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Tex. Government Code § 2253.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2253 / Section 2253.022
§ 2253.022. PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS; INSURED LOSS.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental entity shall ensure that an insurance company that is fulfilling its obligation under a contract of insurance by arranging for the replacement of a loss, rather than by making a cash payment directly to the governmental entity, furnishes or has furnished by a contractor, in accordance with this chapter:

(1) a performance bond as described by Section 2253.021(b) for the benefit of the governmental entity; and

(2) a payment bond as described in Section 2253.021(c) for the benefit of the beneficiaries described by that subsection.

(b) The bonds required to be furnished under Subsection (a) must be furnished before the contractor begins work.

(c) It is an implied obligation under a contract of insurance for the insurance company to furnish the bonds required by this section.

(d) To recover in a suit with respect to which the insurance company has furnished or caused to be furnished a payment bond, the only notice required of a payment bond beneficiary is the notice given to the surety in accordance with Subchapter C.

(e) This section does not apply to a governmental entity when a surety company is complying with an obligation under a bond that had been issued for the benefit of the governmental entity.

(f) If the payment bond required by Subsection (a) is not furnished, the governmental entity is subject to the same liability that a surety would have if the surety had issued the payment bond and the governmental entity had required the bond to be provided. To recover in a suit under this subsection, the only notice required of a payment bond beneficiary is a notice given to the governmental entity, as if the governmental entity were the surety, in accordance with Subchapter C.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0008 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0008
§ 152.0008. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief juvenile probation officer may, within the budget adopted by the board, employ:

(1) assistant officers who meet the standards set by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and

(2) other necessary personnel.

(b) Juvenile probation officers serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
Tex. Government Code § 56.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 56 / Section 56.007
§ 56.007. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

An entity receiving a grant of funds from the court of criminal appeals under this chapter for continuing legal education, technical assistance, and other support programs may not use grant funds to pay any costs of the entity not related to approved grant activities.
Tex. Transportation Code § 255.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 255 / Section 255.003
§ 255.003. NOTICE TO OWNER OF OBSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioners court determines that an obstruction of the sight distance exists in violation of an order adopted under Section 255.002, the court shall send a written notice of that determination by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the record owner of the property on which the obstruction is located.

(b) The notice must include:

(1) a description of the obstruction and its location; and

(2) an order requiring the owner to take measures specified in the order to correct or remove the obstruction.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2311.0402 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2311 / Section 2311.0402
§ 2311.0402. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

A proceeding for the denial of a registration or a disciplinary action or an appeal from that proceeding is governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7964.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7964 / Section 7964.106
§ 7964.106. 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.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 165.027 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 165 / Section 165.027
§ 165.027. ENTRY POWER.
Status: in_force

(a) A representative of the commission, including a member of the commission, is entitled to enter the premises of any person for the purpose of inspecting swine or the heating or cooking equipment required by this subchapter or for the purpose of performing another duty under this subchapter.

(b) A person may not refuse to permit an inspection authorized by this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2025.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2025 / Section 2025.252
§ 2025.252. LICENSE CATEGORIES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt categories of licenses for the various occupations licensed under this subchapter and shall specify by rule the qualifications and experience required for licensing in each category that requires specific qualifications or experience.
Tex. Water Code § 58.635 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.635
§ 58.635. METHOD OF TAXATION FOR DISTRICT NOT UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

If a district which is not operating under contract with the United States adopts the benefit basis plan for taxation, the levy, assessment, equalization of property values, and collection of taxes shall be made in the manner provided in Sections 58.636-58.648 of this code.
Tex. Government Code § 572.031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.031
§ 572.031. DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall conduct a continuing survey to determine whether all individuals required to file financial statements under this subchapter have filed statements in compliance with this subchapter.

(b) If the commission determines that an individual has failed to file the statement in compliance with this subchapter, the commission shall send a written statement of the determination to the appropriate prosecuting attorneys of the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8239.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8239 / Section 8239.004
§ 8239.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district.

