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Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.0573 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0573
§ 31.0573. EFFECT OF MISSING OR INCORRECT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by Section 9.337, Business & Commerce Code, a certificate of title or other record required or authorized by this chapter is effective, regardless of whether it contains incorrect information or does not contain required information.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3941.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3941 / Section 3941.002
§ 3941.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The Valley Ranch Town Center Management District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3859.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3859 / Section 3859.151
§ 3859.151. PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM; PETITION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within the boundaries of the district.

(b) Before the district may act under Subsection (a), a petition must be filed with the district requesting the action with regard to a public transit system. The petition must be signed by owners of property representing a majority of either the total assessed value or the area of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located. The determination of a majority is based on the property owners along the entire right-of-way of the proposed transit project and may not be calculated on a block-by-block basis.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 5.38 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 5 / Section 5.38
§ 5.38. QUALITY AND PURITY OF BEVERAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall require by rule that any alcoholic beverage sold in this state conform in all respects to its advertised quality.

(b) The commission shall promulgate and enforce rules governing the labeling and advertising of all alcoholic beverages sold in the state, and shall adopt and enforce a standard of quality, purity, and identity of all alcoholic beverages. The commission shall promulgate and enforce necessary rules to safeguard the public health and to insure sanitary conditions in the manufacturing, refining, blending, mixing, purifying, bottling, rebottling, and sale of alcoholic beverages.

(c) The commission may test the contents of any alcoholic beverage manufactured or sold in the state to protect the public health and safety and to ensure that the product:

(1) is accurately represented to the public; and

(2) complies with state law and commission rules.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 116.145 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.145
§ 116.145. PAYMENT OF PENALTY; REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) On the issuance of notice or an order charging that a violation has occurred, the commission shall inform the person charged within 30 days of the proposed amount of the penalty.

(b) Within the 30-day period immediately following the day on which the notice or order is issued, the person charged with the penalty shall pay the proposed penalty in full or, if the person wishes to contest either the amount of the penalty or the fact of the violation, forward the proposed amount to the commission for placement in an escrow account.

(c) If through administrative or judicial review of the proposed penalty it is determined that no violation occurred or that the amount of the penalty should be reduced, the commission shall, within the 30-day period immediately following that determination, remit the appropriate amount to the person, with interest at the prevailing United States Department of the Treasury rate.

(d) Failure to forward the money to the commission within the time provided by Subsection (b) of this section results in a waiver of all legal rights to contest the violation or the amount of the penalty.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 42.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 42 / Section 42.013
§ 42.013. COOPERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may cooperate with private or public agencies to facilitate the availability of adequate care for all citizens with end stage renal disease.

(b) The department shall make agreements, arrangements, or plans to cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of this chapter or of any federal statute or rule relating to the prevention, care, or treatment of end stage renal disease or the care, treatment, or rehabilitation of persons with end stage renal disease. The executive commissioner may adopt rules and methods of administration found by the federal government to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the agreements, arrangements, or plans.

(c) The department may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states.
Tex. Property Code § 23.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.005
§ 23.005. FEES.
Status: in_force

The judge of a court that hears an action to partition real property shall examine the report of the commissioners appointed to partition the property and shall determine from the report and from evidence submitted by the parties the complexity and difficulty of making the partition. The court shall then award the commissioners, and any surveyor appointed by the court or retained by the commissioners, a reasonable fee for the services rendered. The fees awarded shall be taxed and collected as costs of court in the same manner as the other costs in the action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0301
§ 8509.0301. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds to carry out any power conferred by this chapter, including to provide a source of water supply for municipalities and other users for agricultural, municipal, domestic, industrial, oil field flooding, and mining purposes.

