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Tex. Occupations Code § 801.253 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.253
§ 801.253. LICENSING EXAMINATIONS FOR VETERINARIANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall conduct licensing examinations for veterinarians as provided by board rule.

(b) The board shall provide notice of a licensing examination on its Internet website.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 242.051 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 242 / Section 242.051
§ 242.051. ADMINISTRATION OF INSTITUTIONS; CHARGE OF CHILDREN.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall:

(1) administer the training, diagnostic treatment, and supervisory facilities and services of the state for children committed to the department; and

(2) manage and direct all institutions and training school facilities under the authority of the department.

(b) The department shall have general charge of and be responsible for the welfare, custody, and rehabilitation of the children in a school, facility, or program operated or funded by the department. The department shall seek to establish relationships and to organize a way of life that will meet the spiritual, moral, physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of the children under the department's care as those needs would be met in an adequate home.

(c) The department shall see that the buildings and premises are kept in good sanitary condition.
Tex. Election Code § 123.031 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 123 / Section 123.031
§ 123.031. ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT BY COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A county may contract to acquire the equipment necessary for operating a voting system by purchase, lease, or other means.

(b) To finance the acquisition of equipment, the commissioners court may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness as authorized by general law, payable solely from the county general fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7957A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7957A / Section 7957A.0101
§ 7957A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Atascosa County Municipal Utility District No. 2.
Tex. Insurance Code § 228.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 228 / Section 228.153
§ 228.153. INVESTMENT IN STRATEGIC INVESTMENT BUSINESS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Strategic investment area" means an area of this state that qualifies as a strategic investment area under Subchapter O, Chapter 171, Tax Code, or, after the date that subchapter expires, an area that qualified as a strategic investment area under that subchapter immediately before that date.

(2) "Strategic investment business" means a qualified business that:

(A) has the business's principal business operations located in one or more strategic investment areas; and

(B) intends to maintain business operations in the strategic investment areas after receipt of the investment by the certified capital company.

(b) A certified capital company must place at least 30 percent of the amount of qualified investments required by Sections 228.151(a) and (b) in a strategic investment business.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 44.005 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 44 / Section 44.005
§ 44.005. SERIAL NUMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue a serial number to the applicant at the time of the first issuance of a game breeder's license to the applicant. The same serial number shall be assigned to the licensee whenever he holds a game breeder's license.

(b) The game breeder shall place a suitable permanent tag bearing the game breeder's serial number on the ear of each pronghorn antelope or collared peccary or javelina held in captivity by the game breeder.
Tex. Local Government Code § 157.071 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 157 / Section 157.071
§ 157.071. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Administrator" means the person designated by the commissioners court of a county to administer the county's sick leave pool program.

(2) "Employee" means a district, county, or precinct employee with 12 or more months of continuous employment with the district, county, or precinct who is paid from the general fund of the county, from a special fund of the county, or from special grants paid through the county.
Tex. Insurance Code § 441.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 441 / Section 441.003
§ 441.003. APPLICABILITY OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

Compliance with this chapter is a condition of engaging in the business of insurance in this state. This chapter applies to, and is a consequence of, any other transaction with respect to an insurer or insurance.
Tex. Government Code § 4004.354 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.354
§ 4004.354. NOTIFYING THIRD PARTIES OF SUSPECTED FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABLE ADULTS.
Status: in_force

If a dealer or investment adviser submits reports of suspected financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult to the commissioner and the department under Section 4004.352(b), the dealer or investment adviser may at the time the dealer or investment adviser submits the reports also notify a third party reasonably associated with the vulnerable adult of the suspected financial exploitation, unless the dealer or investment adviser suspects the third party of financial exploitation of the vulnerable adult.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 23.08 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.08
§ 23.08. REASONS FOR RETAINING CAPIAS.
Status: in_force

When the capias is not returned at the time fixed in the writ, the officer holding it shall notify the court from whence it was issued, in writing, of his reasons for retaining it.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3883.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3883 / Section 3883.252
§ 3883.252. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes of the area defined or property designated under Section 3883.251, the board must call and hold an election as provided by Section 3883.211 only in the defined area or in the boundaries of the designated property.

