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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 6 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 6
§ 6.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) Not later than April 1 of each year, a personal bond office established under this article shall submit to the commissioners court or district and county judges that established the office an annual report containing information about the operations of the office during the preceding year.

(b) In preparing an annual report under Subsection (a), the office shall include in the report a statement of:

(1) the office's operating budget;

(2) the number of positions maintained for office staff;

(3) the number of accused persons who, after review by the office, were released by a court on personal bond before sentencing in a pending case; and

(4) the number of persons described by Subdivision (3):

(A) who failed to attend a scheduled court appearance;

(B) for whom a warrant was issued for the arrest of those persons for failure to appear in accordance with the terms of their release; or

(C) who, while released on personal bond, were arrested for any other offense in the same county in which the persons were released on bond.

(c) This section does not apply to a personal bond pretrial release office that on January 1, 1995, was operated by a community corrections and supervision department.
Tex. Transportation Code § 455.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 455 / Section 455.001
§ 455.001. DEPARTMENT DUTIES REGARDING MASS TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

The Texas Department of Transportation shall:

(1) encourage, foster, and assist in developing intracity and intercity public and mass transportation;

(2) encourage the establishment of rapid transit and other transportation media;

(3) assist any political subdivision of this state to obtain federal aid to establish or maintain a public or mass transportation system;

(4) develop and maintain a comprehensive master plan for public and mass transportation development; and

(5) conduct hearings and make investigations to determine the location, type of construction, and cost to the state or its political subdivisions of a public mass transportation system owned, operated, or wholly or partly directly financed by the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1033.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1033 / Section 1033.301
§ 1033.301. DISSOLUTION; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be dissolved as provided by this subchapter.

(b) The board may order an election on the question of dissolving the district and transferring the district's assets and obligations to a governmental entity in Houston County as specified in the election order.

(c) The board shall order an election if the board receives a petition requesting an election that is signed by at least 20 percent of the registered voters in the district.

(d) The order calling the election must designate the governmental entity in Houston County to which the district's assets and obligations will be transferred.

(e) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 543.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 543 / Section 543.051
§ 543.051. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE, CHARTER, PERMIT, OR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) On a hearing, the commissioner may suspend or revoke the certificate, charter, permit, or license to engage in the business of insurance of A society, association, corporation, or person that violates Subchapter A.

(b) The commissioner must give 10 days' notice of the hearing by certified mail to the society, association, corporation, or person.
Tex. Education Code § 54.609 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.609
§ 54.609. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the applicable qualifications required by Section 54.606(b);

(2) is ineligible for membership under Section 54.608;

(3) cannot because of illness or disability discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the term for which the member is appointed; or

(4) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year unless the absence is excused by majority vote of the board.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that the action was taken when a ground for removal of a board member existed.

(c) If the staff of the board has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the staff shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the staff of the board shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.502 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.502
§ 45A.502. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a child who is alleged to have engaged in conduct that constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by fine only, other than a traffic offense.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0705 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0705
§ 526.0705. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

The commission may use appropriated funds and may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any sources for purposes of the victim assistance program established under this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 485.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 485 / Section 485.026
§ 485.026. STATE DEBT.
Status: in_force

If a production company owes money to the state at the time the production company is awarded a grant under this subchapter, the office shall offset the amount owed to the state from the amount awarded.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.253
§ 1071.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The tax assessor-collector of Ochiltree County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.805 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.805
§ 171.805. AMOUNT OF CREDIT; LIMITATION ON TOTAL CREDITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the amount of a taxable entity's credit for a report is equal to the lesser of:

(1) the amount of credit awarded to the entity under Section 171.807; or

(2) the amount of franchise tax due for the report after applying all other applicable credits.

(b) The total amount of strong families credits awarded may not exceed $5 million each year.
Tex. Local Government Code § 306.038 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 306 / Section 306.038
§ 306.038. CONTRACTS; OPERATING AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into a contract, lease, or other agreement connected with, incident to, or in any manner affecting the financing, construction, equipping, maintaining, managing, or operating of facilities under its management and control. The board may execute and perform its powers and functions on land leased from others.

(b) The board may enter into a contract, lease, or agreement with any person relating to the management, operation, or maintenance of any concession, facility, improvement, leasehold, land, or property of any other nature under the management and control of the board. Such a lease or agreement for the use of board properties by others may not exceed a term of 40 years.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.028 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.028
§ 501.028. SIGNATURES.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of a certificate of title, the owner of a motor vehicle shall write the owner's name in ink in the space provided on the certificate.

