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Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.156 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.156
§ 1301.156. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

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

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 1301.151 or 1301.152;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 1301.151 or 1301.152;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 1301.153;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board.

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

(c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director 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 executive director 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. Education Code § 25.081 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 25 / Section 25.081
§ 25.081. OPERATION OF SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as authorized under Subsection (b) of this section, Section 25.0815, Section 25.084, or Section 29.0821, for each school year each school district must operate for at least 75,600 minutes, including time allocated for instruction, intermissions, and recesses for students.

(b) The commissioner may approve the operation of schools for fewer than the number of minutes required under Subsection (a) if disaster, flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel curtailment, or another calamity causes the closing of schools.

(c) If the commissioner does not approve reduced operation time under Subsection (b), a school district may add additional minutes to the end of the district's normal school hours as necessary to compensate for minutes lost due to school closures caused by disaster, flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel curtailment, or another calamity.

(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section, including rules:

(1) for the application, on the basis of the minimum minutes of operation required by Subsection (a), of any provision of this title that refers to a minimum number of days of instruction under this section;

(2) to determine the minutes of operation that are equivalent to a day;

(3) defining minutes of operation and instructional time; and

(4) establishing the minimum number of minutes of instructional time required for a full-day and a half-day program to meet the time requirements under Subsection (a).

(e) A school district or education program is exempt from the minimum minutes of operation requirement if the district's or program's average daily attendance is calculated under Section 48.005(j).

(f) The commissioner may proportionally reduce the amount of funding a district receives under Chapter 46, 48, or 49 and the average daily attendance calculation for the district if the district operates on a calendar that provides fewer minutes of operation than required under Subsection (a).

(g) A school district may not provide student instruction on Memorial Day. If a school district would be required to provide student instruction on Memorial Day to compensate for minutes of instruction lost because of school closures caused by disaster, flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel curtailment, or another calamity, the commissioner shall approve the instruction of students for fewer than the number of minutes required under Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 663.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 663 / Section 663.003
§ 663.003. GOOD FAITH STANDARD.
Status: in_force

The commission and the executive director of the commission shall carry out their responsibilities under this chapter in good faith.
Tex. Estates Code § 355.113 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 355 / Section 355.113
§ 355.113. LIABILITY FOR NONPAYMENT OF CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) A person or claimant, except the state treasury, entitled to payment from an estate of money the court orders to be paid is authorized to have execution issued against the estate property for the amount due, with interest and costs, if:

(1) the personal representative fails to pay the money on demand;

(2) estate funds are available to make the payment; and

(3) the person or claimant makes an affidavit of the demand for payment and the representative's failure to pay.

(b) The court may cite the personal representative and the sureties on the representative's bond to show cause why the representative and sureties should not be held liable under Subsection (a) for the debt, interest, costs, and damages:

(1) on return of the execution not satisfied; or

(2) on the affidavit of demand and failure to pay under Subsection (a).

(c) On the return of citation served under Subsection (b), the court shall render judgment against the cited personal representative and sureties, in favor of the claim holder, if good cause why the representative and sureties should not be held liable is not shown. The judgment must be for:

(1) the amount previously ordered to be paid or established by suit that remains unpaid, together with interest and costs; and

(2) damages on the amount neglected to be paid at the rate of five percent per month for each month, or fraction of a month, that the payment was neglected to be paid after demand was made.

(d) Damages ordered under Subsection (c)(2) may be collected in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.106 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.106
§ 71.106. PEPPER DISEASES.
Status: in_force

The department shall determine that pepper plants are apparently free from the following diseases:
Tex. Occupations Code § 952.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 952 / Section 952.003
§ 952.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

A lawyer referral service does not include:

(1) an organization that recommends, furnishes, or pays for legal services for its members or beneficiaries and that satisfies the conditions of the Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct or other rules adopted by the supreme court;

(2) a plan of prepaid legal services insurance;

(3) a referral made by one lawyer to another lawyer that conforms with the Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct or other rules adopted by the supreme court;

(4) lawyers who jointly advertise their services in a manner that clearly shows that the advertising is intended solely to solicit clients for those lawyers; or

(5) a service of a pro bono publico legal assistance program that does not accept a fee from either the lawyer or the client.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.352 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.352
§ 96.352. DISCLOSURE TO OTHER AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not prevent the proper exchange of information relating to savings banks with a representative of a regulatory authority of another state or any other department, agency, or instrumentality of this or another state or the United States if the commissioner determines the disclosure of the information is necessary or proper to enforce the laws of this or another state or the United States.
Tex. Labor Code § 309.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 309 / Section 309.004
§ 309.004. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt rules to implement this chapter, including rules to:

(1) identify individuals who are low-income or at risk of becoming dependent on public assistance benefits; and

