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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 365.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 365 / Section 365.005
§ 365.005. VENUE AND RECOVERY OF COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Venue for the prosecution of a criminal offense under Subchapter B or Section 365.032 or 365.033 or for a suit for injunctive relief under any of those provisions is in the county in which the defendant resides, in the county in which the offense or the violation occurs, or in Travis County.

(b) If the attorney general or a local government brings a suit for injunctive relief under Subchapter B or Section 365.032 or 365.033, a prevailing party may recover its reasonable attorney fees, court costs, and reasonable investigative costs incurred in relation to the proceeding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.116
§ 1063.116. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR INVESTIGATORY OR OTHER SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services for the medical, health care, hospital, or welfare needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.305 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.305
§ 507.305. INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive council by rule shall adopt procedures governing:

(1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code; and

(2) an informal proceeding held in compliance with Section 2001.054, Government Code.

(b) Rules adopted under this section must:

(1) provide the complainant and the license holder with an opportunity to be heard; and

(2) require the presence of a member of the executive council's legal staff or an attorney employed by the attorney general to advise the executive council or the executive council's employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7959.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7959 / Section 7959.005
§ 7959.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 6 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 38 / Section 6
§ 6. ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The Texas Legislative Council, the Legislative Budget Board, and The University of Texas at Austin shall assist the commission in performing the commission's duties.Sec. 6. In all cases where a question is raised as to the voluntariness of a statement of an accused, the court must make an independent finding in the absence of the jury as to whether the statement was made under voluntary conditions. If the statement has been found to have been voluntarily made and held admissible as a matter of law and fact by the court in a hearing in the absence of the jury, the court must enter an order stating its conclusion as to whether or not the statement was voluntarily made, along with the specific finding of facts upon which the conclusion was based, which order shall be filed among the papers of the cause. Such order shall not be exhibited to the jury nor the finding thereof made known to the jury in any manner. Upon the finding by the judge as a matter of law and fact that the statement was voluntarily made, evidence pertaining to such matter may be submitted to the jury and it shall be instructed that unless the jury believes beyond a reasonable doubt that the statement was voluntarily made, the jury shall not consider such statement for any purpose nor any evidence obtained as a result thereof. In any case where a motion to suppress the statement has been filed and evidence has been submitted to the court on this issue, the court within its discretion may reconsider such evidence in his finding that the statement was voluntarily made and the same evidence submitted to the court at the hearing on the motion to suppress shall be made a part of the record the same as if it were being presented at the time of trial. However, the state or the defendant shall be entitled to present any new evidence on the issue of the voluntariness of the statement prior to the court's final ruling and order stating its findings.Sec. 6. If the court orders the testimony of a child to be taken under Section 3 or 4 of this article or if the court finds the testimony of the child taken under Section 2 or 5 of this article is admissible into evidence, the child may not be required to testify in court at the proceeding for which the testimony was taken, unless the court finds there is good cause.An order to compel testimony, production, or disclosure to which a journalist has asserted a privilege under this article may be issued only after timely notice to the journalist, the journalist's employer, or a person who has an independent contract with the journalist and a hearing. The order must include clear and specific findings as to the showing made by the person seeking the testimony, production, or disclosure and the clear and specific evidence on which the court relied in issuing the court's order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3878.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3878 / Section 3878.156
§ 3878.156. AGREEMENT WITH RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "authority" means a rapid transit authority created under Chapter 451, Transportation Code.

(b) The district and an authority may agree to jointly construct, own, operate, and maintain a transit facility or a parking facility under the terms the authority and district desire.

(c) The agreement may provide that the district and the authority exchange or trade land provided that each party to the agreement receives fair market value. The authority is not required to offer any property that it proposes to trade to the district for sale to the public or for sale to any abutting property owner.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.0161 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.0161
§ 382.0161. AIR POLLUTANT WATCH LIST.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish and maintain an air pollutant watch list. The air pollutant watch list must identify:

(1) each air contaminant that the commission determines, on the basis of federal or state ambient air quality standards for the contaminant, should be included on the air pollutant watch list; and

(2) each geographic area of the state for which ambient air quality monitoring data indicates that the individual or cumulative emissions of one or more air contaminants identified by the commission under Subdivision (1) may cause short-term or long-term adverse human health effects or odors in that area.

(b) The commission shall publish notice of and allow public comment on:

(1) an addition of an air contaminant to or removal of an air contaminant from the air pollutant watch list; or

(2) an addition of an area to or removal of an area from the air pollutant watch list.

(c) When considering the addition or removal of an area to or from the air pollutant watch list, the commission shall provide the monitoring data related to the area to the state senator and representative who represent the area.