(b) Upon transfer of ownership, the seller shall complete assignment of title by signing and printing the seller's name, printing the date of transfer, and printing the purchaser's name and address on the title.
Tex. Family Code § 108.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 108 / Section 108.003
§ 108.003. TRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION REGARDING ADOPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The clerk of a court that renders a decree of adoption shall, not later than the 10th day of the first month after the month in which the adoption is rendered, transmit to the central registry of the vital statistics unit a certified report of adoption that includes:

(1) the name of the adopted child after adoption as shown in the adoption order;

(2) the birth date of the adopted child;

(3) the docket number of the adoption suit;

(4) the identity of the court rendering the adoption;

(5) the date of the adoption order;

(6) the name and address of each parent, guardian, managing conservator, or other person whose consent to adoption was required or waived under Chapter 162, or whose parental rights were terminated in the adoption suit;

(7) the identity of the licensed child placing agency, if any, through which the adopted child was placed for adoption; and

(8) the identity, address, and telephone number of the registry through which the adopted child may register as an adoptee.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, for good cause shown, or on an order of the court that granted the adoption or terminated the proceedings under Section 155.001, the records concerning a child maintained by the district clerk after rendition of a decree of adoption, the records of a child-placing agency that has ceased operations, and the records required under this section to be maintained by the vital statistics unit are confidential, and no person is entitled to access to or information from these records.

(c) If the vital statistics unit determines that a report filed with the unit under this section requires correction, the unit shall mail the report directly to an attorney of record with respect to the adoption. The attorney shall return the corrected report to the unit. If there is no attorney of record, the unit shall mail the report to the clerk of the court for correction.
Tex. Property Code § 143.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 143 / Section 143.003
§ 143.003. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall appoint an attorney ad litem for a person who is a minor or an incapacitated person and who is the subject of an application under Section 143.002.

(b) The attorney ad litem is entitled to a reasonable fee and reimbursement of expenses to be paid from the person's property.
Tex. Water Code § 61.034 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.034
§ 61.034. ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) When an election is held under this chapter, notice shall be posted for 30 days before the election in the manner provided for posting notice. The notice shall include:

(1) the time and place of the election;

(2) the proposition;

(3) the purpose of the election; and

(4) a copy of the election order.

(b) Unless otherwise provided, a two-thirds vote is necessary to carry a proposition submitted at an election.

(c) The commissioners court shall create and define, by order, the voting precincts in the district and shall name convenient polling places in the precincts. It shall appoint necessary election officials and shall hold elections at the earliest legal time.

(d) After canvassing the returns of an election, if the commissioners court finds that the proposition has carried, it shall declare the result and enter it in the minutes as provided in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8865.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8865 / Section 8865.053
§ 8865.053. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If there is a vacancy on the board, the commissioners court that appointed the director who vacated the office shall appoint a director to serve the remainder of the term.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.908 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.908
§ 152.908. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An effective registration may be renewed before its expiration by filing a renewal application for registration with the secretary of state in accordance with Chapter 4.

(b) The renewal application must contain:

(1) current information required for an initial application for registration; and

(2) the most recent date of registration of the partnership.

(c) An application for registration filed under this section continues an effective registration for one year after the date the registration would otherwise expire.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7903.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7903 / Section 7903.101
§ 7903.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.208 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.208
§ 345.208. REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUDING INSURANCE CHARGE IN CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) For insurance to be included as an itemized charge in a retail installment contract or a retail charge agreement:

(1) the insurance must be written:

(A) at lawful rates;

(B) in accordance with the Insurance Code; and

(C) by a company authorized to do business in this state; and

(2) the disclosure requirements of this section must be satisfied.

(b) If the insurance is described by Section 345.201, 345.202, or 345.207, the retail installment contract or retail charge agreement, or a separate written statement or specimen copy of a certificate or policy of insurance that is given to the retail buyer, must identify the:

(1) type of the coverage;

(2) term of the coverage; and

(3) amount of the premium for the coverage.

(c) If the insurance is described by Section 345.207, the retail installment contract must also clearly indicate that the coverage is optional.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.062 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.062
§ 85.062. ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible for the program, an individual:

(1) must not be eligible for Medicaid benefits;

(2) must meet financial eligibility criteria set by department rule;

(3) must not qualify for any other state or federal program available for financing the purchase of the prescribed medication; and

(4) must be diagnosed by a licensed physician as having AIDS or an HIV-related condition or illness of at least the minimal severity set by the executive commissioner.

(b) The department shall give priority to participation in the program to eligible individuals younger than 18 years of age.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8136.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8136 / Section 8136.001
§ 8136.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" or "boards" means, as appropriate, the board of directors of one or all of the districts.

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

(3) "District" or "districts" means, as appropriate, one or all of the Rockwall County Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 6, 7, 8, and 9.
Tex. Education Code § 51.964 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.964
§ 51.964. HIRING OF CERTAIN RETIREES.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 may employ a person who has retired under the Teacher Retirement System (Subtitle C, Title 8, Government Code) or the optional retirement program (Chapter 830, Government Code) if:

(1) the governing board of the institution determines that the employment is in the best interests of the institution; and

(2) the person has been retired for at least 30 days before the effective date of the employment, except that a person retired under the optional retirement program may be rehired after retirement without a break in service.

