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Tex. Labor Code § 504.074 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 504 / Section 504.074
§ 504.074. SELF-INSURANCE ACCOUNT FOR DEATH BENEFITS AND LIFETIME INCOME BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A pool or a political subdivision that self-insures may establish an account for the payment of death benefits and lifetime income benefits under Chapter 408.

(b) An account established under this section may accumulate assets in an amount that the pool or political subdivision, in its sole discretion, determines is necessary in order to pay death benefits and lifetime income benefits. The establishment of an account under this section or the amount of assets accumulated in the account does not affect the liability of a pool or political subdivision for the payment of death benefits and lifetime income benefits.

(c) Chapter 2256, Government Code, does not apply to the investment of assets in an account established under this section. A pool or political subdivision investing or reinvesting the assets of an account shall discharge its duties solely in the interest of current and future beneficiaries:

(1) for the exclusive purposes of:

(A) providing death benefits and lifetime income benefits to current and future beneficiaries; and

(B) defraying reasonable expenses of administering the account;

(2) with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the prevailing circumstances that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with matters of the type would use in the conduct of an enterprise with a like character and like aims;

(3) by diversifying the investments of the account to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so; and

(4) in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the account to the extent that the documents and instruments are consistent with this section.

(d) In choosing and contracting for professional investment management services for an account established under this section and in continuing the use of an investment manager, the pool or political subdivision must act prudently and in the interest of the current and future beneficiaries of the account.
Tex. Property Code § 24A.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 24A / Section 24A.005
§ 24A.005. OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person interferes with a person or peace officer entering a residence and retrieving personal property under the authority of a writ issued under Section 24A.002 or 24A.0021.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor did not receive a copy of the writ or other notice that the entry or property retrieval was authorized.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 711 / Section 711.032
§ 711.032. DISCRIMINATION BY RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A cemetery organization may not adopt or enforce a rule that prohibits interment because of the race, color, or national origin of a decedent.

(b) A provision of a contract entered into by a cemetery organization or of a certificate of ownership or other instrument of conveyance issued by a cemetery organization that prohibits interment in a cemetery because of the race, color, or national origin of a decedent is void.
Tex. Insurance Code § 831.0014 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 831 / Section 831.0014
§ 831.0014. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to enforce this chapter.

(b) A rule adopted under Subsection (a) is not subject to Section 2001.0045, Government Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 53.355 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 53 / Section 53.355
§ 53.355. STATEMENT OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A cooperative must file a statement of intent to use this subchapter with the commission and the office not later than the 61st day before the effective date of the proposed change.

(b) The statement must include:

(1) a copy of a resolution, signed by a majority of the members of the cooperative's board of directors, approving the proposed action and authorizing the filing of the statement of intent;

(2) a description of the services affected by the proposed action;

(3) a copy of the proposed tariff for the affected service; and

(4) a copy of the customer notice required by Section 53.356.
Tex. Local Government Code § 377.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 377 / Section 377.002
§ 377.002. SCOPE.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may create a district as provided in this chapter in:

(1) all or part of the boundaries of the municipality;

(2) all or part of the boundaries of the municipality and all or part of the boundaries of the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; or

(3) all or part of the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

(b) The municipality may include territory outside of the municipality only to the extent that territory is in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Tex. Transportation Code § 66.063 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 66 / Section 66.063
§ 66.063. PILOT FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 10th day before the date set for a pilotage rate hearing, the pilots who are licensed or certified to serve the port for which the rates are being considered shall submit in writing to the board and to any party designated by the board complete accounts of:

(1) all amounts received from performing pilot services, organized by categories or classifications of rates, if rates are set in that manner;

(2) all earnings from capital assets devoted to providing pilot services;

(3) all expenses incurred in connection with activities for which amounts described by Subdivisions (1) and (2) were received and earned; and

(4) estimates of receipts and expenses anticipated to result from the requested changes in pilotage rates.

