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Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.13 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 61 / Section 61.13
§ 61.13. CONDUCT SURETY BOND.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (e) of this section, an applicant for a license or a holder of a license issued under Chapter 69 of this code shall file with the commission a surety bond in the amount of $5,000 or $10,000 if the applicant for a license or holder of a license has a business located within 1,000 feet of the property line of a public school, conditioned on the applicant's or holder's conformance with alcoholic beverage law.

(b) A surety bond required under this section shall contain the following statements on the face of the bond:

(1) that the holder of the license will not violate a law of the state relating to alcoholic beverages or a rule of the commission; and

(2) that the holder of the license agrees that the amount of the bond shall be paid to the state if the license is revoked or on final adjudication that the holder violated a provision of this code, regardless of whether the actions of an employee of a holder are not attributable to the holder under Section 106.14.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules relating to the:

(1) form of a surety bond;

(2) qualifications for a surety;

(3) method for filing and obtaining approval of the bond by the commission; and

(4) release or discharge of the bond.

(d) A holder of a license required to file a surety bond may furnish instead of all or part of the required bond amount:

(1) one or more certificates of deposit assigned to the state issued by a federally insured bank or savings institution authorized to do business in this state; or

(2) one or more letters of credit issued by a federally insured bank or savings institution authorized to do business in this state.

(e) A holder of a license issued under this code who has held a permit for three years or more before the date the holder applied for renewal of the license is not required to furnish a surety bond if the holder:

(1) has not had a license or permit issued under this code revoked in the five years before the date the holder applied for renewal of the license;

(2) is not the subject of a pending permit or license revocation proceeding; and

(3) has continuously operated on the licensed premises for three years or more before the date the holder applied for renewal of the license.

(f) If a holder of a license is exempt from furnishing a conduct surety bond under Subsection (e) of this section, the holder shall be exempt from furnishing the bond at another location where the holder applies for or holds a license.

(g) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 607, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.019 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.019
§ 401.019. REPORT ON SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the audited financial report required by this subchapter, each insurer or health maintenance organization shall provide to the commissioner a written report of significant deficiencies required and prepared by an accountant in accordance with the Professional Standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

(b) The insurer or health maintenance organization shall annually file with the commissioner the report required by this section not later than the 60th day after the date the audited financial report is filed. The insurer or health maintenance organization shall also provide a description of remedial actions taken or proposed to be taken to correct significant deficiencies, if the actions are not described in the accountant's report.

(c) The report must follow generally the form for communication of internal control structure matters noted in an audit described in Statement on Auditing Standard (SAS) No. 60, AU Section 325, Professional Standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8228.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8228 / Section 8228.151
§ 8228.151. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Family Code § 152.310 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.310
§ 152.310. HEARING AND ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to Section 152.204, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes that:

(1) the child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under Section 152.305 and that:

(A) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under Subchapter C;

(B) the child custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under Subchapter C; or

(C) the respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of Section 152.108, in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or

(2) the child custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under Section 152.305 but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under Subchapter C.

(b) The court shall award the fees, costs, and expenses authorized under Section 152.312 and may grant additional relief, including a request for the assistance of law enforcement officials, and set a further hearing to determine whether additional relief is appropriate.

(c) If a party called to testify refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the court may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.

(d) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.254 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.254
§ 173.254. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution shall name one or more banks for the deposit of district funds.

(b) District funds are public funds and may be invested in securities permitted by Chapter 2256, Government Code.

(c) To the extent district funds are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successor, the funds shall be collateralized in the manner provided for county funds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 382.102 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 382 / Section 382.102
§ 382.102. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

A county may enter into a development agreement with an owner of land in the territory designated for an economic development project, or a district may enter into a development agreement, for a term not to exceed 30 years on any terms and conditions the county or the board considers advisable. The parties may amend the agreement.
Tex. Government Code § 864.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 864 / Section 864.006
§ 864.006. MEMBER SERVICE DEATH BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The surviving spouse and dependents of a member who dies as a result of performing emergency services or support services are entitled to receive in equal shares a death benefit annuity equal to the service retirement annuity that the decedent would have been entitled to receive if the decedent had been able to retire, vested at 100 percent, on the date of the decedent's death.

(b) The beneficiary of a member who dies as a result of performing emergency services or support services is entitled to a lump-sum benefit of $5,000 or a greater amount that the state board provides by rule.
Tex. Government Code § 525.0251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 525 / Section 525.0251
§ 525.0251. INFORMATION RESOURCES STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission is responsible for strategic planning for information resources at each health and human services agency and shall direct the management of information resources at each health and human services agency.

