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Tex. Election Code § 203.014 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 203 / Section 203.014
§ 203.014. DISPOSITION OF FILING FEES.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall deposit the filing fees received under Section 203.005 in a suspense account with the comptroller until after election day. The funds remaining in the account after any refunds are made shall be deposited to the credit of the General Revenue Fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1117.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1117 / Section 1117.101
§ 1117.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for:

(1) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants; and

(2) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care for needy or indigent persons in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.302
§ 21.302. SOLID WASTE RECOVERY FACILITY.
Status: in_force

The district may construct or acquire and operate a facility used to store, handle, sort, bail, recycle, process, and recover solid waste.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.351 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.351
§ 370.351. TRANSIT SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may construct, own, operate, and maintain a transit system.

(b) An authority shall determine each transit route, including transit route changes.

(c) This chapter does not prohibit an authority, municipality, or transit provider from providing any service that complements a transit system, including providing parking garages, special transportation for persons who are disabled or elderly, or medical transportation services.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.101 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 131 / Section 131.101
§ 131.101. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The chief apiary inspector is the official responsible for enforcing Subchapters B, C, and D. The Department of State Health Services is the agency responsible for enforcing Subchapter E.
Tex. Local Government Code § 62.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 62 / Section 62.003
§ 62.003. ELECTION ORDER; CONDUCT OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The election shall be ordered, conducted, and canvassed in the same manner as is required for an election to incorporate the municipality, except that the mayor of the municipality shall perform all acts that would be performed by the county judge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7957A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7957A / Section 7957A.0104
§ 7957A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7957A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.097 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.097
§ 623.097. DURATION OF PERMIT.
Status: in_force

A permit is valid for a five-day period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9075.0003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9075 / Section 9075.0003
§ 9075.0003. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.351 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.351
§ 18B.351. GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) An authorized peace officer may require a provider of an electronic communications service or a provider of a remote computing service to disclose electronic customer data that is in electronic storage by obtaining a warrant under Article 18B.354.

(b) An authorized peace officer may require a provider of an electronic communications service or a provider of a remote computing service to disclose only electronic customer data that is information revealing the identity of customers of the applicable service or information about a customer's use of the applicable service, without giving the subscriber or customer notice:

(1) by obtaining an administrative subpoena authorized by statute;

(2) by obtaining a grand jury subpoena;

(3) by obtaining a court order under Article 18B.352;

(4) by obtaining a warrant under Article 18B.354;

(5) by obtaining the consent of the subscriber or customer to the disclosure of the data; or

(6) as otherwise permitted by applicable federal law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 54.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 54 / Section 54.001
§ 54.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Religious holy day" means a day on which the tenets of a religious organization prohibit the organization's members from participating in secular activities.

(2) "Religious organization" means an organization that qualifies under Section 11.20, Tax Code.

(3) "State agency" means an agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government that administers an examination for licensing or other regulatory purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 414.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 414 / Section 414.009
§ 414.009. MISUSE OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is a member or employee of the council, a crime stoppers organization, a law enforcement agency, a school district, or an open-enrollment charter school or who accepts a tip under Section 414.0015(a) on behalf of the council or a crime stoppers organization commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly discloses to a person not a member of or employed by the council, a crime stoppers organization, a law enforcement agency, a school district, or an open-enrollment charter school the identity of a person who submitted a tip or the content of that tip without the person's consent, unless:

(1) the person disclosing the information has received authorization to disclose the information from the chief executive of the crime stoppers organization that originally received the tip, and the chief executive has reasonably determined that failing to disclose the identity of a person who submitted the tip creates a probability of imminent physical injury to another; or

(2) the disclosure is otherwise required by law or court order.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that an offense under this section is a third degree felony if the offense is committed with intent to obtain monetary gain or other benefit.

(c) A person convicted of an offense under this section is not eligible for state employment during the five-year period following the date that the conviction becomes final.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 288.106 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 288 / Section 288.106
§ 288.106. INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING; INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district shall require an institutional health care provider to submit to the district a copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 and any rules adopted by the department to implement those sections.

(b) A district may inspect the records of an institutional health care provider to the extent necessary to ensure that the provider has submitted all required data under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3982.0603 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3982 / Section 3982.0603
§ 3982.0603. SALES AND USE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the date the results are declared of an election held under Section 3982.0602, at which the voters approved imposition of the tax authorized by this subchapter, the board shall determine and adopt by resolution or order the initial rate of the tax, which must be in one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent.

(b) After the election held under Section 3982.0602, the board may increase or decrease the rate of the tax by one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent.

