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Tex. Government Code § 325.0115 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 325 / Section 325.0115
§ 325.0115. CRITERIA FOR REVIEW OF CERTAIN AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by law or a state agency rule that must be obtained by an individual to engage in a particular occupation or profession.

(2) "Public interest" means protection from a present and recognizable harm to public health, safety, or welfare. The term does not include speculative threats, or other non-demonstrable menaces to public health, safety, or welfare. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "welfare" includes the financial health of the public when the absence of governmental regulation unreasonably increases risk and liability to broad classes of consumers.

(b) In an assessment of an agency that licenses an occupation or profession, the commission and its staff shall consider:

(1) whether the occupational licensing program:

(A) serves a meaningful, defined public interest; and

(B) provides the least restrictive form of regulation that will adequately protect the public interest;

(2) the extent to which the regulatory objective of the occupational licensing program may be achieved through market forces, private or industry certification and accreditation programs, or enforcement of other law;

(3) the extent to which licensing criteria, if applicable, ensure that applicants have occupational skill sets or competencies that correlate with a public interest and the impact that those criteria have on applicants, particularly those with moderate or low incomes, seeking to enter the occupation or profession; and

(4) the impact of the regulation, including the extent to which the program stimulates or restricts competition and affects consumer choice and the cost of services.

(c) As part of the commission's review of an agency that licenses an occupation or profession, the commission and its staff shall determine whether the governing body of the agency being reviewed has made an evaluation regarding the type of personal information of license holders that the agency should make available on the agency's Internet website based on the following factors:

(1) the type of information the public needs to file a complaint with the agency;

(2) the type of information the public needs to locate an existing or potential service provider;

(3) the type of information the public needs to verify a license; and

(4) whether making the information available on the agency's Internet website could subject a license holder to harassment, solicitation, or other nuisance.

(d) If the commission determines that the governing body of an agency has not completed the evaluation described by Subsection (c), the commission shall make a recommendation that the governing body of the agency perform such an evaluation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8183.262 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8183 / Section 8183.262
§ 8183.262. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued under this subchapter and interest on those bonds.

(b) Refunding bonds may:

(1) be issued to refund bonds of more than one series;

(2) combine the pledges for the outstanding bonds for the security of the refunding bonds; or

(3) be secured by a pledge of other or additional revenue or mortgage liens.

(c) The provisions of this subchapter regarding the issuance of other bonds, their security, and the remedies of the holders apply to refunding bonds.

(d) The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(e) Instead of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the district, in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds in a bank at which the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds to be refunded to their option date or maturity date, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the concurrent surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(f) An election is not required for refunding bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0054
§ 550.0054. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING GROUP.
Status: in_force

(a) The interagency coordinating group for faith- and community-based initiatives is composed of:

(1) each faith- and community-based liaison designated under Section 550.0052; and

(2) a liaison from the State Commission on National and Community Service.

(b) Service on the interagency coordinating group is an additional duty of the office or position held by each liaison designated under Section 550.0052(b).

(c) The liaison from the State Commission on National and Community Service is the presiding officer of the interagency coordinating group. If the State Commission on National and Community Service is abolished, the liaison from the office of the governor is the presiding officer of the group.

(d) The state agencies described by Section 550.0052(b) shall provide administrative support for the interagency coordinating group as coordinated by the presiding officer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3868.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3868 / Section 3868.054
§ 3868.054. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The remaining directors shall fill a vacancy on the board by appointing a person who meets the qualifications prescribed by Section 3868.052(a).

(b) If there are fewer than three directors, the governing body of the town shall appoint the necessary number of directors to fill all board vacancies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8443.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8443 / Section 8443.153
§ 8443.153. 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 § 855.108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.108
§ 855.108. DESIGNATION OF AUTHORITY TO SIGN VOUCHERS.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees by resolution shall designate one or more representatives who have authority to sign vouchers for payments from the assets of the retirement system.
Tex. Finance Code § 33.208 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 33 / Section 33.208
§ 33.208. DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The bylaws or the participation agreement may not require automatic termination, dissolution, or suspension of the limited banking association on the death, disability, bankruptcy, expulsion, or withdrawal of a participant, or on the happening of any other event other than the passage of time.
Tex. Election Code § 85.064 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 85 / Section 85.064
§ 85.064.
Status: repealed

Sec. 85.064. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH.

(a) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 679 (H.B. 1217), Sec. 7(1), eff. September 1, 2023.

(b) Early voting by personal appearance at each temporary branch polling place shall be conducted on the days that voting is required to be conducted at the main early voting polling place under Section 85.005 and remain open for at least:

(1) eight hours each day; or

(2) three hours each day if the city or county clerk does not serve as the early voting clerk for the territory holding the election and the territory has fewer than 1,000 registered voters.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1085 (H.B. 1888), Sec. 7(2), eff. September 1, 2019.

