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Tex. Finance Code § 92.406 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.406
§ 92.406. ENFORCEMENT OF CONDITION, RESTRICTION, OR REQUIREMENT ON SURVIVING FOREIGN SAVINGS BANK.
Status: in_force

If the surviving savings bank is a foreign savings bank, the commissioner may enforce a condition, restriction, or requirement on the surviving savings bank that could have been enforced by the state in which the foreign savings bank has its principal place of business if the merger or consolidation had occurred in that state and the surviving savings bank were a domestic savings bank.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8037.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8037 / Section 8037.0305
§ 8037.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3871.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3871 / Section 3871.110
§ 3871.110. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall annually provide owners of real property in the district written notice that specifies the tax of the district for the district's next fiscal year in sufficient clarity to describe the tax rate for the operation and maintenance of the district and the tax rate for the payment of debt service of obligations issued or incurred by the district. The written notice must be sent by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the current address of the property owner as reflected on the tax rolls of the appraisal district.

(b) The notice must clearly state that the tax rates on real property imposed in the district are in addition to the ad valorem taxes imposed by other taxing units that tax real property in the boundaries of the district.

(c) The district shall generate and implement a program to provide notification to a prospective purchaser of property in the district of the rates of tax and assessments that have been approved and are imposed by the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.106
§ 2269.106. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER COMPETITIVE BIDDING LAW TO CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided by this section, Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, does not apply to a competitive bidding process conducted under this chapter. Sections 271.026, 271.027(a), and 271.0275, Local Government Code, apply to a competitive bidding process conducted under this chapter by a governmental entity as defined by Section 271.021, Local Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.356 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.356
§ 345.356. BUYER'S WAIVER.
Status: in_force

(a) A retail installment contract or retail charge agreement may not:

(1) provide for a waiver of the retail buyer's rights of action against the holder or a person acting on the holder's behalf for an illegal act committed in:

(A) the collection of payments under the contract or agreement; or

(B) the repossession of goods; or

(2) provide that the retail buyer agrees not to assert against the retail seller a claim or defense arising out of the sale.

(b) A retail buyer may not waive any provision of this chapter before or at the time of the making of a retail installment contract, retail charge agreement, or purchase under the contract or agreement.
Tex. Finance Code § 303.007 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 303 / Section 303.007
§ 303.007. ANNUALIZED CEILING.
Status: in_force

The annualized ceiling may be used as an alternative to the weekly ceiling only for a written contract that involves an open-end account.
Tex. Local Government Code § 563.107 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 563 / Section 563.107
§ 563.107. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A bond issued under this chapter, any transaction relating to the bond, and profits made in the sale of the bond are exempt from taxation by this state or by a municipality or other political subdivision of the state.
Tex. Government Code § 24.427 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.427
§ 24.427.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.427. 250TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). The 250th Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.753 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.753
§ 91.753. NOTICE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 15th business day after the date the commission issues an oil or gas well operator a permit to drill a new oil or gas well or to reenter a plugged and abandoned oil or gas well, the operator shall give written notice of the issuance of the permit to the surface owner of the tract of land on which the well is located or is proposed to be located.

(b) An oil or gas well operator is not required to give notice under this subchapter to a surface owner if:

(1) the operator and the surface owner have entered into an agreement that contains alternative provisions regarding the operator's obligation to give notice of oil and gas operations; or

(2) the surface owner has waived in writing the owner's right to notice under this subchapter.
Tex. Education Code § 56.165 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.165
§ 56.165. LOAN DISBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If an eligible student applies for a loan from a lending institution, the board shall provide the institution a conditional guaranty of the loan, in accordance with Section 56.170 of this code, on the board's receipt of:

(1) the student's application to the board for a conditional guaranty;

(2) a verification of the student's enrollment from the institution enrolling the student;

(3) a certification from the institution enrolling the student of the amount of tuition and fees for the student; and

(4) a certification from the lending institution that the terms of the loan conform with the requirements of Section 56.166 of this code, including requirements adopted by the board under that section, and that the lending institution agrees to suspend interest on the student's loan as provided by Sections 56.168 and 56.169 of this code.

(b) If an eligible student applies for a loan from the board, the board shall provide a loan in an amount determined by the board to the student on the board's receipt of:

(1) the student's application to the board for a loan;

(2) a verification of the student's enrollment from the institution enrolling the student; and

(3) a certification from the institution enrolling the student of the amount of tuition and fees for the student.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8315.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8315 / Section 8315.105
§ 8315.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.

(b) In addition to all the rights and remedies provided by other law, if the district violates the terms of an ordinance or resolution described by Subsection (a), the municipality is entitled to injunctive relief or a writ of mandamus issued by a court requiring the district and the district's officials to observe and comply with the terms of the ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Finance Code § 346.201 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 346 / Section 346.201
§ 346.201. INSURANCE; COLLATERAL.
Status: in_force

In connection with a revolving credit account, a creditor may require or take insurance subject to the provisions of Chapter 342, relating to insurance, as if the revolving credit account were a loan contract under that chapter. A creditor may require or take real or personal property as collateral.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.04412 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.04412
§ 42.04412. INTERFERENCE WITH INSPECTION; COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not interfere with an investigation or inspection of a facility or family home conducted by the department under this chapter.