(b) The commission shall:

(1) develop a coordinated strategic plan for information resources management that:

(A) covers a five-year period;

(B) defines objectives for information resources management at each health and human services agency;

(C) prioritizes information resources projects and implementation of new technology for all health and human services agencies;

(D) integrates planning and development of each information resources system a health and human services agency uses into a coordinated information resources management planning and development system the commission establishes;

(E) establishes standards for information resources system security and that promotes the capability of information resources systems operating with each other;

(F) achieves economies of scale and related benefits in purchasing for health and human services information resources systems; and

(G) is consistent with the state strategic plan for information resources developed under Chapter 2054;

(2) establish and ensure compliance with information resources management policies, procedures, and technical standards; and

(3) review and approve the information resources deployment review and biennial operating plan of each health and human services agency.

(c) A health and human services agency may not submit the agency's plans to the Department of Information Resources or the Legislative Budget Board under Subchapter E, Chapter 2054, until the commission approves the plans.
Tex. Water Code § 58.305 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.305
§ 58.305. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by order shall allocate a portion of the estimated maintenance and operating expenses that shall be paid by assessment against all land in the district to which the district can furnish irrigation water through its water delivery system or through an extension of its water delivery system. This assessment shall be levied against all irrigable land in the district on a per acre basis, whether or not the land is actually irrigated.

(b) The board shall determine from year to year the proportionate amount of the expenses which will be borne by all water users receiving water delivery from the district.

(c) The remainder of the estimated expenses shall be paid by charges, fees, rentals, or deposits required of persons in the district who use or who make application to use water and other charges approved by the board. The board shall prorate the remainder among the applicants for irrigation water and may consider:

(1) the acreage each applicant will plant, the crop the applicant will grow, and the amount of water per acre used for irrigation purposes; and

(2) other factors deemed appropriate by the board with respect to water used for other nonirrigation uses.

(d) A landowner of irrigable land in the district or a user of water delivered by the district for any purpose other than irrigation who disputes all or a part of a board order that determines the amount of an assessment, charge, fee, rental, or deposit may file a petition under Section 11.041. That petition filed with the commission is the sole remedy available to a landowner or user of water described by this subsection.
Tex. Government Code § 52.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 52 / Section 52.058
§ 52.058. EXPENSES OF DISTRICT COURT REPORTERS IN CHANGE OF VENUE CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each official or deputy court reporter of a district court is entitled to reimbursement in the amount prescribed by Subsection (b) for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in official duties during a trial being held under a change of venue order in any county of the state other than the county of the reporter's residence. This reimbursement is in addition to the reporter's regular salary.

(b) Travel expenses reimbursed under this section may not exceed the mileage reimbursement rate established by the county for the use of private conveyances, traveling the shortest practical route.

(c) The expenses shall be reimbursed as provided by Sections 52.055(c) and (e).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3001.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3001 / Section 3001.059
§ 3001.059. CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section:

(1) a director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and

(2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest for directors.

(b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. A director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file an affidavit with the board secretary declaring the interest. Another affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes.

(c) After the affidavit is filed, the director may participate in a discussion or vote on that action if:

(1) a majority of the directors have similar interests in the same entity; or

(2) all similar business or charitable entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit.

(d) A director who is an officer or employee of a public entity may not participate in a discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with the public entity.

(e) For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have a substantial interest in a business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 24.26 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.26
§ 24.26. ENFORCING FORFEITURE.
Status: in_force

The bond of a witness may be enforced against him and his sureties, if any, in the manner pointed out in this Code for enforcing the bond of a defendant in a criminal case.
Tex. Insurance Code § 826.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 826 / Section 826.103
§ 826.103. AMENDMENTS; WITHDRAWAL OF PLAN.
Status: in_force

Before a conversion plan takes effect, a converting company may amend or withdraw the plan by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of its board of directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.353 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.353
§ 3933.353. AUTHORIZATION; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall adopt, reduce, or repeal the sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter at an election in which a majority of the voters of the district voting in the election approve the adoption, reduction, or repeal of the tax, as applicable.

(b) The board by order shall call an election to adopt, reduce, or repeal a sales and use tax. The election shall be held on the first authorized uniform election date that occurs after the time required by Section 3.005, Election Code.

(c) The district shall provide notice of the election and shall hold the election in the manner prescribed by Chapter 54, Water Code, for bond elections for municipal utility districts.

