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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1043.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1043 / Section 1043.005
§ 1043.005. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution may provide an alternative procedure that conforms with the constitution.
Tex. Property Code § 82.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 82 / Section 82.001
§ 82.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Condominium Act.
Tex. Education Code § 22.012 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22 / Section 22.012
§ 22.012. RELIGIOUS SPEECH OR PRAYER.
Status: in_force

The right of an employee of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty may not be infringed on by the district or school or another state governmental entity, unless the infringement is:

(1) necessary to further a compelling state interest; and

(2) narrowly tailored using the least restrictive means to achieve that compelling state interest.
Tex. Government Code § 121.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 121 / Section 121.001
§ 121.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "specialty court" means a court established under this subtitle or former law.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.761 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.761
§ 21.761. APPOINTMENT OF CUSTODIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) In a judicial proceeding under this section, a court shall appoint a custodian for a close corporation on presentation of proof that:

(1) at a meeting held for the election of directors, the shareholders are so divided that the shareholders have failed to elect successors to directors whose terms have expired or would have expired on qualification of a successor;

(2) the business of the close corporation is suffering or is threatened with irreparable injury because the directors, or the shareholders or the persons empowered to manage the business and affairs of the close corporation under a shareholders' agreement, are so divided with respect to the management of the business and affairs of the close corporation that the required vote or consent to take action on behalf of the close corporation cannot be obtained and a remedy with respect to the deadlock in a close corporation provision has failed; or

(3) the plaintiff or intervenor has the right to wind up and terminate the close corporation under a shareholders' agreement as provided by Section 21.714.

(b) To be eligible to serve as a custodian, a person must comply with all the qualifications required to serve as a receiver under Section 11.406.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 116.015 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.015
§ 116.015. ENTRY ON PROPERTY; INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee, agent, or inspector of the commission may enter the premises of a licensee under this chapter or any building or other premises open to the public or inspect any CNG or LNG system or motor vehicle equipped with CNG or LNG equipment at any reasonable time for the purpose of determining and verifying compliance with this chapter and rules of the commission adopted under this chapter.

(b) Any authorized representative of the LPG division may enter any building or premises where an accident has occurred in which CNG or LNG was a probable cause for purposes of investigating the cause, origin, and circumstances of such accident. The LPG division may request that any state or local authority having jurisdiction take appropriate action as may be necessary for preservation of property and premises.
Tex. Family Code § 4.105 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 4 / Section 4.105
§ 4.105. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A partition or exchange agreement is not enforceable if the party against whom enforcement is requested proves that:

(1) the party did not sign the agreement voluntarily; or

(2) the agreement was unconscionable when it was signed and, before execution of the agreement, that party:

(A) was not provided a fair and reasonable disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the other party;

(B) did not voluntarily and expressly waive, in writing, any right to disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the other party beyond the disclosure provided; and

(C) did not have, or reasonably could not have had, adequate knowledge of the property or financial obligations of the other party.

(b) An issue of unconscionability of a partition or exchange agreement shall be decided by the court as a matter of law.

(c) The remedies and defenses in this section are the exclusive remedies or defenses, including common law remedies or defenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8049.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8049 / Section 8049.0501
§ 8049.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Occupations Code § 171.022 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 171 / Section 171.022
§ 171.022. DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The compact shall dissolve effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state that reduces the membership in the compact to one member state.

(b) Upon the dissolution of the compact, the compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force or effect, and the business and affairs of the interstate commission shall be concluded and surplus funds shall be distributed in accordance with the bylaws.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.0025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 146 / Section 146.0025
§ 146.0025. EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENTS; EAR PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a medical facility licensed under other law;

(2) an office or clinic of a person licensed by the Texas Medical Board;

(3) a person who performs only ear piercing; or

(4) a facility in which only ear piercing is performed.

(b) A person who conducts, operates, or maintains a facility, office, or clinic described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (4) is not required to obtain a license under this chapter to operate that facility.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1951.456 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1951 / Section 1951.456
§ 1951.456. PEST CONTROL INFORMATION FOR INDOOR TREATMENTS; RULES; EXCEPTION.
Status: repealed

(a) The department shall develop a policy to implement and enforce Sections 1951.453-1951.455.

(b) Under rules adopted by the department, a requirement under Sections 1951.453-1951.455 that notice of a treatment be given at least 48 hours before the treatment may be waived for emergency treatments.

(c) A person is not considered in violation of Section 1951.453, 1951.454, or 1951.455 or a rule adopted under this section for not posting a pest control sign developed under Section 1951.254 if the sign is posted as required by Section 1951.453, 1951.454, or 1951.455 or a rule adopted under this section but is removed by an unauthorized person.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 7.19(4), eff. September 1, 2009.

