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Tex. Estates Code § 257.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 257 / Section 257.053
§ 257.053. ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN NO WILL IS PRODUCED.
Status: in_force

In addition to the requirements for an application under Section 257.051, if an applicant for the probate of a will as a muniment of title cannot produce the will in court, the application must state:

(1) the reason the will cannot be produced;

(2) the contents of the will, to the extent known; and

(3) the name and address, if known, whether the person is an adult or minor, and the relationship to the testator, if any, of:

(A) each devisee;

(B) each person who would inherit as an heir of the testator in the absence of a valid will; and

(C) in the case of partial intestacy, each heir of the testator.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.304 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.304
§ 21.304. REDEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A distribution by a corporation that involves a redemption of outstanding redeemable shares of the corporation subject to redemption may be related to any or all of those shares.

(b) If less than all of the outstanding redeemable shares of a corporation subject to redemption are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected for redemption:

(1) in accordance with the corporation's certificate of formation; or

(2) ratably or by lot in the manner prescribed by resolution of the corporation's board of directors, if the certificate of formation does not specify how shares are to be selected for redemption.

(c) A redemption of redeemable shares takes effect by call and written notice of the redemption of the shares.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.001
§ 3831.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "City council" means the governing body of the City of Temple.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Temple Health and Bioscience Economic Development District.

(5) "Obligation" means an interest-bearing obligation issued by the district under this chapter, including a bond, certificate, note, or other evidence of indebtedness.

(6) "Project" means a project established under Section 3831.111 and includes the land, buildings, equipment, facilities, infrastructure, improvements, and other property necessary to accomplish the purposes of the project.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.176 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.176
§ 225.176. HONORABLE TEEL BIVINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 287 between the northern boundary of Moore County and the highway's intersection with Reclamation Plant Road is designated as the Honorable Teel Bivins Memorial Highway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Honorable Teel Bivins Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker near each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3819.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3819 / Section 3819.159
§ 3819.159. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

Without further authorization or other procedural requirement, the district may grant, consistent with Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 116.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 116 / Section 116.002
§ 116.002. CERTAIN SETTLEMENT TERMS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental unit may not enter into a settlement of a claim or action against the governmental unit in which:

(1) the amount of the settlement is equal to or greater than $30,000;

(2) the money that would be used to pay the settlement is:

(A) derived from taxes collected by a governmental unit;

(B) received from the state; or

(C) insurance proceeds received from an insurance policy for which the premium was paid with taxes collected by a governmental unit or money received from the state; and

(3) a condition of the settlement requires a party seeking affirmative relief against the governmental unit to agree not to disclose any fact, allegation, evidence, or other matter to any other person, including a journalist or other member of the media.

(b) A settlement agreement provision entered into in violation of Subsection (a) is void and unenforceable.
Tex. Family Code § 55.01 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.01
§ 55.01. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Adaptive behavior" and "intellectual disability" have the meanings assigned by Section 591.003, Health and Safety Code.

(2) "Child with an intellectual disability" means a child determined by a physician or psychologist licensed in this state to have subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior.

(3) "Child with mental illness" means a child determined by a physician or psychologist licensed in this state to have a mental illness.

(4) "Interdisciplinary team" means a group of intellectual disability professionals and paraprofessionals who assess the treatment, training, and habilitation needs of a person with an intellectual disability and make recommendations for services for that person.

(5) "Least restrictive appropriate setting" means the treatment or service setting closest to the child's home that provides the child with the greatest probability of improvement and is no more restrictive of the child's physical or social liberties than is necessary to provide the child with the most effective treatment or services and to protect adequately against any danger the child poses to self or others.

(6) "Mental illness" has the meaning assigned by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code.

(7) "Restoration classes" means curriculum-based educational sessions a child attends to assist in restoring the child's fitness to proceed, including the child's capacity to understand the proceedings in juvenile court and to assist in the child's own defense.

(8) "Subaverage general intellectual functioning" means intelligence that is measured on standardized psychometric instruments of two or more standard deviations below the age-group mean for the instruments used.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.103
§ 2301.103. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

A division employee is subject to dismissal if the employee has an interest in or is related within the first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to a person who has an interest in a business that manufactures, distributes, converts, sells, or leases motor vehicles.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8365.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8365 / Section 8365.005
§ 8365.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, or improvement of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Water Code § 15.955 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.955
§ 15.955. GRANT APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

An eligible political subdivision or nonprofit organization must apply to the board for a grant under the program before incurring any expense associated with a self-help project described by Section 15.953(a). The application must include:

(1) the name of the political subdivision or nonprofit organization, the names of the political subdivision's authorized representative or the nonprofit organization's principal officers, and verification of the nonprofit organization's 501(c)(3) status;

(2) a description of the project area, the anticipated number of water and wastewater connections to be made, and the anticipated number of colonia residents to be served;

(3) a description of the existing water and wastewater facilities in the colonia;

