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Tex. Property Code § 92.162 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.162
§ 92.162. PAYMENT OF CHARGES; LIMITS ON AMOUNT CHARGED.
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord may not require a tenant to pay for repair or replacement of a security device due to normal wear and tear. A landlord may not require a tenant to pay for other repairs or replacements of a security device except as provided by Subsections (b), (c), and (d).

(b) A landlord may require a tenant to pay for repair or replacement of a security device if an underlined provision in a written lease authorizes the landlord to do so and the repair or replacement is necessitated by misuse or damage by the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, an occupant, or a guest, and not by normal wear and tear. Misuse of or damage to a security device that occurs during the tenant's occupancy is presumed to be caused by the tenant, a family member, an occupant, or a guest. The tenant has the burden of proving that the misuse or damage was caused by another party.

(c) A landlord may require a tenant to pay in advance charges for which the tenant is liable under this subchapter if a written lease authorizes the landlord to require advance payment, and the landlord notifies the tenant within a reasonable time after the tenant's request that advance payment is required, and:

(1) the tenant is more than 30 days delinquent in reimbursing the landlord for charges to which the landlord is entitled under Subsection (b); or

(2) the tenant requested that the landlord repair, install, change, or rekey the same security device during the 30 days preceding the tenant's request, and the landlord complied with the request.

(d) A landlord authorized by this subchapter to charge a tenant for repairing, installing, changing, or rekeying a security device under this subchapter may not require the tenant to pay more than the total cost charged by a third-party contractor for material, labor, taxes, and extra keys. If the landlord's employees perform the work, the charge may include a reasonable amount for overhead but may not include a profit to the landlord. If management company employees perform the work, the charge may include reasonable overhead and profit but may not exceed the cost charged to the owner by the management company for comparable security devices installed by management company employees at the owner's request and expense.

(e) The owner of a dwelling shall reimburse a management company, managing agent, or on-site manager for costs expended by that person in complying with this subchapter. A management company, managing agent, or on-site manager may reimburse itself for the costs from the owner's funds in its possession or control.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 43.10 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 43 / Section 43.10
§ 43.10. MANUAL LABOR.
Status: in_force

Where the punishment assessed in a conviction for a misdemeanor is confinement in jail for more than one day or is only a pecuniary fine and the defendant is unable to pay the fine and costs adjudged against the defendant, or where the defendant is sentenced to jail for a felony or is confined in jail after conviction of a felony, the defendant shall be required to work in the county jail industries program or shall be required to do manual labor in accordance with the following rules and regulations:

1. Each commissioners court may provide for the erection of a workhouse and the establishment of a county farm in connection therewith for the purpose of utilizing the labor of defendants under this article;

2. Such farms and workhouses shall be under the control and management of the sheriff, and the sheriff may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the Commission on Jail Standards and with the laws as the sheriff deems necessary;

3. Such overseers and guards may be employed by the sheriff under the authority of the commissioners court as may be necessary to prevent escapes and to enforce such labor, and they shall be paid out of the county treasury such compensation as the commissioners court may prescribe;

4. They shall be put to labor upon public works and maintenance projects, including public works and maintenance projects for a political subdivision located in whole or in part in the county. They may be put to labor upon maintenance projects for a cemetery that the commissioners court uses public funds, county employees, or county equipment to maintain under Section 713.028, Health and Safety Code. They may also be put to labor providing maintenance and related services to a nonprofit organization that qualifies for a tax exemption under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c)(3) of that code, and is organized as a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), provided that, at the sheriff's request, the commissioners court determines that the nonprofit organization provides a public service to the county or to a political subdivision located in whole or in part in the county;

5. A defendant who from age, disease, or other physical or mental disability is unable to do manual labor shall not be required to work. The defendant's inability to do manual labor may be determined by a physician appointed for that purpose by the county judge or the commissioners court, who shall be paid for such service such compensation as said court may allow; and

6. For each day of manual labor, in addition to any other credits allowed by law, a defendant is entitled to have one day deducted from each sentence the defendant is serving.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1958.106 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1958 / Section 1958.106
§ 1958.106. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules regarding training required under this chapter.