(b) The board may submit the proposition to the voters on the same ballot to be used in another election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8853.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8853 / Section 8853.003
§ 8853.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 95.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 95 / Section 95.001
§ 95.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "coloring matter" means a dye, a liquid, a concentrate, a material containing a dye, or a combination of materials that react to form a dye, that is used to enhance the color of citrus fruit by the addition of artificial color to the peel.
Tex. Government Code § 559.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 559 / Section 559.002
§ 559.002. RIGHT TO BE INFORMED ABOUT INFORMATION COLLECTED.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state that an individual is entitled to be informed about information that a state governmental body collects about the individual unless the state governmental body is allowed to withhold the information from the individual under Section 552.023.
Tex. Utilities Code § 184.036 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 184 / Section 184.036
§ 184.036. UTILITY CUTOFF AT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, a person who operates a recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section 13.087, Water Code, may withhold electric, water, or wastewater utility services from a person occupying a recreational vehicle at the park if the occupant is delinquent in paying for utility services provided by the operator until the occupant pays the delinquent amount.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 30.09 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 30 / Section 30.09
§ 30.09. EVENTS IN DRY AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may issue a nonprofit entity temporary event permit to a nonprofit corporation for a fund-raising event for the nonprofit corporation that is located in a dry area.

(b) A nonprofit entity temporary event permit under this section may only be issued for an event:

(1) in the county where the nonprofit corporation is located; and

(2) that lasts not longer than eight hours.

(c) A nonprofit corporation may be issued only one nonprofit entity temporary event permit under this section in each calendar year.

(d) The commission by rule shall establish the procedure for obtaining and operating under a nonprofit entity temporary event permit issued under this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 551.205 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 551 / Section 551.205
§ 551.205. TERMINATION BY POLICYHOLDER.
Status: in_force

A master or group policyholder who terminates a portable electronics insurance policy shall provide notice to each enrolled customer advising the enrolled customer of the termination of the policy and the effective date of termination. The notice must be provided to the enrolled customer not later than the 30th day before the date the termination becomes effective.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2154.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2154 / Section 2154.003
§ 2154.003. SELF-INSURANCE POOL; COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The program shall administer a self-insurance pool to provide coverage for motor vehicles a volunteer fire department uses for fire fighting.

(b) The coverage may indemnify an official, employee, member, or volunteer of a volunteer fire department for liability arising from the use of a covered motor vehicle in performing the person's fire-fighting duties. The maximum limits of coverage are:

(1) for bodily injury or death:

(A) $100,000 for each person; and

(B) $300,000 for each single occurrence; and

(2) for injury to or destruction of property, $100,000 for each single occurrence.

(c) Self-insurance coverage provided under this section may be funded only from money available from the fund.

(d) The director of the service may establish:

(1) eligibility requirements for participation in coverage under this section; and

(2) equipment and safety standards for the motor vehicles to be covered under this section.

(e) Coverage limits of self-insurance provided under this section must be based on the liquidity of the fund after deducting the cost of administering this chapter.
Tex. Family Code § 82.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 82 / Section 82.003
§ 82.003. VENUE.
Status: in_force

An application may be filed in:

(1) the county in which the applicant resides;

(2) the county in which the respondent resides; or

(3) any county in which the family violence is alleged to have occurred.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0254 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0254
§ 526.0254. REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL NOTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

The commission's notification to the attorney general under Section 526.0252 or 526.0253 must include the facts on which the commission based the determination that the hospital failed to submit a report or failed to completely and accurately report information, as applicable.
Tex. Family Code § 158.214 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 158 / Section 158.214
§ 158.214. WITHHOLDING FROM SEVERANCE PAY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "severance pay" means income paid on termination of employment in addition to the employee's usual earnings from the employer at the time of termination.