(d) The authority authorized under Section 85.006 to order early voting on a Saturday or Sunday may also order, in the manner prescribed by that section, early voting to be conducted on a Saturday or Sunday at any one or more of the temporary branch polling places. In addition, the early voting clerk shall order such voting in accordance with Section 85.006(e) at each temporary branch polling place established under Section 85.062(d).

(d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 31(5), eff. September 1, 2025.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.167 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.167
§ 81.167. DETENTION IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
Status: in_force

(a) The head of a facility or the facility head's designee shall detain a person under a protective custody order in the facility pending a court order for the management of a person with a communicable disease or until the person is released or discharged under Section 81.168.

(b) A person under a protective custody order shall be detained in an appropriate inpatient health facility that has been designated by the commissioner or by a health authority and selected by the health authority under Section 81.159.

(c) A person under a protective custody order may be detained in a nonmedical facility used to detain persons who are charged with or convicted of a crime only with the consent of the medical director of the facility and only if the facility has respiratory isolation capability for airborne communicable diseases. The person may not be detained in a nonmedical facility under this subsection for longer than 72 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, the period prescribed by Section 81.165(b) for an extreme weather emergency, and the duration of a public health disaster. The person must be isolated from any person who is charged with or convicted of a crime.

(d) The health authority shall ensure that proper isolation methods are used and medical care is made available to a person who is detained in a nonmedical facility under Subsection (c).
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 601.101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.101
§ 601.101. MERCHANT'S COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A merchant is not entitled to compensation for services performed under a consumer transaction canceled under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.111 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.111
§ 651.111. DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A license holder may not advertise or cause to be advertised in any manner any false, misleading, or deceptive statement or representation with regard to the rates, terms, or conditions of a premium finance agreement.

(b) If rates or charges are stated in advertising, the license holder must express the rates or charges in terms of a simple annual percentage rate as defined by federal law.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.113 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.113
§ 142.113. OPEN DELIBERATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A deliberation relating to meeting and conferring between a public employer and a firefighters association, a deliberation relating to an agreement or proposed agreement under this subchapter by a quorum of a firefighters association authorized to meet and confer, or a deliberation by a quorum of the sole and exclusive bargaining agent of the public employer authorized to meet and confer must be open to the public and comply with state law.

(b) Subsection (a) may not be construed to prohibit the representative of the public employer or the representatives of the firefighters association from conducting private caucuses that are not open to the public during meet and confer negotiations.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 432.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 432 / Section 432.013
§ 432.013. DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke the license of an applicant or license holder who fails to comply with this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter.

(b) When there is an imminent threat to the health or safety of the public, the department may suspend a license without notice in accordance with rules adopted by the executive commissioner for the emergency suspension of licenses.

(c) The department's hearing rules and the applicable provisions of Chapter 2001, Government Code, govern a hearing for the denial, suspension, emergency suspension, or revocation of a license and any appeal from that hearing.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.204 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.204
§ 751.204. OPINION OF COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

(a) Before accepting a durable power of attorney under Section 751.201, the person to whom the power of attorney is presented may request from the agent presenting the power of attorney an opinion of counsel regarding any matter of law concerning the power of attorney so long as the person provides to the agent the reason for the request in a writing or other record.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in an agreement to extend the request period under Section 751.201(c), an opinion of counsel requested under this section must be provided by the principal or agent, at the principal's expense. If, without an extension, the requestor requests the opinion later than the 10th business day after the date the durable power of attorney is presented to the requestor, the principal or agent may, but is not required to, provide the opinion, at the requestor's expense.
Tex. Transportation Code § 204.005 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 204 / Section 204.005
§ 204.005. PURCHASE OF BROADCASTING AND PERIODICAL ADVERTISING.
Status: in_force

The department may purchase advertising space in a periodical of national circulation and time on a broadcasting facility from money appropriated from the general revenue fund and administered by the department for that specific purpose.
Tex. Estates Code § 202.006 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 202 / Section 202.006
§ 202.006. REQUEST FOR DETERMINATION OF NECESSITY FOR ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

A person who files an application under Section 202.005 not later than the fourth anniversary of the date of the death of the decedent who is the subject of the application may request that the court determine whether there is a need for administration of the decedent's estate. The court shall hear evidence on the issue and, in the court's judgment, make a determination of the issue.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 443.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 443 / Section 443.003
§ 443.003. LOCAL REGULATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A municipality, county, or other political subdivision of this state may not enact, adopt, or enforce a rule, ordinance, order, resolution, or other regulation that prohibits the processing of hemp or the manufacturing or sale of a consumable hemp product as authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9055.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9055 / Section 9055.001
§ 9055.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "District" means the Wise County Water Supply District.
Tex. Election Code § 243.012 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 243 / Section 243.012
§ 243.012. DISPOSITION OF CONTEST.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall determine the outcome of the contested election and render the decision not later than the seventh day before the date set by law for the meeting of the electors.

(b) The decision shall declare which set of presidential elector candidates was elected.

(c) The decision shall be in writing and signed by the governor.

