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Tex. Government Code § 81.113 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.113
§ 81.113. CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the state bar shall credit an attorney licensed in this state with meeting the minimum continuing legal education requirements of the state bar for a reporting year if during the reporting year the attorney is:

(1) employed full-time as an attorney by:

(A) the senate;

(B) the house of representatives;

(C) a committee, division, department, or office of the senate or house;

(D) the Texas Legislative Council;

(E) the Legislative Budget Board;

(F) the Legislative Reference Library;

(G) the office of the state auditor; or

(H) the Sunset Advisory Commission; or

(2) serving as a state official appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate.

(b) An attorney credited for continuing legal education under Subsection (a) must meet the continuing legal education requirements of the state bar in legal ethics or professional responsibility.

(c) The state bar shall recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for members of the state bar. A member of the state bar must participate in the programs to the extent required by the supreme court to maintain the person's state bar membership.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 38.08 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 38 / Section 38.08
§ 38.08. DEFENDANT MAY TESTIFY.
Status: in_force

Any defendant in a criminal action shall be permitted to testify in his own behalf therein, but the failure of any defendant to so testify shall not be taken as a circumstance against him, nor shall the same be alluded to or commented on by counsel in the cause.
Tex. Government Code § 419.0071 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 419 / Section 419.0071
§ 419.0071. COMMISSION MEMBER TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the commission may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the commission until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing commission operations;

(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the commission;

(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the commission;

(4) the results of the most recent formal audit of the commission;

(5) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosing conflicts of interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of a state policy-making body in performing their duties; and

(6) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the commission is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(d) The executive director of the commission shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The executive director shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each member of the commission. Each member of the commission shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9075.0004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9075 / Section 9075.0004
§ 9075.0004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 312, Acts of the 57th Legislature, Regular Session, 1961, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code; or

(3) other law.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 49.017 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 49 / Section 49.017
§ 49.017. PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

A person who violates a provision of this chapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.064 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140B / Section 140B.064
§ 140B.064. NONEXCLUSIVE PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter precludes the attorney general or local prosecutor from using any procedure not specified in this chapter in conducting a racketeering investigation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.089 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.089
§ 433.089. IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not excused from attending and testifying or producing documentary evidence before the department or in obedience to the department's subpoena, whether signed by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, or in a cause or proceeding based on or growing out of an alleged violation of this chapter, on the ground that the required testimony or evidence may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to penalty or forfeiture.

(b) A person may not be prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or because of a transaction or matter concerning which the person is compelled to testify or produce evidence after having claimed a privilege against self-incrimination.

(c) The person testifying under this section is not exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in that testimony.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3886.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3886 / Section 3886.051
§ 3886.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with the terms of two or three directors expiring on June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(c) The governing body of the town, by a majority vote, shall appoint one member of the board.

(d) The board shall recommend to the governing body of the town persons to serve in the other four positions. The board shall recommend to the governing body of the town the appropriate number of successor directors before the terms of directors appointed under this subsection expire. After reviewing the recommendations, the governing body shall approve or disapprove the directors recommended by the board. If the governing body is not satisfied with the recommendations submitted by the board, the board, on the request of the governing body, shall submit additional recommendations.

(e) Board members may serve successive terms.

(f) If any provision of Subsection (c), (d), or (e) is found to be invalid, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint the board from recommendations submitted by the preceding board.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.017 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.017
§ 55.017. IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A representative of a telecommunications provider or a video or cable service provider that has an easement in or a right-of-way over or through real property must show proof of identification to the owner of the real property when entering the property if requested by the owner.

(b) This section does not apply to regularly scheduled service readings or examinations.
Tex. Labor Code § 61.056 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 61 / Section 61.056
§ 61.056. PAYMENT REQUIRED IF HEARING NOT REQUESTED.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer that does not request a hearing within the period prescribed by Section 61.054 to appeal a preliminary wage determination order shall pay the amount ordered to the commission not later than the 21st day after the date the commission mails notice of the order. The payment must equal the net amount of outstanding wages after any valid deductions and must include an itemized list of those deductions.

(b) Payment to the commission constitutes payment to the employee for all purposes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.213 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.213
§ 232.213. COUNTY INSPECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may impose a fee on a subdivider of property under this subchapter for an inspection of the property to ensure compliance with the subdivision regulations adopted under this subchapter, Section 16.343, Water Code, or other law.

(b) Fees collected under this section may be used only to fund inspections conducted under this section.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0851 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0851
§ 152.0851. FORT BEND COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Fort Bend County is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Fort Bend County, and the judge of each county court at law.

(b) The commissioners court shall pay the board members annual additional compensation in an amount set by the commissioners court. The additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The judge of a county court at law is entitled to receive the same amount of additional compensation as the county judge receives.

