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Tex. Water Code § 5.176 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.176
§ 5.176. COMPLAINT FILE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the commission about a matter within the commission's regulatory jurisdiction. The file must include:

(1) the name of the person who filed the complaint, unless the person has specifically requested anonymity;

(2) the date the complaint is received by the commission;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) the name of each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) an explanation of the reason the file was closed, if the agency closed the file without taking action other than to investigate the complaint.

(b) The commission shall establish and implement procedures for receiving complaints submitted by means of the Internet and orally and shall maintain files on those complaints as provided by Subsection (a).

(c) The commission is not required to investigate a complaint:

(1) that may be addressed during other commission activities; or

(2) that was filed by an individual when there is not a reasonable probability that the commission can substantiate the complaint and:

(A) the complaint is repetitious or redundant of other complaints concerning the same site investigated in the preceding 12 months that were not substantiated by the commission; or

(B) the complainant has filed in the preceding seven years at least five complaints that were not substantiated by the commission.
Tex. Finance Code § 393.627 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 393 / Section 393.627
§ 393.627. QUARTERLY REPORT TO COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

A credit access business shall file a quarterly report with the commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner that provides the following information relating to extensions of consumer credit described by Section 393.602(a) during the preceding quarter:

(1) the number of consumers for whom the business obtained or assisted in obtaining those extensions of consumer credit;

(2) the number of those extensions of consumer credit obtained by the business or that the business assisted consumers in obtaining;

(3) the number of refinancing transactions of the extensions of consumer credit described by Subdivision (2);

(4) the number of consumers refinancing the extensions of consumer credit described by Subdivision (2);

(5) the number of consumers refinancing more than once the extensions of consumer credit described by Subdivision (2);

(6) the average amount of the extensions of consumer credit described by Subdivision (2);

(7) the total amount of fees charged by the business for the activities described by Subdivision (1);

(8) the number of vehicles surrendered or repossessed under the terms of an extension of consumer credit in the form of a motor vehicle title loan obtained by the business or that the business assisted a consumer in obtaining;

(9) the mean, median, and mode of the number of extensions of consumer credit obtained by consumers as a result of entering into the extensions of consumer credit described by Subdivision (2); and

(10) any related information the commissioner determines necessary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9010.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9010 / Section 9010.004
§ 9010.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 244, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963 (Article 8280-286, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Chapter 3A, Title 128, Revised Statutes, before August 30, 1971;

(2) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code;

(3) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(4) other law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 716 / Section 716.001
§ 716.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authorizing agent" means a person authorized to dispose of a decedent's remains under Section 711.002.

(2) "Cemetery" has the meaning assigned by Section 711.001.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

(4) "Cremated remains" means the recoverable human remains after the completion of the cremation process. The term may include the residue of any nonhuman matter cremated with the deceased human body including casket material, bridgework, eyeglasses, or other material.

(5) "Cremation" means the irreversible process of reducing human remains to bone fragments through direct flame, extreme heat, and evaporation. The term may include pulverization, which is the process of reducing identifiable bone fragments after cremation and processing granulated particles by manual or mechanical means.

(6) "Cremation chamber" means an enclosed retort used exclusively for cremation of human remains.

(7) "Cremation container" means a casket or other container designed to transport a deceased human body and for placement in a cremation chamber during cremation.

(8) "Cremation interment container" means a rigid outer container composed of concrete, steel, fiberglass, or similar material used for the ground burial of cremated remains that meets a cemetery's specifications.

(9) "Crematory" means a structure containing a retort used or intended to be used for cremation of human remains.

(10) "Crematory establishment" means a business that operates a crematory for which a license is required under Subchapter N, Chapter 651, Occupations Code.

(10-a) "First responder" has the meaning assigned by Section 421.095, Government Code.

(11) "Funeral director" has the meaning assigned by Section 651.001, Occupations Code.

