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Tex. Agriculture Code § 93.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 93 / Section 93.003
§ 93.003. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not prevent:

(1) a grower of citrus fruit from disposing of the grower's own crop without complying with this chapter;

(2) a grower or packer of citrus fruit from manufacturing the citrus fruit into a by-product; or

(3) a grower or packer of citrus fruit from selling unpacked or unmarked citrus fruit to a person who operates a commercial by-products factory within the area to which this chapter applies and who intends to manufacture the citrus fruit into a by-product for resale.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a quantity of citrus fruit that amounts to five or fewer containers.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.1041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.1041
§ 143.1041. ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR BEGINNING PEACE OFFICER POSITION IN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "police officer training academy" means a police officer training academy operated or sponsored by a municipality to which this section applies.

(b) The commission shall provide for open, competitive, and free entrance examinations to provide eligibility lists for beginning peace officer positions in the police department. The examinations are open to each person who:

(1) makes a proper application;

(2) has been admitted to or is enrolled in a police officer training academy as an academy trainee; and

(3) meets the requirements prescribed by this chapter.

(c) The entrance examination may be administered to examinees only after the examinees are admitted to a police officer training academy and before the examinees graduate from the academy.

(d) An eligibility list for a beginning peace officer position in the police department may be created only as a result of the examination. Except as provided by Subsection (f), the examination must be held in the presence of each examinee. The examination must be based on the examinee's general knowledge and aptitude and must inquire into the examinee's general education and mental ability. A person may not be appointed to the police department except as a result of the examination.

(e) An examinee may not take an examination unless at least one other examinee taking the examination is present.

(f) An entrance examination for beginning peace officer positions in the police department must be held at one or more locations in the municipality in which the police department is located and may be held at additional locations outside the municipality. An examination held at multiple locations must be administered on the same day and at the same time at each location at which it is given. To create one eligibility list, each member of a police officer training academy class shall take the examination at the same time and each examinee who takes that examination shall:

(1) take the same examination; and

(2) be examined in the presence of other examinees.

(g) An additional five points shall be added to the examination grade of an examinee who:

(1) served in the United States armed forces;

(2) received an honorable discharge from that service; and

(3) made a passing grade on the examination.

(h) The grade to be placed on the eligibility list for each examinee shall be computed by adding an examinee's points under Subsection (g), if any, to the examinee's grade on the written examination. Each examinee's grade on the written examination is based on a maximum grade of 100 percent and is determined entirely by the correctness of the examinee's answers to the questions. The minimum passing grade on the examination is 70 percent. An examinee must pass the examination to be placed on an eligibility list.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.306 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.306
§ 66.306. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

All law enforcement agencies of the state, including agents of the department, are empowered and directed to arrest the masters and crews of vessels that are reasonably believed to be in violation of this chapter and to seize and detain the vessels and their equipment and catch. The arresting officer shall take the offending crews or property before the court having jurisdiction of the offense. The agencies are directed to request assistance from the United States Coast Guard in the enforcement of this Act when the agencies are without means to effectuate arrest and restraint of vessels and their crews operating in violation or probable violation of this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.215 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.215
§ 441.215. ASSUMPTION OF DEBT SHARE.
Status: in_force

The board may require each petitioner to:

(1) assume the petitioner's share of any outstanding district bonds or voted but unissued bonds; and

(2) authorize the board to impose a tax on the petitioner's property in each year that any of those bonds are outstanding.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.002
§ 201.002. PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Controlled substance" has the meaning assigned to that term by Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code.

(2) "Dangerous drug" has the meaning assigned to that term by Section 483.001, Health and Safety Code.

(3) "Incisive or surgical procedure" includes making an incision into any tissue, cavity, or organ by any person or implement. The term does not include the use of a needle for the purpose of drawing blood for diagnostic testing.

(4) "Surgical procedure" includes a procedure described in the surgery section of the common procedure coding system as adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

(b) A person practices chiropractic under this chapter if the person:

(1) uses objective or subjective means to diagnose, analyze, examine, or evaluate the biomechanical condition of the spine and musculoskeletal system of the human body;

(2) performs nonsurgical, nonincisive procedures, including adjustment and manipulation, to improve the subluxation complex or the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system;

(3) represents to the public that the person is a chiropractor; or

(4) uses the term "chiropractor," "chiropractic," "doctor of chiropractic," "D.C.," or any derivative of those terms or initials in connection with the person's name.

