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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 304.051 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 304 / Section 304.051
§ 304.051. MAINTENANCE OF TEXAS NO-CALL LIST.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall provide for the operation of a database to compile a list of names, zip codes, and telephone numbers of consumers in this state who object to receiving telemarketing calls or other unsolicited telephone calls.

(b) The Texas no-call list is a combined list consisting of the name and telephone numbers of:

(1) each consumer in this state who has requested to be on that list; and

(2) each person in the portion of the national do-not-call registry maintained by the United States government that relates to this state.

(c) The commission shall:

(1) make available an Internet website at which a person may request that a telephone number be placed on the Texas no-call list; and

(2) provide a toll-free telephone number and mailing address that a person may call or write to obtain a copy of a form to request placement of a telephone number on the Texas no-call list.

(d) The Texas no-call list shall be updated and published on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year.

(e) The commission may contract with a private vendor to maintain the Texas no-call list if the vendor has maintained a no-call list database containing the names and telephone numbers of consumers who have previously requested to be added to a no-call list. A contract under this subsection must require the vendor to publish the Texas portion of the national no-call list in an electronic format for any telemarketer who agrees to use the Texas no-call list only to update the telemarketer's no-call list to include those persons with whom the telemarketer does not have an established business relationship.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 8.151 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 8 / Section 8.151
§ 8.151. INSURANCE AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an enterprise may purchase or procure or establish and maintain insurance or another arrangement to indemnify or hold harmless an existing or former governing person, delegate, officer, employee, or agent against any liability:

(1) asserted against and incurred by the person in that capacity; or

(2) arising out of the person's status in that capacity.

(b) The insurance or other arrangement established under Subsection (a) may insure or indemnify against the liability described by Subsection (a) without regard to whether the enterprise otherwise would have had the power to indemnify the person against that liability under this chapter.

(c) Insurance or another arrangement that involves self-insurance or an agreement to indemnify made with the enterprise or a person that is not regularly engaged in the business of providing insurance coverage may provide for payment of a liability with respect to which the enterprise does not otherwise have the power to provide indemnification only if the insurance or arrangement is approved by the owners or members of the enterprise.

(c-1) With respect to a limited partnership, a vote of a majority-in-interest of the limited partners constitutes approval of the owners for purposes of Subsection (c).

(d) For the benefit of persons to be indemnified by the enterprise, an enterprise may, in addition to purchasing or procuring or establishing and maintaining insurance or another arrangement:

(1) create a trust fund;

(2) establish any form of self-insurance, including a contract to indemnify;

(3) secure the enterprise's indemnity obligation by grant of a security interest or other lien on the assets of the enterprise; or

(4) establish a letter of credit, guaranty, or surety arrangement.

(e) Insurance or another arrangement established under this section may be purchased or procured or established and maintained:

(1) within the enterprise; or

(2) with any insurer or other person considered appropriate by the governing authority, regardless of whether all or part of the stock, securities, or other ownership interest in the insurer or other person is owned in whole or in part by the enterprise.

(f) The governing authority's decision as to the terms of the insurance or other arrangement and the selection of the insurer or other person participating in an arrangement is conclusive. The insurance or arrangement is not voidable and does not subject the governing persons approving the insurance or arrangement to liability, on any ground, regardless of whether the governing persons participating in approving the insurance or other arrangement are beneficiaries of the insurance or arrangement. This subsection does not apply in case of actual fraud.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9084.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9084 / Section 9084.0201
§ 9084.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 9084.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.051
§ 1002.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of nine persons elected as provided by this section.

(b) For the purpose of electing a board, the district is divided into three areas:

(1) Area Angleton, composed of:

(A) all territory within Brazoria County election precincts Nos. 1, 2, and 5 that is within the boundaries of the Angleton Independent School District, as those precincts and those boundaries existed on January 1, 1967; and

(B) that part of Brazoria County election precinct No. 6 that is west of Chocolate Bayou and within the boundaries of the Angleton Independent School District, as that precinct and those boundaries existed on January 1, 1967;

(2) Area Danbury, composed of all territory within the boundaries of the Danbury Independent School District, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1967; and

(3) Area Rosharon, composed of:

(A) all territory within Brazoria County election precinct No. 9 that is not within the boundaries of the Danbury Independent School District, as that precinct and those boundaries existed on January 1, 1967; and

(B) all territory within Brazoria County election precinct No. 21 that is not within the boundaries of the Manvel Independent School District, as that precinct and those boundaries existed on January 1, 1967.

(c) A change in the boundaries of an election precinct or a school district does not affect or change the boundaries of an area prescribed by Subsection (b).

