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Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.403 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.403
§ 1701.403. INVESTIGATIVE HYPNOSIS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may establish minimum requirements for the training, testing, and certification of peace officers who use investigative hypnosis.

(b) A peace officer may not use a hypnotic interview technique unless the officer:

(1) completes a training course approved by the commission; and

(2) passes an examination administered by the commission that is designed to test the officer's knowledge of investigative hypnosis.

(c) The commission may issue a professional achievement or proficiency certificate to an officer who meets the requirements of Subsection (b).
Tex. Government Code § 442.0088 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.0088
§ 442.0088. TEXAS HERITAGE TRAILS PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Historical Commission may establish and administer the Texas Heritage Trails Program to promote tourism to heritage and cultural attractions in this state.

(b) The commission may contract with one or more nonprofit organizations to fulfill the commission's duties under this section.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules to administer the Texas Heritage Trails Program, including rules defining the principles of heritage tourism and relating to contracts the commission enters into with nonprofit organizations. Rules adopted under this subsection relating to contracts with nonprofit organizations must require each contract to clearly establish:

(1) the role of the nonprofit organization in promoting heritage tourism;

(2) the nature of the relationship between the commission and the nonprofit organization;

(3) the performance expectations for the nonprofit organization;

(4) requirements and expectations regarding the nonprofit organization's employees;

(5) the commission's expectations regarding ownership of any literature, media, or other products developed or produced by the nonprofit organization to promote heritage tourism during the course of the contract;

(6) the commission's long-term goals for the program and the nonprofit organization's role in meeting those goals;

(7) a system for evaluating the nonprofit organization's overall performance, including the organization's effectiveness in meeting the performance expectations described by Subdivision (3); and

(8) the types of support, other than financial support, the commission will provide to the nonprofit organization to assist in the implementation and administration of the Texas Heritage Trails Program.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 141 / Section 141.008
§ 141.008. ADOPTION OF RULES; EXEMPTION FROM APPLICATION OF CERTAIN RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this chapter. In adopting the rules the executive commissioner shall comply with Subchapter B, Chapter 2001, Government Code, including Sections 2001.032(b) and 2001.033, Government Code.

(b) A youth camp operator may grant an exemption from compliance with a rule that requires physical examinations or inoculations for children or staff if the exemption is requested on the grounds of religious convictions.

(c) The department shall review the camper to counselor ratios for overnight stays at youth camps and provide to the executive commissioner recommendations regarding minimum camper to counselor ratios. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum camper to counselor ratios for overnight stays at youth camps.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 32.152 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 32 / Section 32.152
§ 32.152. CIVIL ACTIONS ALLOWED; CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may bring an action for damages, injunctive relief, and any other appropriate civil relief for a violation of this chapter, except for Section 32.106.

(b) A court shall award the department attorney's fees if the department prevails in a suit filed under this section.

(c) Each owner of the floating cabin is jointly and severally liable for a violation under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1067.305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1067 / Section 1067.305
§ 1067.305. TRANSFER OR ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall:

(1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets that belong to the district to Cooke County or another governmental entity in Cooke County; or

(2) administer the property, assets, and debts until all money has been disposed of and all district debts have been paid or settled.

(b) If the board makes the transfer under Subsection (a)(1), the county or entity assumes all debts and obligations of the district at the time of the transfer, and the district is dissolved.
Tex. Government Code § 432.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.014
§ 432.014. DELIVERY OF OFFENDERS TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Under regulations prescribed under this chapter a person subject to this chapter who is on active state duty and who is accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, on request, to the civil authority for trial.

(b) If delivery under this section is made to a civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial, and the offender, after having answered to the civil authorities for the offense, on the request of competent military authority, shall be returned to military custody for the completion of the sentence.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.171 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.171
§ 22.171. GOVERNOR HOGG MEMORIAL.
Status: in_force

The Governor James Stephen Hogg Memorial Shrine, located near Quitman, Wood County, is established.
Tex. Government Code § 434.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.023
§ 434.023. HEALTH CARE ADVOCACY PROGRAM FOR VETERANS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "veteran" means a person who has served in:

(1) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States; or

(2) the Texas National Guard as defined by Section 431.001.

