FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.501 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.501
§ 101.501. SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDS REQUIRED FOR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the books and records required to be kept under Section 3.151, a limited liability company shall keep at its principal office in the United States, or make available to a person at its principal office in the United States not later than the fifth day after the date the person submits a written request to examine the books and records of the company under Section 3.152(a) or 101.502:

(1) a current list that states:

(A) the percentage or other interest in the limited liability company owned by each member; and

(B) if one or more classes or groups of membership interests are established in or under the certificate of formation or company agreement, the names of the members of each specified class or group;

(2) a copy of the company's federal, state, and local tax information or income tax returns for each of the six preceding tax years;

(3) a copy of the company's certificate of formation, including any amendments to or restatements of the certificate of formation;

(4) if the company agreement is in writing, a copy of the company agreement, including any amendments to or restatements of the company agreement;

(5) an executed copy of any powers of attorney;

(6) a copy of any document that establishes a class or group of members of the company as provided by the company agreement; and

(7) except as provided by Subsection (b), a written statement of:

(A) the amount of a cash contribution and a description and statement of the agreed value of any other contribution made or agreed to be made by each member;

(B) the dates any additional contributions are to be made by a member;

(C) any event the occurrence of which requires a member to make additional contributions;

(D) any event the occurrence of which requires the winding up of the company; and

(E) the date each member became a member of the company.

(b) A limited liability company is not required to keep or make available at its principal office in the United States a written statement of the information required by Subsection (a)(7) if that information is stated in a written company agreement.

(c) A limited liability company shall keep at its registered office located in this state and make available to a member of the company on reasonable request the street address of the company's principal office in the United States in which the records required by this section and Section 3.151 are maintained or made available.

(d) All books and records required to be maintained by a limited liability company under this section may be maintained in any form and manner permitted under Section 3.151(b).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.040 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.040
§ 13.040. STOP-SALE ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department has reason to believe that a commodity is being sold or kept, offered, or exposed for sale in violation of this chapter or that a commodity or service is being sold or offered for sale by or through the use of a weighing or measuring device that is in violation of this chapter, the department may issue and enforce a written or printed order to stop the sale of the commodity or service. The department shall present the order to the owner or custodian of the commodity or seller of the service. The person receiving the order may not sell the commodity or provide the service until discharged by a court under Subsection (b) or until the commissioner finds that the commodity or weighing or measuring device is in compliance with this chapter.

(b) The owner or custodian of a commodity or a person selling or offering for sale a service prohibited from sale by an order of the department is entitled to sue in a court of competent jurisdiction where the commodity is found or the service is being sold or offered for sale for a judgment as to the justification of the order and for the discharge of the commodity or service in accordance with the findings of the court.

(c) This section does not limit the right of the department to proceed as authorized by other sections of this code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.055 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.055
§ 452.055. CONTRACTS; GRANTS AND LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may contract with any person.

(b) An authority may accept a grant or loan from any person.

(c) An authority may enter one or more agreements with any municipality included in the area of the authority for the distribution of the authority's revenues.

(d) The terms of a contract between a regional authority and a subregional authority created by a contiguous municipality or between a regional authority and a joint subregional authority must be approved by the governing body of each municipality participating in the subregional or joint subregional authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6907.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6907 / Section 6907.151
§ 6907.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 6907.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 53, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Family Code § 264.604 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.604
§ 264.604. ELIGIBILITY FOR CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is eligible for a contract under Section 264.602 only if the person is a public or private nonprofit entity that operates a volunteer advocate program that:

(1) uses individuals appointed as volunteer advocates or guardians ad litem by the court to provide for the needs of abused or neglected children;

(2) has provided court-appointed advocacy services for at least six months;

(3) provides court-appointed advocacy services for at least 10 children each month;

(4) has demonstrated that the program has local judicial support;

(5) has adopted a grievance procedure to address complaints regarding negligence or misconduct related to a volunteer advocate's duties under Section 107.002; and

(6) maintains accurate records regarding active volunteer advocates and inactive volunteer advocates under the program.