(b) The rules may include requirements regarding training providers, including rules establishing:

(1) accreditation by the department;

(2) curriculum requirements; and

(3) qualifications.
Tex. Utilities Code § 184.033 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 184 / Section 184.033
§ 184.033. METERED SALE UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of Title 2, the metered sale of electricity by a recreational vehicle park owner does not constitute the provision of electric service for compensation if:

(1) the electricity is consumed in a recreational vehicle that is located in a recreational vehicle park;

(2) the owner can show that the owner does not annually recover from recreational vehicle occupants through metered charges more than the supplying utility charges the owner for electricity that is submetered, taking into account fuel refunds;

(3) the owner establishes a fiscal year for the purposes of this subchapter and maintains for at least three years records of:

(A) bills received from the supplying utility;

(B) charges made to recreational vehicle occupants; and

(C) consumption records for each fiscal year;

(4) the owner charges for electricity using a fixed rate per kilowatt hour for each fiscal year computed at the beginning of the fiscal year in the manner provided by Section 184.034; and

(5) the owner complies with the refund requirements of Section 184.035.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.756 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.756
§ 2301.756. REVIEW OF INTERLOCUTORY ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A writ of error is allowed from the supreme court for an appeal of an interlocutory order described by Section 51.014(a)(3) or (6), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, in a civil action involving a license holder.

(b) The supreme court shall give precedence to a writ of error under this section over other writs of error.

(c) The right to appeal by writ of error is without prejudice to the right of any party to seek relief by an application for leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus with respect to the order.
Tex. Insurance Code § 464.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 464 / Section 464.006
§ 464.006. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN FEES AND TAXES.
Status: in_force

The fund is exempt from payment of all fees and taxes levied by this state or a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Property Code § 94.204 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.204
§ 94.204. NONRENEWAL OF LEASE FOR CHANGE IN LAND USE.
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord may choose not to renew a lease agreement to change the manufactured home community's land use only if not later than the 180th day before the date the land use will change:

(1) the landlord sends notice to the tenant, to the owner of the manufactured home if the owner is not the tenant, and to the holder of any lien on the manufactured home:

(A) specifying the date that the land use will change; and

(B) informing the tenant, owner, and lienholder, if any, that the owner must relocate the manufactured home; and

(2) the landlord posts in a conspicuous place in the manufactured home community a notice stating that the land use will change and specifying the date that the land use will change.

(b) The landlord is required to give the owner and lienholder, if any, of the manufactured home notice under Subsection (a)(1) only if the landlord is given written notice of the name and address of the owner and lienholder.
Tex. Water Code § 26.0282 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.0282
§ 26.0282. CONSIDERATION OF NEED AND REGIONAL TREATMENT OPTIONS.
Status: in_force

In considering the issuance, amendment, or renewal of a permit to discharge waste, the commission may deny or alter the terms and conditions of the proposed permit, amendment, or renewal based on consideration of need, including the expected volume and quality of the influent and the availability of existing or proposed areawide or regional waste collection, treatment, and disposal systems not designated as such by commission order pursuant to provisions of this subchapter. This section is expressly directed to the control and treatment of conventional pollutants normally found in domestic wastewater.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.4012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.4012
§ 431.4012. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs.
Tex. Occupations Code § 109.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 109 / Section 109.003
§ 109.003. IMMUNITY FROM DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

A person who releases or obtains information as authorized by this chapter is not liable for damages arising from the release of the information.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3943.0407 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3943 / Section 3943.0407
§ 3943.0407. SIMILAR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may include a public improvement, facility, or service similar to a project described by this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 15.404 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.404
§ 15.404. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF STATUTES AND RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall administer and enforce this chapter and Subtitle D, Title 3, and rules adopted under this chapter and Subtitle D, Title 3.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6906.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6906 / Section 6906.208
§ 6906.208. STATE PLEDGE REGARDING RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF BONDHOLDERS.
Status: in_force