(4) a description of the project and the aspect of the project for which the grant will be used;

(5) a description of the anticipated participation in the project by residents of the colonia;

(6) the estimated total cost of both the project and the aspect of the project for which the grant will be used;

(7) the amount of the grant that is requested from the account and the sources of funding for the entire project;

(8) from a retail public utility authorized to provide water or wastewater services to the colonia, a resolution in which the retail public utility:

(A) agrees to inspect the project during and after construction to ensure the adequacy of the project; and

(B) commits to provide the water or wastewater services that the project intends to use; and

(9) any other information required by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1059.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1059 / Section 1059.061
§ 1059.061. EMPLOYEES; APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF STAFF.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may:

(1) appoint to or remove from the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary; and

(2) adopt policies relating to the method of appointing and removing staff members.

(b) The district may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.

(d) The district may not employ a person who is related to a director within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, during that director's term of office. A district employee who is related to a person elected as a director within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity shall resign from employment when that director takes office.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.034 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.034
§ 392.034. TERMS OF OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Two of the original commissioners of a county housing authority shall be designated to serve one-year terms from the date of their appointment, and three shall be designated to serve two-year terms. Subsequent commissioners are appointed for two-year terms.

(b)(1) The original commissioners of a municipal housing authority shall serve terms as follows:

(A) for an authority with five commissioners, two shall be designated to serve one-year terms and three shall be designated to serve two-year terms;

(B) for an authority with seven commissioners, three shall be designated to serve one-year terms and four shall be designated to serve two-year terms;

(C) for an authority with nine commissioners, four shall be designated to serve one-year terms and five shall be designated to serve two-year terms; and

(D) for an authority with 11 commissioners, five shall be designated to serve one-year terms and six shall be designated to serve two-year terms.

(2) Subsequent municipal housing commissioners are appointed for two-year terms.

(c) Commissioners of a regional housing authority are appointed for two-year terms.

(d) Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.
Tex. Government Code § 830.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 830 / Section 830.107
§ 830.107. INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A participant in the optional retirement program may authorize the payment of investment advisory fees from the amount in the participant's custodial account or annuity if:

(1) the investment advisory fees for each fiscal year do not exceed two percent of the annual value of the participant's custodial account or annuity as of the last day of that fiscal year;

(2) the fees are paid directly to a registered investment advisor that provides investment advice to the participant;

(3) the investment advisor to whom the fees are paid is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. Section 80b-1 et seq.) and is engaged full-time in the business of providing investment advice;

(4) the participant and the investment advisor enter into a contract, for a term of no more than one year, for services that provides for the payment of fees as provided by this section; and

(5) the attorney general has received an official determination from the Internal Revenue Service that payment of investment advisory fees as prescribed by this section is not a distribution of funds that is prohibited or subject to taxation and penalty under the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) The attorney general shall request an official determination from the Internal Revenue Service concerning whether the payment of investment advisory fees as prescribed by this section is a distribution of funds that is prohibited or subject to taxation and penalty under the Internal Revenue Code. If the attorney general receives an official determination from the Internal Revenue Service as specified by this subsection, the attorney general shall file the official determination with the secretary of state's office for publication in the Texas Register.
Tex. Property Code § 74.706 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 74 / Section 74.706
§ 74.706. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A penalty equal to five percent of the value of the property due shall be imposed on a holder who fails to pay or deliver property within the time prescribed by this chapter. If a holder fails to pay or deliver property before the 31st day after the date the property is due, an additional penalty equal to five percent of the value of the property due shall be imposed.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), "holder" does not include a local governmental entity or an officer or employee of a local governmental entity who is performing the officer's or employee's official duties for the local governmental entity.
Tex. Government Code § 41.258 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 41 / Section 41.258
§ 41.258. ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR SUPPLEMENT FUND AND FAIR DEFENSE ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The assistant prosecutor supplement fund is created in the state treasury.

(b) A court, judge, magistrate, peace officer, or other officer taking a bail bond for an offense other than a misdemeanor punishable by fine only under Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, shall require the payment of a $15 reimbursement fee by each surety posting the bail bond, provided the fee does not exceed $30 for all bail bonds posted at that time for an individual and the fee is not required on the posting of a personal or cash bond.

(c) An officer collecting a reimbursement fee under this section shall deposit the fee in the county treasury in accordance with Article 103.004, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(d) An officer who collects a reimbursement fee due under this section shall:

(1) keep separate records of the funds collected; and

(2) file the reports required by Article 103.005, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(e) The custodian of the county treasury shall:

(1) keep records of the amount of funds on deposit that are collected under this section; and

(2) send to the comptroller not later than the last day of the month following each calendar quarter the funds collected under this section during the preceding quarter.

(f) A surety paying a reimbursement fee under Subsection (b) may apply for and is entitled to a refund of the fee not later than the 181st day after the date the state declines to prosecute an individual or the grand jury declines to indict an individual.

