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Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14 / Section 14.001
§ 14.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this chapter:

(1) "Depositor" means a person who:

(A) delivers grain to a public grain warehouse for storing of the grain for hire, handling of the grain for hire, or shipping of the grain for hire;

(B) is the owner or legal holder of an outstanding receipt for grain stored in the public grain warehouse issuing the receipt; or

(C) is lawfully entitled to possession of grain stored in a public grain warehouse.

(2) "Grain" means wheat, grain sorghum, corn, oats, barley, rye, soybeans, or any other grain, peas, or beans for which federal grain standards are established.

(3) "Open storage grain" means grain that:

(A) is received for storage by a public grain warehouse located in this state;

(B) is not covered by a negotiable warehouse receipt; and

(C) is not owned by the lessee, owner, or operator of the warehouse in which it is stored.

(4) "Public grain warehouse" means a building, bin, or similar structure located in this state and used for:

(A) the storing of grain for hire, shipping of grain for hire, or handling of grain for hire; or

(B) the purchasing and selling of grain, including grain on which payment is deferred.

(5) "Receipt" means a negotiable Texas grain warehouse receipt issued by a warehouse operator licensed under this chapter.

(6) "License" includes a renewal of or an amendment to a license.

(7) "Scale weight ticket" means a load slip other than a receipt given to a depositor or other person by a warehouse operator licensed under this chapter on:

(A) initial delivery of the grain to the warehouse; or

(B) weighing of the grain on the grain warehouse operator's scale, regardless of the destination of the grain.

(8) "Receipted grain" means grain that is stored in a public grain warehouse and for which a Texas grain warehouse receipt has been issued and has not been canceled.

(9) "Warehouse operator" means a person engaged in the business of operating a public grain warehouse.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, the term "public grain warehouse" as defined by Subsection (a)(4) does not include railcars, trucks, boats, or other vehicles when used to transport grain.

(c) For purposes of this chapter, in those sections that require the warehouse operator to cooperate with or provide information to the department or issue documents or deliver grain to customers of the warehouse operator and in those sections that require notice to be provided to the warehouse operator by the department, the term "warehouse operator" includes all employees, agents, or other persons authorized by the warehouse operator to issue receipts or scale weight tickets or sign contracts or other agreements.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 33.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 33 / Section 33.002
§ 33.002. APPLICABILITY.
Status: repealed

(a) This chapter applies to:

(1) any cause of action based on tort in which a defendant, settling person, or responsible third party is found responsible for a percentage of the harm for which relief is sought; or

(2) any action brought under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code) in which a defendant, settling person, or responsible third party is found responsible for a percentage of the harm for which relief is sought.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 4.10(1).

(c) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) an action to collect workers' compensation benefits under the workers' compensation laws of this state (Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code) or actions against an employer for exemplary damages arising out of the death of an employee;

(2) a claim for exemplary damages included in an action to which this chapter otherwise applies; or

(3) a cause of action for damages arising from the manufacture of methamphetamine as described by Chapter 99.

(d) to (h) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 4.10(1).
Tex. Local Government Code § 505.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 505 / Section 505.052
§ 505.052. RESTRICTION ON BOARD MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director of a Type B corporation authorized to be created by a municipality with a population of 20,000 or more must be a resident of the municipality.

(b) Each director of a Type B corporation authorized to be created by a municipality with a population of less than 20,000 must:

(1) be a resident of the municipality;

(2) be a resident of the county in which the major part of the area of the municipality is located; or

(3) reside:

(A) within 10 miles of the municipality's boundaries; and

(B) in a county bordering the county in which most of the area of the municipality is located.

(c) Three directors of a Type B corporation must be persons who are not employees, officers, or members of the governing body of the authorizing municipality.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsections (a)-(c), if a municipality terminates a Type A corporation's existence and authorizes the creation of a Type B corporation, a person serving as a director of the Type A corporation at the time of termination may serve on the board of directors of the Type B corporation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.2551 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.2551
§ 13A.2551. FRAUDULENT USE OR POSSESSION OF CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

An offense under Section 32.315, Penal Code, may be prosecuted in any county in which the offense was committed or in the county of residence for any person whose credit card or debit card information was unlawfully obtained, possessed, transferred, or used by the defendant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3853.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3853 / Section 3853.001
§ 3853.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means the Dickinson Management District No. 1.
Tex. Government Code § 437.118 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.118
§ 437.118. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF MILITARY HOUSING.
Status: in_force

The department shall maintain and operate charged military housing in accordance with policies and regulations adopted by the adjutant general and published on the department's Internet website. The department shall deposit room fees in a billeting account.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2033.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2033 / Section 2033.005
§ 2033.005. IMPERSONATING LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person impersonates a license holder with the intent to induce another person to submit to the actor's purported authority as a license holder or to rely on the actor's actions as an alleged license holder.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Water Code § 29.043 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 29 / Section 29.043
§ 29.043. USING HAULERS WITHOUT PERMIT.
Status: in_force

No person may knowingly utilize the services of a hauler to haul or dispose of oil and gas waste off the lease, unit, or other oil or gas property where it is generated if the hauler does not have a permit as required under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 751.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 751 / Section 751.053
§ 751.053. INFORMATION FROM COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) At least once annually or more frequently if determined necessary by the commissioner, the commissioner shall provide in an appropriate manner to insurers and other entities subject to this code information regarding new laws and rules, enforcement actions, and other information the commissioner considers relevant to ensure compliance with market conduct requirements.

