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Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 55.03 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 55 / Section 55.03
§ 55.03. ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMIT.
Status: in_force

A manufacturer's agent's warehousing permit may be issued to an entity:

(1) that receives malt beverages from another entity, or that other entity's immediate successor in interest, that:

(A) is located and chartered in the United Mexican States;

(B) has held, for the two years preceding the date of the application:

(i) a nonresident manufacturer's license, nonresident brewer's permit, and a nonresident seller's permit;

(ii) a nonresident brewer's license and a nonresident seller's permit; or

(iii) a combination of Subparagraph (i) and Subparagraph (ii); and

(C) during each of those two years has shipped or caused to be shipped into this state for ultimate sale to qualified distributors and wholesalers in this state at least one-half million barrels of malt beverages of the various brands manufactured or brewed by the entity; and

(2) whose employees, located in this state or elsewhere, perform the activities authorized under Chapters 36 and 73 on behalf of the entity.
Tex. Government Code § 29.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 29 / Section 29.001
§ 29.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "municipality" means an incorporated city, town, or village.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 793.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 793 / Section 793.001
§ 793.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Fire exit" means a door, window, or other means of egress from a building that has been expressly designated as a fire escape or emergency exit by a sign, light, or other device located on or in the immediate vicinity of the fire escape or exit.

(2) "Fire exit alarm" means a device designed to sound an alarm when a fire exit is opened or an attempt to open a fire exit is made.
Tex. Election Code § 254.0912 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 254 / Section 254.0912
§ 254.0912. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS BY STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICEHOLDERS AND LEGISLATIVE OFFICEHOLDERS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.091, each report by a holder of a statewide office in the executive branch or a legislative office must include the contents prescribed by Section 254.0612.
Tex. Insurance Code § 841.261 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.261
§ 841.261. CAUSES OF ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A domestic insurance company may bring an action against any person, including a policyholder or shareholder of the company, for any cause related to the company's business.

(b) A policyholder or an heir or legal representative of a policyholder may bring an action against a domestic insurance company for a loss that accrues on a policy.

(c) An action enjoining, restraining, or interfering with the prosecution of a domestic insurance company's business may be brought only by the department.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.351 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.351
§ 56B.351. NOTICE OF DISSATISFACTION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 40th day after the date the attorney general renders a final decision, a claimant or victim may file with the attorney general a notice of dissatisfaction with the decision.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.07635 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.07635
§ 481.07635. CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person authorized to receive information under Section 481.076(a)(5) shall, not later than the first anniversary after the person is issued a license, certification, or registration to prescribe or dispense controlled substances under this chapter, complete two hours of professional education related to approved procedures of prescribing and monitoring controlled substances.

(b) A person authorized to receive information may annually take the professional education course under this section to fulfil hours toward the ethics education requirement of the person's license, certification, or registration.

(c) The regulatory agency that issued the license, certification, or registration to a person authorized to receive information under Section 481.076(a)(5) shall approve professional education to satisfy the requirements of this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.012 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.012
§ 2602.012. APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) A title insurance company may appeal to the commissioner an action or ruling of the association relating to an assessment.

(b) An action or ruling of the commissioner under this chapter may be appealed as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 36.

(c) A title insurance company appealing an assessment shall pay the assessment. The association may use the money to meet its obligations while the appeal is pending. If the appeal on the assessment is upheld, the association shall return to the company the amount paid in error or excess.

(d) Venue in a suit relating to an action or ruling under this chapter is in Travis County. Each party to the action may appeal, and the appeal is at once returnable to the appellate court and has precedence over all cases of a different character pending before the court. The commissioner or association is not required to give an appeal bond in an appeal of a cause of action arising under this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 302.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 302 / Section 302.001
§ 302.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Item" means property or a service. The term includes a coupon book to be used with a business.

(2) "Owner" means a person who has control of or is entitled to, by ownership or other claim, at least 10 percent of a seller's net income.

(3) "Purchaser" means a person who:

(A) is solicited to become or becomes obligated for the purchase or rental of an item; or

(B) is offered an opportunity to claim or receive an item.