(g) A county may retain 10 percent of the funds collected under this section and may also retain all interest accrued on the funds if the custodian of the treasury:

(1) keeps records of the amount of funds on deposit; and

(2) remits the funds to the comptroller as prescribed by Subsection (e).

(h) Funds collected are subject to audit by the comptroller, and funds expended are subject to audit by the state auditor.

(i) The comptroller shall deposit two-thirds of the funds received under this section in the assistant prosecutor supplement fund and one-third of the funds received under this section to the fair defense account. A county may not reduce the amount of funds provided for indigent defense services in the county because of funds provided under this subsection.

(j) The comptroller shall pay supplements from the assistant prosecutor supplement fund as provided by this subchapter. At the end of each fiscal year, any unexpended balance in the fund in excess of $1.5 million may be transferred to the general revenue fund.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.413 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.413
§ 51.413. TRANSFERS FROM THE REAL ESTATE SPECIAL FUND ACCOUNT TO THE AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND AND THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, by a resolution adopted at a regular meeting, release from the real estate special fund account funds previously designated under Section 51.401 or managed, used, or encumbered under Section 51.402 or Section 51.4021 to be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of:

(1) the available school fund; or

(2) the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation for investment in the permanent school fund.

(b) The board shall adopt rules to establish the procedure that will be used by the board to determine the date a transfer will be made and the amount of the funds that will be transferred to the available school fund or to the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation for investment in the permanent school fund from the real estate special fund account as provided by Subsection (a).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.020 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.020
§ 242.020. CIVIL LIABILITY RELATED TO MISAPPROPRIATION OF RESIDENT'S FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Misappropriate" means the taking, secretion, misapplication, deprivation, transfer, or attempted transfer to any person not entitled to receive any real or personal property or anything of value belonging to or under the legal control of a resident without the effective consent of the resident or other appropriate legal authority.

(2) "Responsible payor" means a person who:

(A) has legal access to the resident's income or resources available to pay for nursing facility care; and

(B) has signed an admission agreement or other contract with the facility in which the person agrees to provide payment for the resident's facility care from the resident's income or resources.

(b) A nursing facility may file an action against a resident's responsible payor for an amount owed by the resident to the facility if:

(1) before admission of the resident, the facility obtains financial information from the resident or responsible payor demonstrating the amount of financial resources that the resident has available to pay for nursing facility care; and

(2) after the resident begins to reside at the facility, the responsible payor misappropriates the resident's resources to a degree that the resident is unable to afford to pay for the resident's care.

(c) A nursing facility may file an action for injunctive relief against a resident's responsible payor who engages in conduct described by Subsection (b). The court may grant any appropriate injunctive relief to prevent or abate the conduct, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.

(d) Subject to Subsection (e), the prevailing party in an action filed under this section may recover attorney's fees.

(e) In an action filed under this section, a nursing facility may not recover a total amount, including damages and attorney's fees, that exceeds the amount the responsible payor has misappropriated from the resident.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9089.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9089 / Section 9089.0301
§ 9089.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.252 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.252
§ 85.252. INADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

A finding by the court that any party is likely to suffer damage is not admissible as evidence of damages in a suit on the bond.
Tex. Government Code § 552.351 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.351
§ 552.351. DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully destroys, mutilates, removes without permission as provided by this chapter, or alters public information.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine of not less than $25 or more than $4,000;

(2) confinement in the county jail for not less than three days or more than three months; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.

(c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that the public information was transferred under Section 441.204.
Tex. Education Code § 61.309 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.309
§ 61.309. REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The board may revoke a certificate of authority to grant degrees at any time if it finds that:

(1) any statement contained in an application for a certificate is untrue;

(2) the institution has failed to maintain the faculty, facilities, equipment, and programs of study on the basis of which the certificate was issued;

(3) advertising utilized on behalf of the institution is deceptive or misleading; or

(4) the institution has violated any rule or regulation promulgated by the board under the authority of this subchapter.
Tex. Property Code § 53.155 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.155
§ 53.155. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY SOLD.
Status: in_force

If the improvement is sold separately from the land, the officer making the sale shall provide the purchaser a reasonable time after the date of purchase within which to remove and take possession of the purchased improvement.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.013
§ 12.013. DRIVING AND TRAFFIC POLICIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall continuously study and investigate the medical aspects of:

(1) the licensing of drivers;

(2) the enforcement of traffic safety laws, including differentiation between drivers who are ill or intoxicated; and

(3) accident investigation, including examination for alcohol or drugs in the bodies of persons killed in traffic accidents.

(b) Based on the studies and investigations, the department periodically shall recommend to the Department of Public Safety appropriate policies, standards, and procedures relating to those medical aspects.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.126 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.126
§ 63.126. PROSECUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Each district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney to whom the service reports a violation of this chapter shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in the proper court without delay in the manner provided by law.