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Tex. Government Code § 2176.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2176 / Section 2176.107
§ 2176.107. PREREQUISITE TO UPGRADING OR REPLACING MAIL EQUIPMENT; COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the comptroller determines that upgrading existing mail production or processing equipment or purchasing new mail production or processing equipment is required to improve outgoing first-class mail practices of the comptroller or another state agency located in Travis County, the comptroller shall prepare a cost-benefit analysis demonstrating that the upgrade or purchase is more cost-effective than contracting with a private entity to provide the equipment or mail service.

(b) The comptroller shall approve the most cost-effective method.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8162.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8162 / Section 8162.254
§ 8162.254. CONTINUING POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF NEW DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each new district may incur and pay debts and has all powers of the original district created by this chapter.

(b) If the district is divided as provided by this subchapter, the current obligations and any bond authorizations of the district are not impaired. Debts shall be paid by revenue or by taxes or assessments imposed on real property in the district as if the district had not been divided or by contributions from each new district as stated in the terms set by the board under Section 8162.251(e).

(c) Any other district obligation is divided pro rata among the new districts on an acreage basis or on other terms that are satisfactory to the new districts.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.5051 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.5051
§ 17.5051. MEDIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A party may, not later than the 90th day after the date of service of a pleading in which relief under this subchapter is sought, file a motion to compel mediation of the dispute in the manner provided by this section.

(b) The court shall, not later than the 30th day after the date a motion under this section is filed, sign an order setting the time and place of the mediation.

(c) If the parties do not agree on a mediator, the court shall appoint the mediator.

(d) Mediation shall be held within 30 days after the date the order is signed, unless the parties agree otherwise or the court determines that additional time, not to exceed an additional 30 days, is warranted.

(e) Except as agreed to by all parties who have appeared in the action, each party who has appeared shall participate in the mediation and, except as provided by Subsection (f), shall share the mediation fee.

(f) A party may not compel mediation under this section if the amount of economic damages claimed is less than $15,000, unless the party seeking to compel mediation agrees to pay the costs of the mediation.

(g) Except as provided in this section, Section 154.023, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and Subchapters C and D, Chapter 154, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, apply to the appointment of a mediator and to the mediation process provided by this section.

(h) This section does not apply to an action brought by the attorney general under Section 17.47.
Tex. Government Code § 411.147 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.147
§ 411.147. ACCESS TO DNA DATABASE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The director by rule shall establish procedures:

(1) to prevent unauthorized access to the DNA database; and

(2) to release from the DNA database a DNA sample, analysis, record, or other information maintained under this subchapter.

(b) The director may adopt rules relating to the internal disclosure, access, or use of a sample or DNA record in a DNA laboratory or authorized law enforcement agency.

(c) The director may release a DNA sample, analysis, or record only:

(1) to a criminal justice agency for criminal justice or law enforcement identification purposes;

(2) for a judicial proceeding, if otherwise admissible under law;

(3) for criminal defense purposes to a defendant, if related to the case in which the defendant is charged or released from custody under Article 17.47, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other court order; or

(4) for another purpose:

(A) described in Section 411.143; or

(B) required under federal law as a condition for obtaining federal funding.

(d) The director may release a record of the number of requests made for a defendant's individual DNA record and the name of the requesting person.

(e) A criminal justice agency may have access to a DNA sample for a law enforcement purpose through:

(1) the agency's laboratory;

(2) a laboratory used by the agency; or

(3) an authorized law enforcement agency.

(f) The director shall maintain a record of requests made under this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.193 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.193
§ 601.193.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.193. DEFENSE: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN EFFECT AT TIME OF ALLEGED OFFENSE. (a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 601.191 or 601.195 that the person charged produces to the court one of the documents listed in Section 601.053(a) that was valid at the time that the offense is alleged to have occurred.

(b) After the court verifies a document produced under Subsection (a), the court shall dismiss the charge.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.502 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.502
§ 2.502. BUYER'S RIGHT TO GOODS ON SELLER'S REPUDIATION, FAILURE TO DELIVER, OR INSOLVENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsections (b) and (c) and even though the goods have not been shipped a buyer who has paid a part or all of the price of goods in which he has a special property under the provisions of the immediately preceding section may on making and keeping good a tender of any unpaid portion of their price recover them from the seller if:

(1) in the case of goods bought for personal, family, or household purposes, the seller repudiates or fails to deliver as required by the contract; or

(2) in all cases, the seller becomes insolvent within ten days after receipt of the first installment on their price.

(b) The buyer's right to recover the goods under Subsection (a)(1) vests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then repudiated or failed to deliver.

(c) If the identification creating his special property has been made by the buyer he acquires the right to recover the goods only if they conform to the contract for sale.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 99.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 99 / Section 99.005
§ 99.005.
Status: in_force

Sec. 99.005. CHAPTER 33 DOES NOT APPLY. Chapter 33 does not apply in an action for damages arising from the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 262.037 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 262 / Section 262.037
§ 262.037. ESTABLISHMENT OF NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may form and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law, as described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code, to own and operate all or part of one or more ancillary health care facilities consistent with the purposes of an authority under this chapter.