(c) The initial rate of the tax or any rate resulting from subsequent increases or decreases may not exceed the lesser of:

(1) the maximum rate authorized by the district voters at the election held under Section 3982.0602; or

(2) a rate that, when added to the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions with territory in the district, would result in the maximum combined rate prescribed by Section 321.101(f), Tax Code, at any location in the district.
Tex. Penal Code § 31.19 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 31 / Section 31.19
§ 31.19. THEFT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCT OR OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Oil and gas equipment" means machinery, drilling equipment, welding equipment, pipeline equipment, fittings, pumps, vehicles, or other equipment and materials that are part of or incident to the exploration, development, maintenance, and operation of oil and gas properties, including oil and gas wells, oil and gas leases, gasoline plants, and refineries.

(2) "Petroleum product" means crude oil, natural gas, or condensate.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) unlawfully appropriates a petroleum product with intent to deprive the owner of the petroleum product by:

(A) possessing, removing, delivering, receiving, purchasing, selling, moving, concealing, or transporting the petroleum product; or

(B) making or causing a connection to be made with, or drilling or tapping or causing a hole to be drilled or tapped in, a pipe, pipeline, or tank used to store or transport a petroleum product;

(2) transports to a waste disposal location a petroleum product for which the person cannot identify the petroleum product's initial owner;

(3) purchases a petroleum product from a person that is not authorized by the Railroad Commission of Texas to sell the petroleum product; or

(4) stores, purchases, or trades a petroleum product for financial benefit by means of a method that is not authorized by the Railroad Commission of Texas.

(b-1) A person commits an offense if the person unlawfully appropriates oil and gas equipment with intent to deprive the owner of the oil and gas equipment by possessing, removing, delivering, receiving, purchasing, selling, moving, concealing, or transporting the oil and gas equipment.

(c) Appropriation of a petroleum product or oil and gas equipment is unlawful if it is without the owner's effective consent.

(d) An offense under Subsection (b) is:

(1) a felony of the third degree if the total value of the petroleum product appropriated is less than $10,000;

(2) a felony of the second degree if the total value of the petroleum product appropriated is $10,000 or more but less than $100,000; or

(3) a felony of the first degree if the total value of the petroleum product appropriated is $100,000 or more.

(e) An offense under Subsection (b-1) is:

(1) a felony of the third degree if the total value of the oil and gas equipment appropriated is less than $10,000;

(2) a felony of the second degree if the total value of the oil and gas equipment appropriated is $10,000 or more but less than $100,000; or

(3) a felony of the first degree if the total value of the oil and gas equipment appropriated is $100,000 or more.

(f) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section or the other law, but not both.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1358.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1358 / Section 1358.003
§ 1358.003. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for a specified disease;

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(E) only for dental or vision care; or

(F) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;

(3) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or

(6) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1358.002.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.003
§ 161.003. DUTY OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of each county shall cooperate with and assist the commission in protecting livestock, domestic animals, and domestic fowl from communicable diseases, regardless of whether a particular disease exists in the county.

(b) Each commissioners court may employ a veterinarian at the expense of the county. Any veterinarian employed is subject to approval by the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1105.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.051
§ 1105.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors elected from the district at large in the manner provided by Section 1105.0515.

(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms with the terms of three or four directors expiring each year as appropriate; and

(2) a directors' election shall be held annually on the May uniform election date or another date authorized by law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8813.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8813 / Section 8813.001
§ 8813.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the North Fort Bend Water Authority.

(2) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or its successor.

(4) "Director" means a member of the board.

(5) "District" means any district created under Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, regardless of the manner of creation, other than:

(A) a navigation district or port authority;

(B) a district governed by Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(C) a district that does not have the legal authority to supply water.

(6) "Groundwater reduction plan" means a plan adopted or implemented to supply water, reduce reliance on groundwater, regulate groundwater pumping and usage, or require and allocate water usage among persons in order to comply with or exceed requirements imposed by the Fort Bend Subsidence District or the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District, as applicable, including any applicable groundwater reduction requirements.

(7) "Local government" means a municipality, county, district, or other political subdivision of this state or a combination of two or more of those entities.

(8) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, district, local government, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity.

(9) "Subsidence" means the lowering in elevation of the surface of land by the withdrawal of groundwater.

(10) "System" means a network of pipelines, conduits, valves, canals, pumping stations, force mains, treatment plants, and any other construction, device, or related appurtenance used to treat or transport water.

(11) "Water" includes:

(A) groundwater, percolating or otherwise;

(B) any surface water, natural or artificial, navigable or nonnavigable; and

(C) industrial and municipal wastewater.

