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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 9.102 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 9 / Section 9.102
§ 9.102. CERTIFICATE OF REVOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If revocation of a registration is required, the secretary of state shall:

(1) file a certificate of revocation; and

(2) deliver a certificate of revocation by regular or certified mail to the foreign filing entity at its registered office or principal place of business.

(b) The certificate of revocation must state:

(1) that the foreign filing entity's registration has been revoked; and

(2) the date and cause of the revocation.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the revocation of a foreign filing entity's registration under this subchapter takes effect on the date the certificate of revocation is filed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8830.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8830 / Section 8830.152
§ 8830.152. DISTRICT REVENUES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district by rule, resolution, or order may establish, amend, pledge, encumber, expend the proceeds from, and assess to any person production fees based on the amount of groundwater authorized by permit to be withdrawn from a well or on the amount of water actually withdrawn, to enable the district to fulfill its purposes and regulatory functions as provided by this chapter. The district may use revenues generated by fees it assesses for any lawful purpose.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of general law to the contrary, a fee authorized by Subsection (a) may not exceed:

(1) $1 per acre-foot annually for groundwater used for agricultural purposes; or

(2) 30 cents per thousand gallons annually for groundwater used for nonagricultural purposes.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of general law or this chapter to the contrary, if any, the district may assess a production fee under this section for groundwater produced from a well or class of wells exempt from permitting under Section 36.117, Water Code. A production fee assessed by the district under this subsection must be based on the amount of groundwater actually withdrawn from the well and may not exceed the amount established by the district for permitted uses under Subsection (b)(2).

(d) Notwithstanding Section 36.1071(f), Water Code, the district by rule, resolution, or order before the adoption of its management plan may:

(1) establish, assess, and enforce the collection of production fees under this section; and

(2) establish and enforce metering and reporting requirements, except for a well exempt from permitting under Section 36.117(b)(1), Water Code.

(e) The district by rule may establish a temporary or permanent discounted fee rate for persons who prepay production fees to the district under this section on or before the dates established by district rule.
Tex. Education Code § 58.009 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 58 / Section 58.009
§ 58.009. FACULTY ENHANCEMENT FUND FOR GENERALIST PHYSICIANS.
Status: in_force

(a) Only accredited medical schools identified in Section 61.501(1) shall be eligible to receive funds under this section.

(b) Only full-time, clinical faculty positions in family practice, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics whose faculty rank is no greater than assistant professor shall be eligible for funds under this section.

(c) The committee shall recommend to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board an allocation of generalist faculty positions that are to receive state support through the Faculty Enhancement Fund for Generalist Physicians. The committee shall take into consideration in recommending an allocation the following factors:

(1) the faculty-student ratio in the generalist specialty at the applicant school;

(2) the length of time a budgeted generalist faculty position has gone unfilled;

(3) whether the position is a new generalist faculty position; and

(4) other factors as determined by the committee.

(d) Once funds are awarded to support a generalist faculty position at a particular medical school, the board shall continue to award funds to support that generalist faculty position for a period not to exceed one additional academic year. After that time, the medical school shall provide an amount equal to the annualized faculty enhancement award in its operating budget to maintain the level of compensation for the position after the grant period has ended.

(e) The board may spend not more than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated for this program in fiscal year 1998, and not more than five percent of the amounts appropriated for this program in succeeding years, for administering the faculty enhancement program for generalist physicians.

(f) The board may solicit, receive, and spend grants, gifts, and donations from public and private sources to comply with this section.
Tex. Water Code § 58.072 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.072
§ 58.072. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

To be qualified for election as a director, a person must be a resident of the state, be the owner of record of fee simple title to land in the district, be at least 18 years of age, and owe no delinquent taxes or assessments to the district. Section 49.052 does not apply to a district governed by this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 686.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 686 / Section 686.002
§ 686.002. REQUIREMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR VALET PARKING SERVICES.
Status: in_force

A person may not operate a valet parking service unless financial responsibility for each employee who operates a motor vehicle for the service is established through:

(1) a motor vehicle liability or comprehensive general liability and garage insurance policy in an amount established by Section 686.004;