(b) The commissioner may provide the notice required under Subsection (a) in an electronic format that is designed to give insurers and other entities adequate notice.

(c) Failure by the commissioner to provide the information described by Subsection (a) does not constitute a defense for an insurer who fails to comply with an insurance law of this state.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.523 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.523
§ 9.523. INFORMATION FROM FILING OFFICE; SALE OR LICENSE OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9.519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing office, the filing office may instead:

(1) note upon the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9.519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record; and

(2) send the copy to the person.

(b) If a person files a record other than a written record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides:

(1) the information in the record;

(2) the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9.519(a)(1); and

(3) the date and time of the filing of the record.

(c) The filing office shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it:

(1) whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the filing office, but not a date earlier than three business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement that:

(A) designates a particular debtor or, if the request so states, designates a particular debtor at the address specified in the request;

(B) has not lapsed under Section 9.515 with respect to all secured parties of record; and

(C) if the request so states, has lapsed under Section 9.515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under Section 9.522(a);

(2) the date and time of filing of each financing statement; and

(3) the information provided in each financing statement.

(d) In complying with its duty under Subsection (c), the filing office may communicate information in any medium. However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information by issuing its written certificate.

(e) The filing office shall perform the acts required by Subsections (a)-(d) at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but not later than two business days after the filing office receives the request.

(f) At least weekly, the Secretary of State shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed with the Secretary under this subchapter, in every medium from time to time available to the Secretary.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.401 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.401
§ 82.401. LAND SET ASIDE.
Status: in_force

All of the public land and school land situated in, under, and adjacent to the bed of Caddo Lake in the counties of Marion and Harrison are withdrawn from sale and preserved for public use as a state game and fish reserve.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7933A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7933A / Section 7933A.0305
§ 7933A.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. Education Code § 45.352 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.352
§ 45.352. ELECTION TO REVOKE COUNTY EQUALIZATION TAX.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county to which this subchapter applies may order an election on the question of revoking the county equalization tax, in accordance with former Section 18.11 of this code and other applicable provisions of former Chapter 18, as that chapter existed on May 1, 1995, that continues in effect under Section 11.301.
Tex. Transportation Code § 66.012 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 66 / Section 66.012
§ 66.012. PROHIBITED INTEREST.
Status: in_force

A person may not be a member of the board if the person, directly or indirectly, is engaged in or has an interest in any pilot boat or in any other business affected by or connected with the performance of the person's duties as a pilot commissioner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.106 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.106
§ 843.106. INSURANCE, REINSURANCE, INDEMNITY, AND REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization may contract with an insurer or group hospital service corporation authorized to engage in business in this state to provide insurance, reinsurance, indemnification, or reimbursement against the cost of health care and medical care services provided by the health maintenance organization.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.005
§ 3831.005. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed liberally in conformity with the legislative findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1022.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1022 / Section 1022.051
§ 1022.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of five directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 542.202 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 542 / Section 542.202
§ 542.202. POWERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This subtitle does not prevent a local authority, with respect to a highway under its jurisdiction and in the reasonable exercise of the police power, from:

(1) regulating traffic by police officers or traffic-control devices;

(2) regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle;

(3) regulating or prohibiting a procession or assemblage on a highway;

(4) regulating the operation and requiring registration and licensing of a bicycle or electric bicycle, including payment of a registration fee, except as provided by Section 551.106;

(5) regulating the time, place, and manner in which a roller skater may use a highway;

(6) regulating the speed of a vehicle in a public park;

(7) regulating or prohibiting the turning of a vehicle or specified type of vehicle at an intersection;

(8) designating an intersection as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and requiring each vehicle to stop or yield at one or more entrances to the intersection;

(9) designating a highway as a through highway;

(10) designating a highway as a one-way highway and requiring each vehicle on the highway to move in one specific direction;

(11) designating school crossing guards and school crossing zones;

(12) altering a speed limit as authorized by this subtitle; or

(13) adopting other traffic rules specifically authorized by this subtitle.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Roller skater" means a person wearing footwear with a set of wheels attached.

(2) "Through highway" means a highway or a portion of a highway on which:

(A) vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way; and

(B) vehicular traffic entering from an intersecting highway is required by law to yield right-of-way in compliance with an official traffic-control device.

(3) "Regulating" means criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement against a person, including the owner or operator of a motor vehicle, in accordance with a state law or a municipal ordinance.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.051
§ 534.051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.

(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
Tex. Transportation Code § 224.1541 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 224 / Section 224.1541
§ 224.1541. EXCLUSIVE LANES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by order may designate and the department may finance, design, construct, operate, or maintain one or more lanes of a state highway facility as exclusive lanes.