(d) The ballots shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the following appropriate proposition:

(1) "Adoption of a ___ percent district sales and use tax in the district";

(2) "Reduction of the district sales and use tax in the district from ___ percent to ___ percent"; or

(3) "Repeal of the district sales and use tax in the district."
Tex. Government Code § 411.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.105
§ 411.105.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.105. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. (a) The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy is entitled to obtain criminal history record information as provided by Subsection (b) that relates to:

(1) an applicant for a license or certification as a certified public accountant under Chapter 901, Occupations Code;

(2) an applicant to take the uniform certified public accountant examination under Chapter 901, Occupations Code;

(3) an applicant for reinstatement of a license or certificate under Chapter 901, Occupations Code;

(4) an applicant for a license or certification renewal under Chapter 901, Occupations Code; or

(5) an owner or an individual who seeks to become an owner of a certified public accountancy firm if the owner or prospective owner is not a license holder under Chapter 901, Occupations Code.

(b) Subject to Section 411.087 of this code and Section 901.169, Occupations Code, and consistent with the public policy of this state, the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy is entitled to:

(1) obtain through the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record information maintained or indexed by that bureau that pertains to a person described by Subsection (a); and

(2) obtain from the department or any other criminal justice agency in this state criminal history record information maintained by the department or that criminal justice agency that relates to a person described by Subsection (a).

(c) The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy may not release or disclose to any person criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Subsection (b)(1). Criminal history record information obtained by the board under Subsection (b)(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person except on court order, with the written consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information, or as provided by Subsection (d).

(d) The board is not prohibited from disclosing criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (b)(2) in a criminal proceeding or in a hearing conducted by or on behalf of the board.

(e) The board shall destroy criminal history record information that is obtained under this section after the information is used for its authorized purpose.
Tex. Insurance Code § 544.603 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 544 / Section 544.603
§ 544.603. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

A person does not violate Section 544.602 if the refusal, limitation, or charge is:

(1) based on sound underwriting or actuarial principles reasonably related to actual or anticipated loss experience; or

(2) required or authorized by law or a regulatory mandate.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.263 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.263
§ 2306.263. REPORTING.
Status: in_force

The department may require housing sponsors to:

(1) make reports and certifications of their expenditures; and

(2) answer specific questions on forms whenever necessary for the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.003 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 76 / Section 76.003
§ 76.003. BEDS SUBJECT TO LOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Section 76.004, an oyster bed or reef, other than a natural oyster bed, is subject to location by the department.

(b) The department may subject a natural oyster bed to location if the department determines that the bed is degraded. In determining whether a natural oyster bed is degraded, the department may consider:

(1) the relative abundance of oysters in the area;

(2) the availability of natural cultch material in the area;

(3) sediment overburden in the area;

(4) the amount of time that the area has been exhausted, if the area is exhausted; and

(5) any other criteria the department considers indicative of a degraded oyster bed.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.055 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.055
§ 392.055. RENTALS AND TENANT SELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may rent or lease housing only to persons of low income and only at rentals that persons of low income can afford, in accordance with policy guidelines to be adopted annually by the authority on or before the beginning of each fiscal year of the authority.

(b) An authority may not rent or lease housing to a tenant that consists of a greater number of rooms than the number the authority considers necessary to provide safe and sanitary housing to the proposed occupants without overcrowding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9070.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9070 / Section 9070.001
§ 9070.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Fayette County Water Control and Improvement District-Monument Hill.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3812.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3812 / Section 3812.003
§ 3812.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the north side of the city of Houston.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of June 16, 2001, to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Labor Code § 101.155 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 101 / Section 101.155
§ 101.155. DECLARATION OR PUBLICATION OF CONTINUATION OF ENJOINED PICKETING PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person may not declare or publicize the continued existence of actual or constructive picketing at a point or directed against a premises after a court of competent jurisdiction has enjoined the continuation of that picketing at that point or premises.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0103
§ 9092.0103. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is:

(1) created to serve a public use and benefit; and

(2) essential to the accomplishment of the preservation and conservation of this state's natural resources.

(b) All land in the district will benefit from the district.

(c) This chapter addresses a subject in which this state and the general public are interested.

(d) The district performs an essential public function under the Texas Constitution in carrying out the purposes of this chapter because the accomplishment of those purposes is for the benefit of the people of this state and the improvement of their properties and the industries.
Tex. Local Government Code § 213.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 213 / Section 213.004
§ 213.004. EFFECT ON OTHER MUNICIPAL PLANS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not limit the ability of a municipality to prepare other plans, policies, or strategies as required.