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Tex. Government Code § 442.076 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.076
§ 442.076. FRENCH LEGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission is responsible for:

(1) the preservation, maintenance, and restoration of the property known as the French Legation and its contents; and

(2) the protection of the historical and architectural integrity of the exterior, interior, and grounds of the French Legation.

(b) Any power or duty related to the French Legation formerly vested in another state agency or entity is vested solely in the commission.

(c) The commission may solicit and accept gifts, donations, and grants of money or property from any public or private source to be used for the purposes of this section.
Tex. Property Code § 67.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.003
§ 67.003. TRANSFER OF OIL AND GAS RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The validity of an oil and gas lien is not dependent on possession of the oil or gas by an interest owner or representative. An oil and gas lien is not void or expired because of a change or transfer of the actual or constructive possession of or title to the oil or gas from the interest owner or representative to a first purchaser or other purchaser.

(b) On the conveyance or transfer of any oil and gas rights by a transferor interest owner, the oil and gas lien vested in the transferor interest owner immediately before the conveyance or transfer remains with the transferor interest owner to the extent of any oil and gas rights retained by the transferor interest owner.

(c) On the conveyance or transfer of any oil and gas rights by a transferor interest owner, the oil and gas lien vested in the transferor interest owner immediately before the conveyance or transfer is transferred to and attaches automatically to the oil and gas rights acquired by the transferee interest owner uninterrupted and without lapse and as part of and incident to the oil and gas rights that are conveyed or transferred.
Tex. Property Code § 161.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.002
§ 161.002. DECREE OR GOVERNING INSTRUMENT CONTROLS.
Status: in_force

The authority granted in this chapter is subject to contrary or limiting provisions in the instrument or court order appointing the fiduciary of the securities or in a subsequent court order.
Tex. Insurance Code § 402.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 402 / Section 402.001
§ 402.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies to:

(1) each of the following domestic or commercially domiciled insurers:

(A) a capital stock insurance company;

(B) a mutual insurance company;

(C) a title insurance company;

(D) a fraternal benefit society;

(E) a Lloyd's plan;

(F) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;

(G) a group hospital service corporation or a nonprofit hospital, medical, or dental service corporation;

(H) a risk retention group; and

(I) a nonprofit legal services corporation; and

(2) a domestic or commercially domiciled health maintenance organization.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a domestic insurer that engages in the business of insurance only in this state or to a domestic health maintenance organization that engages in the business of a health maintenance organization only in this state until the insurer or health maintenance organization is authorized to engage in the business of insurance or the business of a health maintenance organization, as applicable, in another state.
Tex. Finance Code § 11.106 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 11 / Section 11.106
§ 11.106. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The finance commission shall hold at least six regular public meetings during each calendar year on dates set by the commission.

(b) The presiding officer or three members of the finance commission may call a special public meeting of the commission.

(c) The finance commission may hold an open or closed special meeting by telephone conference call if:

(1) immediate action is required;

(2) the convening at one location of a quorum of the finance commission is difficult or impossible;

(3) notice is given for the meeting as for other meetings;

(4) the notice specifies a location for the meeting at which the public may attend;

(5) each part of the meeting that is required to be open to the public is audible to the public at the location specified in the notice of the meeting; and

(6) the meeting is tape-recorded and the tape recording of each portion of the meeting that is required to be open to the public is made available to the public.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 364.031 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 364 / Section 364.031
§ 364.031. PUBLIC AGENCY CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A public agency may contract with another public agency or a private contractor for the other public agency or private contractor to:

(1) make all or part of a solid waste disposal system available to a public agency, a group of public agencies, or other persons; and

(2) furnish solid waste collection, transportation, handling, storage, or disposal services through the other public agency's or private contractor's system.

