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Tex. Utilities Code § 13.021 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 13 / Section 13.021
§ 13.021. APPOINTMENT; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief executive of the office is the counsellor.

(b) The counsellor is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.

(c) The appointment of the counsellor shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.

(d) The counsellor serves a two-year term that expires on February 1 of the final year of the term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8856.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8856 / Section 8856.005
§ 8856.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The initial boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Collin, Cooke, and Denton Counties.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 7C.003 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 7C / Section 7C.003
§ 7C.003. CERTAIN FEDERAL LAWS UNENFORCEABLE.
Status: in_force

A federal statute, order, rule, or regulation purporting to implement or enforce an extreme risk protective order against a person in this state that infringes on the person's right of due process, keeping and bearing arms, or free speech protected by the United States Constitution or the Texas Constitution is unenforceable as against the public policy of this state and shall have no effect.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.001 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.001
§ 151.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Limited Sales, Excise, and Use Tax Act.
Tex. Water Code § 5.1734 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.1734
§ 5.1734. ELECTRONIC POSTING OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall post on its website at the time a permit application becomes administratively complete:

(1) the permit application and any associated materials; and

(2) for a permit application under Subchapter D, Chapter 11, any map accompanying the permit application.

(b) If a permit application is revised or amended after the permit application has become administratively complete, the commission shall post on its website the revised or amended permit application.

(c) The commission may exempt any associated materials from being posted on its website under Subsections (a) and (b) if the commission determines that:

(1) posting the materials on the website would be unduly burdensome; or

(2) the materials are too large to be posted on the website.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall require each applicant for a permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal that requires notice be published to include in the notice the address of the website where the public can access information about the permit as described by Subsection (a).

(e) In implementing this section, the commission shall consider and accommodate residents of each area affected by a proposed permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal who may need assistance accessing the application and associated materials because of a lack of access to Internet services, particularly when there is a heightened public interest or in response to public comment.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.104
§ 1702.104. INVESTIGATIONS COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person acts as an investigations company for the purposes of this chapter if the person:

(1) engages in the business of obtaining or furnishing, or accepts employment to obtain or furnish, information related to:

(A) crime or wrongs done or threatened against a person, state, or the United States;

(B) the identity, habits, business, occupation, knowledge, efficiency, loyalty, movement, location, affiliations, associations, transactions, acts, reputation, or character of a person;

(C) the location, disposition, or recovery of lost or stolen property; or

(D) the cause or responsibility for a fire, libel, loss, accident, damage, or injury to a person or to property;

(2) engages in the business of securing, or accepts employment to secure, evidence for use before a court, board, officer, or investigating committee;

(3) engages in the business of securing, or accepts employment to secure, the electronic tracking of the location of an individual or motor vehicle other than for criminal justice purposes by or on behalf of a governmental entity; or

(4) engages in the business of protecting, or accepts employment to protect, an individual from bodily harm through the use of a personal protection officer.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), obtaining or furnishing information includes information obtained or furnished through the review and analysis of, and the investigation into the content of, computer-based data not available to the public. The repair or maintenance of a computer does not constitute an investigation for purposes of this section and does not require licensing under this chapter if:

(1) the review or analysis of computer-based data is performed only to diagnose a computer or software problem;

(2) there is no intent to obtain or furnish information described by Subsection (a)(1); and

(3) the discovery of any information described by Subsection (a)(1) is inadvertent.

(c) The review and analysis of computer-based data for the purpose of preparing for or responding to a cybersecurity event does not constitute an investigation for purposes of this section and does not require licensing under this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 98.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 98 / Section 98.004
§ 98.004. FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK.
Status: in_force

A federal savings bank is not a foreign corporation or foreign savings bank for purposes of this subtitle.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.10693 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.10693
§ 351.10693.
Status: in_force

Sec. 351.10693. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a municipality:

(1) with a population of less than 3,000;

(2) through which the Blanco River flows; and

(3) that is located in a county that:

(A) is adjacent to the county in which the State Capitol is located; and

(B) has a population of at least 250,000.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a municipality to which this section applies may use revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax for the promotion and preservation of dark skies through construction and maintenance of infrastructure and the purchase and installation of hardware that reduces light pollution and sky glow.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a municipality to which this section applies may use revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax for promotional and event expenses for an ecological tourism event, including an event for which the primary attraction is traveling to an area of natural or ecological interest for the purpose of observing and learning about wildlife and the area's natural environment, if:

(1) a majority of the event's participants are tourists; and

(2) the event substantially increases economic activity at hotels and motels within or in the vicinity of the municipality.

(d) A municipality that uses revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax for a purpose described by Subsection (b) or (c):

(1) shall determine the amount of area hotel revenue attributable to events and activities related to those purposes for five years after the date the municipality first uses hotel occupancy tax revenue for a purpose described by Subsection (b) or (c); and

(2) may not spend municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue for the purposes described by Subsections (b) and (c) in a total amount that exceeds the amount determined under Subdivision (1).

(e) A municipality may not spend more than 25 percent of the municipality's annual hotel occupancy tax revenue for the purposes described by Subsections (b) and (c).