(b) The statewide organization with which the commission contracts under Section 264.603 may not contract with a person that is not eligible under this section. However, the statewide organization may waive the requirement in Subsection (a)(3) for an established program in a rural area or under other special circumstances.
Tex. Local Government Code § 105.091 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 105 / Section 105.091
§ 105.091. LIABILITY OF DESIGNATED OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) The designated officer is not responsible for any loss of municipal funds through the negligence, failure, or wrongful act of a depository. This subsection does not release the designated officer from responsibility for a loss resulting from the official misconduct of the designated officer, including a misappropriation of the funds, or from responsibility for the funds until a depository is selected and the funds are deposited.

(b) A designated officer who diverts money from an interest and sinking fund or who applies money in that fund for a purpose other than as permitted by Section 105.074(f) is:

(1) subject to a penalty of not less than $500 or more than $1,000; and

(2) liable for the amount of money that is diverted.

(c) The state is entitled to recover a penalty imposed under Subsection (b)(1). The amount of diverted money that is recovered under Subsection (b)(2) shall be paid into the municipal treasury to the credit of the fund from which it was diverted.

(d) The attorney general or the district attorney of the district in which the designated officer resides, or the county attorney in a county that is not served by a district attorney, may institute suit against the designated officer and the sureties on the designated officer's official bond to recover the amounts described by Subsection (b).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.053
§ 1271.053. INFORMATION ABOUT OBTAINING SERVICES.
Status: in_force

An evidence of coverage must indicate where and in what manner information is available about how to obtain services.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00267 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00267
§ 30.00267. COURT REPORTER.
Status: repealed

(a) The clerk of the court shall appoint the court reporter under Section 30.00010.

(b) to (d) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(6), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.255 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.255
§ 507.255. LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the executive council before the expiration date of the license.

(b) If the person's license has been expired for 90 days or less, the person may renew the license by paying to the executive council a fee in an amount equal to one and one-half times the required renewal fee.

(c) If the person's license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the person may renew the license by paying to the executive council a fee in an amount equal to two times the required renewal fee.

(d) If the person's license has been expired for one year or more, the person may not renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 386.056 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 386 / Section 386.056
§ 386.056. AVAILABILITY OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS IN CERTAIN NONATTAINMENT AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner or operator of a site located in the Houston-Galveston or Dallas-Fort Worth nonattainment area may use emissions reductions generated by a program established under this chapter to offset the requirements of commission rules relating to control of air pollution from oxides of nitrogen if:

(1) the owner or operator of the site contributes to the fund $75,000 for each ton of emissions that is used, not to exceed 25 tons annually and not to exceed one-half ton per day;

(2) the owner or operator of the site demonstrates to the commission's satisfaction that the site will be in full compliance with the commission's emissions reduction rules not later than the fifth anniversary of the date on which the emissions reductions would otherwise be required;

(3) emissions from the site are reduced by at least 80 percent from the established baseline; and

(4) the commission approves a petition by the owner or operator that demonstrates that it is technically infeasible to comply with the commission's emissions reduction requirements above 80 percent.

(b) Funds collected under this section shall be used to generate emissions reductions needed to meet the commission's attainment demonstration.

(c) The commission shall verify that emissions reductions generated from funds collected under this section occur in the same nonattainment area in which the site that purchased the emissions reductions is located.

(d) The commission shall assure that the emissions reductions funded under the programs authorized by this subchapter used to offset commission requirements under this section benefit the community in which the site using the emissions reductions is located. If there are no eligible emissions reduction projects within the community, the commission may authorize projects in an adjacent community. In this subsection, "community" means a justice of the peace precinct.

