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Tex. Government Code § 2166.152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.152
§ 2166.152. PREPARATION OF PROJECT ANALYSIS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may retain a private design professional or use its own staff to prepare a project analysis.

(b) A private design professional retained to prepare a project analysis shall be selected as provided by Subchapter E.

(c) In preparing a project analysis, the commission and any private design professional it retains shall cooperate and work closely with the using agency so that the project analysis fully reflects the using agency's needs.

(d) A contract to prepare a project analysis must specify that the analysis becomes the commission's property.

(e) Money appropriated by the legislature may not be used for a capital construction project for which a project analysis described by this section is required until the analysis is filed with the Legislative Budget Board, the budget division of the governor's office, and the comptroller.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0055 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 113 / Section 113.0055
§ 113.0055. VICARIOUS LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, a peer-to-peer car sharing program and an owner are not liable under a theory of vicarious liability in accordance with 49 U.S.C. Section 30106 or under any state or local law that imposes liability solely based on vehicle ownership.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 262.043 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 262 / Section 262.043
§ 262.043. TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Revenue bonds must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years after they are issued.

(b) Revenue bonds may:

(1) be sold at a price and under terms that the board considers the most advantageous reasonably obtainable, except that the net effective interest rate computed according to Chapter 1204, Government Code, may not exceed 10 percent a year;

(2) be made callable before maturity at times and prices prescribed in the resolution authorizing the bonds; and

(3) be made registrable as to principal or as to principal and interest.
Tex. Estates Code § 1157.103 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1157 / Section 1157.103
§ 1157.103. PRIORITY OF PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the guardian of the estate shall pay a claim against the ward's estate that has been allowed and approved or established by suit, as soon as practicable and in the following order:

(1) expenses for the care, maintenance, and education of the ward or the ward's dependents;

(2) funeral expenses of the ward and expenses of the ward's last illness, if the guardianship is kept open after the ward's death as provided under this title, except that any claim against the ward's estate that has been allowed and approved or established by suit before the ward's death shall be paid before the funeral expenses and expenses of the last illness;

(3) expenses of administration; and

(4) other claims against the ward or the ward's estate.

(b) If the estate is insolvent, the guardian shall give first priority to the payment of a claim relating to the administration of the guardianship. The guardian shall pay other claims against the ward's estate in the order prescribed by Subsection (a).
Tex. Occupations Code § 1202.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.202
§ 1202.202. DEPARTMENT INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) To ensure compliance with the mandatory building codes or approved designs, plans, and specifications, the department shall inspect the construction of industrialized housing and buildings. The executive director may designate approved third-party inspectors to perform the inspections subject to the rules of the commission.

(b) Local building officials may witness department inspections to enable the local officials to make recommendations on inspection procedures to the council.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8207.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8207 / Section 8207.003
§ 8207.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 8207.024 before September 1, 2011:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2011, except that the district shall:

(A) pay any debts incurred;

(B) transfer to Fort Bend County any assets that remain after the payment of debts; and

(C) maintain the organization of the district until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2014.
Tex. Government Code § 2252.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2252 / Section 2252.202
§ 2252.202. UNIFORM PURCHASING CONDITION; RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 2252.203, the uniform general conditions for a project in which iron or steel products will be used must require that the bid documents provided to all bidders and the contract include a requirement that any iron or steel product produced through a manufacturing process and used in the project be produced in the United States.

(b) A governmental entity subject to the requirements for a project described by Subsection (a) shall adopt rules to promote compliance with this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 266.301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 266 / Section 266.301
§ 266.301. DENTAL PROSTHETIC APPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "person" means an individual or a private legal entity, including a corporation, association, or partnership.

(b) A person may not fill a prescription to prepare or repair a dental prosthetic appliance that is to be delivered to a dental patient by a licensed dentist unless the person is a dental laboratory or dental technician.

(c) A dental laboratory that prepares or repairs a dental prosthetic appliance for a dentist shall provide to the dentist in writing at the time of the delivery the dental laboratory's assigned registration number and the expiration date of the dental laboratory's registration certificate.

