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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 121.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 121 / Section 121.006
§ 121.006. ALTERATION OF AUTHORIZED FORMS; DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

(a) An acknowledgment form provided by this chapter may be altered as circumstances require. The authorization of a form does not prevent the use of other forms. The marital status or other status of the acknowledging person may be shown after the person's name.

(b) In an acknowledgment form "acknowledged" means:

(1) in the case of a natural person, that the person personally appeared before the officer taking the acknowledgment and acknowledged executing the instrument for the purposes and consideration expressed in it;

(2) in the case of a person as principal by an attorney-in-fact for the principal, that the attorney-in-fact personally appeared before the officer taking the acknowledgment and that the attorney-in-fact acknowledged executing the instrument as the act of the principal for the purposes and consideration expressed in it;

(3) in the case of a partnership by a partner, partners, authorized officer, or agent acting for the partnership, that the partner, partners, authorized officer, or agent personally appeared before the officer taking the acknowledgment and acknowledged executing the instrument in the capacity stated, as the act of the partnership, for the purposes and consideration expressed in it;

(4) in the case of a corporation by a corporate officer or agent, that the corporate officer or agent personally appeared before the officer taking the acknowledgment and that the corporate officer or agent acknowledged executing the instrument in the capacity stated, as the act of the corporation, for the purposes and consideration expressed in it;

(5) in the case of a person acknowledging as a public officer, trustee, executor or administrator of an estate, guardian, or other representative, that the person personally appeared before the officer taking the acknowledgment and acknowledged executing the instrument by proper authority in the capacity stated and for the purposes and consideration expressed in it; and

(6) in the case of a limited liability company by a member, manager, authorized officer, or agent acting for the limited liability company, that the member, manager, authorized officer, or agent personally appeared before the officer taking the acknowledgment and acknowledged executing the instrument in the capacity stated, as the act of the limited liability company, for the purposes and consideration expressed in it.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), a person may personally appear before the officer taking the acknowledgment by:

(1) physically appearing before the officer; or

(2) appearing by an interactive two-way audio and video communication that meets the online notarization requirements under Subchapter C, Chapter 406, Government Code, and rules adopted under that subchapter.

(d) The acknowledgment form provided by this chapter must include a space for an online notarization as defined by Section 406.101, Government Code, to indicate by which method described by Subsection (c) the acknowledging person appeared before the officer.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 149.006 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 149 / Section 149.006
§ 149.006. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

On a conviction of an offense under this chapter, the court shall enjoin the defendant from slaughtering animals, selling meat, transporting meat, or in any manner purveying meat to the public as food for human consumption. Each day the injunction is violated constitutes a separate contempt.
Tex. Government Code § 2.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2 / Section 2.053
§ 2.053. MARKETING OF FIREARM SUPPRESSOR.
Status: in_force

A firearm suppressor manufactured and sold in this state must have the words "Made in Texas" clearly stamped on it.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 505.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 505 / Section 505.003
§ 505.003. RETENTION OF ZIP CODE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A business that obtains a customer's zip code under Section 505.002 may not retain the zip code in any form after the purchase of the good or service has been completed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0402
§ 8513.0402. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The authority by rule may prescribe reasonable and commensurate penalties for the violation of an authority rule, as provided by Section 49.004, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 656.045 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 656 / Section 656.045
§ 656.045. REQUIRED ATTENDANCE AT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

A state agency may require an administrator or employee of the agency to attend, as all or part of the administrator's or employee's duties, a training or education program if the training or education is related to the administrator's or employee's duties or prospective duties.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.117 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.117
§ 370.117. FURNISHING OF INDEMNIFYING BONDS OR PLEDGES OF SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state that acts as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenue may furnish indemnifying bonds or pledge securities that an authority requires.

(b) Bonds of an authority may secure the deposit of public money of this state or a political subdivision of this state to the extent of the lesser of the face value of the bonds or their market value.
Tex. Water Code § 58.032 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.032
§ 58.032.
Status: in_force

Sec. 58.032. MULTICOUNTY DISTRICT: APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS BY COMMISSION; BOND. (a) If the commission grants the petition for creation of the district, it shall appoint five directors, who shall serve until their successors are elected or appointed.

(b) A certified copy of the order of the commission granting a petition and naming the directors shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of each county in which a portion of the district is located.

(c) Each director named in the order shall, within 15 days after appointment, file his official bond in the office of the county clerk of the county of his residence. The county clerk shall present the bond to the county judge for approval.

(d) The county judge shall act on each bond in the manner provided in Section 58.026 of this code.

(e) If any director appointed under this section fails to qualify, the commissioners court of the county in which he lives shall appoint some qualified person to replace him.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 251.093 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 251 / Section 251.093
§ 251.093. FEE; RELEASE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A temporary manager appointed under Section 251.092 is entitled to a reasonable fee as determined by the court. The fee shall be paid by the facility.