(e) The commission shall assure that emission reduction credits may be received in the Houston-Galveston nonattainment area for energy efficiency and urban heat island programs in connection with the State Implementation Plan for the eight-hour ozone standard.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.155 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.155
§ 161.155. RESPITE SERVICES COORDINATOR FUNCTIONS.
Status: in_force

A respite services coordinator under contract with the department shall:

(1) maintain information regarding respite services providers;

(2) build partnerships with respite services providers; and

(3) implement public awareness activities regarding respite services.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.151 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.151
§ 21.151. ENFORCEMENT BY ORDINANCE.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision may adopt and enforce an order or ordinance that prohibits a practice that is unlawful under this chapter, another state law, or federal law.
Tex. Government Code § 1232.122 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1232 / Section 1232.122
§ 1232.122. COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION, PURCHASE, OR LEASE.
Status: in_force

The acquisition or construction of a building or the purchase or lease of equipment may begin after:

(1) the authority has certified that obligations in an amount sufficient to pay the construction or purchase price of the project have been authorized for issuance by the authority and approved by the Bond Review Board; or

(2) the proceeds have been deposited into the state treasury and:

(A) the comptroller has certified that the proceeds are available;

(B) the reserve funds and capitalized interest, as certified by the authority as reasonably required, have been paid; and

(C) the costs of issuing the obligations, as certified by the authority, have been paid.
Tex. Utilities Code § 102.205 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 102 / Section 102.205
§ 102.205. ENTERING PREMISES OF GAS UTILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A member, agent, or employee of a regulatory authority may enter the premises occupied by a gas utility to conduct an inspection, examination, or test or to exercise any other authority provided by this subtitle.

(b) A member, agent, or employee of the regulatory authority may act under this section only during reasonable hours and after reasonable notice to the gas utility.

(c) A gas utility is entitled to be represented when an inspection, examination, or test is conducted on its premises. The gas utility is entitled to a reasonable time to secure a representative before the inspection, examination, or test begins.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1091.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1091 / Section 1091.252
§ 1091.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax.

(b) The tax rate for all purposes may not exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.

(c) In setting the tax rate, the board shall consider the income of the district from sources other than taxation.
Tex. Government Code § 814.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 814 / Section 814.105
§ 814.105. SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEE CLASS SERVICE.
Status: repealed

(a) The standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the employee class of membership is an amount computed as the member's average monthly compensation for service in that class for the 60 highest months of compensation multiplied by 2.3 percent for each year of service credit in that class.

(b) The standard service retirement annuity for service credited in the employee class may not be less than $150 a month nor more than 100 percent of the average monthly compensation computed under Subsection (a).

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 618, Sec. 26(a)(5), eff. September 1, 2013.

(d) The standard service retirement annuity computed under this section is reduced by five percent for each year the member retires before the member reaches age 62.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1006.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.057
§ 1006.057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among its members a president and a secretary.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.032
§ 191.032. STATE RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The state registrar shall arrange, bind, and permanently preserve birth, death, and fetal death certificates in a systematic manner.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8258.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8258 / Section 8258.151
§ 8258.151. TAX TO REPAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on bonds or other obligations issued under Section 8258.201.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3896.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3896 / Section 3896.101
§ 3896.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by:

(1) the general laws relating to conservation and reclamation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code;

(2) the general laws relating to road districts and road utility districts created under Section 52(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, including Chapter 441, Transportation Code;

(3) Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code, in the same manner as a municipality or a county;