(12) "Funeral establishment" has the meaning assigned by Section 651.001, Occupations Code.

(13) "Scattering area" means an area designated for scattering cremated remains. The term includes dedicated cemetery property on which cremated remains may be:

(A) mixed with or placed on top of soil or ground cover; or

(B) commingled and buried in an underground receptacle.

(14) "Temporary container" means a receptacle composed of cardboard, plastic, or similar material designed to temporarily store cremated remains until the remains are placed in an urn or other permanent container.

(15) "Urn" means a container designed to permanently store cremated remains.

(16) "Veteran" means an individual who:

(A) has served in:

(i) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States;

(ii) the state military forces as defined by Section 431.001, Government Code; or

(iii) an auxiliary service of one of those branches of the armed forces; and

(B) has been honorably discharged from the branch of the service in which the individual served.
Tex. Government Code § 824.310 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 824 / Section 824.310
§ 824.310. PURPOSE OF DISABILITY BENEFIT; LIMIT ON SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of a disability retirement annuity paid under this subchapter is to lessen the financial hardships faced by a member with a disability.

(b) The board of trustees shall adopt rules under which the disability retirement annuity paid to a disability retiree under this subchapter is reduced on a sliding-scale basis or is suspended for a period in which the compensation earned by the retiree for work performed in a 12-month period during the disability retirement, as determined under the rules of the board of trustees, exceeds the compensation earned by the retiree during the 12-month period in which the retiree earned the highest compensation for actual service as a member of the retirement system.

(c) The rules adopted under Subsection (b) must provide for the partial or full reinstatement of a disability retirement annuity that is reduced or suspended if the compensation earned by the retiree for work performed during the disability retirement is reduced or suspended.

(d) The board of trustees by rule shall require a disability retiree to report to the board the amount of compensation earned by the disability retiree that exceeds the amount established by the board by rule for work performed during the disability.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8888.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8888 / Section 8888.159
§ 8888.159. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may:

(1) by purchase, gift, lease, contract, or any other legal means, acquire and provide a water treatment or supply system, or any other work, plant, improvement, or facility necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority, or any interest in those assets, inside or outside the authority;

(2) design, finance, or construct a water treatment or supply system, or other supply system, or any other work, plant, improvement, or facility necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority, and provide water services inside or outside the authority;

(3) maintain, operate, lease, or sell a water treatment or supply system, or any other work, plant, improvement, or facility necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority, that the authority constructs or acquires inside or outside the authority; or

(4) contract with a person who owns a water treatment or supply system to operate or maintain the system.

(b) The authority shall give a person outside the authority, including the City of Houston, the option to contract for available excess capacity of the authority's water treatment or supply system or, before construction of a water treatment or supply system begins, for additional capacity of the system. The authority must offer a contract that would enable the person to pay for the excess or additional capacity in accordance with the person's pro rata share of the capital investment and operational and maintenance costs for providing the excess or additional capacity.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.113 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.113
§ 200.113. SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIRED RECORDS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the books and records required to be kept under Section 3.151, a real estate investment trust must keep at its principal office or place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of the number of shares held by each shareholder.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437A.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437A / Section 437A.008
§ 437A.008. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may adopt the rules necessary to implement this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.205 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.205
§ 353.205. STATEMENT IF LIABILITY INSURANCE NOT INCLUDED IN CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

If liability insurance coverage for bodily injury and property damage caused to others is not included in a retail installment contract, the retail installment contract or a separate writing must contain, in at least 10-point type that is boldfaced, capitalized, underlined, or otherwise conspicuously set out from the surrounding written material, a specific statement that liability insurance coverage for bodily injury and property damage caused to others is not included.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 94.051 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 94 / Section 94.051
§ 94.051. OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) as a department inspector, falsifies a certificate of inspection and maturity or fails to collect the inspection fee under this chapter;