(c) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Fort Bend County.

(d) The board by majority vote shall annually elect one of its members as chairman.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7204.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7204 / Section 7204.101
§ 7204.101. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code, applicable to special utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0051
§ 532.0051. COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAID.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission is the state agency designated to administer federal Medicaid funds.

(b) The commission shall:

(1) in each agency that operates a portion of Medicaid, plan and direct Medicaid, including the management of the Medicaid managed care system and the development, procurement, management, and monitoring of contracts necessary to implement that system; and

(2) establish requirements for and define the scope of the ongoing evaluation of the Medicaid managed care system conducted in conjunction with the Department of State Health Services under Section 108.0065, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.252 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.252
§ 302.252. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Industry-recognized apprenticeship program" means a training program that:

(A) provides on-the-job training, preparatory instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in an occupation that has been recognized as an apprenticeable occupation by the commission as provided by commission rule; or

(B) is certified by the commission as an industry-recognized apprenticeship program as provided by commission rule.

(2) "Person" does not include a governmental entity.
Tex. Government Code § 405.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 405 / Section 405.004
§ 405.004. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall appoint a deputy secretary of state who shall:

(1) perform the duties prescribed by law for the secretary of state when the secretary of state is absent or unable to act; and

(2) perform other duties required by the secretary of state.

(b) The deputy secretary of state serves at the pleasure of the secretary of state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1071.256 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.256
§ 1071.256. EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prescribe the scope of the written examination and examination procedures with special reference to the applicant's ability in order to protect the public safety, welfare, and property rights.

(a-1) The board by rule shall prescribe the fundamentals of surveying examination required for an applicant for certification as a surveyor-in-training under Section 1071.253.

(b) The board by rule shall prescribe the principles and practice of surveying examination required for an applicant for registration as a registered professional land surveyor under Section 1071.254 to determine the knowledge and ability of the applicant.

(b-1) The board by rule shall prescribe the Texas specific surveying examination required for an applicant for registration as a registered professional land surveyor under Section 1071.254.

(c) The examination for an applicant for licensing as a licensed state land surveyor must be developed under board rules and include examination on:

(1) the theory of surveying;

(2) the law of land boundaries;

(3) the history and functions of the General Land Office; and

(4) other matters pertaining to surveying as determined by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 2310.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.203
§ 2310.203. LIAISON.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a readjustment zone shall designate a liaison to communicate and negotiate with:

(1) the bank;

(2) the administrative authority, if one exists;

(3) a defense readjustment project; and

(4) other entities in or affected by the readjustment zone.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 692A.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.015
§ 692A.015. COORDINATION OF PROCUREMENT AND USE; HOSPITAL PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. Each hospital must have a protocol that ensures its maintenance of an effective donation system in order to maximize organ, tissue, and eye donation. The protocol must:

(1) be available to the public during the hospital's normal business hours;

(2) establish a procedure for the timely notification to an organ procurement organization of individuals whose death is imminent or who have died in the hospital;

(3) establish procedures to ensure potential donors are declared dead by an appropriate practitioner in an acceptable time frame;

(4) establish procedures to ensure that hospital staff and organ procurement organization staff maintain appropriate medical treatment of potential donors while necessary testing and placement of potential donated organs, tissues, and eyes take place;

(5) ensure that all families are provided the opportunity to donate organs, tissues, and eyes, including vascular organs procured from asystolic donors;

(6) provide that the hospital use appropriately trained persons from an organ procurement organization, tissue bank, or eye bank to make inquiries relating to donations;

(7) provide for documentation of the inquiry and of its disposition in the decedent's medical records;

(8) require an organ procurement organization, tissue bank, or eye bank that makes inquiries relating to donations to develop a protocol for making those inquiries;

(9) encourage sensitivity to families' beliefs and circumstances in all discussions relating to the donations;

(10) provide that the organ procurement organization determines medical suitability for organ donation and, in the absence of alternative arrangements by the hospital, the organ procurement organization determines medical suitability for tissue and eye donation, using the definition of potential tissue and eye donor and the notification protocol developed in consultation with the tissue and eye banks identified by the hospital for this purpose;

(11) ensure that the hospital works cooperatively with the designated organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank in educating staff on donation issues;

(12) ensure that the hospital works with the designated organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank in reviewing death records; and

(13) provide for monitoring of donation system effectiveness, including rates of donation, protocols, and policies, as part of the hospital's quality improvement program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8445.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8445 / Section 8445.003
§ 8445.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1047.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1047 / Section 1047.054
§ 1047.054. BOARD VACANCY; SPECIAL ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.

(b) If the number of directors is reduced to fewer than six, the remaining directors shall call a special election to fill the vacancies. If the directors do not call the election within 15 days after the vacancies occur, the county judge of Jasper County, on petition of a county voter or creditor, shall:

(1) order a special election;

(2) set the election date;

(3) order a county sheriff to publish notice of the election; and

(4) name the officers to hold the election.