Without depriving this state of its power to regulate and control the rates, fees, and charges assessed for water sold and waste collection and treatment services provided by the district, the state pledges to and agrees with the holders of district bonds that the state will not exercise its power to regulate and control the rates, fees, and charges in any way that would impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the bonds.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 28.03 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 28 / Section 28.03
§ 28.03. PROCESS FOR TESTIMONY ON PLEADINGS.
Status: in_force

When the matters involved in any written pleading depend in whole or in part upon testimony, and not altogether upon the record of the court, every process known to the law may be obtained on behalf of either party to procure such testimony; but there shall be no delay on account of the want of the testimony, unless it be shown to the satisfaction of the court that all the means given by the law have been used to procure the same.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.124 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.124
§ 623.124. FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for a permit must be accompanied by a fee of $15.

(b) The department shall send each fee collected under this section to the comptroller. Of each fee received from the department, the comptroller shall deposit:

(1) $7.50 to the credit of the general revenue fund; and

(2) of the remainder:

(A) 90 percent to the credit of the state highway fund; and

(B) 10 percent to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1025.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1025 / Section 1025.157
§ 1025.157. INSPECTION OF AUDIT AND DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The audit and other district records shall be open to inspection at the district's principal office.
Tex. Utilities Code § 35.063 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 35 / Section 35.063
§ 35.063. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, on its own motion or on the request of a party to the agreement or another affected person, may conduct a hearing on an agreement for which certification is sought under Section 35.062.

(b) A request for a hearing or a commission decision to hold a hearing must be made not later than the 90th day after the date the agreement is submitted to the commission.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 162.017 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 162 / Section 162.017
§ 162.017. FORECLOSURE AND RESALE.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules providing for the procedures and the rules for foreclosure and resale of homes financed with a loan under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 441.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 441 / Section 441.201
§ 441.201. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Hearings and orders, notices, correspondence, reports, records, and other information in the department's possession relating to the supervision or conservatorship of an insurer are confidential during the supervision or conservatorship. On termination of the supervision or conservatorship, the information in the department's custody that relates to the supervision or conservatorship is public information.

(b) This section does not prohibit access by the department to hearings or orders, notices, correspondence, reports, records, or other information.

(c) The provisions of Chapter 2001, Government Code, relating to discovery apply to the parties of record in a proceeding under this chapter.

(d) The commissioner may open a proceeding under this chapter or disclose information that is confidential under this section to a department, agency, or instrumentality of this state, another state, or the United States if the commissioner determines that opening the proceeding or disclosing the information is necessary or proper to enforce the laws of this state, another state, or the United States.

(e) An officer or employee of the department is not liable for a release of information that is confidential under this section unless it is shown that the release was accomplished with actual malice.

(f) This section does not apply to information:

(1) if the insurer's insureds are not protected by Chapter 462, 463, or 2602, or substantially similar statutes; or

(2) on the appointment by a court of a receiver for the insurer.

(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the commissioner places a title insurance agent licensed under Title 11 or an insurance agent licensed under Title 13 under supervision or in conservatorship, the commissioner shall provide written notice of the order of supervision or conservatorship to each insurer for which the agent holds an appointment under Subchapter A, Chapter 2651, or Subchapter E, Chapter 4001, or other applicable law, on the date the supervisor or conservator is appointed.
Tex. Election Code § 65.015 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 65 / Section 65.015
§ 65.015. ANNOUNCING PARTIAL RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), after the polls close and the last voter has voted, the presiding judge may announce the status of the vote count from time to time.

(b) The local canvassing authority may require the announcements or prohibit them.

(c) The announcements shall be made at the entrance to the polling place.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 31.068 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.068
§ 31.068. STANDING TO ENFORCE RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner and the attorney general have standing to enforce a:

(1) restrictive covenant affecting real property owned by the permanent school fund or a state agency;

(2) restriction expressed in a transfer document or legislative act conveying real property then owned by the state; or

(3) statutory restriction on the sale or lease of real property patented or leased by the state to a navigation district, including a restriction provided by Section 61.116 or 61.117, Water Code.