(e) The signage, advance notice, and information sheet requirements of Sections 1951.453-1951.455 do not apply to space that is vacant, unused, and unoccupied as a residence, workplace, or other use covered by Sections 1951.453-1951.455.
Tex. Occupations Code § 565.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 565 / Section 565.052
§ 565.052. SUBMISSION TO MENTAL OR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In enforcing Section 565.001(a)(4) or (7), the board or an authorized agent of the board on probable cause, as determined by the board or agent, shall request a pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant to submit to a mental or physical examination by a physician or other health care professional designated by the board.

(b) If the pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant refuses to submit to the examination, the board or the executive director of the board shall issue an order requiring the pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant to show cause why the pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant will not submit to the examination and shall schedule a hearing before a panel of three members of the board appointed by the president of the board on the order not later than the 30th day after the date notice is served on the pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant. The pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant shall be notified by either personal service or certified mail with return receipt requested.

(c) At the hearing, the pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant and an attorney are entitled to present testimony or other evidence to show why the pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant should not be required to submit to the examination. The pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant has the burden of proof to show why the pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant should not be required to submit to the examination.

(d) After the hearing, the panel shall by order require the pharmacist, pharmacist applicant, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacist-intern applicant to submit to the examination not later than the 60th day after the date of the order or withdraw the request for examination, as applicable.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.505 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.505
§ 772.505. POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district is a political subdivision of this state created to carry out essential governmental functions.

(b) A district may exercise all powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 374.2511 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 374 / Section 374.2511
§ 374.2511. CLOSURE OF UNREGISTERED FACILITY.
Status: in_force

The commission may issue a notice of violation to the owner or operator of a dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop station that is not registered under Section 374.102. The notice must inform the owner or operator of the nature of the violation and state that the commission may order the dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop station to cease operation if the violation is not corrected within 30 days after the receipt of the notice. If the owner or operator does not correct the violation within the prescribed time, the commission may order the dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop station to cease operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3821.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3821 / Section 3821.201
§ 3821.201. EXCEPTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may vote to dissolve a district that has debt. If the vote is in favor of dissolution, the district shall remain in existence solely for the limited purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.

(b) Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 167.014 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 167 / Section 167.014
§ 167.014. SURCHARGE TO ADMINISTER TEXAS PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall collect an additional surcharge not to exceed $15 for each of the following fees:

(1) first license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization allowing an individual to engage in an occupation regulated by the board; and

(2) renewal of a form of authorization described by Subdivision (1).

(b) The board shall deposit each surcharge collected under this section to the credit of the Texas physician health program account. The Texas physician health program account is a special account in the general revenue fund. Money in the special account shall be appropriated only to the board to pay for administration of the Texas Physician Health Program under this chapter, including paying for an initial evaluation by the program's medical director or the director's designee. Money in the special account may not be used to pay for program participant costs incurred for monitoring or for a program participant's own medical costs, including any further required evaluations, primary treatment, or continuing care.
Tex. Estates Code § 152.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 152 / Section 152.001
§ 152.001. APPLICATION AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a person qualified to serve as an administrator under Section 304.001 may file an application requesting emergency intervention by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to provide for:

(1) the payment or reimbursement of the decedent's funeral and burial expenses; or

(2) the protection and storage of personal property owned by the decedent that, on the date of the decedent's death, was located in accommodations rented by the decedent.

(b) An applicant may file an application under this section only if:

(1) an application or affidavit has not been filed and is not pending under Section 256.052, 256.054, or 301.052 or Chapter 205 or 401; and

(2) the applicant needs to:

(A) obtain funds for the payment or reimbursement of the decedent's funeral and burial expenses; or

(B) gain access to accommodations rented by the decedent that contain the decedent's personal property and the applicant has been denied access to those accommodations.
Tex. Water Code § 27.073 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.073
§ 27.073. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person to whom an injection well permit is issued may be required by the commission or railroad commission to maintain a performance bond or other form of financial security to ensure that:

(1) an abandoned injection well is properly plugged; or

(2) funds are available for plugging, postinjection site care, and closure of an anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well subject to Subchapter C-1.

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person to whom an in situ uranium mining injection well, monitoring well, or production well permit is issued shall be required by the commission to maintain a performance bond or other form of financial security to ensure that an abandoned well is properly plugged.

(b) Each state agency is authorized to receive funds as the beneficiary of a financial responsibility mechanism established under this section for the proper plugging of an injection well. Each state agency is authorized to expend such funds from a financial responsibility mechanism for the plugging of wells covered by that mechanism.

(b-1) The railroad commission is authorized to receive funds as the beneficiary of a financial responsibility mechanism established under this chapter for the proper management of an anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection well or geologic storage facility. The funds shall be deposited to the credit of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide storage trust fund established under Section 121.003, Natural Resources Code.