(b) The temporary manager may petition the court to order the release to the manager of any payment owed the manager for care and services provided to patients of the facility if the payment has been withheld.

(c) Withheld payments that may be released under Subsection (b) may include payments withheld by a governmental agency or other entity before or during the appointment of the temporary manager, including:

(1) Medicaid, Medicare, or insurance payments; or

(2) payments from another third party.
Tex. Local Government Code § 118.0145 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 118 / Section 118.0145
§ 118.0145. NONCERTIFIED PAPERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The fee for "Noncertified Papers" under Section 118.011 is for issuing a noncertified copy of each page or part of a page of a document. The fee must be paid at the time the order is placed.

(b) A county clerk may waive or reduce the fee provided in Section 118.011 for issuing a noncertified copy of a page or a portion of a page of a document if the document:

(1) involves a matter relating to family law, including a divorce decree; or

(2) is the record of a judgment in a misdemeanor case.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1102.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.060
§ 1102.060. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 1102.054, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, and minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities, shall be:

(1) maintained at the district office; and

(2) open to public inspection at the district office at all reasonable hours.
Tex. Education Code § 12.0271 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.0271
§ 12.0271. FAILURE TO DISCHARGE OR REFUSE TO HIRE OR TERMINATE OR REFUSE SERVICES FROM CERTAIN EMPLOYEES, APPLICANTS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

A home-rule school district commits a material violation of the school district's charter if the school district fails to comply with the duty to discharge or refuse to hire, or terminate or refuse to accept services from, certain employees, applicants for employment, or service providers under Section 22A.151 or 22A.157, as applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3848.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3848 / Section 3848.104
§ 3848.104. CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with Harris County or the City of Houston for the county or the city to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 246.097 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 246 / Section 246.097
§ 246.097. PAYMENT OF TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

The reasonable costs, expenses, and fees of the trustee are payable from the assets of the facility.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1104.022 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.022
§ 1104.022. TRUSTEE NAMED AS BENEFICIARY IN WILL.
Status: in_force

(a) A life insurance policy may provide that the beneficiary of the policy be a trustee designated by will in accordance with the policy provisions and the requirements of the insurance company.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), on probate of a will described by Subsection (a), the life insurance policy proceeds shall be paid to the trustee. The trustee shall hold and dispose of the proceeds as provided under the terms of the will as the will existed on the date of the testator's death and in the same manner as other testamentary trusts are administered.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by agreement with the insurance company during the life of the insured, the insurance company shall pay the life insurance policy proceeds to the executors, administrators, or assigns of the insured if, during the 18-month period beginning on the first day after the date of the insured's death:

(1) a qualified trustee does not make to the insurance company a claim to the proceeds; or

(2) the insurance company is provided satisfactory evidence showing that there is or will be no trustee to receive the proceeds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8315.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8315 / Section 8315.151
§ 8315.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8315.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 437.225 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.225
§ 437.225. DISCHARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A service member may be discharged from the Texas military forces according to regulations adopted by the adjutant general or by federal law or regulations.

(b) On termination of the appointment of an officer or enlistment of an enlisted service member in the Texas military forces, the officer or enlisted service member shall be given a certificate of discharge stating the character of the person's service.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0256 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0256
§ 532.0256. RECIPIENT COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

The commission shall inform each recipient who receives personal care services, attendant care services, or other services the commission identifies that the health care provider providing the services and the recipient are each required to comply with the electronic visit verification system. A Medicaid managed care organization shall also inform recipients described by this section who are enrolled in a managed care plan offered by the organization of those requirements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8268.021 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8268 / Section 8268.021
§ 8268.021. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Arthur J. Sullivan, III;

(2) Linda Grant Jones;

(3) James H. Pouns;

(4) Lee Lupher; and

(5) Thomas Vann.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date initial directors are elected under Section 8268.023; or

(2) September 1, 2013.

(c) If initial directors have not been elected under Section 8268.023 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date initial directors are elected under Section 8268.023; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3973.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3973 / Section 3973.0307
§ 3973.0307. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county, to provide law enforcement services in the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 152.020 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.020
§ 152.020. SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) A landowner shall inform the service of measures taken by the landowner to control the infestation and the results of those measures.

(b) The service may change its prescribed procedures as conditions or new information may require.