(2) a surety bond filed under Section 601.121; or

(3) a deposit in the amount of $450,000 under Section 601.122, notwithstanding any other amount prescribed by that section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.14 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.14
§ 21.14. PERJURY AND AGGRAVATED PERJURY.
Status: in_force

(a) An indictment for perjury or aggravated perjury need not charge the precise language of the false statement, but may state the substance of the same, and no such indictment shall be held insufficient on account of any variance which does not affect the subject matter or general import of such false statement; and it is not necessary in such indictment to set forth the pleadings, records or proceeding with which the false statement is connected, nor the commission or authority of the court or person before whom the false statement was made; but it is sufficient to state the name of the court or public servant by whom the oath was administered with the allegation of the falsity of the matter on which the perjury or aggravated perjury is assigned.

(b) If an individual is charged with aggravated perjury before a grand jury, the indictment may not be entered by the grand jury before which the false statement was alleged to have been made.
Tex. Education Code § 61.073 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.073
§ 61.073. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR TUITION AND FEE EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

Funds shall be appropriated to the board for allocation to each junior college in an amount equal to the total of all tuition and fees forgone each semester as a result of the tuition and fee exemptions required by law in Sections 54.301, 54.331, 54.341, 54.343, 54.351, 54.352, 54.353, 54.3531, and 54.364.
Tex. Estates Code § 1351.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1351 / Section 1351.003
§ 1351.003. HEARING; REQUIREMENTS FOR SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of an application under this subchapter, the court shall set the application for hearing on a date not earlier than five days from the date the application was filed.

(b) The court may cause citation to be issued if the court considers citation necessary.

(c) At the time of the hearing, the court shall order the sale of the property if the court is satisfied from the evidence that the sale is in the minor's best interests. The court may require an independent appraisal of the property to be sold to establish the minimum sale price.
Tex. Government Code § 2161.251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2161 / Section 2161.251
§ 2161.251. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies to all contracts entered into by a state agency with an expected value of $100,000 or more, including:

(1) contracts for the acquisition of a good or service; and

(2) contracts for or related to the construction of a public building, road, or other public work.

(b) This subchapter applies to the contract without regard to:

(1) whether the contract is otherwise subject to this subtitle; or

(2) the source of funds for the contract, except that to the extent federal funds are used to pay for the contract, this subchapter does not apply if federal law prohibits the application of this subchapter in relation to the expenditure of federal funds.
Tex. Labor Code § 207.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 207 / Section 207.002
§ 207.002. BENEFITS FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An eligible individual who is totally unemployed in a benefit period is entitled to benefits for the benefit period at the rate of 1/25 of the wages received by the individual from employment by employers during that quarter in the individual's base period in which wages were highest. For purposes of this subsection, the wages received by the individual from employment by employers during the individual's base period include wages ordered to be paid to the individual by a final order of the commission under Chapter 61 that:

(1) were due to be paid to the individual by an employer during the individual's base period; and

(2) will be credited to the date or dates on which the payment of those wages was due.

(a-1) The commission by rule shall determine the method of crediting wages to a particular quarter for purposes of Subsection (a).

(a-2) The rate of benefits paid under this section may not be more than the maximum weekly benefit amount computed under Subsection (b) or less than the minimum weekly benefit amount computed under Subsection (b) for each benefit period.

(b) The maximum weekly benefit amount is 47.6 percent of the average weekly wage in covered employment in this state. The minimum weekly benefit amount is 7.6 percent of the average weekly wage in covered employment in this state.

(c) The commission shall determine the average weekly wage in covered employment and compute the maximum and minimum weekly benefit amount not later than October 1 of each year based on the annual average weekly wage for the preceding year. If a benefit amount computed under this subsection includes cents, the commission shall adjust the benefit amount as follows:

(1) if the computed benefit amount includes at least one cent but not more than 49 cents, the commission shall round the benefit down to the nearest multiple of $1; and

(2) if the computed benefit amount includes at least 50 cents but not more than 99 cents, the commission shall round the benefit amount up to the nearest multiple of $1.