(b) The contract may:

(1) be for the duration agreed on by the parties;

(2) provide that the contract remains in effect until bonds issued or to be issued by either public agency and refunding bonds issued for those original bonds are paid;

(3) contain provisions to assure equitable treatment of parties who contract with the other public agency or private contractor for solid waste collection, transportation, handling, storage, or disposal services from the same solid waste disposal system;

(4) provide for the sale or lease to or use by the other public agency or private contractor of a solid waste disposal system owned or to be acquired by the public agency;

(5) provide that the other public agency or private contractor will operate a solid waste disposal system owned or to be acquired by the public agency;

(6) provide that the public agency is entitled to continued performance of services after the amortization of the other public agency's or private contractor's investment in the disposal system during the useful life of the system on payment of reasonable charges, reduced to take into consideration the amortization; and

(7) contain any other provisions and requirements the other public agency or private contractor and the public agency determine to be appropriate or necessary.

(c) The contract must provide the method to determine the amount the public agency will pay to the other public agency or private contractor.

(d) A municipality may provide in its contract that the other public agency or private contractor has the right to use the streets, alleys, and public ways and places in the municipality during the term of the contract.

(e) This section does not expand the authority granted to a county under Section 364.013.
Tex. Finance Code § 306.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 306 / Section 306.005
§ 306.005. PREPAYMENT PREMIUMS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS.
Status: in_force

With respect to a loan subject to this chapter, a creditor and an obligor may agree to a prepayment premium, make-whole premium, or similar fee or charge, whether payable in the event of voluntary prepayment, involuntary prepayment, acceleration of maturity, or other cause that involves premature termination of the loan, and those amounts do not constitute interest.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.061 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.061
§ 392.061. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may acquire an interest in real property, including a fee simple interest, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain after it adopts a resolution describing the real property and declaring the acquisition of the property necessary for the purposes of the authority under this chapter.

(b) An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, or by other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain.

(c) An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property already devoted to public use, but the authority may not acquire real property belonging to a municipality, a county, another political subdivision, or the state without the consent of the governmental entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8211.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8211 / Section 8211.003
§ 8211.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 411.255 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.255
§ 411.255. REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The inspector general shall report directly to the commission regarding performance of and activities related to investigations and provide the director with information regarding investigations as appropriate.

(b) The inspector general shall present at each regularly scheduled commission meeting and at other appropriate times:

(1) reports of investigations; and

(2) a summary of information relating to investigations conducted under this subchapter that includes analysis of the number, type, and outcome of investigations, trends in the investigations, and recommendations to avoid future complaints.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.154
§ 1037.154. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board.

(b) The fiscal year may not be changed more than once in a 24-month period.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.551 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.551
§ 242.551. COMPLAINT REQUESTING INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may request an inspection of an institution in accordance with this chapter by making a complaint notifying the department of an alleged violation of law and requesting an inspection.

(b) The department shall encourage a person who makes an oral complaint under Subsection (a) to submit a written, signed complaint.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.306
§ 1063.306. TRANSFER, SALE, OR ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS IF ELECTION INITIATED BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) This section, Section 1063.307, and Section 1063.308 apply to an election called under Section 1063.301(a).

(b) If a majority of the votes in the election favor dissolution, the board shall:

(1) transfer the ambulance service and related equipment, any vehicles, and any mobile clinics and related equipment that belong to the district to Montgomery County not later than the 45th day after the date on which the election is held; and

(2) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment not described by Subdivision (1), and other assets that belong to the district to Montgomery County or administer the property, assets, and debts in accordance with Subsection (e) and Sections 1063.307 and 1063.308.

(c) The county assumes all debts and obligations of the district relating to the ambulance service and related equipment, any vehicles, and any mobile clinics and related equipment at the time of the transfer.

(d) If the district makes the transfer under Subsection (b)(2), the county assumes all debts and obligations of the district relating to those assets at the time of the transfer, and the district is dissolved.

(e) If the board finds that the district is dissolved but does not transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets to Montgomery County under Subsection (b)(2), the board shall continue to control and administer that property and those assets and the related district debts until all money has been disposed of and all district debts have been paid or settled.