(c) On request, the service shall certify when all reasonably practicable measures to be done by the landowner, pursuant to its prescribed procedures, have been completed.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.011 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.011
§ 521.011. SERVICES INFORMATION FOR VETERANS.
Status: in_force

The department and the Texas Veterans Commission shall jointly develop a one-page informational paper about veterans services provided by this state for veterans who receive:

(1) a driver's license with a designation under Section 521.1235; or

(2) a personal identification certificate with a designation under Section 521.102.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3931.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3931 / Section 3931.053
§ 3931.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3837.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3837 / Section 3837.156
§ 3837.156. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:

(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and

(2) the district annually shall impose the continuing direct ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other obligations as the interest becomes due;

(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and

(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
Tex. Occupations Code § 562.009 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 562 / Section 562.009
§ 562.009. REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING SELECTION OF GENERICALLY EQUIVALENT DRUG OR INTERCHANGEABLE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT.
Status: repealed

(a) Before delivery of a prescription for a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product, a pharmacist must personally, or through the pharmacist's agent or employee:

(1) inform the patient or the patient's agent that a less expensive generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product is available for the brand prescribed; and

(2) ask the patient or the patient's agent to choose between the generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product and the brand prescribed.

(a-1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 599 , Sec. 14(2), eff. September 1, 2015.

(b) A pharmacy is not required to comply with the provisions of Subsection (a):

(1) in the case of the refill of a prescription for which the pharmacy previously complied with Subsection (a) with respect to the same patient or patient's agent; or

(2) if the patient's physician or physician's agent advises the pharmacy that:

(A) the physician has informed the patient or the patient's agent that a less expensive generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product is available for the brand prescribed; and

(B) the patient or the patient's agent has chosen either the brand prescribed or the less expensive generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product.

(c) A pharmacy that supplies a prescription by mail is considered to have complied with the provisions of Subsection (a) if the pharmacy includes on the prescription order form completed by the patient or the patient's agent language that clearly and conspicuously:

(1) states that if a less expensive generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product is available for the brand prescribed, the patient or the patient's agent may choose between the generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product and the brand prescribed; and

(2) allows the patient or the patient's agent to indicate the choice between the generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product and the brand prescribed.

(d) If the patient or the patient's agent fails to indicate otherwise to a pharmacy on the prescription order form under Subsection (c), the pharmacy may dispense a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product.

(e) If the prescription is for an immunosuppressant drug, as defined by Section 562.0141(a)(1), the pharmacist must comply with the provisions of Section 562.0141. This subsection expires if Section 562.0141 expires under the requirements of Section 562.0142.
Tex. Estates Code § 124.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 124 / Section 124.004
§ 124.004. EFFECT OF DISCLAIMERS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall be applied after giving effect to any disclaimers made in accordance with Chapter 240, Property Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8189.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8189 / Section 8189.109
§ 8189.109. LIMIT ON EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district only to acquire an easement necessary for pipeline, storm water, or drainage facilities that serve the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 67.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 67 / Section 67.002
§ 67.002. APPLICATION OF LAW AND RULES.
Status: in_force

This subtitle and each rule adopted under this subtitle apply to the operations in this state of a foreign association and may be enforced by the commissioner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4501.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4501 / Section 4501.051
§ 4501.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is governed by a board of seven voting directors appointed under Section 4501.053, with three directors appointed by the City of Palestine, three directors appointed by the City of Rusk, and one director appointed by the other directors.

(b) Voting directors serve staggered three-year terms, with:

(1) as near as possible to one-third of the terms of directors appointed by each city or other political subdivision expiring September 1 of each year; and

(2) the term of the director appointed by the other directors expiring October 1 of each third year.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 7.04 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 7.04
§ 7.04.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.04. If the host state withdraws from the compact, the withdrawal shall not become effective until five years after enactment of the repealing legislation and the nonhost party states may continue to use the facility during that time. The financial obligation of the nonhost party states under Article V shall cease immediately upon enactment of the repealing legislation. If the host state withdraws from the compact or abandons plans to operate a facility prior to the date of any nonhost party state payment under Sections 4.05(5) and (6), of Article IV or Article V, the nonhost party states are relieved of any obligations to make the contributions. This section sets out the exclusive remedies for the nonhost party states if the host state withdraws from the compact or is unable to develop and operate a compact facility.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 7.01 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 7 / Section 7.01
§ 7.01. SHALL ISSUE WARRANT.
Status: in_force

Whenever a magistrate is informed upon oath that an offense is about to be committed against the person or property of the informant, or of another, or that any person has threatened to commit an offense, the magistrate shall immediately issue a warrant for the arrest of the accused; that he may be brought before such magistrate or before some other named in the warrant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8330.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8330 / Section 8330.202
§ 8330.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 55.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 55 / Section 55.052
§ 55.052. NECESSARY PARTY.
Status: in_force

An institution of higher education, a private institution of higher education, or a charitable organization that is a distributee under a will is a necessary party to a will contest or will construction suit involving the will.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8420.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8420 / Section 8420.104
§ 8420.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.