(d) The commission may hold a public meeting in an area listed on the air pollutant watch list to provide residents of the area with information regarding:

(1) the reasons for the area's inclusion on the air pollutant watch list; and

(2) commission actions to reduce the emissions of air contaminants contributing to the area's inclusion on the air pollutant watch list.

(e) The air pollutant watch list and the addition or removal of a pollutant or area to or from the list are not matters subject to the requirements of Subchapter B, Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.063 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.063
§ 111.063. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO USE ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS AND FILINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may impose a penalty of five percent of the tax due on a person who:

(1) is required by statute or rule to pay the tax to the comptroller by means of electronic funds transfer and does not pay the tax by means of electronic funds transfer; or

(2) is required under Section 111.0626 to file a report electronically and does not file the report electronically.

(b) The penalties provided by this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 672A.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 672A / Section 672A.001
§ 672A.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Human remains" has the meaning assigned by Section 711.001.

(2) "Publish" means to display, present, or release a photograph to an unauthorized person, or to cause a photograph to be displayed, presented, or released to an unauthorized person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.069 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.069
§ 1071.069. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt a seal for the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1456.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1456 / Section 1456.006
§ 1456.006. COMMISSIONER RULES; FORM OF DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner by rule may prescribe specific requirements for the disclosure required under Section 1456.003. The form of the disclosure must be substantially as follows:

NOTICE: "ALTHOUGH HEALTH CARE SERVICES MAY BE OR HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU AT A HEALTH CARE FACILITY THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE PROVIDER NETWORK USED BY YOUR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN, OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MAY BE OR HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AT OR THROUGH THE FACILITY BY PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THAT NETWORK. YOU MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF ALL OR PART OF THE FEES FOR THOSE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT ARE NOT PAID OR COVERED BY YOUR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN UNLESS BALANCE BILLING FOR THOSE SERVICES IS PROHIBITED."
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 14A.061 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 14A / Section 14A.061
§ 14A.061. REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION BY MAGISTRATES.
Status: repealed

(a) The supreme court shall, by rule, adopt a system under which a court may refer a suit governed by this chapter to a magistrate for review and recommendation.

(b) The system adopted under Subsection (a) may be funded from money appropriated to the supreme court or from money received by the supreme court through interagency contract or contracts.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 12.10(4), eff. December 4, 2025.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0451 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0451
§ 540.0451. MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLAN ACCREDITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A Medicaid managed care plan must be accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation organization. The commission may:

(1) require all Medicaid managed care plans to be accredited by the same organization; or

(2) allow for accreditation by different organizations.

(b) The commission may use the data, scoring, and other information provided to or received from an accreditation organization in the commission's contract oversight process.
Tex. Education Code § 38.160 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.160
§ 38.160. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 342.104 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 342 / Section 342.104
§ 342.104. BOND; LICENSE FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a license to operate a ferry annually shall execute a bond payable to and approved by the county judge conditioned on the license holder's compliance with this chapter.

(b) The commissioners court shall set the amount of the bond at not less than $1,000.

(c) The commissioners court may impose an annual license fee not to exceed $100.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 87.096 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 87 / Section 87.096
§ 87.096.
Status: in_force

Sec. 87.096. RESIDUE GAS: DETERMINATION BY COMMISSION. If a plant operating under this subchapter commingles casinghead gas with sweet gas or sweet gas with sour gas, the commission shall ascertain:

(1) the quantity of residue gas required to be used for fuel purposes in the efficient operation of the plant; and

(2) the quantity of residue gas required to be returned by the operator of the plant to the leases to which the plant is connected for use as fuel in the operation of the leases.
Tex. Transportation Code § 25.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 25 / Section 25.002
§ 25.002. NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person proposing to construct a wireless communication facility that is taller than 100 feet shall, not later than the 30th day before the date the construction begins, mail a letter to:

(1) any airport located within three miles of the proposed facility location; and

(2) the Texas Agricultural Aviation Association.

(b) The letter must state:

(1) the legal description of the proposed site of construction, including a graphic depiction showing:

(A) the location, height, longitude, latitude, pad size, roadway access, and proposed use of the wireless communication facility; and

(B) the location of any guy wires;

(2) at a minimum, the name, phone number, electronic mail address, if any, and mailing address of the person proposing construction of the wireless communication facility; and

(3) a phone number that is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for emergency purposes.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.0815 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.0815
§ 408.0815. RESOLUTION OF OVERPAYMENT OR UNDERPAYMENT OF INCOME BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner by rule shall establish a procedure by which an insurance carrier:

(1) may recoup an overpayment of income benefits from future income benefit payments that are not reimbursable under Section 410.209; and

(2) shall pay an underpayment of income benefits, including interest on accrued but unpaid benefits, in accordance with this subtitle.