(c-1) An increase in the maximum weekly benefit amount may not exceed $14 in any year. An increase in the minimum weekly benefit amount may not exceed $1 in any year.

(d) An increase in maximum and minimum benefit amounts under this section takes effect on October 1.

(e) The maximum benefit amount payable to an individual for a benefit period under this section on the effective date of a valid claim is the maximum benefit amount payable to that individual until the individual establishes a new benefit year.

(f) In this section, "wages" has the meaning assigned in Subchapter F, Chapter 201, except that the limitation of wages provided in Section 201.082(1) does not apply.
Tex. Election Code § 51.009 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 51 / Section 51.009
§ 51.009. SHERIFF TO DELIVER SUPPLIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The sheriff shall deliver the election supplies that a county clerk is responsible for distributing, on request of the clerk, to each presiding judge who has not obtained them from the clerk.

(b) This section does not require the sheriff to deliver an item that cannot be transported in a regular passenger vehicle.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 95.031 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 95 / Section 95.031
§ 95.031. PERIODIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall periodically:

(1) inspect citrus fruit that has been or is to be treated with coloring matter; and

(2) sample coloring matter on the premises of a licensee under this chapter and analyze the sample.

(b) A person who uses coloring matter on citrus fruit shall periodically request inspection of the citrus fruit to be treated.

(c) In order to perform the inspections required under this section, the department may enter any place within this state where citrus fruit is prepared or colored under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.104
§ 3952.104. RULES; ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may adopt rules:

(1) to administer or operate the district; or

(2) for the use, enjoyment, availability, protection, security, and maintenance of the district's property and facilities.

(b) The district may enforce its rules by injunctive relief.
Tex. Water Code § 5.603 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.603
§ 5.603. FINDING OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The state recognizes the importance of implementing estuary management plans by protecting and improving water quality and restoring estuarine habitat that makes the bays and estuaries productive, protecting the economies of those areas, and continuing the involvement of the public and the many interests who use and appreciate the estuarine resources of Texas. State and local government participation in estuary programs to protect natural resources serves a public use and benefit. The state and the implementing agencies recognize the prerogatives of local governments and the sanctity of private property rights. No action by an estuary program is intended to usurp the authority of any local government. A local government's participation in or withdrawal from an estuary program is at the sole discretion of the local government and is subject only to the local government's obligation to complete any financial commitment it has made.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.152 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.152
§ 71.152. NOXIOUS OR INVASIVE PLANT SALE, DISTRIBUTION, OR IMPORTATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person sells, distributes, or imports into the state a noxious or invasive plant species included on the department's list described under Section 71.151.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(c) A person commits a separate offense for each noxious or invasive plant item or unit sold, distributed, or imported.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 141.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 141 / Section 141.003
§ 141.003. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES TO PAYEE.
Status: in_force

At least three days before the date on which the payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type at least 14 points in size, that states:

(1) the amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred;

(2) the aggregate amount of the payments;

(3) the discounted present value of the payments to be transferred, which shall be identified as the "calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities," and the amount of the Applicable Federal Rate used in calculating the discounted present value;

(4) the gross advance amount;

(5) an itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorney's fees and related disbursements payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of those expenses;

(6) the net advance amount;

(7) the amount of any penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee; and

(8) a statement that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, not later than the third business day after the date the agreement is signed by the payee.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1355.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1355 / Section 1355.007
§ 1355.007. SMALL EMPLOYER COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

An issuer of a group health benefit plan to a small employer must offer the coverage described by Section 1355.004 to the employer but is not required to provide the coverage if the employer rejects the coverage.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5343 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5343
§ 54.5343. STUDENT UNION FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized under Subsection (b), the board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Tyler a student union fee for the purpose of providing revenue for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, renovating, improving, or equipping a student union building for the university. The fee may not exceed:

(1) $100 per student for each semester or each summer session of more than six weeks; or

(2) $50 per student for each summer session of six weeks or less.

(b) The board of regents may not impose a student union fee under this section unless imposition of the fee is approved by a majority of the university's students voting in a general student election called for that purpose. The board of regents may not increase the amount of the student union fee under this section by more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority of the university's students voting in a general student election called for that purpose.