(d) A dentist may not knowingly prescribe, order, or receive a dental prosthetic appliance that is to be prepared or has been prepared by an unregistered dental laboratory.
Tex. Family Code § 160.754 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.754
§ 160.754. GESTATIONAL AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) A prospective gestational mother, her husband if she is married, each donor, and each intended parent may enter into a written agreement providing that:

(1) the prospective gestational mother agrees to pregnancy by means of assisted reproduction;

(2) the prospective gestational mother, her husband if she is married, and each donor other than the intended parents, if applicable, relinquish all parental rights and duties with respect to a child conceived through assisted reproduction;

(3) the intended parents will be the parents of the child; and

(4) the gestational mother and each intended parent agree to exchange throughout the period covered by the agreement all relevant information regarding the health of the gestational mother and each intended parent.

(b) The intended parents must be married to each other. Each intended parent must be a party to the gestational agreement.

(c) The gestational agreement must require that the eggs used in the assisted reproduction procedure be retrieved from an intended parent or a donor. The gestational mother's eggs may not be used in the assisted reproduction procedure.

(d) The gestational agreement must state that the physician who will perform the assisted reproduction procedure as provided by the agreement has informed the parties to the agreement of:

(1) the rate of successful conceptions and births attributable to the procedure, including the most recent published outcome statistics of the procedure at the facility at which it will be performed;

(2) the potential for and risks associated with the implantation of multiple embryos and consequent multiple births resulting from the procedure;

(3) the nature of and expenses related to the procedure;

(4) the health risks associated with, as applicable, fertility drugs used in the procedure, egg retrieval procedures, and egg or embryo transfer procedures; and

(5) reasonably foreseeable psychological effects resulting from the procedure.

(e) The parties to a gestational agreement must enter into the agreement before the 14th day preceding the date the transfer of eggs, sperm, or embryos to the gestational mother occurs for the purpose of conception or implantation.

(f) A gestational agreement does not apply to the birth of a child conceived by means of sexual intercourse.

(g) A gestational agreement may not limit the right of the gestational mother to make decisions to safeguard her health or the health of an embryo.
Tex. Government Code § 2171.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2171 / Section 2171.103
§ 2171.103. FACILITATION OF CONVERSION TO AND USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
Status: in_force

(a) The office of vehicle fleet management may act as necessary to encourage and facilitate the conversion and use of motor vehicles that are capable of using alternative fuels, especially compressed natural gas.

(b) The office may:

(1) establish centralized refueling stations throughout the state;

(2) operate regional conversion and repair facilities; and

(3) provide all services and support necessary to expedite the use of compressed natural gas or other alternative fuels by state agencies as required by Subchapter A, Chapter 2158.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.354 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.354
§ 1701.354. CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR DEPUTY CONSTABLES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission requires a state, county, special district, or municipal agency that employs a deputy constable to provide the deputy constable with a training program under Section 1701.352, the commission shall require the deputy constable to attend at least 20 hours of instruction in civil process.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules and procedures concerning a civil process course, including rules providing for:

(1) approval of course content and standards; and

(2) issuance of course credit.

(c) The commission may waive the instruction requirements for a deputy constable under this section:

(1) if a constable requests a waiver for the deputy constable based on a representation that the deputy constable's duty assignment does not involve civil process responsibilities; or

(2) if the deputy constable requests a waiver because of hardship and the commission determines that a hardship exists.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 30.024 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 30 / Section 30.024
§ 30.024. FEE SHIFTING.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person, including an entity, attorney, or law firm, who seeks declaratory or injunctive relief to prevent this state, a political subdivision of this state, a governmental entity, a public official, or any other person in this state from bringing an action to enforce a statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or other law that regulates access to certain spaces based on an individual's sex in any state or federal court, or who represents a litigant seeking such relief in any state or federal court, is jointly and severally liable to pay the costs and reasonable attorney's fees of the prevailing party, including the costs and reasonable attorney's fees the prevailing party incurs in the party's efforts to recover costs and fees.

