permit holder:

(1) violates, fails, or refuses to comply with an order or decision issued by the commission under this chapter;

(2) interferes with, hinders, or delays the commission or its authorized representative in carrying out Sections 134.161 through 134.172;

(3) refuses to admit an authorized representative to the mine;

(4) refuses to allow an authorized representative to inspect the mine;

(5) refuses to furnish information or a report requested by the commission under the commission's rules; or

(6) refuses to allow access to and copying of records the commission determines reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b) The action shall be brought in a district court in Travis County or in the county in which the greater part of the surface mining and reclamation operation is located.

(c) The court has jurisdiction to provide appropriate relief.

(d) Relief granted by the court to enforce Subsection (a)(1) continues in effect until the earlier of the date on which:

(1) all proceedings for review of the order are completed or finally terminated; or

(2) the court sets aside or modifies the order.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1151.162 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.162
§ 1151.162. RULES RELATING TO RECERTIFICATION AND SPECIALIZATION.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules:

(1) regarding recertification to ensure that each person certified under this chapter who is engaged in appraisal, assessment, or collection is registered and professionally competent; and

(2) establishing specialized classifications, designations, and requirements as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, including maintaining high standards of professional practice in all phases of property taxation.
Tex. Estates Code § 113.105 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 113 / Section 113.105
§ 113.105. OWNERSHIP OF CONVENIENCE ACCOUNT; ADDITIONS AND ACCRUALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The making of a deposit in a convenience account does not affect the title to the deposit.

(b) A party to a convenience account is not considered to have made a gift of the deposit, or of any additions or accruals to the deposit, to a convenience signer.

(c) An addition made to a convenience account by anyone other than a party, and accruals to the addition, are considered to have been made by a party.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.572 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.572
§ 452.572. BOARD MEMBERSHIP; MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The subregional board is composed of 15 members appointed by the governing bodies of the municipalities in the subregional authority.

(b) The governing body of a municipality entitled to appoint more than one board member may appoint a number of members less than the number allocated to the municipality. Those appointed members may cast the same number of votes as the number of members allocated, but a member may not cast a divided vote.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 23.062 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 23 / Section 23.062
§ 23.062. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AS MEMBER OF CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A financial institution may become a member of a corporation and may make loans to the corporation as provided by this chapter.

(b) A financial institution may request membership in the corporation by applying to the corporation's board of directors in the manner prescribed by the board. Membership in the corporation takes effect on the board's acceptance of the application.

(c) A financial institution that is a member of a corporation may acquire, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of a bond, security, or other evidence of indebtedness created by, or a share of, the corporation. As owner of shares of the corporation, a financial institution may exercise any right, power, or privilege of that ownership, including the right to vote. A member of a corporation may not acquire shares of the corporation in an amount greater than 10 percent of the member's loan limit. The amount of shares of the corporation that a member may acquire is in addition to the amount of shares of corporations that the member may otherwise acquire.

(d) A financial institution that is not a member of the corporation may not acquire any shares of the corporation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.225 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.225
§ 431.225. EXPIRATION DATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule may provide that licenses expire on different dates.

(b) If the license expiration date is changed, license fees shall be prorated so that each license holder pays only that portion of the license fee allocable to the number of months during which the license is valid. On renewal of the license on the new expiration date, the total license renewal fee is payable.
Tex. Government Code § 4001.060 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.060
§ 4001.060. INVESTMENT ADVISER REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), "investment adviser representative" includes a person or company who, for compensation, is employed, appointed, or authorized by an investment adviser to solicit clients for the investment adviser or who provides investment advice, directly or through subagents, as defined by board rule, to an investment adviser's clients on behalf of the investment adviser.

(b) "Investment adviser representative" does not include a partner of a partnership or officer of a corporation or other entity that is registered as an investment adviser under this title solely because of the person's status as a partner or officer of that entity.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 67.303 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.303
§ 67.303. TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

The task force shall consist of:

(1) a representative of the department designated by the director of the department;

(2) two representatives of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including a representative of the parole division, designated by the executive director of that agency;

(3) a representative of the office of the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice designated by the inspector general;

(4) two representatives of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department designated by the executive director of that agency;

(5) a representative of the office of the attorney general designated by the attorney general;

(6) six representatives who are local law enforcement officers or local community supervision personnel, including juvenile probation personnel, designated by the governor;

(7) two representatives who are local prosecutors designated by the governor; and