(b) The commission by rule shall establish and implement a health care advocacy program to assist veterans in gaining access to health care facilities of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(c) The program shall provide assistance to veterans by:

(1) resolving any access issues raised by veterans in this state or referred to the commission by the veterans toll-free hotline operated under Section 161.077, Natural Resources Code;

(2) coordinating with the Veterans Health Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to support the health care advocacy program established under this section;

(3) coordinating with health care providers in this state to expand providers' opportunities to treat veterans through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;

(4) reviewing and researching programs, projects, and initiatives designed to address the health care needs of veterans;

(5) evaluating the effectiveness of the efforts of the commission to improve access to health care services for veterans;

(6) making recommendations to the executive director of the commission to improve health care services and assistance for veterans;

(7) incorporating veterans' health care issues into the commission's strategic plan required under Section 2056.002;

(8) assisting veterans in securing benefits and services; and

(9) recommending legislative initiatives and policies at the local, state, and national levels to address issues affecting health care for veterans.

(d) The executive director of the commission shall appoint a program coordinator to administer the health care advocacy program.

(e) The commission shall provide facilities as appropriate to support the program to the extent funding is available for that purpose.
Tex. Tax Code § 5.14 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 5 / Section 5.14
§ 5.14. PUBLIC ACCESS, INFORMATION, AND COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to submit information on any property tax issue under the jurisdiction of the comptroller.

(b) The comptroller shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English or who has a physical, mental, or developmental disability may be provided reasonable access to the comptroller's programs.

(c) The comptroller shall prepare information of public interest describing the property tax functions of the office of the comptroller and the comptroller's procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the comptroller. The comptroller shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.

(d) If a written complaint is filed with the comptroller that the comptroller has authority to resolve, the comptroller, at least quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint unless notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.

(e) The comptroller shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the comptroller that the comptroller has authority to resolve.
Tex. Government Code § 510.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 510 / Section 510.002
§ 510.002.
Status: in_force

Sec. 510.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 2110. Chapter 2110 applies to the state council, except for Sections 2110.002, 2110.003, and 2110.008.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2023.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2023 / Section 2023.055
§ 2023.055. REPORT OF VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

The commission's rules must allow anonymous reporting of a violation of this subtitle or of a commission rule.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.204
§ 3952.204. CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may contract with any person for the use, occupancy, lease, rental, operation, maintenance, or management of all or part of a proposed or existing improvement project.

(b) The district may apply for and contract with any person to receive, administer, and perform a duty or obligation of the district under a federal, state, local, or private gift, grant, loan, conveyance, transfer, bequest, or other financial assistance arrangement relating to the investigation, planning, analysis, study, design, acquisition, construction, improvement, completion, implementation, or operation by the district or others of a proposed or existing improvement project.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.301 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.301
§ 11.301. INVOLUNTARY WINDING UP AND TERMINATION OF FILING ENTITY BY COURT ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court may enter a decree requiring winding up of a filing entity's business and termination of the filing entity's existence if, as the result of an action brought under Section 11.303, the court finds that one or more of the following problems exist:

(1) the filing entity or its organizers did not comply with a condition precedent to its formation;

(2) the certificate of formation of the filing entity or any amendment to the certificate of formation was fraudulently filed;

(3) a misrepresentation of a material matter has been made in an application, report, affidavit, or other document submitted by the filing entity under this code;

(4) the filing entity has continued to transact business beyond the scope of the purpose of the filing entity as expressed in its certificate of formation; or

(5) public interest requires winding up and termination of the filing entity because:

(A) the filing entity has been convicted of a felony or a high managerial agent of the filing entity has been convicted of a felony committed in the conduct of the filing entity's affairs;

(B) the filing entity or high managerial agent has engaged in a persistent course of felonious conduct; and

(C) termination is necessary to prevent future felonious conduct of the same character.