(b) During an investigation or inspection of a facility or family home under this chapter, the facility or family home shall cooperate with the department and allow the department to:

(1) access the records of the facility or family home;

(2) access any part of the premises of the facility or family home; and

(3) interview any child, employee, or other person who is present at the facility or family home and who may have information relevant to the investigation or inspection.

(c) If access to the records or premises of the facility or family home cannot be obtained, a district court in Travis County or in the county in which the facility or family home is located, for good cause shown and without prior notice or a hearing, shall issue an order granting the department access to the records or premises in order to conduct the inspection, investigation, or interview.

(d) To assist the department in investigating whether a person is operating a facility or family home without a required license, certification, registration, or listing, a district court in Travis County or in the county in which the suspected facility or family home is located may, for good cause shown and without prior notice or a hearing, issue an order allowing the department to enter the suspected facility or family home at a time when the department's evidence shows that the suspected facility or family home may be providing child care subject to regulation under this chapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 103.008 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.008
§ 103.008. CORRECTION OF COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) On the filing of a motion by a defendant not later than one year after the date of the final disposition of a case in which costs were imposed, the court in which the case is pending or was last pending shall correct any error in the costs.

(b) The defendant must notify each person affected by the correction of costs in the same manner as notice of a similar motion is given in a civil action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8269.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8269 / Section 8269.151
§ 8269.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue or contract payments from any source other than ad valorem taxation.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 14.05 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 14 / Section 14.05
§ 14.05. RIGHTS OF OFFICER.
Status: in_force

In each case enumerated where arrests may be lawfully made without warrant, the officer or person making the arrest is justified in adopting all the measures which he might adopt in cases of arrest under warrant, except that an officer making an arrest without a warrant may not enter a residence to make the arrest unless:

(1) a person who resides in the residence consents to the entry; or

(2) exigent circumstances require that the officer making the arrest enter the residence without the consent of a resident or without a warrant.
Tex. Local Government Code § 262.030 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 262 / Section 262.030
§ 262.030. ALTERNATIVE COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except for Subsection (d) of this section, the competitive proposal procedure provided by this section may be used for the purchase of insurance, high technology items, and the following special services:

(1) landscape maintenance;

(2) travel management; or

(3) recycling.

(b) Quotations must be solicited through a request for proposals. Public notice for the request for proposals must be made in the same manner as provided in the competitive bidding procedure. The request for proposals must specify the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors. The award of the contract shall be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to be the lowest and best evaluated offer resulting from negotiation, taking into consideration the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals.

(c) If provided in the request for proposals, proposals shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing offerors and kept secret during the process of negotiation. All proposals that have been submitted shall be available and open for public inspection after the contract is awarded, except for trade secrets and confidential information contained in the proposals and identified as such.

(d) A county in which a purchasing agent has been appointed under Section 262.011 or employed under Section 262.0115 may use the competitive proposal purchasing method authorized by this section for the purchase of insurance or high technology items. In addition, the method may be used to purchase other items when the county official who makes purchases for the county determines, with the consent of the commissioners court, that it is in the best interest of the county to make a request for proposals.

(e) As provided in the request for proposals and under rules adopted by the commissioners court, discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award. Offerors must be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals, and revisions may be permitted after submission and before award for the purpose of obtaining best and final offers.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.351 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.351
§ 21.351. ANNUAL MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) An annual meeting of the SHAREHOLDERS of a corporation shall be held at a time that is stated in or set in accordance with the corporation's bylaws.

(b) On the application of a shareholder who has previously submitted a written request to the corporation that an annual meeting be held, a court in the county in which the principal executive office of the corporation is located may order a meeting to be held if the annual meeting is not held or written consent instead of the annual meeting is not executed within any 13-month period, unless the meeting is not required to be held under Section 21.655.

(c) The failure to hold an annual meeting at the designated time does not result in the winding up or termination of the corporation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 112.158 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 112 / Section 112.158
§ 112.158. INJURY TO FELLOW SERVANT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a corporation, receiver, or other person that controls or operates a railroad or street railway the line of which is located wholly or partly in this state.

(b) An entity described by Subsection (a) is liable for damages sustained by an employee of the entity while the employee is engaged in the work of operating the cars, locomotives, or trains of the entity as a result of the negligence of any other employee of the entity, regardless of whether the negligent employee and the employee who sustained the damages are considered fellow servants.

(c) Persons who are engaged in the common service of an entity described by Subsection (a) are considered fellow servants only if the persons are:

(1) employed in the same grade of employment;

(2) doing the same character of work or service; and

(3) working together at the same time and place and at the same piece of work for a common purpose.