(f) A municipality to which this section applies may not reduce the amount of revenue that the municipality uses for a purpose described by Section 351.101(a)(3) to an amount that is less than the average amount of revenue used by the municipality for that purpose during the 36-month period that precedes the municipality's use of revenue under Subsection (b) or (c).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8009.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8009 / Section 8009.0501
§ 8009.0501. 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 § 2301.708 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.708
§ 2301.708. CONDUCT OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing must be convened at the time and place stated in the notice.

(b) A hearing may be recessed until a time and place certain:

(1) by giving advance notice as required by Section 2001.057, Government Code; or

(2) without advance notice if the time and place is announced openly before the recess.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a person whose legal rights, duties, or privileges are to be determined at a hearing is entitled to:

(1) appear personally or by counsel;

(2) cross-examine adverse witnesses; and

(3) produce evidence and witnesses in the person's own behalf.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 371.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 371 / Section 371.026
§ 371.026. REGISTRATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF USED OIL HANDLERS OTHER THAN GENERATORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules governing registration and reporting of used oil handlers other than generators. The rules shall require that:

(1) a used oil handler other than a generator:

(A) register with the commission;

(B) provide evidence of familiarity with applicable state laws and rules and management procedures applicable to used oil handling; and

(C) provide proof of liability insurance or other evidence of financial responsibility for any liability that may be incurred in handling used oil, except that this provision does not apply to a used oil handler which is owned or otherwise effectively controlled by the owners or operators where the used oil is generated; and

(2) a used oil processor or rerefiner must report to the commission, in the form of a letter on a biennial basis by December 1 of each odd-numbered year, the calendar year covered by the report and the quantities of used oil accepted for processing or rerefining and the manner in which the used oil is processed or rerefined, including the specific processes employed.

(b) The commission by rule shall adopt reasonable management and safety standards for the handling of used oil.

(c) The commission may impose a registration fee in an amount sufficient to cover the actual cost of registering used oil handlers other than generators.

(d) A used oil transporter may consolidate or aggregate loads of used oil for purposes of transportation but may not process used oil, except that a used oil transporter may conduct incidental processing operations, including settling and water separation, that occur in the normal course of the transportation of used oil but that are not designed to produce, or make more amenable for the production of, used-oil-derived products or used oil fuel.
Tex. Government Code § 2051.045 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.045
§ 2051.045. LEGAL RATE CHARGED FOR PUBLICATION.
Status: in_force

The legal rate for publication of a notice in a newspaper is the newspaper's lowest published rate for classified advertising.
Tex. Local Government Code § 201.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 201 / Section 201.004
§ 201.004. RECORD BOOKS.
Status: in_force

If a state law relating to the keeping of records by a local government officer or employee requires the records to be kept in a "book," "record book," or "well-bound book," or contains any similar requirement that a record be maintained in bound paper form, the record whose creation is called for in the provision may be maintained on microfilm or stored electronically in accordance with the requirements of Chapters 204 and 205 and rules adopted under those chapters unless the law specifically prohibits those methods.
Tex. Insurance Code § 38.403 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 38 / Section 38.403
§ 38.403. STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP.
Status: in_force

(a) The center shall establish a stakeholder advisory group to assist the center as provided by this subchapter, including assistance in:

(1) establishing and updating the standards, requirements, policies, and procedures relating to the collection and use of data contained in the database required by Sections 38.404(e) and (f);

(2) evaluating and prioritizing the types of reports the center should publish under Section 38.404(e);

(3) evaluating data requests from qualified research entities under Section 38.404(e)(2); and

(4) assisting the center in developing the center's recommendations under Section 38.408(3).

(b) The advisory group created under this section must be composed of:

(1) the state Medicaid director or the director's designee;

(2) a member designated by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas;

(3) a member designated by the Employees Retirement System of Texas; and

(4) 13 members designated by the center, including:

(A) two members representing the business community, with at least one of those members representing small businesses that purchase health benefits but are not involved in the provision of health care services, supplies, or devices or health benefit plans;

(B) two members who represent consumers and who are not professionally involved in the purchase, provision, administration, or review of health care services, supplies, or devices or health benefit plans, with at least one member representing the behavioral health community;

(C) two members representing hospitals that are licensed in this state;

(D) two members representing health benefit plan issuers that are regulated by the department;

(E) two members who are physicians licensed to practice medicine in this state, one of whom is a primary care physician;

(F) two members who are not professionally involved in the purchase, provision, administration, or review of health care services, supplies, or devices or health benefit plans and who have expertise in:

(i) health planning;

(ii) health economics;

(iii) provider quality assurance;

(iv) statistics or health data management; or

(v) medical privacy laws; and

(G) one member representing an institution of higher education.

(c) A person serving on the stakeholder advisory group must disclose any conflict of interest.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), members of the stakeholder advisory group serve fixed terms as prescribed by commissioner rules adopted under this subchapter.