(b) An employer receiving an order or writ of withholding under this chapter shall withhold from any severance pay owed an obligor an amount equal to the amount the employer would have withheld under the order or writ if the severance pay had been paid as the obligor's usual earnings as a current employee.

(c) The total amount that may be withheld under this section is subject to the maximum amount allowed to be withheld under Section 158.009.
Tex. Government Code § 2268.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2268 / Section 2268.057
§ 2268.057. COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

A copy of the proceedings of the commission shall be filed with the legislative body that the presiding officer serves.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3979.0108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3979 / Section 3979.0108
§ 3979.0108. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.360 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.360
§ 1551.360. DELEGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees may delegate its duty to hear an appeal to the executive director.

(b) The executive director may delegate the director's duty under this subchapter to another employee of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 24.408 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.408
§ 24.408.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.408. 231ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). (a) The 231st Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.

(b) The 231st District Court shall give preference to family law matters.
Tex. Government Code § 472.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 472 / Section 472.106
§ 472.106. GENERAL POWERS OF ALL AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers enumerated in each agency's enabling legislation, each agency shall have the powers described in Sections 472.107 through 472.110.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8043.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8043 / Section 8043.0202
§ 8043.0202. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Water Code § 56.803 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.803
§ 56.803. CONSOLIDATION BY PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Consolidation may be initiated by a petition requesting that the districts be consolidated.

(b) The petition must be signed by a number of qualified voters in each district proposed to be consolidated that is equal to at least five percent of the number of votes cast in the district in the most recent gubernatorial general election. There must be one petition for each district proposed to be consolidated. A qualified voter may sign only the petition for the district in which the voter resides.

(c) The petitions shall be filed simultaneously with the secretary of each district proposed to be consolidated.

(d) A district's board shall determine whether the petition presented to that district meets the requirements of Subsection (b) and shall notify the board of each other district proposed to be consolidated whether the petition meets the requirements of Subsection (b).

(e) If the petitions meet the requirements of Subsection (b) in all districts proposed to be consolidated, the boards of the districts proposed to be consolidated shall:

(1) issue a joint order for an election to be held on the same day in each district to determine whether the districts should be consolidated; and

(2) give notice of the election in the manner provided by law for other elections.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.307 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.307
§ 2269.307. EVALUATION OF DESIGN-BUILD FIRMS.
Status: in_force

(a) For each design-build firm that responded to the request for qualifications, the governmental entity shall evaluate the firm's experience, technical competence, and capability to perform, the past performance of the firm and members of the firm, and other appropriate factors submitted by the firm in response to the request for qualifications, except that cost-related or price-related evaluation factors are not permitted.

(b) Each firm must certify to the governmental entity that each architect or engineer that is a member of the firm was selected based on demonstrated competence and qualifications, in the manner provided by Section 2254.004.

(c) The governmental entity shall qualify a maximum of five responders to submit proposals that contain additional information and, if the governmental entity chooses, to interview for final selection.

(d) The governmental entity shall evaluate the additional information submitted by the offerors on the basis of the selection criteria stated in the request for qualifications and the results of any interview.

(e) The governmental entity may request additional information regarding demonstrated competence and qualifications, considerations of the safety and long-term durability of the project, the feasibility of implementing the project as proposed, the ability of the offeror to meet schedules, or costing methodology. As used in this subsection, "costing methodology" means an offeror's policies on subcontractor markup, definition of general conditions, range of cost for general conditions, policies on retainage, policies on contingencies, discount for prompt payment, and expected staffing for administrative duties. The term does not include a guaranteed maximum price or bid for overall design or construction.