(2) determine which individuals identified under Subdivision (1) are eligible to participate in job-training programs developed with money from the fund.
Tex. Insurance Code § 3502.105 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 3502 / Section 3502.105
§ 3502.105. POLICY FORM STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall disapprove a mortgage guaranty insurance policy form if the form:

(1) violates this code or rules adopted by the commissioner; or

(2) contains a provision that encourages misrepresentation or is unjust, unfair, inequitable, misleading, deceptive, or contrary to law or to the public policy of this state.
Tex. Water Code § 58.167 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.167
§ 58.167. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM UNAPPROPRIATED OR AVAILABLE FUNDS OF CONTRIBUTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) If the proposed contributor has an unappropriated fund or a fund which is not required for actual use even though otherwise appropriated, the fund may be withdrawn from the project which does not need it and may be applied to pay contributions to the cost of the improvements considered to be a benefit to the contributor but to be constructed by another agency or jointly by the contributor and another agency.

(b) The board of the contributing political subdivision may contract for contributions and contribute from an unappropriated or available fund without submitting the contract and contributions to a vote of the electors of the contributor. However, the contributions shall not be made if they impair the ability of the contributor to meet any outstanding obligation or to adequately and economically discharge the contributor's duty to its electorate or constituency.
Tex. Government Code § 1433.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1433 / Section 1433.101
§ 1433.101. SECURITY FOR BOND; TRUST AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A bond issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the issuer and a trust company or a bank having the powers of a trust company in this state.

(b) A trust agreement may:

(1) assign the lease revenue to be received from the lessee or the ultimate lessee of the industrial project or medical project for which the bond proceeds are used; or

(2) pledge the lease revenue for the payment of principal of and interest on the bond as they become due and payable and may provide for the creation and maintenance of reserves for that purpose.

(c) A trust agreement or a resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders, including covenants that state the duties of the issuer or lessee relating to:

(1) the acquisition of property for the industrial project or medical project in connection with which the bonds were authorized;

(2) the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the project; and

(3) the custody, protection, and application of all money related to the project.

(d) An issuer may require a bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state that acts as depository of the proceeds of the bonds or of revenue of the issuer to furnish indemnifying bonds or to pledge securities.

(e) A trust agreement may state the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations. A trust agreement may contain additional provisions for the security of the bondholders.

(f) All expenses incurred in carrying out a trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the industrial project or medical project.
Tex. Election Code § 258.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 258 / Section 258.005
§ 258.005. FORMS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall print copies of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices and shall supply the forms to the authorities with whom copies of the code may be filed in quantities and at times requested by the authorities.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 24.057 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 24 / Section 24.057
§ 24.057. ACCOUNT USE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH PLANS.
Status: in_force

No grant may be made under Section 24.055 nor may account money be used under Section 24.056 unless:

(1) there is a present or future need for the acquisition and development of the property for which the grant is requested or the use is proposed; and

(2) a written statement is obtained from the regional planning commission having jurisdiction of the area in which the property is to be acquired and developed that the acquisition and development is consistent with local needs.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.029 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 101 / Section 101.029
§ 101.029. LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN CONDUCT OF STATE PRISON INMATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Criminal Justice is liable for property damage, personal injury, and death proximately caused by the wrongful act or omission or the negligence of an inmate or state jail defendant housed in a facility operated by the department if:

(1) the property damage, personal injury, or death arises from the operation or use of a motor-driven vehicle or motor-driven equipment;

(2) the inmate or defendant would be personally liable to the claimant for the property damage, personal injury, or death according to Texas law were the inmate or defendant a private person acting in similar circumstances; and

(3) the act, omission, or negligence was committed by the inmate or defendant acting in the course and scope of a task or activity that:

(A) the inmate or defendant performed at the request of an employee of the department; and

(B) the inmate or defendant performed under the control or supervision of the department.

(b) A claimant may not name the inmate or state jail defendant whose act or omission gave rise to the claim as a codefendant in an action brought under this section.

(c) A judgment in an action or a settlement of a claim against the Department of Criminal Justice under this section bars any action involving the same subject matter by the claimant against the inmate or state jail defendant whose act or omission gave rise to the claim. A judgment in an action or a settlement of a claim against an inmate or state jail defendant bars any action involving the same subject matter by the claimant against the Department of Criminal Justice under this section.

(d) This section does not apply to property damage, personal injury, or death sustained by an inmate or state jail defendant.
Tex. Education Code § 88.303 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.303
§ 88.303. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1103 (H.B. 4464), Sec. 8(4), eff. September 1, 2025.

(b) Service with Texas Task Force 1 by a state employee member who is activated is considered to be in the course and scope of the employee's regular employment with the state.

(c) Service with Texas Task Force 1 by an employee of The Texas A&M University System is considered to be in the course and scope of the employee's regular employment with The Texas A&M University System.