(4) "Salesperson" means a person who is employed or authorized by a seller to make a telephone solicitation.

(5) "Seller" means a person who makes a telephone solicitation on the person's own behalf.

(6) "Supervised financial institution" means a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, industrial loan company, personal property broker, consumer finance lender, commercial finance lender, insurer, or other financial institution that is subject to supervision by an official or agency of this state or the United States.

(6-a) "Telephone call" has the meaning assigned by Section 304.002.

(7) "Telephone solicitation" means a call or other transmission, including a transmission of a text or graphic message or of an image, initiated by a seller or salesperson to induce a person to purchase, rent, claim, or receive an item. The term includes a telephone call a purchaser makes in response to a solicitation sent by mail or made by any other means.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.105 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4 / Section 4.105
§ 4.105.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.105. "BANK"; "DEPOSITARY BANK"; "INTERMEDIARY BANK"; "COLLECTING BANK"; "PAYOR BANK"; "PRESENTING BANK". In this chapter:

(1) "Bank" means a person engaged in the business of banking, including a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or trust company.

(2) "Depositary bank" means the first bank to take an item even though it is also the payor bank, unless the item is presented for immediate payment over the counter.

(3) "Payor bank" means a bank that is the drawee of a draft.

(4) "Intermediary bank" means a bank to which an item is transferred in course of collection except the depositary or payor bank.

(5) "Collecting bank" means a bank handling an item for collection except the payor bank.

(6) "Presenting bank" means a bank presenting an item except a payor bank.
Tex. Government Code § 403.0231 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.0231
§ 403.0231. CREDIT CARD AGREEMENT BENEFITTING STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may enter an agreement with a credit card issuer under which:

(1) the issuer is required to pay to the comptroller an amount of money based on the use of the credit card by the holders of the credit card; and

(2) the issuer is permitted to represent to the public that use of the credit card benefits state parks and to design credit cards issued under the agreement to indicate this benefit.

(b) The form of any representation of benefit to state parks and the design of credit cards issued under the agreement must be approved by the comptroller.

(c) The comptroller shall deposit money received under this section to the credit of the state parks account under Section 11.035, Parks and Wildlife Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8473.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8473 / Section 8473.253
§ 8473.253. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING.
Status: in_force

The district shall mail notice of the hearing to each property owner in the district who will be subject to the assessment at the current address to be assessed as reflected on the tax rolls. The district may mail the notice by certified or first class United States mail. The board shall determine the method of notice.
Tex. Government Code § 487.551 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.551
§ 487.551. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Health professional" means a person other than a physician who holds a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by law or a state agency rule that must be obtained by an individual to practice in a health care profession.

(2) "Medically underserved community" means a community that:

(A) is located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less;

(B) has been designated under state or federal law as:

(i) a health professional shortage area; or

(ii) a medically underserved area; or

(C) has been designated as a medically underserved community by the department.
Tex. Local Government Code § 382.155 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 382 / Section 382.155
§ 382.155. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A county may authorize a district to impose a hotel occupancy tax on a person who pays for the use or possession of or for the right to the use or possession of a room that is ordinarily used for sleeping in a hotel in the district.

(b) If authorized by a county, a district shall impose a hotel occupancy tax in the same manner as provided by Section 352.107, Tax Code.

(c) The hotel occupancy tax rate is the greater of nine percent or the rate imposed by the municipality.

(d) A hotel occupancy tax imposed by a district in a county described by Section 382.002(1) may be used:

(1) for a purpose described by Chapter 352, Tax Code; or

(2) to encourage the development or operation of a hotel in the district, including an economic development program for or a grant, loan, service, or improvement to a hotel in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.102
§ 1302.102. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall set insurance requirements for a license holder under this chapter.

