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Tex. Government Code § 552.110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.110
§ 552.110.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.110. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF TRADE SECRETS; CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "trade secret" means all forms and types of information, including business, scientific, technical, economic, or engineering information, and any formula, design, prototype, pattern, plan, compilation, program device, program, code, device, method, technique, process, procedure, financial data, or list of actual or potential customers or suppliers, whether tangible or intangible and whether or however stored, compiled, or memorialized physically, electronically, graphically, photographically, or in writing if:

(1) the owner of the trade secret has taken reasonable measures under the circumstances to keep the information secret; and

(2) the information derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable through proper means by, another person who can obtain economic value from the disclosure or use of the information.

(b) Except as provided by Section 552.0222, information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is demonstrated based on specific factual evidence that the information is a trade secret.

(c) Except as provided by Section 552.0222, commercial or financial information for which it is demonstrated based on specific factual evidence that disclosure would cause substantial competitive harm to the person from whom the information was obtained is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.
Tex. Education Code § 29.357 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.357
§ 29.357. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) To receive funding under the program, a participating parent must agree to:

(1) request that program money be spent only for expenses allowed under Section 29.359;

(2) share or authorize the administrator of an assessment instrument to share with the program participant's certified educational assistance organization the results of any assessment instrument required to be administered to the child under Section 29.358(b)(2)(B) or other law;

(3) refrain from selling an item purchased with program money; and

(4) notify the program participant's certified educational assistance organization not later than 30 business days after the date on which the child:

(A) enrolls in a school district or open-enrollment charter school;

(B) graduates from high school; or

(C) is no longer eligible to either:

(i) enroll in a school district or open-enrollment charter school under Section 25.001; or

(ii) enroll in a school district's or open-enrollment charter school's prekindergarten program under Section 29.153.

(b) The administrator of an assessment instrument required to be administered under Section 29.358(b)(2)(B) or other law shall share with a parent the participating child's results on the assessment instrument, including, if available, the participating child's percentile rank. A child's results and rank on an assessment instrument administered under this section are confidential, are not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may only be shared as necessary to fulfill the requirements of this subchapter. In providing the results and rank for an assessment instrument, the administrator shall ensure compliance with state and federal law regarding the confidentiality of student educational information, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g).
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.457 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.457
§ 452.457. DELIVERY OF REPORT AND RESPONSE.
Status: in_force

An authority required by Section 452.454 to contract for a performance audit shall, before February 1 of the year after the fiscal year in which the performance audit is conducted, deliver a copy of each performance audit report and of the authority's response to the report to:

(1) the governor;

(2) the lieutenant governor;

(3) the speaker of the house of representatives;

(4) each member of the legislature whose district includes territory in the authority;

(5) the state auditor;

(6) the county judge of each county having territory in the authority; and

(7) the presiding officer of the governing body of each municipality having territory in the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7969.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7969 / Section 7969.006
§ 7969.006. 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.
Tex. Local Government Code § 51.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 51 / Section 51.003
§ 51.003. MUNICIPAL ACT OR PROCEEDING PRESUMED VALID.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental act or proceeding of a municipality is conclusively presumed, as of the date it occurred, to be valid and to have occurred in accordance with all applicable statutes and ordinances if:

(1) the third anniversary of the effective date of the act or proceeding has expired; and

(2) a lawsuit to annul or invalidate the act or proceeding has not been filed on or before that third anniversary.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) an act or proceeding that was void at the time it occurred;

(2) an act or proceeding that, under a statute of this state or the United States, was a misdemeanor or felony at the time the act or proceeding occurred;

(3) an incorporation or attempted incorporation of a municipality, or an annexation or attempted annexation of territory by a municipality, within the incorporated boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of another municipality that occurred without the consent of the other municipality in violation of Chapter 42 or 43;

(4) an ordinance that, at the time it was passed, was preempted by a statute of this state or the United States, including Section 1.06 or 109.57, Alcoholic Beverage Code; or

(5) a matter that on the effective date of this section:

(A) is involved in litigation if the litigation ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final judgment of a court; or

(B) has been held invalid by a final judgment of a court.
Tex. Finance Code § 204.202 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 204 / Section 204.202
§ 204.202. PLACE OF BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

A Texas representative office may engage in the business authorized by this subchapter at each place of business registered with the commissioner. A Texas representative office may change its location in this state by filing a notice with the commissioner containing the street address and post office address of the new location.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3931.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3931 / Section 3931.101
§ 3931.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.112 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.112
§ 161.112. INSTALLMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board, at its option, may issue bonds in one or several installments.
Tex. Government Code § 2263.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2263 / Section 2263.005
§ 2263.005. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTSIDE FINANCIAL ADVISOR OR SERVICE PROVIDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A financial advisor or service provider described by Section 2263.004 shall disclose in writing to the administrative head of the applicable state governmental entity and to the state auditor:

(1) any relationship the financial advisor or service provider has with any party to a transaction with the state governmental entity, other than a relationship necessary to the investment or funds management services that the financial advisor or service provider performs for the state governmental entity, if a reasonable person could expect the relationship to diminish the financial advisor's or service provider's independence of judgment in the performance of the person's responsibilities to the state governmental entity; and

(2) all direct or indirect pecuniary interests the financial advisor or service provider has in any party to a transaction with the state governmental entity, if the transaction is connected with any financial advice or service the financial advisor or service provider provides to the state governmental entity or to a member of the governing body in connection with the management or investment of state funds.