(c) For an election ordered by the county judge:

(1) the election returns shall be made to and filed with the county clerk's office; and

(2) the county clerk shall declare the results.

(d) Officers elected under this section shall furnish bond and qualify in the same manner as a director elected in a general election under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8159.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8159 / Section 8159.101
§ 8159.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has:

(1) the powers and duties provided to a municipal utility district by general law, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and Chapters 42 and 43, Local Government Code; and

(2) all the powers and duties necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.719 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.719
§ 452.719. COST OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

A creating entity shall pay the cost of the confirmation election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.055
§ 1131.055. SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A group term life insurance policy may be extended, in the form of group term life insurance only, to insure the spouse and natural or adopted minor children of an insured employee of the United States government if:

(1) the policy constitutes a part of the employee benefit program established for the benefit of employees of the United States government; and

(2) the spouse or children of other employees covered by the same employee benefit program in other states are or may be covered by group term life insurance.

(b) A policy to which this section applies is subject to Subchapter H.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2171.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2171 / Section 2171.002
§ 2171.002. AUTHORIZATION FOR ISSUANCE.
Status: in_force

An insurer may write commercial group property insurance for:

(1) a group of businesses that constitutes a large risk if the members of the group have clearly identifiable underwriting characteristics; or

(2) an association that constitutes a large risk if the members of the association are engaged in similar undertakings.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293A.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293A / Section 293A.101
§ 293A.101. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Each year, the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall hold a public hearing on the amounts of any mandatory payments that the commissioners court intends to require during the year.

(b) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing required under Subsection (a), the commissioners court of the county shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(c) A representative of a paying hospital is entitled to appear at the public hearing and be heard regarding any matter related to the mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 54.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 54 / Section 54.001
§ 54.001. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

A corporation may be formed under this chapter to aid shareholders of its common stock in:

(1) producing, or producing and marketing, staple agricultural products; or

(2) acquiring, raising, breeding, fattening, or marketing livestock.
Tex. Election Code § 67.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 67 / Section 67.005
§ 67.005. DETERMINING OFFICIAL RESULT OF ELECTION NOT CANVASSED AT STATE LEVEL.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the official result of an election that is not canvassed at the state level is determined from the canvass of the precinct returns conducted by the local canvassing authority.

(b) In an election in which there is more than one local canvassing authority but no canvass at the state level, the official result is determined in the manner prescribed by the law providing for the election.
Tex. Government Code § 1505.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.104
§ 1505.104. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) In the amount and under the terms that are agreed to by the municipality and the lender, a municipality may borrow money for a project from:

(1) the United States;

(2) an agency of the United States authorized to make a loan to a municipality; or

(3) any person, firm, or corporation.

(b) The loan shall be evidenced by obligations issued under this subchapter if the project is financed under this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 161.171 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.171
§ 161.171. STATUS OF COMPLAINANT.
Status: in_force

The complainant is not a party to a preliminary review, preliminary review hearing, or formal hearing under this subchapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 23.10 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 23 / Section 23.10
§ 23.10. ASSIGNMENT DISCHARGES DEBTOR.
Status: in_force

If an assigning debtor makes an assignment, he is discharged from liability on the claim of a consenting creditor unless the consenting creditor does not receive at least one-third of the amount allowed on his claim against the assigned estate.
Tex. Government Code § 74.041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 74 / Section 74.041
§ 74.041. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Administrative region" means an administrative judicial region created by Section 74.042.

(2) "Presiding judge" means the presiding judge of an administrative region.

(3) "Retiree" means a person who has retired under the Judicial Retirement System of Texas, the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One, or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.

(4) "Active judge" means a person who is a current judicial officeholder.

(5) "Former judge" means a person who has served as an active judge in a district court, a statutory probate court, a statutory county court, an appellate court, or the business court, but who is not a retired judge.

(6) "Retired judge" means:

(A) a retiree; or

(B) a person who served as an active judge for at least 72 months in a statutory probate or statutory county court and has retired under the Texas County and District Retirement System.

(7) "Senior judge" means a retiree who has elected to be a judicial officer under Section 75.001.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 302.060 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 302 / Section 302.060
§ 302.060.
Status: in_force

Sec. 302.060. EXEMPTION: CERTAIN PERSONS PROVIDING TELEPHONE SOLICITATION SERVICES PREDOMINANTLY FOR EXEMPT PERSONS. This chapter does not apply to a person:

(1) who provides telephone solicitation services under contract to a seller;

(2) who has been operating continuously for at least three years under the same business name; and

(3) for whom at least 75 percent of the person's contracts are performed on behalf of other persons exempt from the application of this chapter under this section.