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Tex. Government Code § 552.1081 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.1081
§ 552.1081.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.1081. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTION OF CONVICT. Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it contains identifying information under Article 43.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, including that of:

(1) any person who participates in an execution procedure, including a person who uses, supplies, or administers a substance during the execution; and

(2) any person or entity that manufactures, transports, tests, procures, compounds, prescribes, dispenses, or provides a substance or supplies used in an execution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9026.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9026 / Section 9026.101
§ 9026.101. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by general law applicable to water control and improvement districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292D.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292D / Section 292D.051
§ 292D.051. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MANDATORY PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by an institutional health care provider in the county only in the manner provided by this chapter.
Tex. Election Code § 276.013 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 276 / Section 276.013
§ 276.013. ELECTION FRAUD.
Status: repealed

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally makes any effort to:

(1) influence the independent exercise of the vote of another in the presence of the ballot or during the voting process, including by altering the ballot of another or by otherwise causing a ballot to not reflect the intent of the voter;

(2) cause a voter to become registered, a ballot to be obtained, or a vote to be cast under false pretenses;

(3) cause any false or intentionally misleading statement, representation, or information to be provided:

(A) to an election official; or

(B) on an application for ballot by mail, carrier envelope, or any other official election-related form or document;

(4) prevent a voter from casting a legal ballot in an election in which the voter is eligible to vote;

(5) provide false information to a voter with the intent of preventing the voter from voting in an election in which the voter is eligible to vote;

(6) cause the ballot not to reflect the intent of the voter;

(7) cause a ballot to be voted for another person that the person knows to be deceased or otherwise knows not to be a qualified or registered voter;

(8) cause or enable a vote to be cast more than once in the same election;

(9) discard or destroy a voter's completed ballot without the voter's consent;

(10) count votes the person knows are invalid or alter a report to include votes the person knows are invalid; or

(11) refuse to count votes the person knows are valid or alter a report to exclude votes the person knows are valid.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree, unless:

(1) the person committed the offense while acting in the person's capacity as an elected official, in which case the offense is a felony of the first degree; or

(2) the person is convicted of an attempt, in which case the offense is a felony of the third degree.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 675 (H.B. 5115), Sec. 2(1), eff. September 1, 2025.

(d) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7998.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7998 / Section 7998.001
§ 7998.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 554.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.971 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.971
§ 361.971. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Brand" has the meaning assigned by Section 361.952.

(2) "Consumer" means an individual who uses covered television equipment that is purchased primarily for personal or home business use.

(3) "Covered television equipment" means the following equipment marketed to and intended for consumers:

(A) a direct view or projection television with a viewable screen of nine inches or larger whose display technology is based on cathode ray tube, plasma, liquid crystal, digital light processing, liquid crystal on silicon, silicon crystal reflective display, light-emitting diode, or similar technology; or

(B) a display device that is peripheral to a computer that contains a television tuner.

(4) "Market share allocation" means the quantity of covered television equipment, by weight, that an individual television manufacturer submitting a recovery plan under Section 361.978 is responsible for collecting, reusing, and recycling, as computed by the commission under Section 361.984(g).

(5) "Recycling" means any process by which equipment that would otherwise become solid waste or hazardous waste is collected, separated, and refurbished for reuse or processed to be returned to use in the form of raw material or products. The term does not include incineration.

(6) "Retailer" means a person who owns or operates a business that sells new covered television equipment by any means directly to a consumer. The term does not include a person who, in the ordinary course of business, regularly leases, offers to lease, or arranges for leasing of merchandise under a rental-purchase agreement.

(7) "Television" means an electronic device that contains a tuner that locks onto a selected carrier frequency and is capable of receiving and displaying video programming from a broadcast, cable, or satellite source.

(8) "Television manufacturer" means a person that:

(A) manufactures covered television equipment under a brand the person owns or is licensed to use;

(B) manufactures covered television equipment without affixing a brand;

(C) resells covered television equipment produced by other suppliers under a brand the person owns or is licensed to use;

(D) manufactures covered television equipment, supplies it to any person within a distribution network that includes a wholesaler or retailer, and benefits from the sale of the covered television equipment through that distribution network; or

(E) assumes the responsibilities of a television manufacturer under this subchapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 91.0012 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 91 / Section 91.0012
§ 91.0012. COVERED EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A covered employee must meet all the following criteria:

(1) the individual must receive written notice of the coemployment relationship with the professional employer organization; and

(2) the individual's coemployment relationship must be under a professional employer services agreement subject to this chapter.