(e) A member representing an institution of higher education under Subsection (b)(4)(G) serves a term of one year.
Tex. Government Code § 547.0102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 547 / Section 547.0102
§ 547.0102. EVALUATIONS BY COMMUNITY RESOURCE COORDINATION GROUPS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each community resource coordination group shall evaluate the provision of systems of care services in the community that the group serves. The evaluation must:

(1) describe and prioritize services needed by children with severe emotional disturbances in the community;

(2) review and assess the available systems of care services in the community to meet those needs;

(3) assess the integration of the provision of those services; and

(4) identify barriers to the effective provision of those services.

(b) Each community resource coordination group shall create a report that includes the evaluation described by Subsection (a) and related recommendations, including:

(1) suggested policy and statutory changes for agencies providing systems of care services; and

(2) recommendations for overcoming barriers to the provision of systems of care services and improving the integration of those services.

(c) Each community resource coordination group shall submit the report described by Subsection (b) to the commission. The commission shall provide to each group a deadline for submitting the report that is coordinated with any regional reviews by the commission of the delivery of related services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8357.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8357 / Section 8357.104
§ 8357.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8357.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.112 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.112
§ 12.112. COORDINATORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may employ coordinators to recruit, train, and refer volunteers for service in local communities.

(b) A coordinator employed under this section may apply for grants from any public or private source for purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.046 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.046
§ 271.046. ADDITIONAL PURPOSES FOR CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Certificates may be issued for the payment of contractual obligations to be incurred in:

(1) constructing or equipping a jail;

(2) constructing, renovating, or otherwise improving a county-owned building; or

(3) constructing a bridge that is part of or connected to a county road or an approach to such a bridge.

(b) Certificates issued under this section may be sold for cash, subject to the restrictions and other conditions of Section 271.050.

(c) The provisions of this subchapter relating to advertisement for competitive bids apply to contractual obligations to be incurred for a purpose for which certificates are to be issued under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 771.075 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 771 / Section 771.075
§ 771.075. USE OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 771.0751, 771.072(e), 771.072(f), or 771.073(e), fees and surcharges collected under this subchapter may be used only for planning, development, provision, and enhancement of the effectiveness of 9-1-1 service as approved by the commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.198 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.198
§ 81.198. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADMISSION.
Status: in_force

The head of a health care facility may admit and detain a person under the procedures prescribed by this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.193 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.193
§ 225.193. CORPORAL WILLIE DALE TAYLOR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 10 in Crockett County between mile marker 363 and mile marker 368 is designated as the Corporal Willie Dale Taylor Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Corporal Willie Dale Taylor Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.054
§ 2203.054. AMENDMENTS TO PLAN OF OPERATION.
Status: in_force

Amendments to the plan of operation:

(1) shall be made at the commissioner's direction; or

(2) may be made by the board of directors, subject to the commissioner's approval.
Tex. Water Code § 152.157 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.157
§ 152.157. STAFFING AND FUNDING OF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A river authority may employ staff and spend its resources, other than money received from an ad valorem tax or a general appropriation, to further an economic development program.

(b) A river authority may apply for and receive money, grants, or other assistance from any source to implement an economic development program.
Tex. Education Code § 61.536 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.536
§ 61.536. ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

The coordinating board may appoint advisory committees from outside the board's membership to assist the board in performing its duties under this subchapter.
Tex. Family Code § 88.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 88 / Section 88.002
§ 88.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Foreign protective order" means a protective order issued by a tribunal of another state.

(2) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a protective order.

(3) "Mutual foreign protective order" means a foreign protective order that includes provisions issued in favor of both the protected individual seeking enforcement of the order and the respondent.

(4) "Protected individual" means an individual protected by a protective order.

(5) "Protective order" means an injunction or other order, issued by a tribunal under the domestic violence or family violence laws or another law of the issuing state, to prevent an individual from engaging in violent or threatening acts against, harassing, contacting or communicating with, or being in physical proximity to another individual.

(6) "Respondent" means the individual against whom enforcement of a protective order is sought.

(7) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes a military tribunal of the United States, an Indian tribe or band, and an Alaskan native village that has jurisdiction to issue protective orders.

(8) "Tribunal" means a court, agency, or other entity authorized by law to issue or modify a protective order.
Tex. Property Code § 24.006 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.006
§ 24.006. ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS OF SUIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be eligible to recover attorney's fees in an eviction suit, a landlord must give a tenant who is unlawfully retaining possession of the landlord's premises a written demand to vacate the premises. The demand must state that if the tenant does not vacate the premises before the 11th day after the date of receipt of the notice and if the landlord files suit, the landlord may recover attorney's fees. The demand must be sent by registered mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested, at least 10 days before the date the suit is filed.

(b) If the landlord provides the tenant notice under Subsection (a) or if a written lease entitles the landlord to recover attorney's fees, a prevailing landlord is entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees from the tenant.

(c) If the landlord provides the tenant notice under Subsection (a) or if a written lease entitles the landlord or the tenant to recover attorney's fees, the prevailing tenant is entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees from the landlord. A prevailing tenant is not required to give notice in order to recover attorney's fees under this subsection.

(d) The prevailing party is entitled to recover all costs of court.