(8) a representative of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission designated by the executive director of that agency.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 26.001 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 26 / Section 26.001
§ 26.001. PROTECTED LAND; NOTICE OF TAKING.
Status: in_force

(a) A department, agency, political subdivision, county, or municipality of this state may not approve any program or project that requires the use or taking of any public land designated and used prior to the arrangement of the program or project as a park, recreation area, scientific area, wildlife refuge, or historic site, unless the department, agency, political subdivision, county, or municipality, acting through its duly authorized governing body or officer, determines that:

(1) there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the use or taking of such land; and

(2) the program or project includes all reasonable planning to minimize harm to the land, as a park, recreation area, scientific area, wildlife refuge, or historic site, resulting from the use or taking.

(b) A finding required by Subsection (a) of this section may be made only after notice and a hearing as required by this chapter.

(c) The governing body or officer shall consider clearly enunciated local preferences, and the provisions of this chapter do not constitute a mandatory prohibition against the use of the area if the findings are made that justify the approval of a program or project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3899.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3899 / Section 3899.053
§ 3899.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0208 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0208
§ 550.0208. REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) On the conclusion of the pilot program but not later than 48 months following the date of the last participating family's enrollment in the program, the commission shall report to the legislature on the results of the program. The report must include:

(1) an evaluation of the program's effect on participating families in achieving self-sufficiency and eliminating the need for means-tested public benefits;

(2) the impact to this state on the costs of the financial assistance and supplemental nutrition assistance programs and of the child-care services program operated by the Texas Workforce Commission;

(3) a cost-benefit analysis of the program; and

(4) recommendations on the feasibility and continuation of the program.

(b) During the operation of the pilot program, the commission shall provide to the legislature additional reports concerning the program that the commission determines appropriate.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.155
§ 651.155. FEE EXEMPTION FOR MILITARY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) On presentation to the commission of evidence as prescribed by the commission, a license holder or provisional license holder actively engaged in the military service of the United States is exempt from the payment of license fees for the duration of the holder's military service or from the amount of fees and for the time the commission considers advisable.

(b) The commission may not consider the period of military service in determining whether a funeral director's license or embalmer's license is revoked, suspended, or lapsed.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.72 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.72
§ 23.72. QUALIFICATION FOR PRODUCTIVITY APPRAISAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Land qualifies for appraisal as provided by this subchapter if it is currently and actively devoted principally to production of timber or forest products to the degree of intensity generally accepted in the area with intent to produce income and has been devoted principally to production of timber or forest products or to agricultural use that would qualify the land for appraisal under Subchapter C or D for five of the preceding seven years.

(b) In determining whether land is currently and actively devoted principally to the production of timber or forest products to the degree of intensity generally accepted in an area, a chief appraiser may not consider the purpose for which a portion of a parcel of land is used if the portion is:

(1) used for the production of timber or forest products, including a road, right-of-way, buffer area, or firebreak; or

(2) subject to a right-of-way that was taken through the exercise of the power of eminent domain.

(c) For the purpose of the appraisal of land under this subchapter, a portion of a parcel of land described by Subsection (b) is considered land that qualifies for appraisal under this subchapter if the remainder of the parcel of land qualifies for appraisal under this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.352 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.352
§ 601.352. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of the administrative penalty may not exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation.

(b) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation;

(2) the history of previous violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(4) efforts made to correct the violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8819.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8819 / Section 8819.101
§ 8819.101. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state applicable to groundwater conservation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 1473.233 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.233
§ 1473.233. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS AND IMPOSE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court by order may issue certificates of indebtedness to finance the acquisition, construction, repair, improvement, or equipment of a crime detection facility, including the acquisition of any property in connection with the facility.

(b) The commissioners court annually shall impose and pledge to the payment of the certificates an ad valorem tax sufficient to pay when due the principal of and interest on the certificates.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3924.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3924 / Section 3924.004
§ 3924.004. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The initial directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.261 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.261
§ 3833.261. HIGH TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT.
Status: in_force

In making a high technology procurement, the district must comply with Sections 252.021(a) and 252.042, Local Government Code, in the same manner as a municipality governed by those sections.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.096 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.096
§ 242.096. NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOME TRUST FUND AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The nursing and convalescent home trust fund is with the comptroller and shall be made available to the department for expenditures without legislative appropriation to make emergency assistance funds available to a home.