(b) An individual who is an executive employee, as described by Section 406.097, of the client is a covered employee, except to the extent the professional employer organization and the client expressly agree in the professional employer services agreement that the individual is not a covered employee.
Tex. Education Code § 31.1011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.1011
§ 31.1011. CERTIFICATION OF PROVISION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall annually certify to the State Board of Education and the commissioner that:

(1) for each subject in the required curriculum under Section 28.002, other than physical education, and each grade level, the district or school:

(A) provides each student with instructional materials that cover all elements of the essential knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education for that subject and grade level; and

(B) in the provision of instructional materials, protects students from obscene or harmful content as necessary for compliance with:

(i) the Children's Internet Protection Act (Pub. L. No. 106-554);

(ii) Section 28.0022;

(iii) Section 43.22, Penal Code; and

(iv) any other law or regulation that protects students from obscene or harmful content; and

(2) the district or school used money allocated to the district or school under the instructional materials and technology allotment only for purposes allowed under Section 31.0211.

(b) To determine whether each student has instructional materials that cover all elements of the essential knowledge and skills as required by Subsection (a), a school district or open-enrollment charter school may consider:

(1) instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education;

(2) instructional materials developed, purchased, or otherwise acquired by the school district or open-enrollment charter school; and

(3) open education resource instructional materials and other electronic instructional materials included in the repository under Section 31.0722.
Tex. Government Code § 53.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 53 / Section 53.004
§ 53.004. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A bailiff in the 34th or 71st district court must be a resident of the county in which the bailiff serves the court and must be at least 18 years old.

(b) To be eligible to be appointed bailiff in the 30th, 78th, 86th, 89th, 130th, or 341st district court, the County Court of Harrison County, a court described in Section 53.002(c), a district court in Taylor County, or a county court at law of Taylor County, a person must be a resident of the county in which the person serves the court and must be at least 21 years old.

(c) A bailiff in the 15th, 59th, or 397th district court or a statutory county court in Grayson County must be a citizen of the United States.

(d) To be eligible to be appointed a bailiff in a district court in Tom Green County, a person must be a resident of the judicial district and must be at least 18 years of age.

(e) To be eligible to be appointed bailiff in a district court in Midland County, for the 355th District Court, or under Section 53.001(g), a person must be at least 21 years old and hold a peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. This subsection does not apply to a person serving as bailiff of a court described by Section 53.001(g) on September 1, 1991.

(f) To be eligible to be appointed bailiff in the 406th District Court, a person must be:

(1) at least 21 years of age; and

(2) a citizen of the United States.

(g) A bailiff appointed by the judge of the 115th District Court to serve the court in Upshur County must be:

(1) a resident of that county; and

(2) at least 18 years of age.

(h) A bailiff in the 70th, 161st, 244th, or 358th district court must be:

(1) a resident of the county in which the bailiff serves the court;

(2) at least 18 years of age; and

(3) a citizen of the United States.

(i) A bailiff in the 271st District Court or a county court at law in Wise County must be:

(1) at least 21 years of age; and

(2) a citizen of the United States.
Tex. Utilities Code § 16.021 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 16 / Section 16.021
§ 16.021. GRANTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may apply to an appropriate agency or officer of the United States to receive and spend federal funds available by grant or other similar form of financial assistance.

(b) This section does not impair the ability of the commission to contract with or receive assistance from a state, local, or other authorized source of funds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 382.156 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 382 / Section 382.156
§ 382.156. SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A commissioners court may authorize a district to impose a sales and use tax in increments of one-eighth of one percent up to a rate of two percent.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a sales and use tax must be imposed in accordance with Chapter 383, Local Government Code, or Chapter 323, Tax Code.

(c) The ballot for a sales tax election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "A sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed ____ [insert percentage rate] in the _______________ [insert name of district]" or "The adoption of a ____ [insert percentage rate] sales and use tax in the _______________ [insert name of district]."

(d) A tax authorized at an election held under this section may be imposed at a rate less than or equal to the rate printed in the ballot proposition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7502.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7502 / Section 7502.151
§ 7502.151. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS FROM PREVIOUS DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The authority may use any bond or bond retirement funds not canceled under Section 3, Chapter 522, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, for any lawful purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.606 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.606
§ 772.606. TERRITORY OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The territory of a district:

(1) consists of the territory of each participating county or municipality located in a 9-1-1 region; and

(2) does not include any land that is located in the territory of an emergency communication district authorized under Subchapter B, C, D, F, or G.
Tex. Property Code § 240.110 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 240 / Section 240.110
§ 240.110. DISCLAIMER OF POWER BY AGENT.
Status: in_force

In the case of a disclaimer of a power by an agent, the disclaimer must be delivered to the principal or the principal's representative.
Tex. Water Code § 65.013 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.013
§ 65.013. COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may include the area in all or part of any one or more counties including all or part of any cities and other public agencies.

(b) The land composing a district is not required to be contiguous, but may consist of separate bodies of land separated by land that is not included in the district.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 61.017 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 61 / Section 61.017
§ 61.017. PROSECUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department has reason to believe that a person has violated any provision of this chapter, the department shall conduct a private hearing on the alleged violation, giving the accused the opportunity to appear and, either in person or by agent or attorney, present evidence. After the hearing, or without a hearing if the accused or the agent or attorney of the accused fails or refuses to appear, the department may file with the appropriate district or county attorney the evidence of the violation or take other steps necessary to institute the prosecution of the violation. Venue for the prosecution is in the area in which the violation occurred.