(b) The pilots shall provide the information for:

(1) the calendar or fiscal year preceding the date of the pilotage rate change application; and

(2) the subsequent period to within 60 days of the date of the application.

(c) The board may require an independent audit of financial information submitted under Subsection (a) by an accountant selected by the board. The board, as it considers fair and just, shall assess the costs of the audit against one or more of the applicants and objecting parties.

(d) The board may require relevant additional information it considers necessary to determine a proper pilotage rate.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.208 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.208
§ 232.208. WATER AND SEWER SERVICE EXTENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may extend, beyond the date specified on the plat or on the document attached to the plat, the date by which the water and sewer service facilities must be fully operable if the commissioners court finds the extension is reasonable and not contrary to the public interest.

(b) The commissioners court may not grant an extension under Subsection (a) if it would allow an occupied residence to be without water or sewer services.

(c) If the commissioners court provides an extension, the commissioners court shall notify the attorney general of the extension and the reason for the extension. The attorney general shall notify all other state agencies having enforcement power over subdivisions of the extension.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.266 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.266
§ 200.266. REVOCABILITY OF PROXY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, a "proxy coupled with an interest" includes the appointment as proxy of:

(1) a pledgee;

(2) a person who purchased or agreed to purchase the shares subject to the proxy;

(3) a person who owns or holds an option to purchase the shares subject to the proxy;

(4) a creditor of the real estate investment trust who extended the real estate investment trust credit under terms requiring the appointment;

(5) an employee of the real estate investment trust whose employment contract requires the appointment; or

(6) a party to a voting agreement created under Section 6.252.

(b) A proxy is revocable unless:

(1) the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable; and

(2) the proxy is coupled with an interest.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.046 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.046
§ 242.046. OPEN HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall hold an open hearing in a licensed institution if the department has taken a punitive action against the institution in the preceding 12 months or if the department receives a complaint from an ombudsman, advocate, resident, or relative of a resident relating to a serious or potentially serious problem in the institution and the department has reasonable cause to believe the complaint is valid. The department is not required to hold more than one open meeting in a particular institution in each year.

(b) The department shall give notice of the time, place, and date of the hearing to:

(1) the institution;

(2) the designated closest living relative or legal guardian of each resident; and

(3) appropriate state or federal agencies that work with the institution.

(c) The department may exclude an institution's administrators and personnel from the hearing.

(d) The department shall notify the institution of any complaints received at the hearing and, without identifying the source of the complaints, provide a summary of them to the institution.

(e) The department shall determine and implement a mechanism to notify confidentially a complainant of the results of the investigation of the complaint.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.053
§ 3914.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Tex. Government Code § 839.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 839 / Section 839.202
§ 839.202. APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A member may apply for a disability retirement annuity by:

(1) filing an application for retirement with the board of trustees; or

(2) having an application filed with the board of trustees by the member's spouse, employer, or legal representative.

(b) An application for a disability retirement annuity may not be made:

(1) after the earlier of:

(A) the date the retirement is to become effective; or

(B) the second anniversary of the date the member ceased making contributions to the retirement system; or

(2) earlier than the 90th day before the date the retirement is to become effective.

(c) An applicant for a disability retirement annuity must submit to a medical examination and provide other pertinent information as may be required by the retirement system.
Tex. Transportation Code § 524.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 524 / Section 524.001
§ 524.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Adult" means an individual 21 years of age or older.

(2) "Alcohol concentration" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.01, Penal Code.

(3) "Alcohol-related or drug-related enforcement contact" means a driver's license suspension, disqualification, or prohibition order under the laws of this state or another state resulting from:

(A) a conviction of an offense prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle or watercraft while:

(i) intoxicated;

(ii) under the influence of alcohol; or

(iii) under the influence of a controlled substance;

(B) a refusal to submit to the taking of a breath or blood specimen following an arrest for an offense prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle or an offense prohibiting the operation of a watercraft, if the watercraft was powered with an engine having a manufacturer's rating of 50 horsepower or more, while:

(i) intoxicated;

(ii) under the influence of alcohol; or

(iii) under the influence of a controlled substance; or

(C) an analysis of a breath or blood specimen showing an alcohol concentration of a level specified by Section 49.01, Penal Code, following an arrest for an offense prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle or watercraft while intoxicated.