(2) operates a citrus fruit packing house, or packs or prepares citrus fruit for sale or transportation in a packing house, unless the person has registered the packing house and given the notices required under this chapter;

(3) sells, delivers, transports, or delivers or receives citrus fruit for transportation, unless the citrus fruit bears the stamps provided by the department to indicate that the fees on the citrus fruit have been paid;

(4) intentionally substitutes green fruit for ripe fruit that has received a clearance certificate;

(5) interferes with an authorized inspector in performing a requirement of this chapter; or

(6) violates any other provision of this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 29.048 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.048
§ 29.048. ADMISSION, REVIEW, AND DISMISSAL COMMITTEE DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A student's admission, review, and dismissal committee shall develop a student's individualized education program under Section 29.005, in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.), without consideration of any supplemental services or supplemental instructional materials that may be provided under the program under this subchapter.

(b) Unless the district first verifies that an account has been assigned to the student under Section 29.045, the admission, review, and dismissal committee of a student approved for participation in the program shall provide to the student's parent at an admission, review, and dismissal committee meeting for the student:

(1) information regarding the types of supplemental services or supplemental instructional materials available under the program and provided by agency-approved providers for which an account maintained under Section 29.042(b) for the student may be used; and

(2) instructions regarding accessing an account described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8384.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8384 / Section 8384.152
§ 8384.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8384.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.

(c) If required by an agreement between the district and a municipality under Section 8384.105, the total ad valorem tax rate of the district may not be less than the total ad valorem tax rate of the municipality.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.210 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.210
§ 344.210. BONDS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The board may not issue or sell general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, or refunding bonds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.207 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.207
§ 344.207. ACCOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 60th day after the last day of each fiscal year, an administrator shall prepare for the board a sworn statement of the amount of money that belongs to the district and an account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 711 / Section 711.052
§ 711.052. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is an individual, firm, association, corporation, or municipality, or an officer, agent, or employee of an individual, firm, association, corporation, or municipality, commits an offense if the person:

(1) engages in a business for cemetery purposes in this state other than through a corporation organized for that purpose, if a corporation is required by law;

(2) fails or refuses to keep records of interment as required by Sections 711.003 and 711.004;

(3) sells, offers to sell, or advertises for sale a plot or the exclusive right of sepulture in a plot for purposes of speculation or investment;

(4) represents through advertising or printed material that a retail department will be established for the resale of the plots of plot purchasers, that specific improvements will be made in the cemetery, or that specific merchandise or services will be furnished to a plot owner, unless adequate funds or reserves are created by the cemetery organization for the represented purpose;

(5) makes more than one interment in a plot in a cemetery operated by a cemetery organization other than as provided by Section 711.0395;

(6) removes remains from a plot in a cemetery operated by a cemetery organization without complying with Section 711.004;

(7) offers or receives monetary inducement to solicit business for a cemetery broker; or

(8) fails or refuses to keep records of sales or resales or to collect and remit fees as required by Section 711.0381.

(b) A cemetery organization or an officer, agent, or employee of the cemetery organization commits an offense if the cemetery organization, officer, agent, or employee offers any inducement, pecuniary or otherwise, to any person or entity for the purpose of securing or attempting to secure business for that cemetery organization. This subsection does not prohibit the offering or payment by a cemetery organization of any such inducement, pecuniary or otherwise, to an officer, employee, agent, subcontractor, or representative of the cemetery organization.

(c) A cemetery organization or an officer, agent, or employee of the cemetery organization commits an offense if the cemetery organization, officer, agent, or employee of a cemetery organization offers a free plot in a drawing, in a lottery, or in another manner, unless the offer is for the immediate burial of an indigent person.

(d) Except as provided by this subsection, an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (a)(5) or (6) is a felony of the second degree.
Tex. Insurance Code § 423.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 423 / Section 423.002
§ 423.002. AMBIGUITIES AND CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

This chapter controls to the extent of an ambiguity or a conflict between this chapter and another provision of this code.
Tex. Education Code § 105.306 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 105 / Section 105.306
§ 105.306. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is hereby authorized to use available funds or to enter into contracts and accept grants or matching grants for the purpose of establishing an academy of mathematics and science.