(b) Sections 11.302-11.307 do not apply to Subsection (a)(5).
Tex. Government Code § 2257.047 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2257 / Section 2257.047
§ 2257.047. BOOKS AND RECORDS OF PERMITTED INSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A permitted institution may apply book entry procedures when an investment security held by a custodian is deposited under Section 2257.042.

(b) A permitted institution's records must at all times state the name of the custodian that deposits an investment security in the permitted institution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.011 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.011
§ 1201.011. COVERAGE FOR PREMIUM PERIOD WITH LIMITATIONS BY AGE OR DATE; MISSTATEMENT OF AGE OF INSURED.
Status: in_force

(a) Regardless of a provision in an individual accident and health insurance policy that specifies a date, by age limitation or otherwise, after which coverage under the policy is not effective, coverage continues in force, subject to any right of cancellation, until the end of the period for which the insurer accepts a premium if:

(1) the insurer accepts the premium after the specified date; or

(2) the specified date falls before the end of the period for which the insurer accepts the premium.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the age of the insured is misstated and, because of the insured's correct age, coverage of the insured would not have become effective or would have terminated before the insurer's acceptance of a premium, the liability of the insurer is limited to the refund, on request, of the premiums paid for the period not covered by the policy.
Tex. Government Code § 840.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 840 / Section 840.009
§ 840.009. PROVISIONS INAPPLICABLE TO CASH BALANCE GROUP MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

Sections 840.102(g) and (h), 840.1025, and 840.1027 of this chapter do not apply to a cash balance group member.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 601.052 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.052
§ 601.052. NOTICE OF CONSUMER'S RIGHT TO CANCEL REQUIRED.
Status: reserved

(a) A merchant must provide a consumer with a complete receipt or copy of a contract pertaining to the consumer transaction at the time of its execution.

(b) The document provided under Subsection (a) must:

(1) be in the same language as that principally used in the oral sales presentation;

(2) contain the date of the transaction;

(3) contain the name and address of the merchant; and

(4) contain a statement:

(A) in immediate proximity to the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the consumer or on the front page of the receipt if a contract is not used; and

(B) in boldfaced type of a minimum size of 10 points in substantially the following form:

"YOU, THE BUYER, MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT OF THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THIS TRANSACTION. SEE THE ATTACHED NOTICE OF CANCELLATION FORM FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THIS RIGHT."
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.301 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.301
§ 361.301. EMERGENCY ORDER.
Status: in_force

The commission may issue an emergency mandatory, permissive, or prohibitory order concerning an activity of solid waste management under its jurisdiction under Section 5.512, Water Code, even if the activity is not covered by a permit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8830.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8830 / Section 8830.153
§ 8830.153. EXEMPTION FROM PRODUCTION FEES FOR GROUNDWATER USED FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "involved entity" means:

(1) a fire department or emergency services district that uses groundwater produced within the boundaries of the district; or

(2) a person that provides groundwater produced within the boundaries of the district to a fire department or emergency services district.

(b) Groundwater produced within the boundaries of the district for use by a fire department or emergency services district solely for emergency purposes is exempt from the assessment of any production fees that would otherwise be required under a district rule, resolution, or order adopted under Section 8830.152.

(c) For purposes of this section, emergency purposes include the use of groundwater:

(1) to fight fires, manage chemical spills, and otherwise address emergency public safety or welfare concerns; and

(2) for training exercises conducted in preparation for responding to fires, chemical spills, and other emergency public safety or welfare concerns.

