FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Tex. Government Code § 54.2805 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2805
§ 54.2805. CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATE COURT ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
Status: in_force

The district court judges with jurisdiction in Denton County and the judges of the criminal statutory county courts of Denton County may, with the approval of the Commissioners Court of Denton County and two-thirds of the district court and criminal statutory county court judges, appoint a district or criminal statutory county court judge qualified under Section 54.2807 as the criminal law magistrate court associate judge to:

(1) serve the district and criminal county courts of Denton County;

(2) oversee the criminal law magistrate court; and

(3) recommend for appointment full-time and part-time jail magistrates.
Tex. Government Code § 615.121 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 615 / Section 615.121
§ 615.121. PAYMENT TO SURVIVING SPOUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The state shall pay the following benefits to an eligible surviving spouse of a peace officer, a jailer, a county jailer or guard, or an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, as described by Section 615.003(1), (4), (6), or (7), who was killed in the line of duty and who had not qualified for an annuity under an employees' retirement plan:

(1) funeral expenses related to the deceased person; and

(2) monthly payments that equal the greater of:

(A) the monthly annuity payment the deceased person would have received if the deceased person had survived, had retired on the last day of the month in which the person died, and had been eligible to receive an annuity under an employees' retirement plan; or

(B) the minimum monthly annuity payment the deceased person would have received if the person had been employed by the state for 10 years, had been paid a salary at the lowest amount provided by the General Appropriations Act for a position of peace officer, jailer, county jailer or guard, or employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, as described by Section 615.003(1), (4), (6), or (7), and had been eligible to retire under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

(b) The surviving spouse is entitled to continue to receive monthly payments under Subsection (a) until the earlier of:

(1) the date the surviving spouse remarries;

(2) the date the surviving spouse becomes eligible for retirement under an employees' retirement plan; or

(3) the date the surviving spouse becomes eligible for Social Security benefits.

(c) The Employees Retirement System of Texas may require the surviving spouse to provide information as necessary to administer this section.

(d) The Employees Retirement System of Texas may adopt rules necessary to administer this section including rules:

(1) setting the maximum amount of funeral expenses payable under this subchapter; and

(2) calculating the survivor benefits payable under this subchapter.

(e) The Employees Retirement System of Texas shall apply reduction factors, as applicable to an annuity payable under this section, in the same manner the factors are applied to a death benefit plan administered by the system.

(f) In this section, "line of duty" has the meaning assigned by Section 615.021.
Tex. Local Government Code § 202.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 202 / Section 202.004
§ 202.004. ALIENATION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government record may be sold or donated, loaned, transferred, or otherwise passed out of the custody of a local government to any public institution of higher education, public museum, public library, or other public entity with the approval of the local government's records management officer and after the expiration of the record's retention period under the local government's records control schedule.

(b) A local government record may not be sold or donated (except for the purposes of recycling), loaned, transferred, or otherwise passed out of the custody of a local government to any private college or university, private museum or library, private organization of any type, or an individual, except with the consent of the director and librarian and after the expiration of its retention period under the local government's records control schedule.

(c) A records management officer or custodian may temporarily transfer a local government record to a person for the purposes of microfilming, duplication, conversion to electronic media, restoration, or similar records management and preservation procedures.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.211 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.211
§ 1001.211. ISSUANCE AND FORM OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall issue a license to an applicant for a license under this subchapter if:

(1) the application is submitted in accordance with this subchapter; and

(2) the applicant meets the requirements of this chapter.

(b) A license must be in a form determined by the department and must show in a clear and conspicuous manner:

(1) the date of issuance, effective date, and term of the license;

(2) the name and address of the driver training provider;

(3) the authority for and conditions of approval; and

(4) any other fair and reasonable representation that is consistent with this chapter and that the department considers necessary.

(c) An applicant may obtain both a driver education provider license and a driving safety provider license.
Tex. Finance Code § 204.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 204 / Section 204.005
§ 204.005. CHANGE OF CONTROL OF FOREIGN BANK.
Status: in_force

A foreign bank licensed to establish and maintain a Texas state branch or agency pursuant to Subchapter B, or which has registered a Texas representative office pursuant to Subchapter C, shall file with the commissioner a notice of change of control, in the form and containing the information the commissioner requires, not later than the 14th day after the date of a merger or other transaction that results or will result in a change of control.
Tex. Insurance Code § 845.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 845 / Section 845.054
§ 845.054. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The system is:

(1) a unit of local government that is a governmental unit for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and

(2) a local government for purposes of Chapter 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(b) The system may enter into interlocal cooperation contracts under Chapter 791, Government Code, and is a local government for purposes of that chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 721.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 721 / Section 721.001
§ 721.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Heir" means a surviving grandparent, parent, sibling, child, or grandchild of a deceased individual.