(b) Any money received by the academy shall be expended to further the functions and purposes of the academy listed in Section 105.301.

(c) This section does not prevent the board from accepting federal funds or money from any corporation or other private contributor for use in operating or providing programs to the academy.
Tex. Government Code § 437.111 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.111
§ 437.111. DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), all money paid to the department under this chapter is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 404.

(b) The department may accept funds, property, or services donated by any public or private entity, including:

(1) a state agency or department;

(2) a political subdivision, including a county, municipality, or public school district; or

(3) a special purpose district or authority.

(c) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, or donations from any private or public entity to support the Texas military forces or the Texas Military Forces Museum and may spend the proceeds consistent with donor limitations and for the use of the Texas military forces, the museum, or the department.

(d) The department may accept a donation or transfer of funds from the federal government directly or through another agency or from an agency or political subdivision of this state. The funds shall be deposited with the comptroller. The funds may be used for the legal purposes of the department as provided in the donation or transfer. The comptroller shall make payments from the funds on a properly drawn warrant issued by the comptroller on request of the adjutant general and approval of the governor under rules adopted by the comptroller.

(e) A unit may accept funds for the benefit of a particular military unit in a unit fund as prescribed in Section 437.211.
Tex. Water Code § 7.305 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.305
§ 7.305. PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall establish procedures for public notice and any public hearing under this subchapter. The procedures shall provide for notice to a county that issued a license, certificate, or registration that is the subject of the hearing.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.0181 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0181
§ 61.0181. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may assess an administrative penalty against a person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter in the amount provided by Section 61.018(c) for a civil penalty. In determining the amount of the penalty, the commissioner shall consider:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation and the hazard or damage caused thereby;

(2) the degree of cooperation and quality of response;

(3) the degree of culpability and history of previous violations by the person subject to the penalty;

(4) the amount necessary to deter future violations; and

(5) any other matter that justice requires.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8000.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8000 / Section 8000.002
§ 8000.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.079 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14 / Section 14.079
§ 14.079. PENALTY FOR INTERFERING WITH SEALED WAREHOUSE OR DEPARTMENT INSPECTION OR INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) without the department's consent and with the intent to obstruct the department's regulation, management, or control of sealed grain, obtains or exercises control over grain stored in a building, bin, or other similar structure sealed by the department;

(2) breaks, removes, vandalizes, or otherwise interferes with a department seal placed on a building, bin, or other similar structure used for the receiving of grain for hire, shipping of grain for hire, storing of grain for hire, or handling of grain for hire;

(3) without the department's consent and with the intent to obstruct the department's regulation, management, or control of sealed grain, interferes with the department's access to or control of grain stored in a building, bin, or other similar structure sealed by the department; or

(4) interferes with the lawful investigation or inspection of the facilities, records, or grain deposits of a public grain warehouse by a department inspector or other department official.

(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the person's action is:

(1) necessary to prevent destruction of stored grain or the sealed structure; or

(2) taken under the order of a state or federal court.

(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8814.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8814 / Section 8814.054
§ 8814.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTION; ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE.
Status: in_force

(a) To be qualified for election as a director, a person must be:

(1) a resident of the district; and

(2) at least 18 years of age.

(b) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), a person who is a director from a county commissioners precinct must be a resident of that precinct unless the composition of the board is changed by annexation or consolidation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.251 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.251
§ 204.251. COMPLAINT INFORMATION AND STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) The physician assistant board shall keep information on file about each complaint filed with the board.

(b) If a written complaint is filed with the physician assistant board relating to a person licensed by the board, the board, as often as quarterly and until final determination of the action to be taken on the complaint, shall notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an active investigation.