(b) The attorney general, on the attorney general's own initiative or at the request and on behalf of the commissioner, may bring suit to enforce the rights of the state under this section.

(c) This section does not apply to:

(1) permanent university fund land; or

(2) other real property controlled or administered by the board of regents of The University of Texas System.
Tex. Government Code § 411.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.151
§ 411.151. EXPUNCTION OR REMOVAL OF DNA RECORDS.
Status: repealed

(a) The director shall expunge a DNA record of an individual from a DNA database if:

(1) the director receives:

(A) an order of expunction under Subchapter E or F, Chapter 55A, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(B) a request from a court under Section 411.1471(e); or

(2) the person provides the director with a certified copy of a court order issued under Subchapter C-1, Chapter 58, Family Code, that seals the juvenile record of the adjudication that resulted in the DNA record.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 543 (H.B. 3956), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.

(c) This section does not require the director to expunge a record or destroy a sample if the director determines that the individual is otherwise required to submit a DNA sample under this subchapter.

(d) The director by rule may permit administrative removal of a record, sample, or other information erroneously included in a database.

(e) The department's failure to expunge a DNA record as required by this section may not serve as the sole grounds for a court in a criminal proceeding to exclude evidence based on or derived from the contents of that record.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8167.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8167 / Section 8167.051
§ 8167.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.
Tex. Education Code § 51.663 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.663
§ 51.663. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

The governing boards of the participating institutions shall appoint an advisory committee composed of three members from each board. The committee shall study the needs of the community served by the institutions and shall make recommendations to the respective boards concerning the development of coordinated programs and services to meet those needs. The committee shall give particular attention to the continuity of curriculum offerings and to the joint use of faculty and staff, facilities, and library resources.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 82.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 82 / Section 82.006
§ 82.006. FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION.
Status: in_force

(a) In a products liability action brought against a manufacturer or seller of a firearm or ammunition that alleges a design defect in the firearm or ammunition, the burden is on the claimant to prove, in addition to any other elements that the claimant must prove, that:

(1) the actual design of the firearm or ammunition was defective, causing the firearm or ammunition not to function in a manner reasonably expected by an ordinary consumer of firearms or ammunition; and

(2) the defective design was a producing cause of the personal injury, property damage, or death.

(b) The claimant may not prove the existence of the defective design by a comparison or weighing of the benefits of the firearm or ammunition against the risk of personal injury, property damage, or death posed by its potential to cause such injury, damage, or death when discharged.
Tex. Water Code § 63.254 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.254
§ 63.254. REGISTRATION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

After the bonds are examined and certified by the attorney general, they shall be registered by the comptroller in a book kept for that purpose, and the certificate of the attorney general shall be preserved in the record to be used in the event of litigation.
Tex. Family Code § 160.306 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.306
§ 160.306. FILING FEE NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The Department of State Health Services may not charge a fee for filing:

(1) an acknowledgment of paternity;

(2) a denial of paternity; or

(3) a rescission of an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.303
§ 1099.303. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

Unless the board by majority vote elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1099.304, the tax assessor-collector of the county in which the district is located shall assess and collect taxes imposed by and for the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.206 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.206
§ 382.206. COLLECTION OF DATA; REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission and the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas may collect inspection and maintenance information derived from the emissions inspection and maintenance program, including:

(1) inspection results;

(2) inspection station information;

(3) information regarding vehicles operated on federal facilities;

(4) vehicle registration information; and

(5) other data the United States Environmental Protection Agency requires.

(b) The commission shall:

(1) report the information to the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and

(2) compare the information on inspection results with registration information for enforcement purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8288.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8288 / Section 8288.003
§ 8288.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter is for the benefit of the people of this state and for the improvement of their property and industries. The district, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, will be performing an essential public function under the constitution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 255.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 255 / Section 255.001
§ 255.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "sight distance" means the unimpaired view of a motorist at or near the intersection of a road with another road or with an alley, driveway, or another way intended for vehicular traffic.