(b) The financial advisor or service provider shall disclose a relationship described by Subsection (a) without regard to whether the relationship is a direct, indirect, personal, private, commercial, or business relationship.

(c) A financial advisor or service provider described by Section 2263.004 shall file annually a statement with the administrative head of the applicable state governmental entity and with the state auditor. The statement must disclose each relationship and pecuniary interest described by Subsection (a) or, if no relationship or pecuniary interest described by that subsection existed during the disclosure period, the statement must affirmatively state that fact.

(d) The annual statement must be filed not later than April 15 on a form prescribed by the governmental entity, other than the state auditor, receiving the form. The statement must cover the reporting period of the previous calendar year. The state auditor shall develop and recommend a uniform form that other governmental entities receiving the form may prescribe.

(e) The financial advisor or service provider shall promptly file a new or amended statement with the administrative head of the applicable state governmental entity and with the state auditor whenever there is new information to report under Subsection (a).
Tex. Water Code § 7.109 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.109
§ 7.109. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If it appears that a violation or a threat of violation of Section 26.121 or a rule, permit, or order of the commission has occurred or is occurring that affects aquatic life or wildlife, the Parks and Wildlife Department, in the same manner as the commission under this chapter, may have a suit instituted in a district court for injunctive relief or civil penalties, or both, as authorized by this subchapter, against the person who committed or is committing or threatening to commit the violation.

(b) In a suit brought under this section for a violation that is the proximate cause of injury to aquatic life or wildlife normally taken for commercial or sport purposes or to species on which this life is directly dependent for food, the Parks and Wildlife Department is entitled to recover damages for the injury. In determining damages, the court may consider the valuation of the injured resources established in rules adopted by the Parks and Wildlife Department under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife Code, or the replacement cost of the injured resources. Any recovery of damages for injury to aquatic life or wildlife shall be deposited to the credit of the game, fish, and water safety account under Section 11.032, Parks and Wildlife Code, and the Parks and Wildlife Department shall use money recovered in a suit brought under this section to replenish or enhance the injured resources.

(c) The actual cost of investigation, reasonable attorney's fees, and reasonable expert witness fees may also be recovered, and those recovered amounts shall be credited to the same operating accounts from which expenditures occurred.

(d) This section does not limit recovery for damages available under other laws.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.007
§ 1016.007. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Occupations Code § 256.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 256 / Section 256.052
§ 256.052. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not practice or offer to practice dental hygiene in this state unless the person is licensed under this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 216.013 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 216 / Section 216.013
§ 216.013. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The requirements of this subchapter do not apply to a sign that was erected in violation of local ordinances, laws, or regulations applicable at the time of its erection.

(b) The requirements of this subchapter do not apply to a sign that, having been permitted to remain in place as a nonconforming use, is required to be removed by a municipality because the sign, or a substantial part of it, is blown down or otherwise destroyed or dismantled for any purpose other than maintenance operations or for changing the letters, symbols, or other matter on the sign.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), a sign or substantial part of it is considered to have been destroyed only if the cost of repairing the sign is more than 60 percent of the cost of erecting a new sign of the same type at the same location.

(d) This subchapter does not limit or restrict the compensation provisions of the highway beautification provisions contained in Chapter 391, Transportation Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3919.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3919 / Section 3919.054
§ 3919.054. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

A director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records.
Tex. Family Code § 161.109 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.109
§ 161.109. REQUIREMENT OF PATERNITY REGISTRY CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a parent-child relationship does not exist between the child and any man, a certificate from the vital statistics unit signed by the registrar that a diligent search has been made of the paternity registry maintained by the unit and that a registration has not been found pertaining to the father of the child in question must be filed with the court before a trial on the merits in the suit for termination may be held.

(b) In a proceeding to terminate parental rights in which the alleged or probable father has not been personally served with citation or signed an affidavit of relinquishment or an affidavit of waiver of interest, the court may not terminate the parental rights of the alleged or probable father, whether known or unknown, unless a certificate from the vital statistics unit signed by the registrar states that a diligent search has been made of the paternity registry maintained by the unit and that a filing or registration has not been found pertaining to the father of the child in question.
Tex. Finance Code § 122.153 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 122 / Section 122.153
§ 122.153. DECISION BY COMMISSIONER; APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), on approving the merger or consolidation, the commissioner shall return the certificates and plan to the merging or consolidating credit unions.