(b) A trustee of a home may use the emergency assistance funds only to alleviate an immediate threat to the health or safety of the residents. The use may include payments for:

(1) food;

(2) medication;

(3) sanitation services;

(4) minor repairs;

(5) supplies necessary for personal hygiene; or

(6) services necessary for the personal care, health, and safety of the residents.

(c) A court may order the department to disburse emergency assistance funds to a home if the court finds that:

(1) the home has inadequate funds accessible to the trustee for the operation of the home;

(2) there exists an emergency that presents an immediate threat to the health and safety of the residents; and

(3) it is in the best interests of the health and safety of the residents that funds are immediately available.

(d) The department shall disburse money from the nursing and convalescent home trust fund as ordered by the court in accordance with department rules.

(e) Any unencumbered amount in the nursing and convalescent home trust fund in excess of $10,000,000 at the end of each fiscal year shall be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund and may be appropriated only to the department for its use in administering and enforcing this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.022 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.022
§ 503.022. WHOLESALE MOTOR VEHICLE AUCTION GENERAL DISTINGUISHING NUMBER.
Status: in_force

A person may not engage in the business of conducting a wholesale motor vehicle auction without a wholesale motor vehicle auction general distinguishing number for each location from which the person conducts business.
Tex. Government Code § 54.662 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.662
§ 54.662. JUDICIAL ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A referring court may modify, correct, reject, reverse, or recommit for further information any action taken by the magistrate.

(b) If the court does not modify, correct, reject, reverse, or recommit an action of the magistrate, the action becomes the decree of the court.

(c) At the conclusion of each term during which the services of a magistrate are used, the referring court shall enter a decree on the minutes adopting the actions of the magistrate of which the court approves.
Tex. Water Code § 35.015 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 35 / Section 35.015
§ 35.015. STATE ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision located in an area delineated as a priority groundwater management area, and in which qualified voters approve the creation of a district or annexation into an existing district, shall be given consideration to receive financial assistance from the state under Chapter 17 for funds to be used in addressing issues identified in the priority groundwater management area report in the manner provided by Sections 17.124 and 17.125.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.607 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.607
§ 460.607. AGREEMENT WITH COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

Before pledging or otherwise committing money in the tax increment account under Section 460.606, the governing body of a municipality must enter into an agreement under Subchapter E, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, to authorize and direct the comptroller to:

(1) withhold from any payment to which the municipality may be entitled the amount of the payment due to the tax increment account;

(2) deposit that amount into the tax increment account; and

(3) continue withholding and making additional payments into the tax increment account until an amount sufficient to satisfy the amount due to the account has been met.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.021 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.021
§ 161.021. COMPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission is composed of 13 commissioners appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, with the appropriate number from each of the following categories:

(1) a practitioner of veterinary medicine;

(2) a dairyman;

(3) a cattle raiser;

(4) a hog raiser;

(5) a sheep or goat raiser;

(6) a poultry raiser;

(7) an individual involved in the equine industry;

(8) an individual involved in the feedlot industry;

(9) an individual involved in the livestock marketing industry;

(10) three members of the general public; and

(11) an individual involved in the exotic livestock or exotic fowl industry.

(b) In making appointments to the commission, the governor, to the extent practicable, shall give proportionate representation to the northern, eastern, southern, and western portions of the state.

(c) Appointments to the commission shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.

(d) A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the commission if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is registered, certified, or licensed by the commission;

(2) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization regulated by the commission or receiving money from the commission;

(3) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving money from the commission; or

(4) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the commission, other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for commission membership, attendance, or expenses.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.553 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.553
§ 18B.553. EXCLUSIVITY OF REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

The remedies and sanctions under this chapter are the exclusive judicial remedies and sanctions for a violation of this chapter, other than a violation that infringes on a right of a party that is guaranteed by a state or federal constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3976.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3976 / Section 3976.0503
§ 3976.0503. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 8.05 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 8 / Section 8.05
§ 8.05. OFFICER MAY CALL AID.
Status: in_force

In order to enable the officer to disperse a riot, he may call to his aid the power of the county in the same manner as is provided where it is necessary for the execution of process.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0102
§ 5010.0102. NATURE AND PURPOSE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a port district.

(b) To the extent authorized by this chapter, the district is created to:

(1) improve navigation in the district;

(2) maintain, develop, extend, and improve port, wharf, dock, and intermodal facilities inside or outside the district; and

(3) develop the Port of Beaumont in the district.