(d) Eight directors are elected by position and one director is elected at large. The persons elected for Director, Position Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 must be residents of Area Angleton. The persons elected for Director, Position Nos. 6 and 7 must be residents of Area Danbury. The person elected for Director, Position No. 8 must be a resident of Area Rosharon. The director elected for Position No. 9 must be a resident of the district at large.

(e) At each directors' election, all qualified voters of the district may vote for directors. The candidate for a position receiving the highest number of votes for election to that position is a director for the district.

(f) Directors serve staggered four-year terms. The district shall hold an election each odd-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Government Code § 660.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.005
§ 660.005. MAXIMUM TRAVEL EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

The maximum amount a state agency spends for travel expenses during a fiscal year may not exceed any limitation on total agency travel expenses provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Family Code § 159.209 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.209
§ 159.209. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period under any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.
Tex. Insurance Code § 202.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 202 / Section 202.002
§ 202.002. DETERMINATION OF FEES.
Status: in_force

The department shall, subject to the limits established by this chapter, set the amount of the fees imposed under this chapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0461 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0461
§ 152.0461. COCHRAN COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Cochran County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judge in Cochran County, and the judge of any statutory court designated as a juvenile court in the county. The chairman shall appoint five public members to serve on the board for a period determined by the board.

(b) The county judge is the chairman of the juvenile board. The district judge is the vice-chairman and acts as chairman if:

(1) the chairman is absent or disabled; or

(2) the office of county judge is vacant.

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

(d) The commissioners court shall pay the judges on the juvenile board an annual salary set by the commissioners court, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the county. Public members serve without compensation.

(e) The commissioners court may reimburse a juvenile board member for the member's reasonable and necessary job-related expenses. Reimbursable expenses include travel, lodging, training, and educational activities.

(f) The juvenile board shall pay the salaries of juvenile probation personnel and other expenses the chairman certifies as essential to provide services to the children of Cochran County from the juvenile board fund to the extent of the state aid received in the fund. The salaries approved by the commissioners court may be paid from funds received for that purpose from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. The commissioners court shall pay the remaining approved salaries of juvenile probation personnel and other expenses certified as necessary by the juvenile board chairman from the general funds of the county.

(g) The chairman of the juvenile board shall certify to the commissioners court an annual request for the expenditure of county funds. The commissioners court shall act on the request in the same manner as it acts on a request from another county office.

(h) The county auditor shall serve as the board's fiscal officer.

(i) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Cochran County.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.113 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.113
§ 1451.113. SELECTION OF LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER.
Status: in_force

An insured may select a licensed clinical social worker to provide the services or procedures scheduled in the health insurance policy that:

(1) are within the scope of the social worker's license, including the provision of direct, diagnostic, preventive, or clinical services to individuals, families, and groups whose functioning is threatened or affected by social or psychological stress or health impairment; and

(2) are specified as services under the terms of the health insurance policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1010 / Section 1010.110
§ 1010.110. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The district may enter into an operating or management contract with any person regarding any district hospital or any part of the district hospital system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9305.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9305 / Section 9305.0102
§ 9305.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is:

(1) a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Family Code § 152.315 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.315
§ 152.315. ROLE OF PROSECUTOR OR PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) In a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other appropriate public official may take any lawful action, including resorting to a proceeding under this subchapter or any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child custody determination if there is:

(1) an existing child custody determination;

(2) a request to do so from a court in a pending child custody proceeding;

(3) a reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated; or

(4) a reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

(b) A prosecutor or appropriate public official acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent any party.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1114.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1114 / Section 1114.006
§ 1114.006. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The support and maintenance of the district and any indebtedness incurred by the district under this chapter may not become a charge against or obligation of this state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.002
§ 43.002. CONTINUATION OF LAND USE.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not, after annexing an area, prohibit a person from:

(1) continuing to use land in the area in the manner in which the land was being used on the date the annexation proceedings were instituted if the land use was legal at that time; or

(2) beginning to use land in the area in the manner that was planned for the land before the 90th day before the effective date of the annexation if:

(A) one or more licenses, certificates, permits, approvals, or other forms of authorization by a governmental entity were required by law for the planned land use; and

(B) a completed application for the initial authorization was filed with the governmental entity before the date the annexation proceedings were instituted.

(b) For purposes of this section, a completed application is filed if the application includes all documents and other information designated as required by the governmental entity in a written notice to the applicant.