(c) If liability insurance is required of an applicant, the applicant may not use a claims made policy as security unless:

(1) the policy provides for a right of extension by the insured upon cancellation or nonrenewal of the policy by the insurance company;

(2) the applicant places in escrow as provided by the commission an amount sufficient to enable the commission to exercise the right under the policy to purchase an extension of the policy from the date of cancellation or expiration of the policy that is reasonable in light of the degree and duration of the risks; and

(3) the applicant provides the commission with a limited power of attorney by which the commission is given an irrevocable power to exercise the applicant's right under the policy to purchase such an extension of the policy.

(d) In addition to other forms of financial security authorized by the rules of the commission, the commission may authorize an applicant to use the letter of credit form of financial security if either the issuing institution or another institution which guarantees payment under the letter:

(1) is a bank chartered by the state or by the federal government;

(2) is federally insured and its financial practices are regulated by the state or federal government; and

(3) is solvent and is not in receivership or owned or controlled by an entity that is insolvent or in receivership.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.081 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.081
§ 167.081. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY TO HANDLE CERTIFIED LIVESTOCK.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may designate a stockyard that is in the tick eradication area or in the free area and is open to the public for yarding, marketing, and selling livestock as a facility to handle intrastate movements of livestock certified by an inspector to be free from ticks or exposure to ticks. A stockyard so designated shall provide tick-free facilities for the handling of that livestock in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) A designation under this section is effective for 24 months following the day on which notice is served, and the commission may redesignate a facility for the purpose of this section.
Tex. Tax Code § 22.41 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 22 / Section 22.41
§ 22.41. REPORT OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION ACTIONS AFFECTING REAL PROPERTY VALUES.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district in which a political subdivision of this state has territory, the governing body of the political subdivision shall deliver a written report to the chief appraiser describing each of the following actions taken by the governing body in the preceding period specified in the request:

(1) a zoning action;

(2) an action that directly restricts the use of real property or a class of real property specified by the action or that exempts real property or a class of real property specified by the action from an existing restriction on the use of the property; or

(3) an action that grants the owner or custodian of real property specified by the action the right or authority to make a change or improvement to the property.

(b) The report is not required to include an action that does not apply to real property in the appraisal district whose chief appraiser requested the report.

(c) The chief appraiser in the request for a report shall specify the period to be covered by the report. The governing body is not required to include in the report an action included in a previous report made to the chief appraiser of the same appraisal district. The governing body must deliver the report to the chief appraiser not later than the 30th day after the date of the request, unless the chief appraiser specifies or agrees to a later date.

(d) As soon as practicable after delivering a report to the chief appraiser under Subsection (c), the governing body making the report shall deliver a copy of the report to the governing body of each taxing unit in which is located property affected by an action included in the report.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.008 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.008
§ 40.008. PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The department shall comply with federal and state laws related to program and facility accessibility. The department shall also prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English can be provided reasonable access to the department's programs and services.
Tex. Water Code § 62.159 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.159
§ 62.159. CONFLICTS WITH PRIOR BONDS OR OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

If Sections 62.154-62.158 of this code conflict with the provisions of any bonds issued by a district and secured in whole or in part by a pledge of revenue, with the proceedings authorizing the bonds, or with any special act relating to one specific district, the bonds, proceedings, and special act shall control over these sections.
Tex. Finance Code § 275.201 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 275 / Section 275.201
§ 275.201. PURCHASE BY FIDUCIARY; AUTHORITY AND RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

A fiduciary institution, alone or with one or more cofiduciaries, acting as a fiduciary for fiduciary purposes with the consent of any cofiduciaries, may invest and reinvest funds held in a fiduciary capacity, exercising the care of a prudent investor, in the shares of stock of a mutual trust investment company unless a will, trust indenture, or other instrument under which the fiduciary is acting prohibits that investment.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 108.035 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 108 / Section 108.035
§ 108.035. PACKAGING OF CERTAIN PROMOTIONAL ITEMS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person who holds a brewer's license or nonresident brewer's license, or the person's agent or employee, may package alcoholic beverages in combination with other items if the package is designed to be delivered intact to the distributor and the additional items are branded and have no value or benefit to the retailer other than that of having the potential of attracting purchases and promoting sales.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8128.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8128 / Section 8128.108
§ 8128.108. BOND ISSUANCE BY NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A new district may issue bonds payable wholly or partially from ad valorem taxes on the approval of a majority of the residents voting in an election called and held for that purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 609.204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.204
§ 609.204. ALTERNATIVE TO FUND DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

Instead of depositing deferred amounts and investment income in the trust fund of the deferred compensation plan, a hospital district may invest deferred amounts and investment income in a qualified investment product specifically designated by the district for that purpose.
Tex. Property Code § 67.007 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.007
§ 67.007. PRIORITY IN RELATION TO OTHER LIENS OR SECURITY INTERESTS.
Status: in_force

Except for a permitted lien, an oil and gas lien takes priority over any other lien, whether arising by contract, law, equity, or otherwise, or any security interest.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8470.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8470 / Section 8470.054
§ 8470.054. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.