(b) The district is created to accomplish:

(1) the purposes of a municipal utility district as provided by general law; and

(2) to the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the construction, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or operation of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or improvements in aid of those roads.
Tex. Transportation Code § 315.070 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 315 / Section 315.070
§ 315.070. INSTALLMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body may order the assessments payable in not more than six installments and prescribe the amount, time, and manner of payment of the installments.

(b) The last payment may not be deferred beyond the fifth anniversary of the municipality's acceptance of the completed lighting improvement.

(c) The ordinance shall prescribe the rate of interest, not to exceed seven percent a year, to be charged on deferred payments.

(d) The ordinance may provide for the maturity and collection of all deferred payments on the default of an installment of principal or interest.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.158 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.158
§ 45A.158. ATTORNEY REPRESENTING STATE NOT PRESENT FOR TRIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If an attorney representing the state is not present when the case is called for trial, the justice or judge may:

(1) postpone the trial to a specified date;

(2) temporarily appoint any competent attorney to perform duties as an attorney representing the state, notwithstanding Article 2A.104; or

(3) proceed to trial.

(b) An attorney appointed under Subsection (a) is qualified to perform the duties of the office of the attorney representing the state and may be paid a reasonable fee for performing those duties.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 163.065 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 163 / Section 163.065
§ 163.065. BRANDING AND HANDLING OF DISEASED CATTLE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a tested animal shows evidence of infection with brucellosis, the person performing the test shall handle the animal in accordance with the rules of the commission. The commission may prescribe requirements according to the classification of the area in which the animal is located. Among other requirements, the commission may require the person performing the test to:

(1) furnish the owner of the animal with written data showing that the animal is infected;

(2) fire brand the animal on the left jaw with the letter "B";

(3) place an approved, numbered identification on the animal; and

(4) report the identification number in writing to the commission.

(b) If an animal shows evidence of infection, the herd of which it is a part shall also be handled in accordance with the rules of the commission, which may provide for:

(1) quarantines;

(2) the manner, method, and system of disposing of reactor cattle;

(3) the testing and retesting of the herd; or

(4) other measures, such as quarantine only, where the animals from the herd are sold exclusively for slaughter and where the commission's rules are in compliance with the current requirements of the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules of the cooperative state-federal brucellosis eradication program.
Tex. Government Code § 26.343 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.343
§ 26.343. WICHITA COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The County Court of Wichita County has general criminal jurisdiction, the general jurisdiction of a probate court, and juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b) but has no other civil jurisdiction except as prescribed by Subsection (b).

(b) The county court has jurisdiction over cases involving child neglect or dependency proceedings and may punish contempt growing out of or ancillary to those cases if the county judge:

(1) has the qualifications required of a district judge; and

(2) is designated by the Wichita County Juvenile Board as judge of the juvenile court.

(c) With the county judge's approval a district court in Wichita County may transfer to the county court a case involving juvenile delinquency, child neglect, or dependency proceedings.
Tex. Water Code § 36.328 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.328
§ 36.328. ELECTION TO RATIFY ANNEXATION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) Annexation of the territory by petition filed under Section 36.325 is not final until ratified by a majority vote of the voters in the territory to be added. An election in the existing district accepting the addition of land is not required.

(b) The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The inclusion of (briefly describe additional area) in the __________ District." If the district levies a property tax for payment of its maintenance and operating expenses, the proposition shall include the following language: "and the levy of a tax on property at a rate not to exceed _____ cents on each $100 of assessed valuation for payment of maintenance and operating expenses of the district."

(c) The amount of the tax included in the proposition shall be the maximum amount that the district is authorized to levy. If the district has outstanding or authorized bonded indebtedness, the proposition shall include language providing for the assumption by the additional area of a proportional share of the bonded indebtedness of the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 27.20 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 27 / Section 27.20
§ 27.20. CONFINEMENT BEFORE SENTENCING ON PLEA OF GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

If a defendant is adjudged guilty after entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a) punishable as a felony of the second degree or any higher category of offense and for which the defendant is not eligible for community supervision under Article 42A.055 as provided by Article 42A.056, the court shall order that the defendant be taken into custody and confined until the defendant is sentenced.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3840.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3840 / Section 3840.054
§ 3840.054. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.208 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.208
§ 7.208. ALTERED WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Status: in_force

If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic warehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its original tenor.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.188 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.188
§ 51.188. COMMISSIONER'S FINAL ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time during or after an investigation of or hearing regarding a vacancy application, the commissioner may determine that land claimed to be vacant is not vacant and issue a final order with a finding of "Not Vacant Land" or an order finding a vacancy if a hearing is not required under Section 51.187.