(b) The procedure under Subsection (a) must include:

(1) a process by which an injured employee may notify the insurance carrier of an underpayment;

(2) the time frame and methodology by which an insurance carrier shall pay to an injured employee an underpayment;

(3) a process by which an insurance carrier shall notify an injured employee of an overpayment of income benefits;

(4) the time frame and methodology by which an insurance carrier may recoup an overpayment through the reduction of a future income benefit payment; and

(5) a method for coordinating overpayments that may be recouped from future income benefits and reimbursements described by Section 410.209.

(c) The procedure for recouping overpayments under Subsection (a)(1) must take into consideration the cause of the overpayment and minimize the financial hardship to the injured employee.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.7032 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.7032
§ 151.7032. FAILURE TO PAY TAXES COLLECTED; CRIMINAL PENALTY AND AGGREGATION OF AMOUNTS INVOLVED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly fails to pay to the comptroller, as required by this chapter, the tax collected by that person.

(b) An offense under this section is:

(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the amount of the tax collected and not paid is less than $50;

(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of the tax collected and not paid is $50 or more but less than $500;

(3) a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of the tax collected and not paid is $500 or more but less than $1,500;

(4) a state jail felony if the amount of the tax collected and not paid is $1,500 or more but less than $20,000;

(5) a felony of the third degree if the amount of the tax collected and not paid is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000;

(6) a felony of the second degree if the amount of the tax collected and not paid is $100,000 or more but less than $200,000; and

(7) a felony of the first degree if the amount of the tax collected and not paid is $200,000 or more.

(c) When tax is collected and not paid in violation of Subsection (a) pursuant to one scheme or continuous course of conduct, the conduct may be considered as one offense and the amounts aggregated in determining the grade of the offense.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.454 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.454
§ 541.454. PENALTIES AND RELATED PAYMENTS BY INSURER.
Status: in_force

(a) Civil penalties, premium refunds, judgments, compensatory judgments, individual recoveries, orders, class action awards, costs, damages, or attorney's fees assessed or awarded under this chapter:

(1) may be paid only from the capital or surplus funds of the offending insurer; and

(2) may not take precedence over, be in priority to, or in any other manner apply to:

(A) Chapter 462 or 463 or any other insurance guaranty act; or

(B) Chapter 422.

(b) The statutes described by Subsection (a)(2) and the priorities of funds created by those statutes are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.051
§ 3948.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) The board by resolution may change the number of voting directors on the board if the board determines that the change is in the best interest of the district. The board may not consist of fewer than 5 or more than 15 directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8145.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8145 / Section 8145.151
§ 8145.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 8145.201(c), the district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue or contract payments from any lawful source other than ad valorem taxation.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3962.0505 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3962 / Section 3962.0505
§ 3962.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES; ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election under Section 3962.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(c) At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.

(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.
Tex. Finance Code § 122.012 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 122 / Section 122.012
§ 122.012. PLACE OF BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A credit union shall maintain on file with the department a statement specifying the street and post office address of the credit union's principal place of business.

(b) A credit union shall provide the commissioner with written notice not later than the 30th day before the date that the credit union establishes additional offices or service facilities. A new office or service facility must be reasonably necessary to provide services to the credit union's members. The credit union shall additionally notify the commissioner in writing not later than the 10th business day after the date that the new office or service facility begins operating. For purposes of this subsection, an unmanned teller machine is not considered a service facility.

(c) The commission by rule may prescribe what constitutes an office or service facility.

(d) In accordance with rules adopted by the commission and after notifying the commissioner in writing, a credit union may close any office or service facility, provided that the credit union designates and maintains an office as its principal place of business in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.107
§ 3911.107. NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The board shall give written notice of any name change to the city.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.012 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.012
§ 91.012. WATER IN WELLS.
Status: in_force

(a) In boring any well for oil or gas, if a person pierces any cap rock or other geological formation in a manner that will cause a flow of salt water or fresh water injurious to an already bored oil well or any oil or gas deposits and that will probably result in the injury of the oil or gas field or already bored oil or gas well, the person shall abandon immediately all work on the well if the flow of water cannot be cased off and shall plug and fill the well in a manner and with materials that will stop the flow of the water.

(b) No well owner or person boring a well described under Subsection (a) of this section may remove the casing from the drilled well until the flow of water is stopped either by casing off or plugging the well.

(c) The provisions of this section apply only if the cap rock or other formation is pierced at a depth below the horizon at which oil or gas has been discovered already.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.062 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.062
§ 31.062. OPERATION OF VESSELS WITHOUT REQUIRED EQUIPMENT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

No person may operate or give permission for the operation of a vessel that is not provided with the equipment required by this chapter.