(b) The bonds must be authorized by a board resolution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.404 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.404
§ 7.404. NO LIABILITY FOR GOOD FAITH DELIVERY PURSUANT TO DOCUMENT OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

A bailee that in good faith has received goods and delivered or otherwise disposed of the goods according to the terms of a document of title or pursuant to this chapter is not liable for the goods even if:

(1) the person from which the bailee received the goods did not have authority to procure the document or to dispose of the goods; or

(2) the person to which the bailee delivered the goods did not have authority to receive the goods.
Tex. Occupations Code § 503.353 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 503 / Section 503.353
§ 503.353. NOTICE OF LICENSE EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 30th day before the expiration date of a person's license, the executive council shall send written notice of the impending license expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to the executive council's records.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1811.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1811 / Section 1811.201
§ 1811.201. POWERS OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioner has reason to believe that an insurer or agent has violated or is threatening to violate this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, the commissioner may:

(1) issue a cease and desist order;

(2) seek an injunction under Section 1811.203;

(3) request that the attorney general recover a civil penalty under Section 1811.203;

(4) impose sanctions on the insurer or agent as provided by Chapter 82; or

(5) take any combination of those actions.

(b) This section does not prevent or limit any action by or remedy available to the commissioner under applicable law.
Tex. Finance Code § 159.202 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 159 / Section 159.202
§ 159.202. WRAP BORROWER'S RIGHT TO DEDUCT.
Status: in_force

The wrap borrower, without taking judicial action, may deduct from any amount owed to the wrap lender under the terms of the wrap mortgage loan:

(1) the amount of any payment made by the wrap borrower to an obligee of a debt described by Section 159.001(7)(A)(ii) to cure a default by the wrap lender caused by the lender's failure to make payments for which the lender is responsible under the terms of the wrap mortgage loan; or

(2) any other amount for which the wrap lender is liable to the wrap borrower under the terms of the wrap mortgage loan.
Tex. Education Code § 21.4514 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.4514
§ 21.4514. CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING CLEARINGHOUSE; ADVISORY GROUP.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Board" means the State Board for Educator Certification.

(2) "Clearinghouse advisory group" means the clearinghouse advisory group established under Subsection (d).

(b) The board shall publish a comprehensive clearinghouse of information regarding continuing education and training requirements for:

(1) educators; and

(2) other school personnel.

(c) The clearinghouse must:

(1) include best practices and industry recommendations for the frequency for training of educators and other school personnel; and

(2) be published in consultation with the clearinghouse advisory group.

(d) The board shall establish a clearinghouse advisory group consisting of educators, including classroom teachers, and representatives of organizations that represent educators to review and provide input regarding the best practices and industry recommendations included in the clearinghouse. In publishing the clearinghouse, the board shall ensure the clearinghouse reflects input provided by the clearinghouse advisory group.

(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the clearinghouse advisory group shall complete a review of the clearinghouse and submit a report to the legislature of the group's recommendations regarding whether any required continuing education or training may be reduced, eliminated, or consolidated with other existing continuing education or training.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 44A.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 44A / Section 44A.003
§ 44A.003. URBAN FARM MICROENTERPRISE SUPPORT PROGRAM LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) On the receipt of gifts and grants of money under Section 44A.004, the board shall establish and implement a loan program supporting established and proposed urban farm microenterprises in urban areas by providing loans to expand, modernize, or otherwise improve the established microenterprises and to begin operation of proposed microenterprises.

(b) An applicant applying on behalf of a proposed microenterprise may receive a loan of up to $25,000 to begin operation of the microenterprise.

(c) An applicant applying on behalf of an established microenterprise may receive a loan of up to $50,000 to expand, modernize, or otherwise improve an established microenterprise.

(d) The board may reserve a portion of the total fund for use in cooperative loan programs established with the participation of other public or private lenders.