(b) After a hearing conducted under Section 51.187, the commissioner shall issue a final order with a finding of "Not Vacant Land" or issue an order finding a vacancy exists. Not later than the 15th day after the date the final order is issued, the commissioner shall notify each necessary party of the final order by providing each party a copy of the final order.

(c) A final order finding a vacancy exists must contain:

(1) a finding by the commissioner that the land claimed to be vacant is unsurveyed public school land that is not in conflict with land previously titled, awarded, or sold by the state as established by:

(A) clear and convincing proof for an application to which an exception has been filed as provided by Section 51.182; or

(B) a preponderance of the evidence for an application to which no exceptions have been filed as provided by Section 51.182;

(2) the field note description used to determine the vacancy, which must be sufficient to locate the land on the ground;

(3) an accurate plat of the land that is:

(A) consistent with the field notes; and

(B) prepared by a licensed state land surveyor or a county surveyor of the county in which a majority of vacant land is located; and

(4) any other matters required by law or as the commissioner considers appropriate.

(d) In determining the boundaries and size of a vacancy, the commissioner is not restricted to a description of the land claimed to be vacant that is provided by the applicant, the surveyor, or any other person. The commissioner shall adopt the description of a vacancy that best describes the land found to be vacant and that is consistent with the investigation under this subchapter.

(e) The commissioner shall attach to the commissioner's final order a document entitled "Notice of Claim of Vacancy." The commissioner shall prescribe the contents of the notice. The commissioner shall file the notice with the county clerk and any county surveyor of each county in which all or part of the vacancy is located.
Tex. Family Code § 4.102 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 4 / Section 4.102
§ 4.102. PARTITION OR EXCHANGE OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

At any time, the spouses may partition or exchange between themselves all or part of their community property, then existing or to be acquired, as the spouses may desire. Property or a property interest transferred to a spouse by a partition or exchange agreement becomes that spouse's separate property. The partition or exchange of property may also provide that future earnings and income arising from the transferred property shall be the separate property of the owning spouse.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.056
§ 1131.056. PRINCIPALS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "agent" includes a general agent or a salesperson.

(b) A group life insurance policy may be issued to a principal, or if the principal is a life, life and accident, or life, accident, and health insurer, by or to the principal, to insure the principal's agents for the benefit of persons other than the principal.

(c) A policy to which this section applies is subject to Subchapter I.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.108 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.108
§ 2001.108. LICENSE AMENDMENT FOR CHANGE OF BINGO PREMISES OR OCCASIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed authorized organization and the licensed commercial lessor at which the organization conducts or will conduct bingo may file a joint application with the commission to change the premises at which the organization may conduct bingo or the times of the organization's bingo occasions to allow the organization to conduct bingo at the same time and premises that another licensed authorized organization is licensed to conduct bingo if the other organization has ceased, or will cease, conducting bingo at that time and premises. The application must state whether the other organization has ceased or will cease conducting bingo at that time and premises because:

(1) the organization has abandoned or will abandon its licensed time or premises; or

(2) the organization's lease has been or will be terminated.

(b) If the other organization ceased or will cease conducting bingo for the reason stated in Subsection (a)(1), the commission must act on the joint application filed under Subsection (a) not later than the 14th day after the date the application is filed with the commission.

(c) If the other organization ceased or will cease conducting bingo for the reason stated in Subsection (a)(2), the commission must act on the joint application filed under Subsection (a) not later than the 14th day after the date the application is filed with the commission or the date on which the termination takes effect, whichever is later.