(2) "Personal representative" means an executor, independent executor, administrator, independent administrator, or temporary administrator, together with their successors.
Tex. Transportation Code § 523.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 523 / Section 523.001
§ 523.001. ENACTMENT.
Status: in_force

The Driver's License Compact of 1993 is enacted and entered into.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.0975 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.0975
§ 242.0975. ADDITIONAL LICENSE FEE--ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the license fee provided by Section 247.024, the executive commissioner by rule shall adopt an annual fee to be collected by the department if the amount of the assisted living facility trust fund is less than $500,000. The fee shall be deposited to the credit of the assisted living facility trust fund created by this subchapter.

(b) The department may charge and collect a fee under this section more than once each year only if necessary to ensure that the amount in the assisted living facility trust fund is sufficient to make the disbursements required under Section 242.0965. If the department makes a second or subsequent assessment under this subsection in any year, the department shall notify the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.

(c) The executive commissioner shall set the fee on the basis of the number of beds in assisted living facilities required to pay the fee and in an amount necessary to provide not more than $500,000 in the assisted living facility trust fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8064.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8064 / Section 8064.0201
§ 8064.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8064.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Family Code § 153.702 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.702
§ 153.702. TEMPORARY ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a conservator is ordered to military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty that involves moving a substantial distance from the conservator's residence so as to materially affect the conservator's ability to exercise the conservator's rights and duties in relation to a child, either conservator may file for an order under this subchapter without the necessity of showing a material and substantial change of circumstances other than the military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty.

(b) The court may render a temporary order in a proceeding under this subchapter regarding:

(1) possession of or access to the child; or

(2) child support.

(c) A temporary order rendered by the court under this subchapter may grant rights to and impose duties on a designated person regarding the child, except that if the designated person is a nonparent, the court may not require the designated person to pay child support.

(d) After a conservator's military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty is concluded, and the conservator returns to the conservator's usual residence, the temporary orders under this section terminate and the rights of all affected parties are governed by the terms of any court order applicable when the conservator is not ordered to military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty.
Tex. Labor Code § 406.145 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 406 / Section 406.145
§ 406.145. JOINT AGREEMENT.
Status: repealed

(a) A hiring contractor and an independent subcontractor may make a joint agreement declaring that the subcontractor is an independent contractor as defined in Section 406.141(2) and that the subcontractor is not the employee of the hiring contractor. If the joint agreement is signed by both the hiring contractor and the subcontractor and filed with the division, the subcontractor, as a matter of law, is an independent contractor and not an employee, and is not entitled to workers' compensation insurance coverage through the hiring contractor unless an agreement is entered into under Section 406.144 to provide workers' compensation insurance coverage. The commissioner shall prescribe forms for the joint agreement.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 2112), Sec. 11(3), eff. June 9, 2017.

(c) The hiring contractor shall send a copy of a joint agreement signed under this section to:

(1) the hiring contractor's workers' compensation insurance carrier; and

(2) the division, on the division's request.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 2112), Sec. 11(3), eff. June 9, 2017.

(e) A joint agreement signed under this section applies to each hiring agreement between the hiring contractor and the independent contractor until the first anniversary of its filing date, unless a subsequent hiring agreement expressly states that the joint agreement does not apply.

(f) If a subsequent hiring agreement is made to which the joint agreement does not apply, the hiring contractor and independent contractor shall notify in writing:

(1) the hiring contractor's workers' compensation insurance carrier; and

(2) the division, on the division's request.

(g) If a hiring contractor and an independent contractor have filed a joint agreement under this section, an insurance company may not require the payment of an insurance premium by a hiring contractor for coverage of an independent contractor or an independent contractor's employee, helper, or subcontractor other than under an agreement entered into in compliance with Section 406.144.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3841.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3841 / Section 3841.153
§ 3841.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by:

(1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Galveston County; or

(2) at least 50 persons who own real property in the district, if more than 50 persons own real property in the district as determined by the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Galveston County.
Tex. Government Code § 81.018 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.018
§ 81.018. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

Any bond, note, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, mortgage, deed of trust, assignment, pledge, contract, lease, agreement, or other contractual obligation owed to or by the state bar on June 11, 1979, remains in force and effect according to the terms of the obligation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 101A.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.004
§ 101A.004. STATE AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the state auditor under Chapter 321, Government Code, or other law.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.032 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.032
§ 167.032. MOVEMENT OF COMMODITIES.
Status: in_force

The commission may establish quarantines and restrict the movement from quarantined areas of hay, hides, carcasses, or other commodities that are capable of carrying ticks.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.001
§ 463.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8152.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8152 / Section 8152.0503
§ 8152.0503. 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. Local Government Code § 352.120 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 352 / Section 352.120
§ 352.120. OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

A person who violates this subchapter or a regulation adopted under this subchapter in a county that requires compliance with this subchapter under Section 352.113 commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Water Code § 27.031 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.031
§ 27.031. PERMIT FROM RAILROAD COMMISSION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person begins drilling or using a disposal well or converting an existing well into a disposal well to dispose of oil and gas waste without first obtaining a permit from the railroad commission.