(e) The board by rule may provide for the administration by a private or public entity of the loans awarded under the loan program.
Tex. Water Code § 5.353 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.353
§ 5.353. DILIGENT PROSECUTION OF SUIT.
Status: in_force

The plaintiff shall prosecute with reasonable diligence any suit brought under Section 5.351 or 5.352 of this code. If the plaintiff does not secure proper service of process or does not prosecute his suit within one year after it is filed, the court shall presume that the suit has been abandoned. The court shall dismiss the suit on a motion for dismissal made by the attorney general unless the plaintiff after receiving due notice can show good and sufficient cause for the delay.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1012.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1012 / Section 1012.062
§ 1012.062. LEGAL COUNSEL; OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may employ legal counsel or contract for other professional services as the board considers advisable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8315.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8315 / Section 8315.001
§ 8315.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Burnet County Municipal Utility District No. 3.
Tex. Government Code § 2265.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2265 / Section 2265.001
§ 2265.001. RECORDING AND REPORTING OF ELECTRICITY, WATER, AND NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "governmental entity" means:

(1) a board, commission, or department of the state or a political subdivision of the state, including a municipality, a county, or any kind of district other than a school district; or

(2) an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a governmental entity responsible for payments for electric, water, or natural gas utility services shall record in an electronic repository the governmental entity's metered amount of electricity, water, or natural gas consumed for which it is responsible to pay and the aggregate costs for those utility services. The governmental entity shall report the recorded information on a publicly accessible Internet website with an interface designed for ease of navigation if available, or at another publicly accessible location.
Tex. Estates Code § 32.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 32 / Section 32.004
§ 32.004. JURISDICTION OF CONTESTED PROBATE PROCEEDING IN COUNTY WITH NO STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) In a county in which there is no statutory probate court, but in which there is a county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction, when a matter in a probate proceeding is contested, the judge of the county court may, on the judge's own motion, or shall, on the motion of any party to the proceeding, transfer the contested matter to the county court at law. In addition, the judge of the county court, on the judge's own motion or on the motion of a party to the proceeding, may transfer the entire proceeding to the county court at law.

(b) A county court at law to which a proceeding is transferred under this section may hear the proceeding as if originally filed in that court. If only a contested matter in the proceeding is transferred, on the resolution of the matter, the matter shall be returned to the county court for further proceedings not inconsistent with the orders of the county court at law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.7011 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.7011
§ 547.7011. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR OTHER BUSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A bus, other than a school bus, that provides public transportation and that was acquired on or after September 1, 1997, shall be equipped with two or more hazard lamps that:

(1) are mounted at the same level on the rear of the bus;

(2) are visible at a distance of 500 feet in normal sunlight;

(3) flash; and

(4) emit amber light.

(b) An operator of a bus to which this section applies shall activate the hazard lamps if the bus stops to load or unload a person under 18 years of age.

(c) A bus to which this section applies must bear a sign on the rear of the bus stating: "Caution--children may be exiting".
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1093.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1093 / Section 1093.051
§ 1093.051. BOARD APPOINTMENT; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of seven directors appointed as follows:

(1) three directors appointed by the governing body of the City of San Augustine;

(2) three directors appointed by the Commissioners Court of San Augustine County; and

(3) one director jointly appointed by the City of San Augustine and the Commissioners Court of San Augustine County.

(b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms.
Tex. Occupations Code § 206.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 206 / Section 206.151
§ 206.151. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The medical board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the medical board and speak on any issue relating to surgical assistants.

(b) The executive director of the medical board shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English may be provided reasonable access to the medical board's programs and services under this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 305.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 305 / Section 305.012
§ 305.012. SALE BY COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of the county may sell to a municipality a coliseum or stadium owned and operated by it and related land and facilities if the court finds that:

(1) the coliseum or stadium is in need of expansion or other improvement; and

(2) the expansion or other improvement may be better accomplished, without resort to the tax funds and resources of the county, by the sale of the coliseum or stadium and related land and facilities to a municipality in which the coliseum or stadium is located.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1702.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.004
§ 1702.004.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1702.004. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER: ACCIDENT AND HEALTH. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, this chapter applies to:

(1) an insurer authorized to engage in the business of accident and health insurance in this state, including:

(A) a life, health, and accident stock insurance company;

(B) a mutual insurance company, including:

(i) a mutual life insurance company; and

(ii) a mutual assessment life insurance company;

(C) a local mutual aid association;

(D) a mutual or natural premium life or casualty insurance company;

(E) a general casualty company;

(F) a nonprofit hospital, medical, or dental service corporation, including a corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(G) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of coverage under Chapter 846;

(H) a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941;

(I) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange operating under Chapter 942; and

(J) any other type of insurer required by law to be authorized by the department to issue accident and health insurance policies; and

(2) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843.