(d) If the commission fails to act within the time provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the licensed authorized organization may act as if the change in premises or bingo occasions has been approved by the commission and may conduct bingo at the new premises or during the new bingo occasion until the commission acts on the application.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the commission may issue temporary licenses to one or more licensed authorized organizations that conduct bingo at the same location as an organization that has ceased or will cease to conduct bingo, which are in addition to the number of temporary licenses each organization is entitled to under another provision of this chapter. The commission is not required to act on a joint application under Subsection (a) within the time provided by this section if the number of additional temporary licenses is sufficient to allow the other organizations at the location to conduct bingo during the licensed times of the organization that has ceased or will cease to conduct bingo.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 822 / Section 822.101
§ 822.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) "Animal registration agency" means the municipal or county animal control office with authority over the area where a dangerous wild animal is kept or a county sheriff in an area that does not have an animal control office.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(119), eff. April 2, 2015.

(3) "Commercial activity" means:

(A) an activity involving a dangerous wild animal conducted for profit that is not inherent to the animal's nature;

(B) an activity for which a fee is charged and that is entertainment using or an exhibition of the animal; or

(C) the selling, trading, bartering, or auctioning of a dangerous wild animal or a dangerous wild animal's body parts.

(4) "Dangerous wild animal" means:

(A) a lion;

(B) a tiger;

(C) an ocelot;

(D) a cougar;

(E) a leopard;

(F) a cheetah;

(G) a jaguar;

(H) a bobcat;

(I) a lynx;

(J) a serval;

(K) a caracal;

(L) a hyena;

(M) a bear;

(N) a coyote;

(O) a jackal;

(P) a baboon;

(Q) a chimpanzee;

(R) an orangutan;

(S) a gorilla; or

(T) any hybrid of an animal listed in this subdivision.

(4-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(5) "Owner" means any person who owns, harbors, or has custody or control of a dangerous wild animal.

(6) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, joint stock company, foundation, or association of individuals.

(7) "Primary enclosure" means any structure used to immediately restrict an animal to a limited amount of space, including a cage, pen, run, room, compartment, or hutch.
Tex. Insurance Code § 228.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 228 / Section 228.001
§ 228.001. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Allocation date" means the date on which certified investors are allocated premium tax credits.

(2) "Certified capital" means cash invested by a certified investor that fully funds the purchase price of an equity interest in a certified capital company or a qualified debt instrument issued by the company.

(3) "Certified capital company" means a partnership, corporation, or trust or limited liability company, whether organized on a profit or nonprofit basis, that:

(A) has as the company's primary business activity the investment of cash in qualified businesses; and

(B) is certified as meeting the criteria of this chapter.

(4) "Certified investor" means an insurer or other person that has state premium tax liability and that contributes certified capital pursuant to a premium tax credit allocation under this chapter.

(5) "Early stage business" means a business described by Section 228.152(a).

(5-a) "Low-income community" has the meaning assigned by Section 45D(e), Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(6) "Person" means an individual or entity, including a corporation, general or limited partnership, or trust or limited liability company.

(7) "Premium tax credit allocation claim" means a claim for allocation of premium tax credits.

(7-a) "Program One" means the program for allocation and investment of certified capital under this chapter before January 1, 2007.

(7-b) "Program Two" means the program for allocation and investment of certified capital under this chapter on or after January 1, 2007.

(8) "Qualified business" means a business described by Section 228.201.

(9) "Qualified debt instrument" means a debt instrument issued by a certified capital company, at par value or a premium, that:

(A) has an original maturity date that is a date on or after the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance;

(B) has a repayment schedule that is not faster than a level principal amortization over five years; and

(C) does not have interest, distribution, or payment features that are related to:

(i) the profitability of the company; or

(ii) the performance of the company's investment portfolio.

(10) "Qualified investment" means the investment of cash by a certified capital company in a qualified business for the purchase of any debt, debt participation, equity, or hybrid security of any nature or description, including a debt instrument or security that has the characteristics of debt but that provides for conversion into equity or equity participation instruments such as options or warrants.

(11) "State premium tax liability" means:

(A) any liability incurred by any person under Chapter 221, 222, 223, 223A, or 224; or

(B) if the tax liability imposed under Chapter 221, 222, 223, or 224 is eliminated or reduced, any tax liability imposed on an insurer or other person that had premium tax liability under Subchapter A, Chapter 4, or Article 9.59 as those laws existed on January 1, 2003.

(12) "Strategic investment business" means a business described by Section 228.153(a).