(4) "Arrest" includes the taking into custody of a child, as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code.

(5) "Conviction" includes an adjudication under Title 3, Family Code.

(6) "Criminal charge" includes a charge that may result in a proceeding under Title 3, Family Code.

(7) "Criminal prosecution" includes a proceeding under Title 3, Family Code.

(8) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.

(9) "Director" means the public safety director of the department.

(10) "Driver's license" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.001. The term includes a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit issued under Chapter 522.

(11) "Minor" means an individual under 21 years of age.

(12) "Public place" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07(a), Penal Code.
Tex. Penal Code § 43.27 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 43 / Section 43.27
§ 43.27. DUTY TO REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, " visual material" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.26.

(b) A business that develops or processes visual material and determines that the material may be evidence of a criminal offense under this subchapter shall report the existence of the visual material to a local law enforcement agency.
Tex. Transportation Code § 365.014 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 365 / Section 365.014
§ 365.014. RIGHT OF FREE ACCESS OR PASSAGE.
Status: in_force

A district operating a toll road shall give to property that had access to and right of free passage on the road on or before August 28, 1989:

(1) free access to the toll road; or

(2) an alternative right of passage.
Tex. Insurance Code § 553.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 553 / Section 553.004
§ 553.004. EXAMINATION; ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioner considers it necessary, the commissioner may initiate an examination of an insurer under Sections 401.051, 401.052, and 401.054-401.062.

(b) If the commissioner believes that an insurer is violating or has violated this chapter, the commissioner may:

(1) impose a sanction under Chapter 82;

(2) issue a cease and desist order under Chapter 83;

(3) assess an administrative penalty under Chapter 84; or

(4) refer the matter to the attorney general for appropriate enforcement.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 129B.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 129B / Section 129B.001
§ 129B.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Artificial sexual material harmful to minors" means computer-generated sexual material harmful to minors that was produced, adapted, or modified using an artificial intelligence application or other computer software in which a person is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature.

(1-a) "Commercial entity" includes a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or other legally recognized business entity.

(2) "Distribute" means to issue, sell, give, provide, deliver, transfer, transmute, circulate, or disseminate by any means.

(3) "Minor" means an individual younger than 18 years of age.

(4) "News-gathering organization" includes:

(A) an employee of a newspaper, news publication, or news source, printed or on an online or mobile platform, of current news and public interest, who is acting within the course and scope of that employment and can provide documentation of that employment with the newspaper, news publication, or news source; and

(B) an employee of a radio broadcast station, television broadcast station, cable television operator, or wire service who is acting within the course and scope of that employment and can provide documentation of that employment.

(5) "Publish" means to communicate or make information available to another person or entity on a publicly available Internet website.

(6) "Sexual material harmful to minors" includes any material that:

(A) the average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taking the material as a whole and with respect to minors, is designed to appeal to or pander to the prurient interest;

(B) in a manner patently offensive with respect to minors, exploits, is devoted to, or principally consists of descriptions of actual, simulated, or animated displays or depictions of:

(i) a person's pubic hair, anus, or genitals or the nipple of the female breast;

(ii) touching, caressing, or fondling of nipples, breasts, buttocks, anuses, or genitals; or

(iii) sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, excretory functions, exhibitions, or any other sexual act; and

(C) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.