(b) This chapter applies to a third-party administrator acting on behalf of an accident and health insurer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8248.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8248 / Section 8248.255
§ 8248.255. CONTRACT AUTHORITY OF NEW DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

The new districts may contract with each other for:

(1) water and wastewater services; or

(2) any other matter the boards of the new districts consider appropriate.
Tex. Education Code § 74.008 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.008
§ 74.008. ACQUISITION OF GOODS OR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The medical branch may acquire goods or services by the method that provides the best value to the medical branch, including:

(1) competitive bidding;

(2) competitive sealed proposals;

(3) catalogue purchase;

(4) a group purchasing program; or

(5) an open market contract.

(b) In determining what is the best value to the medical branch, the medical branch shall consider:

(1) the purchase price;

(2) the reputation of the vendor and of the vendor's goods or services;

(3) the quality of the vendor's goods or services;

(4) the extent to which the goods or services meet the medical branch's needs;

(5) the vendor's past relationship with the medical branch;

(6) the impact on the ability of the medical branch to comply with laws and rules relating to historically underutilized businesses;

(7) the total long-term cost to the medical branch of acquiring the vendor's goods or services; and

(8) any other relevant factor that a private business entity would consider in selecting a vendor.

(c) The state auditor may audit purchases of goods or services by the medical branch.

(d) The medical branch may adopt rules and procedures for the acquisition of goods or services.

(e) To the extent of any conflict, this section prevails over any other law relating to the purchasing of goods or services except a law relating to contracting with historically underutilized businesses or relating to the procurement of goods and services from persons with disabilities.

(f) This section does not apply to purchases of professional services subject to Chapter 2254, Government Code.

(g) Except as otherwise provided by this section, Subtitle D, Title 10, Government Code, does not apply to purchases of goods and services made under this section.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.042 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 144 / Section 144.042
§ 144.042. RECORDING.
Status: in_force

In recording a mark, electronic device, tattoo, brand, or other generally accepted identification method, the person recording the mark shall note the date on which the mark, electronic device, tattoo, brand, or other generally accepted identification method is recorded. In addition, the person recording a mark, electronic device, tattoo, brand, or other generally accepted identification method shall designate the part of the animal on which the mark, electronic device, tattoo, brand, or other generally accepted identification method is to be placed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 884.203 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 884 / Section 884.203
§ 884.203. PUBLIC OFFERING OF CAPITAL STOCK.
Status: in_force

A stipulated premium company may not make to the public an offering that is subject to The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code), of any of its capital stock before the company possesses:

(1) capital in an amount of at least $100,000; and

(2) unencumbered surplus in an amount of at least $100,000.
Tex. Local Government Code § 84.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 84 / Section 84.002
§ 84.002. APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) In a county with a population of 10,200 or more, the district judges shall appoint a county auditor.

(b) In a county with a population of less than 10,200:

(1) the district judges may appoint a county auditor if the judges determine that the county's financial circumstances warrant the appointment; and

(2) the district judges shall appoint a county auditor if:

(A) the commissioners court finds that a county auditor is necessary to carry out county business and enters an order in its minutes stating the reason for this finding;

(B) the order is certified to the district judges; and

(C) the district judges find the reason stated by the commissioners court to be good and sufficient.
Tex. Transportation Code § 66.032 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 66 / Section 66.032
§ 66.032. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

The requirement to use a pilot does not apply to:

(1) a vessel sailing under enrollment, or licensed or engaged in the coasting trade between Texas ports or between any Texas port and any other port of the United States; or

(2) a vessel exempt under federal law from payment of state pilotage rates.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 641.056 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 641 / Section 641.056
§ 641.056. PRIVATE RIGHTS AND REMEDIES NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

Sections 641.051, 641.052, and 641.054 do not affect the rights and remedies of a party in private litigation.