(c) This section does not prohibit a municipality from imposing:

(1) a regulation relating to the location of sexually oriented businesses, as that term is defined by Section 243.002;

(2) a municipal ordinance, regulation, or other requirement affecting colonias, as that term is defined by Section 2306.581, Government Code;

(3) a regulation relating to preventing imminent destruction of property or injury to persons;

(4) a regulation relating to public nuisances;

(5) a regulation relating to flood control;

(6) a regulation relating to the storage and use of hazardous substances; or

(7) a regulation relating to the sale and use of fireworks.

(d) A regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other weapons is subject to the restrictions in Section 229.002.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) and until the 20th anniversary of the date of the annexation of an area that includes a permanent retail structure, a municipality may not prohibit a person from continuing to use the structure for the indoor seasonal sale of retail goods if the structure:

(1) is more than 5,000 square feet; and

(2) was authorized under the laws of this state to be used for the indoor seasonal sale of retail goods on the effective date of the annexation.
Tex. Finance Code § 125.201 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 125 / Section 125.201
§ 125.201. POWERS OF CREDIT UNION RELATING TO ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

A credit union may:

(1) open a share or deposit account in the name of a minor;

(2) receive a payment on the account by or for the minor;

(3) pay withdrawals;

(4) accept pledges to the credit union by or for the minor; and

(5) act in any other matter with respect to an account on the order of a minor.
Tex. Property Code § 14.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 14 / Section 14.002
§ 14.002. PLACE OF FILING.
Status: in_force

(a) Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens must be filed in accordance with this chapter.

(b) Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the real property subject to the liens is situated.

(c) Notices of federal liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed as follows:

(1) if the person against whose interest the lien applies is a corporation or a partnership whose principal executive office is in this state, as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the secretary of state;

(2) in all other cases, in the office of the county clerk in the county where the person against whose interest the lien applies resides at the time of filing of the notice of lien.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8010.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8010 / Section 8010.003
§ 8010.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11010.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11010 / Section 11010.205
§ 11010.205. BONDS, NOTES, AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A bond, note, or other obligation issued under this chapter, a transaction related to the bond, note, or other obligation, the interest on the bond, note, or other obligation, and the profit from the sale of the bond, note, or other obligation are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0401
§ 8513.0401. ADOPTION OF RULES.
Status: in_force

The authority may by ordinance adopt reasonable rules to:

(1) carry out this chapter;

(2) protect and secure authority property and works of improvement; and

(3) regulate pollution, residence, hunting, fishing, boating, and camping, and any other recreational and business privileges on any navigable river or reservoir in the authority or on any land owned by the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3957.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3957 / Section 3957.054
§ 3957.054. TEMPORARY VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary voting directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint the five persons named in the petition as temporary directors by position.

(b) The temporary directors shall hold an election to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.

(c) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Subsection (b); or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) If permanent directors have not been elected under Subsection (b) and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (e) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Subsection (b); or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(e) If Subsection (d) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(f) Section 3957.051 does not apply to this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 572.103 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 572 / Section 572.103
§ 572.103. RECEIVERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the utility commission or the commission, the attorney general shall bring suit for the appointment of a receiver that is a public utility agency in the manner provided by Section 13.412, Water Code, to collect the assets and carry on the business of a utility or water supply or sewer service corporation that:

(1) has abandoned operation of its facilities;

(2) informs the utility commission or the commission that the owner is abandoning the system;

(3) violates a final order of the utility commission or the commission;

(4) allows any property owned or controlled by it to be used in violation of a final order of the utility commission or the commission;

(5) violates a final judgment issued by a district court in a suit brought by the attorney general under:

(A) Chapter 7 or 13, Water Code; or

(B) Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code; or

(6) violates a final judgment issued by a court in a proceeding to enforce a provision of a permit issued by a groundwater conservation district under Chapter 36, Water Code.

(b) To facilitate the regionalization of water and sewer service, the utility commission shall prioritize an application submitted under Section 13.412(g), Water Code, by a public utility agency. The utility commission shall issue an order approving the acquisition proposed in the application not later than the 120th day after the date the utility commission determines the application is complete.
Tex. Occupations Code § 401.5021 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 401 / Section 401.5021
§ 401.5021. REFUND.
Status: in_force

The commission or executive director may order an audiologist to pay a refund to a consumer who returns a hearing instrument during the 30-day trial period required by rules adopted under Section 401.2021.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3809.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3809 / Section 3809.152
§ 3809.152. 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 the district's money.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.141 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.141
§ 167.141. FAILURE TO TREAT ANIMALS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is the owner, part owner, or caretaker of animals commits an offense if, after the 12th day following the day on which notice of an order to treat is received, the person fails or refuses to treat the animals as prescribed in the order, on any date prescribed in the order, during the hours prescribed in the order, under the supervision of an inspector, with an official treatment chemical, or in the treatment facility designated in the order.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.