(4) Chapter 375, Local Government Code; and

(5) Chapter 505, Local Government Code, as if the district were a municipality to which that chapter applies.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 5.29 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 5.29
§ 5.29. SCHEDULE AND REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The rates of premium fixed by said Board in pursuance of the provision of this subchapter shall be at all times reasonable and the schedules thereof made and promulgated by said Board shall be in such forms as will in the judgment of the Board most clearly and in detail disclose the rate so fixed and determined by said Board to be charged and collected for policies of fire insurance. Said Board may employ and use any facts obtainable from and concerning fire insurance companies transacting business in this State, showing their expense and charges for fire insurance premiums for any period or periods said Board may deem advisable, which in their opinion will enable them to devise and fix and determine reasonable rates of premiums for fire insurance. The said Board in making and publishing schedules of the rates fixed and determined by it shall show all charges, credits, terms, privileges and conditions which in anywise affect such rates, and copies of all such schedules shall be furnished by said Board to any and all companies affected by this subchapter applying therefor, and the same shall be furnished to any citizens of this State applying therefor, upon the payment of the actual cost thereof. No rate or rates fixed or determined by the Board shall take effect until it shall have entered an order or orders fixing and determining same, and shall give notice thereof to all fire insurance companies affected by this subchapter, authorized to transact business in the State. The Board, and any inspector or other agent or employee thereof, who shall inspect any risk for the purpose of enabling the Board to fix and determine the reasonable rate to be charged thereon, shall furnish to the owner of such risk at the date of such inspection a copy of the inspection report, showing all defects that may operate as charges to increase the insurance rate.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this article, on and after the effective date of S.B. No. 14, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, rates for homeowners and residential fire and residential allied lines insurance coverage under this subchapter are determined as provided by Subchapter Q of this chapter, and rates for other lines of insurance subject to this subchapter are determined as provided by Article 5.13-2 of this code, except that on and after December 1, 2004, rates for all lines of insurance subject to this subchapter are determined as provided by Article 5.13-2 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.107
§ 1072.107. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into operating or management contracts relating to hospital facilities for the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.002
§ 371.002. PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this chapter are to:

(1) prevent fraud, unfair practices, discrimination, imposition, and abuse of state residents;

(2) exercise the state's police power to ensure a sound system of making pawn loans and transfers of personal property by and through pawnshops;

(3) prevent transactions in stolen property and other unlawful property transactions by licensing and regulating pawnbrokers;

(4) provide for licensing and investigation fees;

(5) provide minimum capital requirements for pawnbrokers;

(6) ensure financial responsibility to the state and its residents and compliance with federal, state, and local law, including rules and ordinances; and

(7) assist local governments in the exercise of their police power.
Tex. Election Code § 85.031 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 85 / Section 85.031
§ 85.031. ACCEPTING VOTER.
Status: in_force

(a) For each person entitled to vote an early voting ballot by personal appearance, the early voting clerk shall follow the procedure for accepting a regular voter on election day, with the modifications necessary for the conduct of early voting.

(b) On accepting a voter, the clerk shall indicate beside the voter's name on the list of registered voters that the voter is accepted to vote by personal appearance unless the form of the list makes it impracticable to do so, and the clerk shall enter the voter's name on the poll list.
Tex. Water Code § 6.1555 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.1555
§ 6.1555. REFERRAL FOR INVESTIGATION OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board, as the result of a complaint filed with the board or on the board's own motion, may refer an applicant for or recipient of financial assistance from the board to the commission, the state auditor's office, the Texas Rangers, or another state agency, office, or division, as appropriate, for the investigation of, or the initiation of an enforcement action against, the applicant or recipient.

(b) The executive administrator shall transmit the referral to the appropriate state agency, office, or division, monitor the progress of the investigation or enforcement action, and report to the board on a quarterly basis.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.301
§ 1302.301. MUNICIPAL LICENSE.
Status: in_force

An air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license issued by a municipality of this state and that complies with the requirements of this subchapter is valid under the terms of the license within the municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 252.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 252 / Section 252.002
§ 252.002. MAXIMUM RATE; ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The rate of assessment set by the commissioner may not exceed 1.25 percent of the gross premiums subject to taxation under Section 252.003.

(b) The commissioner shall annually adjust the rate of assessment of the maintenance tax so that the tax imposed that year, together with any unexpended funds produced by the tax, produces the amount the commissioner determines is necessary to pay the expenses during the succeeding year of regulating all classes of insurance specified under:

(1) Chapters 1807, 2001-2006, 2171, 6001, 6002, and 6003;

(2) Subchapter C, Chapter 5;

(3) Subchapter H, Chapter 544;

(4) Subchapter D, Chapter 1806;

(5) Section 403.002;

(6) Sections 417.007, 417.008, and 417.009, Government Code; and

(7) Chapter 2154, Occupations Code.