(c-1) Service with Texas Task Force 1 by a local government employee member who is activated is considered to be in the course and scope of the employee's regular employment with the political subdivision.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 412.0123, Labor Code, as added by Chapter 1098, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, the Texas Division of Emergency Management shall reimburse the State Office of Risk Management for the actual medical and indemnity benefits paid on behalf of a covered member of Texas Task Force 1 at the beginning of the next state fiscal year occurring after the date the benefits are paid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8474.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8474 / Section 8474.153
§ 8474.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3867.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3867 / Section 3867.202
§ 3867.202. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held in accordance with Section 3867.201, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3939.0309 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3939 / Section 3939.0309
§ 3939.0309. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.356 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.356
§ 3933.356. EXAMINATION AND RECEIPT OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The district may examine and receive information related to the imposition of a sales and use tax to the same extent as if the district were a municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8060.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8060 / Section 8060.0402
§ 8060.0402. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 771.109 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 771 / Section 771.109
§ 771.109. WORK GROUP.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may appoint a program work group to assist the commission in implementing and evaluating the program and preparing a report on the commission's findings.

(b) A member of the work group receives no additional compensation for serving on the program work group and may not be reimbursed for travel or other expenses incurred while conducting the business of the program work group.

(c) The program work group is not subject to Chapter 2110, Government Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 74 / Section 74.001
§ 74.001. PUBLIC NUISANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds that cotton pests are a menace to the cotton industry, and that control of those pests is a public necessity. Any portion of the state that is susceptible to infestation by cotton pests must be protected from this public nuisance and threat to the continued stability of the cotton industry.

(b) The legislature finds that volunteer and other noncommercial cotton is a public nuisance that threatens the cotton growers' boll weevil eradication program by serving as a host for cotton pests such as boll weevils and pink bollworms. To protect the cotton industry of this state, volunteer and other noncommercial cotton must be eliminated subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.452 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.452
§ 1302.452. CITATIONS FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) A municipal or county official may issue a citation to an air conditioning and refrigeration contracting company that engages in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting without complying with Section 1302.252.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 415, Sec. 3(3), eff. June 14, 2013.
Tex. Transportation Code § 202.026 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 202 / Section 202.026
§ 202.026. RECONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED FOR FREEWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor, on recommendation of the commission, may execute a deed reconveying the property to the grantor or the grantor's heirs or assigns, if, not later than 12 months after the date the property is acquired for use as an approach-way to an urban freeway, the commission determines that the property is not needed for a highway purpose because of relocation of the approach-way.

(b) The sale price for the property must be the same as the purchase price paid by or for the state plus six percent annual interest from the date the original purchase price was paid.

(c) When the commission determines that the property is not needed for a highway purpose, it shall send written notice to the grantor, at the grantor's address at the time of acquisition.

(d) Not later than the second anniversary of the date the notice is mailed, the grantor or the grantor's heirs or assigns may request in writing that the state reconvey the property to them.

(e) If the commission does not receive a request to reconvey the property before the expiration of the period, the commission may dispose of the property at a public sale.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8847.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8847 / Section 8847.105
§ 8847.105. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 67.103 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.103
§ 67.103. UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OR USE OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1) uses criminal information obtained under this chapter for an unauthorized purpose; or

(2) releases the information to a person who is not entitled to the information.

(b) An offense under this article is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.051
§ 1104.051. GUARDIAN OF MINOR CHILDREN.
Status: in_force

(a) If the parents live together, both parents are the natural guardians of the person of the minor children by the marriage, and one of the parents is entitled to be appointed guardian of the children's estates. If the parents disagree as to which parent should be appointed, the court shall make the appointment on the basis of which parent is better qualified to serve in that capacity.

(b) The rights of parents who do not live together are equal. The court shall assign the guardianship of their minor children to one parent considering only the best interests of the children.

(c) If one parent is deceased, the surviving parent is the natural guardian of the person of the minor children and is entitled to be appointed guardian of the minor children's estates.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.004
§ 78.004. ELIGIBILITY TO SIGN PETITION.
Status: in_force

In order to sign a petition under this chapter, a person must:

(1) hold title to land located in the district or proposed district;

(2) be 18 years of age or older; and

(3) reside in a county all or part of which is located in a district or proposed district.
Tex. Government Code § 24.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.009
§ 24.009. JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNT IF PARTIES PROPERLY JOIN IN ONE SUIT.
Status: in_force

If two or more persons originally and properly join in one suit, the suit for jurisdictional purposes is treated as if one party is suing for the aggregate amount of all their claims added together, excluding interest and costs. This section does not prevent jurisdiction from attaching on any other ground.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8053.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8053 / Section 8053.0103
§ 8053.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR 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.