(f) The governmental entity shall rank each proposal submitted on the basis of the criteria set forth in the request for qualifications.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8304.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8304 / Section 8304.202
§ 8304.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Family Code § 154.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.001
§ 154.001. SUPPORT OF CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may order either or both parents to support a child in the manner specified by the order:

(1) until the child is 18 years of age or until graduation from high school, whichever occurs later;

(2) until the child is emancipated through marriage, through removal of the disabilities of minority by court order, or by other operation of law;

(3) until the death of the child; or

(4) if the child is disabled as defined in this chapter, for an indefinite period.

(a-1) The court may order each person who is financially able and whose parental rights have been terminated with respect to a child in substitute care for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator, a child for a reason described by Section 161.001(b)(1)(S)(iv) or (b)(1)(T), or a child who was conceived as a direct result of conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 21.02, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code, to support the child in the manner specified by the order:

(1) until the earliest of:

(A) the child's adoption;

(B) the child's 18th birthday or graduation from high school, whichever occurs later;

(C) removal of the child's disabilities of minority by court order, marriage, or other operation of law; or

(D) the child's death; or

(2) if the child is disabled as defined in this chapter, for an indefinite period.

(b) The court may order either or both parents to make periodic payments for the support of a child in a proceeding in which the Department of Family and Protective Services is named temporary managing conservator. In a proceeding in which the Department of Family and Protective Services is named permanent managing conservator of a child whose parents' rights have not been terminated, the court shall order each parent that is financially able to make periodic payments for the support of the child.

(b-1) In a proceeding described by Subsection (b) in which the court renders an order modifying an existing order for the support of the child to require that the payments be made to the Department of Family and Protective Services, the court shall provide notice of the order to the office of the attorney general not later than the 10th day after the date the order is rendered.

(c) In a Title IV-D case, if neither parent has physical possession or conservatorship of the child, the court may render an order providing that a nonparent or agency having physical possession may receive, hold, or disburse child support payments for the benefit of the child.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.109
§ 11002.109. AIRPORT.
Status: in_force

The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate an airport and improvements in aid of the airport.
Tex. Estates Code § 1252.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1252 / Section 1252.051
§ 1252.051. APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF NONRESIDENT GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonresident of this state may be appointed and qualified as guardian or coguardian of a nonresident ward's estate located in this state in the same manner provided by this title for the appointment and qualification of a resident guardian of the estate of an incapacitated person if:

(1) a court of competent jurisdiction in the geographical jurisdiction in which the nonresident resides appointed the nonresident guardian;

(2) the nonresident is qualified as guardian or as a fiduciary legal representative by any name known in the foreign jurisdiction of the property or estate of the ward located in the jurisdiction of the foreign court; and

(3) the nonresident, with the written application for appointment, files in the county court of a county of this state in which all or part of the nonresident ward's estate is located a complete transcript of the proceedings from the records of the court in which the nonresident applicant was appointed.

(b) The transcript required by Subsection (a)(3) must:

(1) show the applicant's appointment and qualification as guardian or other fiduciary legal representative of the ward's property or estate;

(2) be certified to and attested by the clerk of the foreign court or the court officer charged by law with custody of the court records, under the court seal, if any; and

(3) have attached a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate of the foreign court certifying that the attestation of the clerk or legal custodian of the court records is in correct form.
Tex. Government Code § 499.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 499 / Section 499.001
§ 499.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Community residential facility" means a facility under contract with the department under Section 508.119 or another facility or residence approved by the department.

(2) "Eligible inmate" means an inmate in the actual physical custody of the institutional division for whom a presumptive parole date has been established by a parole panel.

(3) "Pre-parolee" means an eligible inmate of whom the parole division has assumed custody.

(4) "Presumptive parole date" means a date specified by a parole panel under Section 508.151 on which an inmate's parole release is to become effective.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 242.060 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 242 / Section 242.060
§ 242.060. COMPUTATION OF DAILY COSTS OF FACILITY.
Status: in_force

In computing the daily costs of a residential facility operated by the department, the department shall use a standard method that is:

(1) consistent with methods used by other state agencies; and

(2) designed to reflect the actual cost to the state of operating the facility.