(c) The fiscal officer of The University of Texas at Tyler shall collect the fees imposed under this section and shall credit the money received from the fees to an account known as The University of Texas at Tyler student union fee account. The money in the account may be used only for the purposes provided by Subsection (a) and shall be placed under the control of and subject to the order of the Student Union Advisory Committee. The committee shall annually submit to the president of the university a complete and itemized budget accompanied by a full and complete report of all activities conducted during the preceding year and all expenditures made in connection with those activities. The president shall submit the budget to the board of regents as part of the institutional budget. The board of regents shall make the changes in the budget as the board considers necessary before approving the budget and shall impose the fees in an amount sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the student union, subject to Subsection (b).

(d) The board of regents may pledge revenue from the fees imposed under this section to pay obligations issued for authorized purposes pursuant to the revenue financing system of The University of Texas System.

(e) A student union fee imposed under this section is in addition to any other fee the board of regents is authorized by law to impose and may not be considered in determining the maximum student services fee that may be imposed under Section 54.503(b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8808.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8808 / Section 8808.001
§ 8808.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Duval County Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 47.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 47 / Section 47.005
§ 47.005. INFORMATION CONCERNING SCREENING RESULTS AND FOLLOW-UP CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) A birthing facility that operates a program shall simultaneously distribute to the parents of each newborn or infant who is screened:

(1) the screening results; and

(2) educational and informational materials that are standardized by the department regarding:

(A) follow-up care; and

(B) available public resources, including:

(i) early childhood intervention services developed under Chapter 73, Human Resources Code;

(ii) the primary statewide resource center established under Section 30.051, Education Code; and

(iii) contact information for Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention.

(a-1) The department shall make available to the public on request the educational and informational materials described by Subsection (a)(2).

(b) A birthing facility that operates a program shall report screening results to:

(1) the parents;

(2) the newborn's or infant's attending physician, primary care physician, or other applicable health care provider;

(3) the department; and

(4) the primary statewide resource center established under Section 30.051, Education Code.

(c) Appropriate and necessary care for the infant who needs follow-up care should be directed and coordinated by the infant's physician or health care provider, with support from appropriate ancillary services.

(d) The department may coordinate the diagnostic audiological evaluation required under Section 47.0031(b)(2). A diagnostic audiological evaluation must be completed on the newborn or infant:

(1) not later than the third month after the newborn's or infant's birth unless the newborn or infant has been hospitalized since birth; or

(2) upon referral by the newborn's or infant's primary care physician or other applicable health care provider.

(e) An audiologist who performs a diagnostic audiological evaluation under this chapter shall report the results of the evaluation to:

(1) the parents;

(2) the newborn's or infant's primary care physician or other applicable health care provider; and

(3) the department under Section 47.007(b).
Tex. Estates Code § 351.303 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.303
§ 351.303. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM MINERAL LEASE.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, bonuses, rentals, and royalties received for or from an oil, gas, or other mineral lease shall be treated as income rather than as principal.
Tex. Insurance Code § 82.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 82 / Section 82.001
§ 82.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "authorization" means a permit, license, certificate of authority, certificate of registration, or other authorization issued or existing under the commissioner's authority or this code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 981.219 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.219
§ 981.219. ADVERTISING.
Status: in_force

A surplus lines agent may advertise regarding the agent's ability to place surplus lines insurance permitted by this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.519 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.519
§ 401.519. CONSULTING PHYSICIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A laser hair removal facility must have a written contract with a consulting physician to:

(1) establish proper protocols for the services provided at the facility; and

(2) audit the laser hair removal facility's protocols and operations.

(b) Under the rules of the commission, a laser hair removal facility must document with the department the facility's contractual relationship with the consulting physician.

(c) The consulting physician must be available for emergency consultation with the facility as appropriate to the circumstances, including, if the physician considers it necessary, an emergency appointment with the client. If the consulting physician is unavailable for an emergency consultation, another designated physician must be available for the consultation with the facility relating to care for the client.

(d) This subchapter does not relieve a consulting physician or another health care professional from complying with applicable regulations prescribed by a state or federal agency.