(b) The commissioner may conditionally approve a merger or consolidation. If approval is conditional, the commissioner:

(1) shall state the condition in the order approving the merger or consolidation; and

(2) may not deliver the approved certificate until the condition has been met.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner may authorize a credit union that is insolvent or is in danger of insolvency to merge or consolidate with another credit union or may authorize a credit union to purchase any of the assets of, or assume any of the liabilities of, another credit union that is insolvent or in danger of insolvency if the commissioner is satisfied that:

(1) an emergency requiring expeditious action exists with respect to the credit union that is insolvent or in danger of insolvency;

(2) another option is not reasonably available; and

(3) the public interest would best be served by approval of the merger, consolidation, purchase, or assumption.

(d) If the commissioner disapproves the merger or consolidation or imposes a condition, the merging or consolidating credit unions may appeal the commissioner's decision to the commission in the manner provided by Section 122.007 for an appeal on an application to incorporate a credit union.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.406 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.406
§ 885.406. PUBLICATION OF VALUATION AND CONDITION.
Status: in_force

A fraternal benefit society shall publish, in the society's official paper, a statement of:

(1) the valuation provided by Sections 885.403 and 885.405; and

(2) an explanation of the facts concerning the society's condition disclosed by that valuation.
Tex. Estates Code § 301.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 301 / Section 301.152
§ 301.152. ADDITIONAL PROOF REQUIRED FOR LETTERS TESTAMENTARY.
Status: in_force

If letters testamentary are to be granted, it must appear to the court that:

(1) the proof required for the probate of the will has been made; and

(2) the person to whom the letters are to be granted is named as executor in the will.
Tex. Government Code § 2251.043 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2251 / Section 2251.043
§ 2251.043. ATTORNEY FEES.
Status: in_force

In a formal administrative or judicial action to collect an invoice payment or interest due under this chapter, the opposing party, which may be the governmental entity or the vendor, shall pay the reasonable attorney fees of the prevailing party.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.052
§ 1004.052. TERMS; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Directors are elected from the district at large.

(b) Unless a four-year term is established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and

(2) a directors' election shall be held on the first Saturday in May of each year to elect the appropriate number of directors.

(c) Notice of the directors' election shall be published at least once in a newspaper with general circulation in the district in accordance with Section 4.003(a), Election Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.133 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.133
§ 131.133. REQUIRED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The permit application shall include information concerning:

(1) the name, address, ownership, and management officers of the permit applicant and affiliated persons engaged in surface mining;

(2) legal and equitable interests of record, if reasonably ascertainable, in the surface and mineral estates of the permit area and in the surface estate of land located within 500 feet of the permit area, provided that the mineral estate includes only minerals as defined in this chapter;

(3) persons residing on the property at the time of the application;

(4) current or previous surface mining permits held by the applicant, including any revocations, suspensions, or bond forfeitures;

(5) the type and method of surface mining operation, the engineering techniques, and the equipment that is proposed to be used, including mining schedules, the nature and expected amount of overburden to be removed, the depth of excavations, a description of the affected land and permit area, the results of any test borings, test pits, or core samplings that have been gathered from the permit area, and the anticipated hydrologic consequences of the mining operation;

(6) the applicant's legal right to surface mine the affected land; and

(7) other pertinent matters that the commission considers reasonably necessary to effectuate the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1049.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1049 / Section 1049.205
§ 1049.205. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3883.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3883 / Section 3883.106
§ 3883.106. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.112 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.112
§ 2054.112. SECURITY REVIEW FOR NEW INTERNET SITES.
Status: in_force

Each state agency shall review its requirements for forms, data collection, and notarization when planning to deliver a service through the Internet to determine if the information is necessary and, if necessary, the appropriate level of authentication. Based on this review, the agency shall:

(1) eliminate any unnecessary requirements; and

(2) adjust security to the appropriate level for any necessary requirements.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.005
§ 142.005. LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES DRIVING EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may insure the officers and employees of its fire and police departments and other municipal employees who drive emergency vehicles against liability to third persons arising from the use and operation of a motor vehicle used as a municipal emergency medical, fire, or police vehicle in the line of duty by procuring a policy for that purpose from an insurance company authorized to do business in this state.

(b) Insurance taken out by a municipality must be on forms approved by the State Board of Insurance.

(c) A municipality may not purchase liability insurance in excess of $20,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, $100,000 because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and $15,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7901.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7901 / Section 7901.0503
§ 7901.0503. 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. Government Code § 2253.044 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2253 / Section 2253.044
§ 2253.044. NOTICE OF CLAIM FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS OF LABOR OR MATERIAL.
Status: in_force

The notice for a claim for lump-sum payment for multiple items of public work labor or material must:

(1) describe the labor or material in a manner that reasonably identifies the labor or material;

(2) state the name of the party for whom the labor was performed or to whom the material was delivered;

(3) state the approximate date of performance or delivery;

(4) state whether the contract is written or oral;

(5) state the amount of the contract; and

(6) state the amount claimed.