(b) The governing board may pay a person employed under this section an amount considered by the governing board to be appropriate, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
Tex. Family Code § 6.701 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.701
§ 6.701. FAILURE TO ANSWER.
Status: in_force

In a suit for divorce, the petition may not be taken as confessed if the respondent does not file an answer.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1111A.020 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1111A / Section 1111A.020
§ 1111A.020. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The documents and evidence obtained by the commissioner in an investigation of a suspected or an actual fraudulent life settlement act are privileged and confidential, are not a public record, and are not subject to discovery or subpoena in a civil or criminal action.

(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit release by the commissioner of documents and evidence obtained in an investigation of a suspected or an actual fraudulent life settlement act:

(1) in an administrative or judicial proceeding to enforce a provision of this code or another insurance law of this state;

(2) to a federal, state, or local law enforcement or regulatory agency, to an organization established for the purpose of detecting and preventing a fraudulent life settlement act, or to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; or

(3) at the discretion of the commissioner, to a person in the business of life settlements that is aggrieved by a fraudulent life settlement act.

(c) Release of documents and evidence under Subsection (b) does not abrogate or modify the privilege granted in Subsection (a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.196 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.196
§ 623.196. VIOLATION OF RULE.
Status: in_force

A permit under this subchapter is void on the failure of an owner or the owner's representative to comply with a rule of the board or with a condition placed on the permit, and immediately on the violation, further movement over a highway of an oversize or overweight vehicle violates the law regulating the size or weight of a vehicle on a public highway.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7986.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7986 / Section 7986.103
§ 7986.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3927.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3927 / Section 3927.201
§ 3927.201. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 3927.203.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(d) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.033 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 17 / Section 17.033
§ 17.033. SUBSTITUTED SERVICE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) If substituted service of citation is authorized under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the court, in accordance with the rules adopted by the supreme court under Subsection (b), may prescribe as a method of service an electronic communication sent to the defendant through a social media presence.

(b) The supreme court shall adopt rules to provide for the substituted service of citation by an electronic communication sent to a defendant through a social media presence.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.072 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.072
§ 1477.072. RELOCATION OR ALTERATION EXPENSE.
Status: in_force

If a county, in the exercise of a power granted by this subchapter, including the power of eminent domain or the power of relocation, makes necessary the relocation, rerouting, or alteration of the construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, pipeline, or telephone or telegraph property or facility, the relocation, rerouting, or alteration of construction must be accomplished at the sole expense of the county. In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of the relocation, rerouting, or alteration of construction to provide comparable replacement without enhancement of the facility, after deduction of the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Local Government Code § 323.010 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 323 / Section 323.010
§ 323.010. JOINT LIBRARY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may establish in cooperation with other counties a joint free county library for the benefit of the cooperating counties.

(b) The commissioners courts of two or more adjacent counties may jointly establish and maintain a free library under the terms and provisions established by this subchapter for the establishment and maintenance of a free county library. In doing so, the commissioners courts of the participating counties shall operate jointly in the same manner as the commissioners court of a single county. The participating counties have the same powers and are subject to the same liabilities under this subchapter as a single county.

(c) If a county withdraws from the joint county library, it is entitled to a division of property according to terms agreed on at the time the library was established.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2171.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2171 / Section 2171.003
§ 2171.003. POLICY FORM FILINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall file a policy form with the commissioner before using the form for a group of businesses or an association described by Section 2171.002 in which each member of the group or association is not a large risk.

(b) A filing made under this section is for informational purposes only.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.058
§ 301.058. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The presiding officer shall call a special board meeting on the written request of at least two board members.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.043 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.043
§ 55.043. SPLITTING EXCHANGES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the commission may not split a petitioning or requested exchange in establishing a toll-free local calling area.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8392.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8392 / Section 8392.051
§ 8392.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.317 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.317
§ 161.317. REINSTATEMENT OF PURCHASE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a sale is forfeited and the title to the land revested in the fund, the original purchaser or the original purchaser's vendee is entitled to reinstate the purchase contract at any time before the date on which the board meets and orders the land to be advertised for resale or for lease for mineral development but not after that time. If a contract is forfeited more than two times, the board may require, as a condition of reinstatement, that the purchaser or the purchaser's vendee pay the account in full.

(b) A person who exercises a right of reinstatement shall:

(1) pay all delinquent installments, penalties, and costs incident to the reinstatement; and

(2) fulfill any other requirements prescribed by the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.026
§ 433.026. NIGHT INSPECTION; HOURS OF OPERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall provide for inspection at night of livestock slaughtered at night and food products prepared at night for the purposes of intrastate commerce.

(b) If the department determines that a person's operating hours are capricious or unnecessarily difficult, the department may set the person's time and duration of operation.