(b) The county or district attorney or the attorney general, as applicable, shall institute proceedings at once against the person charged with the violation, if in his or her judgment the information submitted warrants the action.

(c) After judgment by a court in any case arising under this chapter, the department may publish any information pertinent to the issuance of the judgment in any media that it considers appropriate.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.151
§ 2001.151. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person who leases premises on which bingo is conducted directly to a licensed authorized organization must be a licensed commercial lessor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.251
§ 3897.251. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO IMPOSE TAXES OR BORROW MONEY, INCLUDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

Before the district may issue bonds, impose taxes, or borrow money, the district and each municipality in which the district is located must negotiate and execute a project development agreement regarding the development plans and rules for:

(1) the development and operation of the district; and

(2) the financing of improvement projects.
Tex. Tax Code § 324.081 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 324 / Section 324.081
§ 324.081. USE OF TAX REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Revenue from the tax imposed under this chapter may be used only to provide health services in the county. The county imposing the tax may allocate all or part of that revenue to:

(1) a county hospital authority or a hospital district having the same boundaries as the county; or

(2) a public health district in which the county participates.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3944.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3944 / Section 3944.201
§ 3944.201. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter except to the extent Chapter 321, Tax Code, is inconsistent with this chapter.

(b) A reference in Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality or the governing body of a municipality is a reference to the district or the board, respectively.
Tex. Family Code § 152.112 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.112
§ 152.112. COOPERATION BETWEEN COURTS; PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:

(1) hold an evidentiary hearing;

(2) order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;

(3) order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;

(4) forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

(5) order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

(b) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in Subsection (a).

(c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under Subsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.

(d) A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.
Tex. Government Code § 522.0252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0252
§ 522.0252. ASSUMPTION OF LEASE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED ENROLLMENT SERVICES INITIATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) A health and human services agency, with the commission's approval, or the Texas Workforce Commission or any other state agency that administers employment services programs may assume a lease from an integrated enrollment services initiative contractor or subcontractor to implement the initiative at one development center, one mail center, or 10 or more call or change centers.

(b) Subchapter B, Chapter 2167, does not apply to a state agency that assumes a lease from a contractor or subcontractor under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3891.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3891 / Section 3891.104
§ 3891.104. SPORTS VENUE.
Status: in_force

The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate a sports venue, including an arena, coliseum, stadium, or other type of area or facility used for one or more professional or amateur sports or athletic events.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0903 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0903
§ 152.0903. COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF SUPPORT PAYMENTS IN GALVESTON COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Galveston County may require a juvenile probation officer to collect and disburse child support payments that are required by court order to be made to a court in the county.

(b) The juvenile probation officer shall keep a record of money received and disbursed in a well-bound book subject to public inspection in the probation office. The county auditor shall audit the records.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.006
§ 901.006. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT.
Status: in_force

The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2033.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.161 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.161
§ 200.161. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A holder of shares, an owner of any beneficial interest in shares, or a subscriber for shares whose subscription has been accepted is not under an obligation to the real estate investment trust or its obligees with respect to:

(1) the shares, other than the obligation to pay to the real estate investment trust the full amount of consideration, fixed in compliance with Sections 200.104-200.108, for which the shares were or are to be issued;

(2) any contractual obligation of the real estate investment trust on the basis that the holder, beneficial owner, or subscriber is or was the alter ego of the real estate investment trust or on the basis of actual or constructive fraud, a sham to perpetrate a fraud, or other similar theory; or

(3) any obligation of the real estate investment trust on the basis of the failure of the real estate investment trust to observe any formality, including the failure to:

(A) comply with this code or the declaration of trust or bylaws of the real estate investment trust; or

(B) observe any requirement prescribed by this code or the declaration of trust or bylaws of the real estate investment trust for acts to be taken by the real estate investment trust or its trust managers or shareholders.

(b) Subsection (a)(2) does not prevent or limit the liability of a holder, beneficial owner, or subscriber if the obligee demonstrates that the holder, beneficial owner, or subscriber caused the real estate investment trust to be used for the purpose of perpetrating and did perpetrate an actual fraud on the obligee primarily for the direct personal benefit of the holder, beneficial owner, or subscriber.
Tex. Government Code § 2304.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2304 / Section 2304.102
§ 2304.102. LOCAL GOVERNMENT APPROVAL AND SUPERVISION OF CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A borrower and a contractor may not contract for housing rehabilitation that is to be financed by a housing rehabilitation loan unless the local government responsible for approving the loan approves the proposed contract in accordance with the standards adopted by the department.

(b) The local government shall supervise all work performed under the contract. The contractor is not entitled to payment until the work has been approved by the local government, and the borrower is not liable to the contractor for any work not approved by the local government.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9090.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9090 / Section 9090.0106
§ 9090.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.