(f) The county shall use all transferred assets to:

(1) pay the outstanding debts and obligations of the district relating to the assets at the time of the transfer; or

(2) provide medical and hospital care for needy county residents.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.103 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.103
§ 3.103. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Officers of a domestic entity may be elected or appointed in accordance with the governing documents of the entity or by the governing authority of the entity unless prohibited by the governing documents.

(b) An officer of an entity shall perform the duties in the management of the entity and has the authority as provided by the governing documents of the entity or the governing authority that elects or appoints the officer.

(c) A person may simultaneously hold any two or more offices of an entity unless prohibited by this code or the governing documents of the entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8270.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8270 / Section 8270.157
§ 8270.157. DISTRICT RULES.
Status: in_force

The district shall adopt and enforce reasonable and effective rules to secure and maintain safe, sanitary, and adequate plumbing installations, connections, and appurtenances as subsidiary parts of the district's sewerage system to preserve the quality of water within or controlled by the district.
Tex. Government Code § 497.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.001
§ 497.001. TEXAS CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES; DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Texas Correctional Industries is an office in the department.

(b) In this subchapter and Subchapter B:

(1) "Office" means Texas Correctional Industries.

(2) "Articles and products" includes services provided through the use of work program participant labor.

(3) "Work program participant" means a person who:

(A) is an inmate confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the department or a defendant or releasee housed in a facility operated by or under contract with the department; and

(B) works at a job assigned by the office.
Tex. Property Code § 112.102 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.102
§ 112.102. REVOCATION OF CERTAIN NONTESTAMENTARY TRANSFERS; TREATMENT OF FORMER SPOUSE OR FORMER SPOUSE'S RELATIVE AS BENEFICIARY UNDER CERTAIN POLICIES OR PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The dissolution of the marriage revokes a provision in a trust instrument that was executed by a divorced individual as settlor before the divorced individual's marriage was dissolved and that:

(1) is a revocable disposition or appointment of property made to the divorced individual's former spouse or any relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the divorced individual;

(2) revocably confers a general or special power of appointment on the divorced individual's former spouse or any relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the divorced individual; or

(3) revocably nominates the divorced individual's former spouse or any relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the divorced individual to serve:

(A) as a personal representative, trustee, conservator, agent, or guardian; or

(B) in another fiduciary or representative capacity.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if one of the following provides otherwise:

(1) a court order;

(2) the express terms of a trust instrument executed by the divorced individual before the individual's marriage was dissolved; or

(3) an express provision of a contract relating to the division of the marital estate entered into between the divorced individual and the individual's former spouse before, during, or after the marriage.

(c) Sections 9.301 and 9.302, Family Code, govern the designation of a former spouse as a beneficiary of certain life insurance policies or as a beneficiary under certain retirement benefit plans or other financial plans.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 122.153 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 122 / Section 122.153
§ 122.153. PREHARVEST TESTING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A license holder may not harvest a hemp plant or plant intended or believed to be hemp unless a representative sample of plants from the plot where the plant is grown is collected before harvest and subsequently tested using post-decarboxylation, high-performance liquid chromatography, or another similarly reliable method to determine the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of the sample in the manner required by this subchapter.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a representative sample of plants from a plot consists of cuttings taken from at least five plants throughout the plot. The department by rule shall prescribe the minimum distance between plants from which cuttings may be taken based on the size of the plot.

(c) A laboratory performing preharvest testing under this section shall homogenize all the cuttings in the sample and test the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of a random sample of the homogenized material.

(d) This section does not prohibit a license holder from harvesting plants immediately after a preharvest sample is collected.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.102
§ 1028.102. RESTRICTION ON COUNTY TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

Foard County may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents.
Tex. Penal Code § 31.05 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 31 / Section 31.05
§ 31.05. THEFT OF TRADE SECRETS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Article" means any object, material, device, or substance or any copy thereof, including a writing, recording, drawing, sample, specimen, prototype, model, photograph, microorganism, blueprint, or map.