(b) The board shall appoint the board of directors of a nonprofit corporation formed under this section.

(c) The authority may contribute money to or solicit money for the nonprofit corporation. If the authority contributes money to or solicits money for the corporation, the authority shall establish procedures and controls sufficient to ensure that the money is used by the corporation for public purposes.

(d) A nonprofit corporation formed under this section has the same powers as a development corporation under Section 221.030.

(e) A nonprofit corporation formed under this section shall comply with Chapter 2258, Government Code, in the same manner and to the same extent that the authority is required to comply with that chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.166 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.166
§ 651.166. TAKING, RECEIVING, OR CHARGING UNAUTHORIZED AMOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) Taking or receiving from an insured or the charging of an insured by an insurance premium finance company of a charge greater than authorized by this chapter does not invalidate:

(1) the premium finance agreement; or

(2) the principal balance payable under the agreement.

(b) An action described by Subsection (a) may be adjudged a forfeiture of all charges that:

(1) are authorized under the premium finance agreement; or

(2) the insured has agreed to pay.

(c) A person who pays an unauthorized charge or the person's legal representative may bring an action against the insurance premium finance company to recover twice the total amount of the charge paid. The action must be brought within two years after the date the unauthorized charge is paid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8847.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8847 / Section 8847.153
§ 8847.153. PERMIT FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule may impose a reasonable fee on each well for which a permit is issued by the district and that is not exempt from regulation by the district.

(b) The fee must be based on the amount of water to be withdrawn from the well.

(c) The fee may not exceed $0.025 per thousand gallons of groundwater withdrawn for any purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.202
§ 1062.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1062.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax.
Tex. Election Code § 127.066 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.066
§ 127.066. SEALING DEPOSIT SLOT; DELIVERY OF SEALED BALLOT BOX TO COUNTING STATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately on completion of voting at a polling place using sealed ballot boxes or, if the presiding judge inactivates a sealed ballot box before completion of voting, immediately on inactivation, an election officer shall seal the deposit slot in each box so that nothing can be deposited through the slot without breaking the seal.

(b) The presiding judge, an election clerk, and not more than two watchers, if one or more watchers are present, shall sign the seal. The watchers must be of opposing interests if such watchers are present.

(c) After the box is sealed, it shall be delivered to the central counting station by two election officers. The officers shall deliver the box to the presiding judge of the central counting station or to the judge's designee.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.004
§ 351.004. STRUCTURAL AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

A county jail must be:

(1) structurally sound;

(2) fire resistant;

(3) properly ventilated, heated, and lighted; and

(4) kept in good repair.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1025.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1025 / Section 1025.155
§ 1025.155. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board.

(b) The fiscal year may not be changed:

(1) during a period that revenue bonds of the district are outstanding; or

(2) more than once in a 24-month period.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.101 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.101
§ 21.101. SHAREHOLDERS' AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The shareholders of a corporation may enter into an agreement that:

(1) restricts the discretion or powers of the board of directors;

(2) eliminates the board of directors and authorizes the business and affairs of the corporation to be managed, wholly or partly, by one or more of its shareholders or other persons;

(3) establishes the individuals who shall serve as directors or officers of the corporation;

(4) determines the term of office, manner of selection or removal, or terms or conditions of employment of a director, officer, or other employee of the corporation, regardless of the length of employment;

(5) governs the authorization or making of distributions whether in proportion to ownership of shares, subject to Section 21.303;

(6) determines the manner in which profits and losses will be apportioned;

(7) governs, in general or with regard to specific matters, the exercise or division of voting power by and between the shareholders, directors, or other persons, including use of disproportionate voting rights or director proxies;

(8) establishes the terms of an agreement for the transfer or use of property or for the provision of services between the corporation and another person, including a shareholder, director, officer, or employee of the corporation;

(9) authorizes arbitration or grants authority to a shareholder or other person to resolve any issue about which there is a deadlock among the directors, shareholders, or other persons authorized to manage the corporation;

(10) requires winding up and termination of the corporation at the request of one or more shareholders or on the occurrence of a specified event or contingency, in which case the winding up and termination of the corporation will proceed as if all of the shareholders had consented in writing to the winding up and termination as provided by Subchapter K;

(11) with regard to one or more social purposes specified in the corporation's certificate of formation, governs the exercise of corporate powers, the management of the operations and affairs of the corporation, the approval by shareholders or other persons of corporate actions, or the relationship among the shareholders, the directors, and the corporation; or

(12) otherwise governs the exercise of corporate powers, the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, or the relationship among the shareholders, the directors, and the corporation as if the corporation were a partnership or in a manner that would otherwise be appropriate only among partners and not contrary to public policy.