(c) The practice of chiropractic does not include:

(1) incisive or surgical procedures;

(2) the prescription of controlled substances, dangerous drugs, or any other drug that requires a prescription; or

(3) the use of x-ray therapy or therapy that exposes the body to radioactive materials.
Tex. Water Code § 62.101 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.101
§ 62.101. PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A district may be created under this chapter to provide, in or adjacent to its boundaries, for:

(1) the improvement, preservation, and conservation of inland and coastal water for navigation;

(2) the control and distribution of storm water and floodwater of rivers and streams in aid of navigation; and

(3) any other purposes necessary or incidental to the navigation of inland and coastal water or in aid of these purposes, as stated in Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 294.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 294 / Section 294.001
§ 294.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Institutional health care provider" means a nonpublic hospital that provides inpatient hospital services.

(2) "Paying hospital" means an institutional health care provider required to make a mandatory payment under this chapter.

(3) "Program" means the county health care provider participation program authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3939.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3939 / Section 3939.0106
§ 3939.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; or

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Tex. Education Code § 111.64 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 111 / Section 111.64
§ 111.64. CORRELATION OF PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

In order to correlate the programs offered by the Center for Public Policy and the institute established by The University of Texas System under Subchapter B, Chapter 75, there shall be maintained regular liaison between the center and the institute concerning programs undertaken, a joint committee for future planning, and a union catalogue of research resources. This correlation shall be achieved by utilizing regular administrative channels, including the staff of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3838.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3838 / Section 3838.105
§ 3838.105. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to an organization that:

(1) enjoys tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and

(2) performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 261.104 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 261 / Section 261.104
§ 261.104. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The office and the department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning:

(1) the most efficient manner in which to share information with one another; and

(2) the procedures for handling overlapping monitoring duties and activities performed by the office and the department.

(b) The memorandum of understanding entered into under Subsection (a), at a minimum, must:

(1) address the interaction of the office with that portion of the department that conducts an internal audit under Section 203.013;

(2) address communication between the office and the department concerning individual situations involving children committed to the department and how those situations will be documented and handled;

(3) contain guidelines on the office's role in relevant working groups and policy development decisions at the department;

(4) ensure opportunities for sharing information between the office and the department for the purposes of assuring quality and improving programming within the department; and

(5) preserve the independence of the office by authorizing the office to withhold information concerning matters under active investigation by the office from the department and department staff and to report the information to the board and the governor.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 109.0045 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 109 / Section 109.0045
§ 109.0045. PUBLICATION OF CONFIDENTIAL JUVENILE RECORD INFORMATION OR CONFIDENTIAL CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION OF A CHILD PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A business entity may not publish confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child.

(b) If a business entity receives a written notice by any person that the business entity is publishing information in violation of this section, the business entity must immediately remove the information from the website or publication.

(c) If the business entity confirms that the information is not confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child and is not otherwise prohibited from publication, the business entity may republish the information.

(d) This section does not entitle a business entity to access confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child.

(e) A business entity does not violate this chapter if the business entity published confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child and:

(1) the child who is the subject of the records gives written consent to the publication on or after the 18th birthday of the child;

(2) the publication of the information is authorized or required by other law; or

(3) the business entity is an interactive computer service, as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 230, and published material provided by another person.
Tex. Water Code § 152.255 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.255
§ 152.255. RECOVERABILITY OF COSTS FROM RATEPAYERS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not limit the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to determine the recoverability of costs from ratepayers.
Tex. Election Code § 65.060 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 65 / Section 65.060
§ 65.060. DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY, DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON PROVISIONAL BALLOT AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

A social security number, Texas driver's license number, or number of a personal identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety furnished on a provisional ballot affidavit is confidential and does not constitute public information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code. The general custodian of election records shall ensure that a social security number, Texas driver's license number, or number of a personal identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety is excluded from disclosure.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.301 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.301
§ 12.301. LIABILITY FOR VALUE OF FISH, SHELLFISH, REPTILE, AMPHIBIAN, BIRD, OR ANIMAL.
Status: in_force

A person who kills, catches, takes, possesses, or injures any fish, shellfish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or animal in violation of this code or a proclamation or regulation adopted under this code is liable to the state for the value of each fish, shellfish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or animal unlawfully killed, caught, taken, possessed, or injured.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8802.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8802 / Section 8802.102
§ 8802.102. RULES REGULATING ZONING AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The district may not adopt rules regulating zoning or the subdivision of land.
Tex. Family Code § 231.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 231 / Section 231.003
§ 231.003. FORMS AND PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The Title IV-D agency shall by rule promulgate any forms and procedures necessary to comply fully with the intent of this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.401 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.401
§ 151.401. TAX DUE DATES.
Status: repealed

(a) The taxes imposed by this chapter are due and payable to the comptroller on or before the 20th day of the month following the end of each calendar month unless a taxpayer qualifies as a quarterly filer under Subsection (b) of this section or unless the taxpayer prepays the tax on a quarterly basis as permitted by Section 151.424 of this code.