(b) For purposes of this section, a party is considered a prevailing party if a state or federal court:

(1) dismisses any claim or cause of action brought against the party that seeks the declaratory or injunctive relief described by Subsection (a), regardless of the reason for the dismissal; or

(2) enters judgment in the party's favor on any such claim or cause of action.

(c) A prevailing party may recover costs and reasonable attorney's fees under this section only to the extent those costs and attorney's fees were incurred while defending claims or causes of action on which the party prevailed.
Tex. Water Code § 16.312 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.312
§ 16.312. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The State of Texas recognizes the personal hardships and economic distress caused by flood disasters since it has become uneconomic for the private insurance industry alone to make flood insurance available to those in need of such protection on reasonable terms and conditions. Recognizing the burden of the nation's resources, congress enacted the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 4001 through 4127), whereby flood insurance can be made available through coordinated efforts of the federal government and the private insurance industry, by pooling risks, and the positive cooperation of state and local government. The purpose of this subchapter is to evidence a positive interest in securing flood insurance coverage under this federal program and to so procure for those citizens of Texas desiring to participate and in promoting the public interest by providing appropriate protection against the perils of flood losses and in encouraging sound land use by minimizing exposure of property to flood losses.
Tex. Property Code § 94.257 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.257
§ 94.257. POSSESSION OF FIREARM OR FIREARM AMMUNITION ON LEASED PREMISES.
Status: in_force

Unless possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition on a landlord's property is prohibited by state or federal law, a landlord may not prohibit a tenant or a tenant's guest from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or firearm ammunition:

(1) in the tenant's manufactured home;

(2) in a vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests by the landlord of the leased premises; or

(3) in other locations controlled by the landlord as necessary to:

(A) enter or exit the tenant's manufactured home;

(B) enter or exit the leased premises; or

(C) enter or exit a vehicle on the leased premises or located in a parking area provided by the landlord for tenants or tenants' guests.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.081 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.081
§ 521.081. CLASS A LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A Class A driver's license authorizes the holder of the license to operate:

(1) a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more; or

(2) a combination of vehicles that has a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more, if the gross vehicle weight rating of any vehicle or vehicles in tow is more than 10,000 pounds.
Tex. Government Code § 22.1106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.1106
§ 22.1106. JUDICIAL INSTRUCTION RELATED TO COURT-ORDERED OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The court of criminal appeals shall ensure that judicial training related to court-ordered outpatient mental health services is provided at least once every year. The instruction may be provided at the annual Judicial Education Conference.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8379.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8379 / Section 8379.0103
§ 8379.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR 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. Local Government Code § 161.151 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.151
§ 161.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Category One violation" means a violation of the ethics code adopted by the commission as to which it is generally not difficult to ascertain whether the violation occurred or did not occur, including:

(A) the failure by a person required to file a statement or report required under the ethics code to:

(i) file the statement or report in a manner that complies with applicable requirements; or

(ii) file the statement or report in a timely manner;

(B) a misrepresentation in a report required under the ethics code; or

(C) a failure to respond in a timely manner to a written notice under Section 161.156(b).

(2) "Category Two violation" means a violation of the ethics code adopted by the commission that is not a Category One violation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3856.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3856 / Section 3856.101
§ 3856.101. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the powers given to:

(1) a corporation created under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, and maintain projects described by that chapter;

(2) a housing finance corporation created under Chapter 394, Local Government Code, to provide housing or residential development projects in the district;

(3) a road utility district under Chapter 441, Transportation Code;

(4) a navigation district under Subchapters E and M, Chapter 60, Water Code; and

(5) a navigation district under Section 61.116, Water Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.106 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.106
§ 134.106. SPOIL DISPOSAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The performance standards shall require an operator:

(1) to transport the excess spoil material resulting from surface coal mining and reclamation activities and place it in a controlled manner in position for concurrent compaction to assure mass stability and to prevent mass movement;

(2) to dispose of spoil only within the bonded permit areas;

(3) to remove the organic matter immediately before spoil placement;

(4) to use appropriate surface and internal drainage systems and diversion ditches to prevent spoil erosion and movement;