(d) The district may adopt rules to implement this section that require each involved entity to report to the district using reasonable and appropriate reporting methods established by the district:

(1) the total quantity of groundwater produced or used, as applicable, for all purposes by the involved entity during each month of the reporting period;

(2) the quantity of groundwater produced or used, as applicable, for emergency purposes during each month of the reporting period; and

(3) the quantity of groundwater produced or used, as applicable, for any purpose other than for emergency purposes during each month of the reporting period.

(e) The production fee exemption provided by Subsection (b) does not apply to groundwater produced for a purpose other than for emergency purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 74.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 74 / Section 74.106
§ 74.106. CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a court coordinator of a district court or statutory county court shall annually complete 16 hours of continuing education as provided by rules adopted by the court of criminal appeals under Chapter 56.

(b) The court of criminal appeals may not require a court coordinator to complete continuing education instruction during a year in which the judge or commissioners court of the county employing the court coordinator certifies to the court of criminal appeals that state and local funds are not available for the court coordinator's continuing education.
Tex. Election Code § 13.034 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 13 / Section 13.034
§ 13.034. ACTIVE APPOINTMENT FILE.
Status: in_force

(a) The registrar shall maintain a file containing the duplicate certificates of appointment of the volunteer deputy registrars whose appointments are effective.

(b) The registrar shall maintain the file in alphabetical order by deputy name on a countywide basis.

(c) Each certificate shall be retained on file during the time the appointment is effective.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.604 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.604
§ 91.604. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who knowingly violates a rule, order, or permit of the commission issued under this subchapter commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by imprisonment for up to six months, by a fine of up to $10,000 for each day the violation is committed, or by both.

(c) Venue for prosecution under this section is in the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.052
§ 1098.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Notice of a directors' election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.086 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.086
§ 433.086. MANDAMUS TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

On application of the attorney general at the request of the department, the district court may issue a writ of mandamus ordering a person to comply with this chapter or an order under this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 761.101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 761 / Section 761.101
§ 761.101. CREDIT CARD ISSUER TO DEVELOP FINANCIAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL.
Status: in_force

A credit card issuer who conducts campus credit card marketing activities shall develop financial educational material in consultation with or subject to approval by the postsecondary educational institution. The financial educational material must include a clear and practical explanation of:

(1) effective money management skills, including how to develop and maintain a budget;

(2) key financial terms and phrases related to credit cards and personal debt management;

(3) credit educational materials and programs offered by the credit card issuer that are available to student cardholders after they have opened an account;

(4) resources to assist students in understanding credit reports and credit scores and the consequences of irresponsible credit card use; and

(5) the importance of responsible credit practices, including timely paying the minimum amount due each month and reducing costs by paying as much of the balance as possible.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 303.151 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 303 / Section 303.151
§ 303.151. NOTIFICATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

If a law enforcement-related charitable organization does not file a document required by this chapter, files an incomplete or inaccurate document, or otherwise does not comply with this chapter, the attorney general shall notify the organization of the organization's noncompliance by first class mail sent to the organization's last reported address.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0312 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0312
§ 8512.0312. CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR RECREATION.
Status: in_force

The authority may conserve and develop water and land for recreational purposes and any facility in aid of those purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.266 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.266
§ 2155.266. REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may charge a person applying for registration on the master bidders list a registration fee and may charge a registrant a biennial renewal fee in an amount designed to recover the comptroller's costs in:

(1) making and maintaining the master bidders list; and

(2) soliciting bids or proposals under this subchapter.

(b) In addition to the fee provided by Subsection (a), the comptroller shall also collect $20 from each registrant to be used for the purpose of enforcing compliance with requirements of state purchasing statutes and the prevention of fraud in the historically underutilized businesses program as set forth in Chapter 2161.
Tex. Family Code § 158.202 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 158 / Section 158.202
§ 158.202. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AND DURATION OF WITHHOLDING.
Status: in_force

An employer shall begin to withhold income in accordance with an order or writ of withholding not later than the first pay period following the date on which the order or writ was delivered to the employer and shall continue to withhold income as required by the order or writ as long as the obligor is employed by the employer.