(d) A person engaged in the service of an entity described by Subsection (a) is considered a vice principal of that entity if the person is entrusted by the entity with the authority of superintendence, control, or command of the other employees of the entity, with the authority to direct any other employee in the performance of any duty of the employee.

(e) A vice principal of an entity described by Subsection (a) is not considered a fellow servant with other employees of the entity.

(f) A contract between an employer and employee that limits the employer's liability under this section in the event of the death of or injury to the employee or setting damages that may be recovered under this section is not valid or binding.

(g) This section does not impair or diminish the defense of contributory negligence if the injury of the employee is proximately caused by the employee's own contributory negligence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8100.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8100 / Section 8100.0503
§ 8100.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1806.206 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1806 / Section 1806.206
§ 1806.206. AMOUNT OF CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 51.352 and except as provided by Subsection (b), the amount of a civil penalty imposed under Chapter 51 for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter may not exceed:

(1) $2,500 for each violation; or

(2) $50,000 in the aggregate for all violations of a similar nature.

(b) In a proceeding imposing a civil penalty under Section 51.352 for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, if the court finds that an individual over the age of 65 at the time of the violation was harmed by the violation, the amount of the civil penalty may not exceed:

(1) $10,000 for each violation; or

(2) $100,000 in the aggregate for all violations of a similar nature.
Tex. Insurance Code § 602.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 602 / Section 602.004
§ 602.004. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.0515 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.0515
§ 1037.0515. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY CUMULATIVE VOTING.
Status: in_force

(a) All directors shall be elected at large using the cumulative voting procedure prescribed by this section.

(b) All director positions to be filled at the election shall be voted on as one race by all the voters of the district. Each voter is entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the number of positions to be filled at the election.

(c) A voter may cast one or more of the specified number of votes for any one or more candidates in any combination. Only whole votes may be cast and counted.

(d) If a voter casts more than the number of votes to which the voter is entitled in the election, none of the voter's votes may be counted in that election. If a voter casts fewer votes than entitled, all of the voter's votes are counted in that election.

(e) The candidates who are elected are those, in the number to be elected, receiving the highest numbers of votes.

(f) The secretary of state shall prescribe any additional procedures necessary for the orderly and proper administration of an election held in accordance with this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7213.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7213 / Section 7213.003
§ 7213.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation and initial directors' election held before September 1, 2009:

(1) the district is dissolved on September 1, 2009, except that the district shall:

(A) pay any debts incurred;

(B) transfer to Kaufman County any assets of the district that remain after the payment of debts; and

(C) maintain the organization of the district until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2012.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8268.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8268 / Section 8268.001
§ 8268.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 117.
Tex. Water Code § 60.003 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.003
§ 60.003. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OR DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A district may contract with any person, foreign or domestic, necessary or convenient to the operation or development of the district's ports and waterways.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.319 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.319
§ 521.319. REVOCATION FOR MEDICAL REASONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if the person:

(1) is a chemically dependent person who:

(A) is likely to cause serious harm to the person or to others; or

(B) will, if not treated, continue to suffer abnormal mental, emotional, or physical distress, or to deteriorate in ability to function independently; or

(2) has been determined by a judgment of a court to be totally incapacitated or incapacitated to act as the operator of a motor vehicle.

(b) The driver's license of a person is revoked on:

(1) the judgment of a court that the person is totally incapacitated or incapacitated to act as the operator of a motor vehicle; or

(2) the order of a court of involuntary treatment of the person under Subchapter D, Chapter 462, Health and Safety Code.

(c) If the person has not been issued a driver's license, the judgment or order of a court under Subsection (b) automatically prohibits the department from issuing a driver's license to the person.

(d) The clerk of the court that renders a judgment or enters an order under Subsection (b) shall notify the department of the court's judgment or order before the 10th day after the date the court renders the judgment or enters the order.

(e) The revocation of a driver's license under Subsection (b) or the prohibition against the issuance of a driver's license under Subsection (c) expires on the date on which:

(1) the person is:

(A) restored to capacity by judicial decree; or

(B) released from a hospital for the mentally incapacitated on a certificate of the superintendent or administrator that the person has regained capacity; or

(2) the order of involuntary treatment of the chemically dependent person expires.

(f) Before the 10th day after the date under Subsection (e)(1)(A) or (2), the clerk of the appropriate court shall notify the department that:

(1) the person has been restored to capacity by judicial decree; or

(2) the order of involuntary treatment has expired or has been terminated under Section 462.080(d), Health and Safety Code.

(g) Before the 10th day after the date under Subsection (e)(1)(B), the superintendent or administrator of the hospital shall notify the department that the person has been released from the hospital on a certificate that the person has regained capacity.

(h) In this section:

(1) "Chemically dependent person" means a person with chemical dependency.

(2) "Chemical dependency" and "treatment" have the meanings assigned by Section 462.001, Health and Safety Code.