(b) A shareholders' agreement authorized by this section must be:

(1) contained in:

(A) the certificate of formation or bylaws if approved by all of the shareholders at the time of the agreement; or

(B) a written agreement that is:

(i) signed by all of the shareholders at the time of the agreement; and

(ii) made known to the corporation; and

(2) amended only by all of the shareholders at the time of the amendment, unless the agreement provides otherwise.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3802.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3802 / Section 3802.154
§ 3802.154. MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3802.159, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district to:

(1) maintain and operate the district and the improvements constructed or acquired by the district; or

(2) provide services to industrial or commercial businesses, residents, or property owners.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2053.035 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.035
§ 2053.035.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2053.035. APPLICABILITY OF SECTION 38.003. Section 38.003 applies to this subchapter to the extent consistent with this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 442A.201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 442A / Section 442A.201
§ 442A.201. EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter expires on the second anniversary of the date that all money appropriated for the pilot program has been expended.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.0145 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.0145
§ 12.0145. INFORMATION ABOUT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall publish and provide information in accordance with this section regarding each final enforcement action taken by the department or commissioner against a person or facility regulated by the department in which any kind of sanction is imposed, including:

(1) the imposition of a reprimand, a period of probation, a monetary penalty, or a condition on a person's continued practice or a facility's continued operation; and

(2) the refusal to renew or the suspension, probation, or revocation of a license or other form of permission to engage in an activity.

(b) Except to the extent that the information is specifically made confidential under other law, the department shall publish and provide the name, including any trade name, of the person or facility against which an enforcement action was taken, the violation that the person or facility was found to have committed, and the sanction imposed. The department shall publish and provide the information in a way that does not serve to identify a complainant.

(c) The department shall publish the information on its generally accessible Internet site. The department also shall provide the information by establishing a system under which members of the public can call toll-free numbers to obtain the information efficiently and with a minimum of delay. The department shall appropriately publicize the toll-free numbers.

(d) The department shall publish and provide the information promptly after the sanction has been imposed or, when applicable, promptly after the period during which the sanction is imposed has begun. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish the length of time during which the required information will be published and provided under this section based on the executive commissioner's determination regarding the types of services provided by regulated entities and the length of time for which information about a category of enforcement actions is useful to a member of the public.

(e) The department shall publish and provide the information using clear language that can be readily understood by a person with a high school education.

(f) If another law specifically requires that particular information subject to this section shall be published in another manner, the department shall comply with this section and with the other law.

(g) A determination that the department is not required to publish and provide information under this section does not affect a determination regarding whether the information is subject to required disclosure under the open records law, Chapter 552, Government Code. The executive commissioner's determination regarding the length of the period during which information should continue to be published and provided under this section does not affect a determination regarding the period for which the information must be preserved under Chapter 441, Government Code, or under another law.
Tex. Government Code § 841.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 841 / Section 841.010
§ 841.010. DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, all distributions under this subtitle must be determined and made in accordance with Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 401) and the regulations adopted under that provision, including the minimum incidental death benefit distribution requirement of Section 401(a)(9)(G) of that code. The board of trustees may adopt rules relating to the selection, payment, and distribution of benefits to ensure compliance with federal statutes and regulations.

(b) The entire vested interest of a participant must be distributed or begin to be distributed not later than the required beginning date as determined in accordance with Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations adopted under that provision. If the participant dies after distribution of the participant's interest has begun, the remaining portion of the interest will continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as the method of distribution being used before the participant's death. If the participant dies before distribution of the participant's interest begins, distribution of the participant's entire interest must be made in a manner complying with Section 401(a)(9)(B) of the code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.331 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.331
§ 9.331.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.331. PRIORITY OF RIGHTS OF PURCHASERS OF INSTRUMENTS, DOCUMENTS, SECURITIES, AND VIRTUAL CURRENCIES UNDER OTHER CHAPTERS; PRIORITY OF INTERESTS IN FINANCIAL ASSETS AND SECURITY ENTITLEMENTS UNDER CHAPTER 8 AND VIRTUAL CURRENCIES UNDER CHAPTER 12. (a) This chapter does not limit the rights of a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated, a protected purchaser of a security, or a qualifying purchaser of a virtual currency. These holders or purchasers take priority over an earlier security interest, even if perfected, to the extent provided in Chapters 3, 7, 8, and 12.

(b) This chapter does not limit the rights of or impose liability on a person to the extent that the person is protected against the assertion of a claim under Chapter 8 or 12.

(c) Filing under this chapter does not constitute notice of a claim or defense to the holders, or purchasers, or persons described in Subsections (a) and (b).
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.204
§ 912.204. POLICYHOLDER LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A policyholder is liable for the losses of a county mutual insurance company only as provided by Section 912.202 and the company's bylaws, and only in proportion to the amount that the premium or assessment for the policyholder's policy bears to the total amount of premiums or assessments for all policies written by the company in the class to which the policyholder's policy belongs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7888.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7888 / Section 7888.0305
§ 7888.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.