(7) "Transactional data" means a sequence of information that documents an exchange, agreement, or transfer between an individual, commercial entity, or third party used for the purpose of satisfying a request or event. The term includes records from mortgage, education, and employment entities.
Tex. Water Code § 58.509 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.509
§ 58.509. LIEN CREATED; NO LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

Charges or assessments imposed by a district for maintenance and operation of works, facilities, and services of the district shall constitute a lien against the land to which the charges or assessments have been established. No law providing limitation against actions for debt shall apply.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 73.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 73 / Section 73.001
§ 73.001. ELEMENTS OF LIBEL.
Status: in_force

A libel is a defamation expressed in written or other graphic form that tends to blacken the memory of the dead or that tends to injure a living person's reputation and thereby expose the person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or financial injury or to impeach any person's honesty, integrity, virtue, or reputation or to publish the natural defects of anyone and thereby expose the person to public hatred, ridicule, or financial injury.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8376.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8376 / Section 8376.101
§ 8376.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8877.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8877 / Section 8877.052
§ 8877.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) Directors are elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.

(b) One director is elected by the voters of the entire district. One director is elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.

(c) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot:

(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or

(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.

(d) At the first election after the county commissioners precincts are redrawn under Section 18, Article V, Texas Constitution, four new directors shall be elected to represent the newly redrawn precincts. The directors from precincts one and three shall be elected for two-year terms. The directors from precincts two and four shall be elected for four-year terms. When the directors elected from the new precincts take office, the terms of the directors elected from the previous precincts expire.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 98B.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 98B / Section 98B.002
§ 98B.002. LIABILITY FOR UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF CERTAIN INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A defendant is liable, as provided by this chapter, to a person depicted in intimate visual material for damages arising from the disclosure of the material if:

(1) the defendant discloses the intimate visual material without the effective consent of the depicted person and with the intent to harm that person;

(2) at the time of the disclosure, the defendant knows or has reason to believe that the intimate visual material was obtained by the defendant or created under circumstances in which the depicted person had a reasonable expectation that the material would remain private;

(3) the disclosure of the intimate visual material causes harm to the depicted person; and

(4) the disclosure of the intimate visual material reveals the identity of the depicted person in any manner, including through:

(A) any accompanying or subsequent information or material related to the intimate visual material; or

(B) information or material provided by a third party in response to the disclosure of the intimate visual material.

(b) A defendant is liable, as provided by this chapter, to a person depicted in intimate visual material for damages arising from the promotion of the material if, knowing the character and content of the material, the defendant promotes intimate visual material described by Subsection (a) on an Internet website or other forum for publication that is owned or operated by the defendant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1006.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.111
§ 1006.111. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The district, through the board, may sue and be sued.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.605 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.605
§ 92.605. WITHDRAWAL OR REDUCTION OF MEMBER'S CONTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A member may not receive from a limited savings bank any part of the member's contribution except as provided by rule adopted by the finance commission regulating withdrawal or reduction.

(b) A member may not receive any part of the member's contribution if, after the withdrawal or reduction, the capital of the savings bank would be reduced to less than the minimum capital established for the incorporation or operation of a savings bank by this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.208 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.208
§ 162.208. PERMISSIVE SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS ON OUT-OF-STATE REMOVALS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may elect to obtain a permissive supplier license to collect the tax imposed under this subchapter for diesel fuel that is removed at a terminal in another state and has this state as the destination state.

(b) With respect to diesel fuel that is removed by the licensed permissive supplier at a terminal located in another state and that has this state as the destination state, a licensed permissive supplier shall:

(1) collect the tax due to this state on the diesel fuel;

(2) waive any defense that this state lacks jurisdiction to require the supplier to collect the tax due to this state on the diesel fuel under this subchapter;

(3) report and pay the tax due on the diesel fuel in the same manner as if the removal had occurred at a terminal located in this state;

(4) keep records of the removal of the diesel fuel and submit to audits concerning the diesel fuel as if the removal had occurred at a terminal located in this state; and

(5) report sales by the permissive supplier to a person who is not licensed in this state.

(c) A permissive supplier must acknowledge in the supplier's license application that this state imposes the requirements listed in Subsection (b) under this state's general police power and that the permissive supplier submits to the jurisdiction of this state only for purposes related to the administration of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8064.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8064 / Section 8064.0402
§ 8064.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8064.0401, 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.