(b) The executive director may waive the insurance requirements for a license holder who does not engage in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting for the public.
Tex. Government Code § 508.223 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.223
§ 508.223. PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING.
Status: in_force

A parole panel may require as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision that a releasee serving a sentence for an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, attend psychological counseling sessions of a type and for a duration as specified by the parole panel, if the parole panel determines in consultation with a local mental health services provider that appropriate mental health services are available through the Department of State Health Services in accordance with Section 534.053, Health and Safety Code, or through another mental health services provider.
Tex. Government Code § 659.124 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.124
§ 659.124. AMOUNT OF BENEFIT REPLACEMENT PAY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) For a state employee employed by an institution of higher education, the benefit replacement pay is an increase in compensation equal to the sum of:

(1) 5.85 percent of the employee's compensation as of October 31, 1995, subject to the limit provided by Subsection (b); and

(2) an additional amount equal to the retirement contribution paid by the employee because of the benefit replacement pay provided by this subsection.

(b) The amount paid to an eligible state employee of an institution of higher education under Subsection (a)(1) may not exceed $965.25.

(c) In this section, "compensation" means annualized base salary or wages, including longevity and hazardous duty pay.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.201 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 71 / Section 71.201
§ 71.201. CIVIL ACTION; SANCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person's failure to comply with this chapter does not impair the validity of any contract or act by the person or prevent the person from defending any action or proceeding in any court of this state, but the person may not maintain in a court of this state an action or proceeding arising out of a contract or act in which an assumed name was used until an original, new, or renewed certificate has been filed as required by this chapter.

(b) In an action or proceeding brought against a person who has not complied with this chapter, the court may award the plaintiff or other party bringing the action or proceeding expenses incurred, including attorney's fees, in locating and effecting service of process on the defendant.
Tex. Government Code § 606.031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 606 / Section 606.031
§ 606.031. EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

The retirement system may employ personnel, purchase equipment, and make other expenditures as necessary to administer this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 336.057 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 336 / Section 336.057
§ 336.057. MEETINGS AND NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may establish regular meetings to conduct district business and may hold special meetings at other times as the business of the district requires.

(b) The board shall hold its meetings at a designated meeting place.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1701 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1701
§ 152.1701. MENARD COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Menard County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Menard County.

(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman.

(c) The juvenile board shall hold regular annual meetings on dates set by the board and special meetings at the call of the chairman.

(d) The commissioners court shall pay the juvenile board members an annual salary of not less than $600, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the county. The commissioners court may increase the compensation at any time.

(e) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005(b), and 152.0006 do not apply to the juvenile board of Menard County.

(f) The Menard County Juvenile Board and the juvenile boards of one or more counties that are adjacent to or in close proximity to Menard County may agree to operate together. Juvenile boards operating together may appoint one fiscal officer to receive and disburse funds for the boards.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3864.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3864 / Section 3864.206
§ 3864.206. TAXES FOR RAIL FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

Under Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, the district may impose taxes in accordance with this subchapter for the construction and maintenance of rail facilities and improvements.
Tex. Education Code § 46.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 46 / Section 46.001
§ 46.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "instructional facility" means real property, an improvement to real property, or a necessary fixture of an improvement to real property that is used predominantly for teaching the curriculum required under Section 28.002.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.0615 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.0615
§ 363.0615. RESPONSIBILITY FOR REGIONAL PLANNING.
Status: in_force

(a) A council of governments has primary responsibility for the regional planning process.

(b) A planning region may be divided into subregions as part of the regional planning process. If a planning region is divided into subregions, the council of governments with jurisdiction in the planning region may assist the local governments constituting a subregion to develop a joint local solid waste management plan that provides for solid waste services for solid waste generated within that subregion.

(c) A council of governments may:

(1) employ personnel necessary to carry out the regional planning process, including an administrator for each subregion if subregions are established; and

(2) adopt rules necessary to carry out responsibilities concerning the regional planning process.

(d) In this section, "council of governments" means a regional planning commission created under Chapter 391, Local Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2702.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2702 / Section 2702.052
§ 2702.052. DUTY TO PRESCRIBE UNIFORM CLOSING AND SETTLEMENT STATEMENT FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, after notice and hearing, shall prescribe uniform closing and settlement statement forms to be used in connection with the closing and settlement of a transaction involving:

(1) the conveyance or mortgage of real property; and

(2) the issuance of a title insurance policy by a title insurance company or title insurance agent.