(2) "Copy" means a facsimile, replica, photograph, or other reproduction of an article or a note, drawing, or sketch made of or from an article.

(2-a) "Foreign agent" means an officer, employee, proxy, servant, delegate, or representative of a foreign government.

(2-b) "Foreign government" has the meaning assigned by Section 51B.001, Education Code.

(2-c) "Foreign instrumentality" means an agency, bureau, ministry, component, institution, association, or legal, commercial, or business organization, corporation, firm, or entity that is substantially owned, controlled, sponsored, commanded, managed, or dominated by a foreign government.

(3) "Representing" means describing, depicting, containing, constituting, reflecting, or recording.

(4) "Trade secret" means the whole or any part of any scientific or technical information, design, process, procedure, formula, or improvement that has value and that the owner has taken measures to prevent from becoming available to persons other than those selected by the owner to have access for limited purposes.

(b) A person commits an offense if, without the owner's effective consent, he knowingly:

(1) steals a trade secret;

(2) makes a copy of an article representing a trade secret; or

(3) communicates or transmits a trade secret.

(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person who committed the offense intended to benefit a foreign agent, foreign government, or foreign instrumentality.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.357 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.357
§ 2306.357. BONDS ISSUED BY TEXAS HOUSING AGENCY.
Status: in_force

A general obligation or revenue bond issued by the Texas Housing Agency becomes a general obligation or revenue bond of the department.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.143 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.143
§ 363.143. FEES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) While bonds are outstanding, the governing body may adopt and collect fees for services furnished or made available by the solid waste management system, including a resource recovery system.

(b) The fees must be adequate to provide and maintain the funds created by the resolution authorizing the bonds and to pay:

(1) operational costs or expenses allocable to the solid waste management system, including a resource recovery system; and

(2) the principal of and interest on the bonds.
Tex. Family Code § 6.202 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.202
§ 6.202. MARRIAGE DURING EXISTENCE OF PRIOR MARRIAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A marriage is void if entered into when either party has an existing marriage to another person that has not been dissolved by legal action or terminated by the death of the other spouse.

(b) The later marriage that is void under this section becomes valid when the prior marriage is dissolved if, after the date of the dissolution, the parties have lived together as husband and wife and represented themselves to others as being married, unless a putative spouse:

(1) did not know that the later marriage was entered into when the other party had an existing marriage;

(2) has not lived together with the other party as spouses or represented himself or herself as married since the date the putative spouse knew the later marriage was entered into when the other party had an existing marriage; and

(3) files a suit to declare the later marriage void not later than:

(A) the 30th day after the date the putative spouse knew that the later marriage was entered into when the other party had an existing marriage, unless the putative spouse is a person described by Paragraph (B); or

(B) the 90th day after the date the putative spouse knew that the later marriage was entered into when the other party had an existing marriage, if the putative spouse:

(i) is serving on active duty as a member of the United States armed forces;

(ii) is a member of the Texas military forces, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code, and:

(a) is actively deployed on federal orders outside the United States; or

(b) is on state active duty performing emergency response activities for this state; or

(iii) is in active service outside the United States as a foreign officer employed by the United States Department of State.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law or rule, if a putative spouse files a suit to declare the marriage void under Subsection (b)(3), a respondent spouse may file an answer on or before the 90th day after the date the respondent spouse is served if the respondent spouse:

(1) is serving on active duty as a member of the United States armed forces;

(2) is a member of the Texas military forces, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code, and:

(A) is actively deployed on federal orders outside the United States; or

(B) is on state active duty performing emergency response activities for this state; or

(3) is in active service outside the United States as a foreign officer employed by the United States Department of State.
Tex. Government Code § 1474.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1474 / Section 1474.004
§ 1474.004. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS FOR OTHER WATER-RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

A county may issue bonds for the improvement of a river, creek, or stream to prevent overflow and for all necessary drainage purposes in connection with that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3924.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3924 / Section 3924.105
§ 3924.105. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.