(b) The commission may designate a lane as an exclusive lane under Subsection (a) only if the commission determines that:

(1) there:

(A) are two or more lanes adjacent to the proposed exclusive lane for the use of vehicles other than vehicles for which the lane is restricted; or

(B) is a multilane facility adjacent to the proposed exclusive lane for the use of vehicles other than vehicles for which the lane is restricted; and

(2) the use or operation of the exclusive lane is likely to enhance safety, mobility, or air quality.

(c) The adjacent lanes or adjacent multilane facility under Subsection (b) may be designated as exclusive lanes or an exclusive lane facility for the use of vehicles that are prohibited from using the exclusive lane.

(d) The commission may authorize the operation of a vehicle that exceeds the weight limitations of Subchapter B, Chapter 621, or the size limitations of Subchapter C, Chapter 621, on a lane designated as an exclusive lane under this section if supported by an engineering and traffic study that includes an analysis of the structural capacity of bridges and pavements, current and projected traffic patterns and volume, and potential effects on public safety. This subsection does not authorize the operation of a vehicle that exceeds a maximum axle weight authorized by Chapter 621, 622, or 623. This subsection does not apply to a roadway that is a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.061
§ 1073.061. PERSONNEL CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract to provide administrative or other personnel for the operation of hospital facilities.

(b) The term of a contract may not exceed 25 years.
Tex. Family Code § 101.0095 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 101 / Section 101.0095
§ 101.0095. DENTAL SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

"Dental support" means periodic payments or a lump-sum payment made under an order to cover dental expenses, including dental insurance coverage, incurred for the benefit of a child.
Tex. Government Code § 478.0154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 478 / Section 478.0154
§ 478.0154. SURCHARGES AND USER FEES.
Status: in_force

An endorsing municipality or endorsing county may collect and remit to the office surcharges and user fees attributable to an event for deposit to the fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.051
§ 1005.051. BOARD.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of seven directors.
Tex. Government Code § 2310.403 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.403
§ 2310.403. STATE PREFERENCES.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency shall give preference to the governing body of a readjustment zone or a qualified business or qualified employee located in a readjustment zone over other eligible applicants for grants, loans, or credit enhancements that are administered by the state agency if:

(1) at least 50 percent of the grant, loan, or credit enhancement will be spent for the direct benefit of the readjustment zone; and

(2) the purpose of the grant, loan, or credit enhancement is to:

(A) promote economic development in the community; or

(B) construct, improve, extend, repair, or maintain public facilities in the community.

(b) The comptroller may and is encouraged to deposit state money in financial institutions located or doing business in readjustment zones.

(c) A state agency may and is encouraged to contract with businesses located in readjustment zones.

(d) The office or another state agency may give preference to readjustment zones in granting economic development money or other benefits.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.051
§ 1024.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERMS.
Status: repealed

(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors elected from single-member districts.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 548 (H.B. 4569), Sec. 4, eff. June 10, 2019.

(c) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.

(d) An election shall be held on the uniform election date in May of each odd-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.117 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.117
§ 375.117. AREA TO BE ASSESSED.
Status: in_force

(a) The area of the district to be assessed according to the findings of the board may be the entire district or any part of the district and may be less than the area proposed in the notice of the hearing.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the area to be assessed may not include property that is not within the district boundaries at the time of the hearing unless there is an additional hearing, preceded by the required notice.

(c) The owner of improvements constructed or land annexed to the district after the district has imposed assessments may waive the right to notice and an assessment hearing and may agree to the imposition and payment of assessments at an agreed rate for improvements constructed or land annexed to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 146 / Section 146.003
§ 146.003. LICENSE APPLICATION.
Status: repealed

(a) To receive a tattoo studio license, body piercing studio license, or temporary location license, a person must submit a signed, verified license application to the department on a form prescribed by the department and must submit an application fee. In addition, the person must submit evidence from the appropriate zoning officials in the municipality or county in which the studio is proposed to be located that confirms that the studio is in compliance with existing zoning codes applicable to the studio.

(b) The department may issue a license or temporary location license for a tattoo or body piercing studio after determining that the studio is in compliance with applicable statutes, rules, and zoning codes.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1528, Sec. 9(1), eff. September 1, 1999.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.606 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.606
§ 2.606. WHAT CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF GOODS.
Status: in_force

(a) Acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer

(1) after a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods signifies to the seller that the goods are conforming or that he will take or retain them in spite of their non-conformity; or

(2) fails to make an effective rejection (Subsection (a) of Section 2.602), but such acceptance does not occur until the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect them; or

(3) does any act inconsistent with the seller's ownership; but if such act is wrongful as against the seller it is an acceptance only if ratified by him.

(b) Acceptance of a part of any commercial unit is acceptance of that entire unit.
Tex. Local Government Code § 71.033 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 71 / Section 71.033
§ 71.033. TAX TO PAY INDEBTEDNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the original county recovers in a suit brought under Section 71.032(a), the court that renders the judgment shall order the commissioners court of the newly created county to levy a special tax on all the property in the territory taken from the original county in an amount that is sufficient to satisfy the judgment.

(b) If the first levy is insufficient to satisfy the judgment, the commissioners court shall make annual levies until the judgment is satisfied.