(d) Section 221.012(b) does not apply to a contest of an election of presidential electors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1045.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1045 / Section 1045.155
§ 1045.155. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The district operates on the fiscal year established by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 572.070 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.070
§ 572.070. PROHIBITIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO FOREIGN INFLUENCE; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "foreign adversary" means a country:

(1) identified by the United States Director of National Intelligence as a country that poses a risk to the national security of the United States in at least one of the three most recent Annual Threat Assessments of the U.S. Intelligence Community issued pursuant to Section 108B, National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. Section 3043b); or

(2) designated by the governor after consultation with the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety.

(b) An employee or volunteer of a state agency or a political subdivision of this state may not:

(1) accept transportation to or lodging in a country that is a foreign adversary and that is paid for by the foreign adversary because of the employee's or volunteer's position with the state or political subdivision; or

(2) accept a gift or item of value from a person representing a foreign adversary for any purpose, including to pay for travel expenses or as reimbursement for the costs of attending a conference or other event in a country that is a foreign adversary or that is hosted on behalf of a foreign adversary or a principal of a foreign adversary.

(c) An employee or volunteer of a state agency or a political subdivision of this state shall report to the commission, in the form and manner the commission requires, each interaction, communication, or meeting the employee or volunteer has with a person acting on behalf of a foreign adversary not later than the 30th day after the date of the interaction, communication, or meeting. The commission shall make available a report under this subsection to the attorney general and the Texas Department of Public Safety on request.

(d) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates this section. An offense under this subsection is a state jail felony.
Tex. Property Code § 94.008 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.008
§ 94.008. MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord may adopt manufactured home community rules that are not arbitrary or capricious.

(b) Manufactured home community rules are considered part of the lease agreement.

(c) The landlord may add to or amend manufactured home community rules. If the landlord adds or amends a rule:

(1) the rule is not effective until the 30th day after the date each tenant is provided with a written copy of the added or amended rule; and

(2) if a tenant is required to take any action that requires the expenditure of funds in excess of $25 to comply with the rule, the landlord shall give the tenant at least 90 days after the date each tenant is provided with a written copy of the added or amended rule to comply with the rule.
Tex. Utilities Code § 17.010 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 17 / Section 17.010
§ 17.010. DISASTER BILLING AWARENESS.
Status: in_force

The commission in cooperation with the Texas Division of Emergency Management shall:

(1) promote public awareness of bill payment assistance available during a disaster for electric, water, and wastewater services, including assistance for consumers on level billing plans; and

(2) provide the public with information about billing practices during a disaster to ensure that consumers of electric, water, and wastewater services have an adequate understanding of their rights.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.022 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14 / Section 14.022
§ 14.022. LICENSING OF MULTIPLE WAREHOUSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Combination" means a group of two or more public grain warehouses or facilities operated under a single set of complete records. For purposes of this chapter, a combination is treated as if it were a single public grain warehouse.

(2) "Facility" means two or more public grain warehouses located in close proximity on the same general location. For purposes of this chapter, and except when part of a combination, a facility is treated as if it were a single public grain warehouse.

(b) A warehouse operator may operate all public grain warehouses or facilities within an area no larger than 60 miles in diameter as a combination if a single license covering the combination is obtained from the department and:

(1) a single recordkeeping system covering only warehouses within the combination is maintained by the warehouse operator;

(2) a single, unique set of sequentially numbered receipts containing all information required by department rule and bearing the name of the license holder and a unique combination name, but not bearing individual warehouse or facility names, is used for the combination;

(3) for each scale operated by the warehouse operator, the warehouse operator issues and maintains a single, unique set of sequentially numbered scale weight tickets containing all information required by department rule and bearing the name of the license holder and a unique name identifying the facility where the scale is located;

(4) a single daily position report covering all storage obligations of the combination and only the combination, including company-owned grain, and containing all information required by department rule is maintained;

(5) all original warehouse operator records, except for scale weight tickets, relating to transactions or storage obligations involving the combination are maintained at a single location and separate from all other businesses and separately licensed warehouse operations of the warehouse operator; and

(6) except as provided by department rule, a single unique bond or bond substitute is used to cover the combination.

(c) Except as permitted while operating a combination, a warehouse operator may not combine or intermingle assets, storage obligations, liabilities of any kind, records or record entries, contractual obligations, other transactions of any kind, or any other business or operating information from different warehouses or businesses owned, managed, or operated by the warehouse operator. Each licensed combination or individually licensed facility shall be operated as a separate entity under a single, unique name and, except as provided by department rule, shall be covered by a single, separate bond or bond substitute.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.053
§ 21.053. ANNEXATION PETITION HEARING; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of a petition under Section 21.052, the board shall set a date, time, and place to hold a hearing on the petition. The date may not be later than the 20th day after the date on which the board receives the petition.

(b) In addition to the notice required under the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, the board shall publish notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing in one or more newspapers with general circulation in the district and in the county to be annexed.

(c) Any person may testify at the hearing for or against annexation of the county to the district.

(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall determine if an annexation election should be held in the county to be annexed.