(5) to use a spoil disposal area that does not contain springs, natural watercourses, or wet weather seeps unless lateral drains are constructed from the wet areas to the main underdrains in a manner that prevents the water from filtering into the spoil pile;

(6) if the spoil is placed on a slope:

(A) to place the spoil on the most moderate slope among the slopes on which, in the judgment of the commission, the spoil could be placed in compliance with this chapter; and

(B) where possible, to place the spoil on or above a natural terrace, bench, or berm if that placement provides additional stability and prevents mass movement;

(7) to construct a rock toe buttress of sufficient size to prevent mass movement if the toe of the spoil rests on a downslope; and

(8) to place the spoil in compliance with other provisions of this chapter.

(b) The final configuration of the spoil disposal area shall be compatible with the natural drainage pattern and surroundings and suitable for intended uses.

(c) The design of the spoil disposal area shall be certified by a qualified registered professional engineer in conformance with professional standards.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577A.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 577A / Section 577A.004
§ 577A.004. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.201 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.201
§ 334.201. EVENT PARKING TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality by ordinance or a county by order may impose a tax on each motor vehicle parking in a parking facility of an approved venue project.

(b) The municipality or county may impose the tax during a period beginning not more than three hours before and ending not more than three hours after the time an event in an approved venue project is scheduled to begin. The municipality or county may not impose the tax under this subchapter during any other time.

(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if the approved venue project consists of three or more separate but adjacent venue facilities, the municipality or county may impose the tax during any hours.

(c) A municipality or county may impose a tax under this subchapter only if the tax is approved at an election held under Section 334.024.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 103.16 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 103 / Section 103.16
§ 103.16. FORFEITURE OF A SEIZED VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

(a) In a suit for forfeiture of a vehicle seized under Section 103.03 of this code, the state shall have the burden of proving that the vehicle was used to transport an illicit beverage and that all intervenors under Subsection (b) of this section, if any, knowingly violated some provision of this code.

(b) Any person with an ownership or security interest in the vehicle may intervene in the suit for forfeiture to establish his rights. An intervenor under the provisions of this section has the burden of proving that he has a valid ownership or security interest in the vehicle.

(c) If the state fails to prove that the vehicle was used to transport an illicit beverage, the court shall render judgment returning the vehicle to the owner.

(d) If the state proves that the vehicle was used to transport an illicit beverage and that all intervenors, if any, knowingly violated some provision of this code, the court shall render judgment forfeiting the vehicle to the state.

(e) If the state proves that the vehicle was used to transport an illicit beverage but fails to prove that any intervenor knowingly violated some provision of this code, the court shall render judgment delivering possession of the vehicle to the innocent intervenor with the highest priority to possession of the vehicle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3920.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3920 / Section 3920.152
§ 3920.152. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the district.
Tex. Government Code § 33.035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 33 / Section 33.035
§ 33.035. RECONSIDERATION OF COMPLAINT.
Status: in_force

(a) A complainant may request reconsideration of a dismissed complaint if, not later than the 30th day after the date of the communication informing the complainant of the dismissal, the complainant provides additional evidence of misconduct committed by the judge.

(b) The commission shall deny a request for reconsideration if the complainant does not meet the requirements under Subsection (a). The commission shall notify the complainant of the denial in writing.

(c) The commission shall grant a request for reconsideration if the complainant meets the requirements under Subsection (a). After granting a request, the commission shall vote to:

(1) affirm the original decision to dismiss the complaint; or

(2) reopen the complaint.

(d) The commission shall notify the complainant of the results of the commission's vote under Subsection (c) in writing.

(e) The commission shall conduct an appropriate investigation of a complaint reopened under Subsection (c)(2). The investigation shall be conducted by commission staff who were not involved in the original investigation.

(f) A complainant may request reconsideration of a dismissed complaint under this section only once.
Tex. Family Code § 82.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 82 / Section 82.001
§ 82.001. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

A proceeding under this subtitle is begun by filing "An Application for a Protective Order" with the clerk of the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.153
§ 3914.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.