(b) An offense under this section is:

(1) a felony of the third degree if no oil and gas waste has been disposed of or the total value of the oil and gas waste disposed of is less than $10,000;

(2) a felony of the second degree if the total value of the oil and gas waste disposed of is $10,000 or more but less than $100,000; or

(3) a felony of the first degree if the total value of the oil and gas waste disposed of is $100,000 or more.

(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section or the other law, but not both.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.457 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.457
§ 1131.457. ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENT INSURANCE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The insurance issued may not include annuities or endowment insurance.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0216 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0216
§ 8513.0216. MANAGER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ a manager to be the authority's chief executive officer.

(b) The board shall set the compensation to be paid to the manager.

(c) The manager shall employ and supervise, subject to policies promulgated by the board, all employees, agents, accountants, attorneys, engineers, and others rendering professional services necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(d) The manager may execute on behalf of the authority, without specific board authorization, a contract for which competitive bidding is not required. The manager may execute any other contract with specific board authorization.
Tex. Education Code § 51.011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.011
§ 51.011. DISPOSITION OF SMALL CREDIT BALANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a credit balance of less than $25 held by an institution of higher education that is presumed abandoned under Chapter 72, Property Code.

(b) An institution of higher education may maintain an unclaimed money fund and transfer to that fund a credit balance to which this section applies. A deposit to the unclaimed money fund does not affect the ownership of the amount deposited. The institution shall:

(1) adopt procedures for owners to make and receive payments of claims against the fund; and

(2) maintain a database that permits members of the public to search for ownership of unclaimed funds.

(c) The institution of higher education shall use the fund to pay the claims of persons establishing ownership of amounts transferred to the fund and shall hold and account for the unclaimed money fund as educational and general funds of the institution. If the fund balance is insufficient to pay a valid claim, the institution shall pay the claim from the institution's other educational and general funds.

(d) Each fiscal year, after deducting funds sufficient to pay anticipated expenses of and claims against the unclaimed money fund, the institution shall use the balance of the fund as other educational and general funds of the institution.

(e) In consultation with institutions of higher education, the comptroller by rule may establish minimum requirements for notice to owners of unclaimed money deposited in the unclaimed money fund and for charges for that notice. The rules may not provide stricter requirements than the comptroller applies for amounts of less than $25 in the custody of the comptroller under Chapter 74, Property Code.

(f) If an institution of higher education maintains an unclaimed money fund under this section, Chapter 74, Property Code, does not apply to a credit balance to which this section applies.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298B.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298B / Section 298B.151
§ 298B.151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING PROVIDER NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), if the board authorizes a health care provider participation program under this chapter, the board may require an annual mandatory payment to be assessed on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the district. The board may provide for the mandatory payment to be assessed quarterly. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider as determined by the data reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the most recent fiscal year for which that data was reported. If the institutional health care provider did not report any data under those sections, the provider's net patient revenue is the amount of that revenue as contained in the provider's Medicare cost report submitted for the previous fiscal year or for the closest subsequent fiscal year for which the provider submitted the Medicare cost report. If the mandatory payment is required, the district shall update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be uniformly proportionate with the amount of net patient revenue generated by each paying provider in the district as permitted under federal law. A health care provider participation program authorized under this chapter may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) If the board requires a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall set the amount of the mandatory payment, subject to the limitations of this chapter. The aggregate amount of the mandatory payments required of all paying providers in the district may not exceed six percent of the aggregate net patient revenue from hospital services provided by all paying providers in the district.

(d) Subject to Subsection (c), if the board requires a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the district for activities under this chapter and to fund an intergovernmental transfer described by Section 298B.103(c)(1). The annual amount of revenue from mandatory payments that shall be paid for administrative expenses by the district is $150,000, plus the cost of collateralization of deposits, regardless of actual expenses.

(e) A paying provider may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.

(f) A mandatory payment assessed under this chapter is not a tax for hospital purposes for purposes of Section 4, Article IX, Texas Constitution, or Section 281.045.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3966.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3966 / Section 3966.0204
§ 3966.0204. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may compensate each voting director in an amount not to exceed $150 for each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each director in one year may not exceed $7,200.

(b) An ex officio director is not entitled to receive compensation from the district.

(c) A voting director or an ex officio director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9078.0153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9078 / Section 9078.0153
§ 9078.0153. SECURITY FOR REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

For bonds authorized to be issued that are secured by and payable wholly or partly from net revenues, the board may mortgage and encumber:

(1) any part or all of the district's property and facilities acquired or to be acquired;

(2) a franchise of or revenues from the operation of the district's property and facilities acquired or to be acquired; and

(3) anything pertaining to the district's property and facilities acquired or to be acquired or the operation of the district's property or facilities.