(b) If a taxpayer owes less than $500 for a calendar month or $1,500 for a calendar quarter, the taxes are due and payable on the 20th day of the month following the end of the calendar quarter.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 3(1), eff. June 14, 2013.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 3(1), eff. June 14, 2013.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 3(1), eff. June 14, 2013.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 251.003 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 251 / Section 251.003
§ 251.003. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a corporation or association organized on a cooperative basis under a statute of this state other than this chapter unless that other statute specifically states that this chapter does apply.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1802.107 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1802 / Section 1802.107
§ 1802.107. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The advisory board shall meet at the call of the presiding officer of the commission or the executive director.
Tex. Insurance Code § 255.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 255 / Section 255.002
§ 255.002. MAXIMUM RATE; ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The sum of the rates of assessment for the surcharge imposed by this chapter and the surcharges imposed by Chapters 403 and 405, Labor Code, set by the commissioner, may not exceed 2.7 percent of the gross premiums subject to surcharges.

(b) The commissioner shall annually adjust the rate of assessment of the surcharge so that the surcharge imposed that year, together with any unexpended funds produced by the surcharge, produces the amount the commissioner determines is necessary to pay the expenses during the succeeding year of regulating workers' compensation insurance.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.061 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.061
§ 1201.061. COOPERATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.
Status: in_force

The department shall cooperate with all local governmental units in this state.
Tex. Education Code § 151.005 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 151 / Section 151.005
§ 151.005. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any amount appropriated by the legislature, the institute may apply for and accept funds from the federal government or any other public or private entity. The institute or any member of the institute may also solicit and accept pledges, gifts, and endowments from private sources on the institute's behalf. A pledge, gift, or endowment solicited under this section must be consistent with the purposes of the institute.

(b) The governing board of the institute shall manage and approve disbursements of appropriations, funds, pledges, gifts, and endowments that are the property of the institute.

(c) The governing board of the institute shall manage any capital improvements constructed, owned, or leased by the institute and any real property acquired by the institute.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0231 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0231
§ 152.0231. BORDEN COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Borden County is included in the 132nd Judicial District Juvenile Board. The juvenile board is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Borden and Scurry counties.

(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman.

(c) The commissioners courts of the counties shall pay the members of the juvenile board annual supplemental compensation of $2,400 from the general fund or any other available fund of the counties.

(d) The juvenile board shall hold regular meetings on dates set by the board and special meetings at the call of the chairman.

(e) The commissioners courts may reimburse a juvenile board member for the member's reasonable and necessary job-related expenses. Reimbursable expenses include travel, lodging, training, and educational activities.

(f) The juvenile board shall pay the salaries of juvenile probation personnel and other expenses the chairman certifies as essential to provide services to children from the juvenile board fund to the extent of the state aid received in the fund.

(g) The juvenile board shall designate the treasurer or auditor of Borden County or Scurry County to serve as the board's fiscal officer.

(h) The juvenile board shall appoint an advisory council composed of one person from each county.

(i) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005(a) and (b), 152.0006, and 152.0008(a) do not apply to the 132nd Judicial District Juvenile Board.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 22.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 22 / Section 22.003
§ 22.003. CONTRACTS CONCERNING SALE.
Status: in_force

A trustee or substitute trustee conducting a sale to which this chapter applies may contract with:

(1) an attorney to advise the trustee or substitute trustee or to administer or perform any of the trustee's or substitute trustee's functions or responsibilities under a security instrument or this chapter; or

(2) an auction company to arrange, manage, sponsor, or advertise a public sale.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1 / Section 1.001
§ 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE.
Status: repealed

(a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in the law codified as Chapter 323, Government Code. The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this code is to make the law encompassed by this code more accessible and understandable, by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.060
§ 1099.060. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT MANAGER.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district manager shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the affairs of the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.07 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.07
§ 21.07. ALLEGATION OF NAME.
Status: in_force

In alleging the name of the defendant, or of any other person necessary to be stated in the indictment, it shall be sufficient to state one or more of the initials of the given name and the surname. When a person is known by two or more names, it shall be sufficient to state either name. When the name of the person is unknown to the grand jury, that fact shall be stated, and if it be the accused, a reasonably accurate description of him shall be given in the indictment.
Tex. Government Code § 51.313 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.313
§ 51.313. SPECIAL DEPUTY DISTRICT CLERK IN COLLIN AND DENTON COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In Collin and Denton counties, the district clerk may appoint, at the request of a district judge, a special deputy district clerk to serve that judge's court.

(b) The salary of a special deputy clerk appointed under this section shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.