(12) "Well" includes a facility, device, or method used to withdraw groundwater from a groundwater source within the boundaries of the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8061.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8061 / Section 8061.0403
§ 8061.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Government Code § 552.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.104
§ 552.104.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.104. EXCEPTION: INFORMATION RELATED TO COMPETITION OR BIDDING. (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if a governmental body demonstrates that release of the information would harm its interests by providing an advantage to a competitor or bidder in a particular ongoing competitive situation or in a particular competitive situation where the governmental body establishes the situation at issue is set to reoccur or there is a specific and demonstrable intent to enter into the competitive situation again in the future.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the requirement of Section 552.022 that a category of information listed under Section 552.022(a) is public information and not excepted from required disclosure under this chapter unless expressly confidential under law does not apply to information that is excepted from required disclosure under this section.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to information described by Section 552.022(a) relating to the receipt or expenditure of public or other funds by a governmental body for a parade, concert, or other entertainment event paid for in whole or part with public funds. A person, including a governmental body, may not include a provision in a contract related to an event described by this subsection that prohibits or would otherwise prevent the disclosure of information described by this subsection. A contract provision that violates this subsection is void.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.052
§ 4001.052. SOLICITOR OF APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE CONSIDERED AGENT OF INSURER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who solicits an application for life, accident, or health insurance or property or casualty insurance is considered the agent of the insurer issuing a policy on the application and not the agent of the insured in any controversy between the insurer and the insured, the insured's beneficiary, or the insured's dependents.

(b) The agent may not alter or waive a term or condition of the application or policy.
Tex. Estates Code § 1054.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.152
§ 1054.152. GENERAL DUTIES.
Status: in_force

A court investigator shall:

(1) supervise a court visitor program established under Subchapter C if the court for which the investigator is appointed operates that type of program and, in that capacity, shall serve as the chief court visitor;

(2) investigate a complaint received from any person about a guardianship and report to the judge, if necessary; and

(3) perform other duties as assigned by the judge or required by this title.
Tex. Local Government Code § 373A.201 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 373A / Section 373A.201
§ 373A.201. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the Homestead Land Bank Program Act.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 31.003 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.003
§ 31.003. AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing the determination of the amount of financial assistance to be granted for the support of a dependent child. The amount granted, when combined with the income and other resources available for the child's support, must be sufficient to provide the child with a subsistence compatible with decency and health.

(b) In considering the amount of income or other resources available to a child or a relative claiming financial assistance on the child's behalf, the commission shall also consider reasonable expenses attributable to earning the income. The commission may permit all or part of the earned or other income to be set aside for the future identifiable needs of the child, subject to limitations prescribed by the executive commissioner.

(c) The commission's agents employed in the region or county in which the dependent child resides shall determine the amount to be paid in accordance with the rules promulgated by the executive commissioner.
Tex. Water Code § 57.323 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.323
§ 57.323. RETURN OF TAXES ON DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a district is dissolved, the commissioners court shall order returned to the taxpayers ratably any unspent taxes that have been levied and collected in the name of the district in anticipation of an issue of bonds.

(b) Before the taxes are returned, the compensation due the assessor and collector and the treasurer and any other claim properly charged against the taxes must be deducted from them.

(c) The treasurer shall receive and file proper receipts for all sums refunded.
Tex. Insurance Code § 824.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 824 / Section 824.103
§ 824.103. RETIREMENT AND CANCELLATION OF TREASURY SHARES.
Status: in_force

(a) After a merger or consolidation is completed, any shares of the new or surviving corporation acquired by that corporation as a result of distribution of shares to the shareholders of another corporation that is merged or consolidated or as a result of purchase of shares of dissenting shareholders, may be held as treasury shares until the first anniversary of the date on which the merger or consolidation takes effect.

(b) After the period during which shares described by Subsection (a) are held as treasury shares, the corporation shall retire and cancel those shares by proper amendments to its charter if the shares have not previously been reissued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7939A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7939A / Section 7939A.0402
§ 7939A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7939A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9019.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9019 / Section 9019.202
§ 9019.202. BOND ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election called by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.068 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.068
§ 2306.068. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION.
Status: in_force

An agency or institution of the state shall cooperate with the department by providing personnel, information, and technical advice as the department assists the governor in:

(1) the coordination of federal and state activities affecting local government; and

(2) providing affordable housing for individuals and families of low and very low income and families of moderate income.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.085 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.085
§ 1001.085. MANAGEMENT AND DIRECTION BY EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

The department's powers and duties prescribed by this chapter and other law, including enforcement activities and functions, are subject to the executive commissioner's oversight under the revised provisions derived from Chapter 531, Government Code, as that chapter existed on March 31, 2025, to manage and direct the operations of the department.
Tex. Transportation Code § 542.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 542 / Section 542.001
§ 542.001. VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS.
Status: in_force

A provision of this subtitle relating to the operation of a vehicle applies only to the operation of a vehicle on a highway unless the provision specifically applies to a different place.