(b) The department may prescribe separate forms under this section for transactions involving improved residential real property and for all other real property transactions.

(c) The department shall design the forms under this section to enable each party to the transaction to be provided with a dual or separate form identifying only the charges made to that party.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.026 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.026
§ 22.026. NOISE ABATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality that owns an airport and is a party to an executory grant agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration requiring the municipality to plan, design, and acquire land for a replacement airport shall:

(1) comply with the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 2101 et seq.);

(2) provide adequate soundproofing and noise reduction devices for each public building within the 65 or higher average day-night sound level contour as determined by the governing body in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circulars; or

(3) award a contract for land acquisition services for the purchase of real property required for the site of a replacement airport, complete a master plan for the replacement airport, and provide the replacement airport.

(b) A court may grant appropriate relief to enforce this section in a suit brought by an affected person.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Public building" means a church, public or private hospital, or building owned or leased by a governmental entity, including a public school.

(2) "Replacement airport" means a new airport that is planned, designed, and constructed to replace a municipal airport operating on August 28, 1989.

(d) Expired.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.061 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.061
§ 363.061. CRIME CONTROL PLAN AND BUDGET PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board of a proposed district shall formulate and approve a two-year crime control plan and a two-year budget plan. The crime control plan must include:

(1) a detailed list of the crime control and crime prevention strategies to be supported by the district; and

(2) the method of annually evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of individual crime control and crime prevention strategies.

(b) The budget plan must include:

(1) the amount of money budgeted by the district for each crime control and crime prevention strategy;

(2) the amount of money budgeted by the district and the percentage of the total budget of the district for administration, with individual amounts showing the cost of the administration that would be conducted by the district and the cost of administration that would be conducted by private or public entities;

(3) the estimated amount of money available to the district from all sources during the ensuing year;

(4) the amount of balances expected at the end of the years for which the budget is prepared; and

(5) the estimated tax rate that will be required.

(c) The crime control plan and budget plan must be adopted in the same manner as provided for adoption of a proposed annual budget under Section 363.204.

(d) The temporary board shall coordinate its efforts with local law enforcement officials, the local community supervision and corrections department, and the local juvenile probation department in developing its crime control plan and budget plan.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.9803 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.9803
§ 23.9803. APPRAISAL OF QUALIFIED RESTRICTED-USE TIMBER LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the appraised value of qualified restricted-use timber land is one-half of the appraised value of the land as determined under Section 23.73(a).

(b) The appraised value determined under Subsection (a) may not exceed the lesser of:

(1) the market value of the land as determined by other appraisal methods; or

(2) the appraised value of the land for the year preceding the first year of appraisal under this subchapter.

(c) The chief appraiser shall determine the market value of qualified restricted-use timber land and shall record both the market value and the appraised value in the appraisal records.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8005.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8005 / Section 8005.152
§ 8005.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8005.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.405 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.405
§ 2203.405. COMMISSIONER'S DECISION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date of the hearing under Section 2203.404, the commissioner shall affirm, reverse, or modify the appealed act.

(b) Pending the hearing and decision, the commissioner may suspend or postpone the effective date of a rule or of the act appealed.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 62.0021 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 62 / Section 62.0021
§ 62.0021. MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, the board may hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call if immediate action is required and the convening at one location of a quorum of the board is inconvenient for any member of the board.

(b) The meeting is subject to the notice requirements applicable to other meetings.

(c) The notice of the meeting must specify as the location of the meeting the location where meetings of the board are usually held.

(d) Each part of the meeting that is required to be open to the public shall be audible to the public at the location specified in the notice of the meeting as the location of the meeting and shall be tape-recorded. The tape recording shall be made available to the public.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.055
§ 912.055. CHARTER AND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

The charter and articles of incorporation of a county mutual insurance company must state:

(1) the name of the company, which must include the words "County Mutual Insurance Company";

(2) the location of the principal office of the company; and

(3) the number of the directors, which must be at least five.