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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.507 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.507
§ 22.507. QUORUM AND VOTING FOR APPROVAL OF RATIFIED DEFECTIVE CORPORATE ACT AT MEETING OF MEMBERS WITH VOTING RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the corporation has members with voting rights, at the meeting of such members, the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the approval of the ratification of a defective corporate act under Section 22.505 are the same as the quorum and voting requirements applicable at the time of the approval by the members of the ratification for the type of ratified defective corporate act proposed to be approved, except as provided by this section.

(b) If the presence or approval of a larger number of members or of any class of members would have been required for a quorum to be present or to approve the defective corporate act, as applicable, by the corporation's governing documents, any plan or agreement to which the corporation was a party, or any provision of the corporate statute, each as in effect at the time of the defective corporate act, then the presence or approval of the larger number of members or of the class of members shall be required for a quorum to be present or to approve the ratification of the defective corporate act, as applicable, except that the presence or approval of any class that is no longer in existence or has no members, or of any person that is no longer a member with voting rights, is not required.

(c) The approval by the members with voting rights of the ratification of the election of a director requires the affirmative vote of the majority of members present at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of the director at the time of the approval, unless the governing documents of the corporation then in effect or in effect at the time of the defective election require or required a larger number of members with voting rights or of any class of members with voting rights to elect the director, in which case the affirmative vote of the larger number of members or of the class of members is required to ratify the election of the director, except that the presence or approval of any class that is no longer in existence or has no members, or of any person that is no longer a member with voting rights, is not required.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 100.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 100 / Section 100.001
§ 100.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Emerging disease" means a disease that is appearing in a specific population for the first time or that is increasing in incidence or geographic range.

(2) "Health facility" includes:

(A) a general or special hospital licensed by the department under Chapter 241;

(B) a physician-owned or physician-operated clinic;

(C) a publicly or privately funded medical school;

(D) a state hospital or state school maintained and managed by the department or the Department of Aging and Disability Services;

(E) a public health clinic conducted by a local health unit, health department, or public health district organized and recognized under Chapter 121; and

(F) another facility specified by a rule adopted by the executive commissioner.

(3) "Local health unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 121.004.

(4) "Neglected tropical disease" means a parasitic or bacterial disease that:

(A) occurs solely or principally in the tropics;

(B) is largely endemic in the developing world; and

(C) has a potential to spread through international travel or trade.
Tex. Local Government Code § 362.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 362 / Section 362.003
§ 362.003. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) While a law enforcement officer regularly employed by one county, municipality, or joint airport is in the service of another county, municipality, or joint airport according to this chapter, the officer is a peace officer of the latter county, municipality, or joint airport and is under the command of the law enforcement officer who is in charge in that county, municipality, or joint airport. The officer has all the powers of a regular law enforcement officer of that county, municipality, or joint airport as fully as if the officer were in the county, municipality, or joint airport where regularly employed. Qualification for office in the territory of regular employment constitutes qualification for office in the other county, municipality, or joint airport and no additional oath, bond, or compensation is needed.

(b) The law enforcement officer who is ordered by the official designated by the governing body of the county, municipality, or joint airport to perform police or peace duties outside the limits of that county, municipality, or joint airport where regularly employed is entitled to the same wage, salary, pension, and other compensation and rights, including injury or death benefits, as if the service were rendered in the county, municipality, or joint airport of the officer's regular employment. The officer is also entitled to payment for any reasonable expenses incurred for travel, food, or lodging while on duty outside the limits of the territory of the officer's regular employment.

(c) The county, municipality, or joint airport regularly employing the law enforcement officer shall pay all wages and disability payments, pension payments, damages to equipment and clothing, medical expenses, and travel, food, and lodging expenses. The county, municipality, or joint airport whose authorized official requested the services shall reimburse the original county, municipality, or joint airport after the payment is made and reimbursement is requested. Each county, municipality, or joint airport may make these payments and reimbursements regardless of any provision in its charter or ordinances to the contrary.
Tex. Occupations Code § 802.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 802 / Section 802.052
§ 802.052. FEES.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall establish reasonable and necessary fees in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering and enforcing this chapter. In setting the fee for inspecting or licensing a facility, the commission may consider the number of adult intact female animals used for breeding at the facility.
Tex. Estates Code § 1153.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1153 / Section 1153.005
§ 1153.005. ONE NOTICE SUFFICIENT; LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO GIVE REQUIRED NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A guardian of an estate is not required to give a notice required by Section 1153.001 or 1153.003 if another person also appointed as guardian or a former guardian has given that notice.

(b) If the guardian fails to give a notice required by other sections of this title or to cause the notice to be given, the guardian and the sureties on the guardian's bond are liable for any damage a person suffers because of the neglect, unless it appears that the person otherwise had notice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1097.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1097 / Section 1097.052
§ 1097.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

At least 10 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Wheeler County.
Tex. Estates Code § 1151.154 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.154
§ 1151.154. ADMINISTRATION OF PARTNERSHIP INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a general partnership governed by a partnership agreement or articles of partnership that provide that, on the incapacity of a partner, the guardian of the estate of the partner is entitled to the place of the incapacitated partner in the partnership.

(b) If a ward was a partner in a general partnership, the guardian who contracts to come into the partnership is, to the extent allowed by law, liable to a third person only to the extent of:

(1) the incapacitated partner's capital in the partnership; and

(2) the assets of the incapacitated partner's estate that are held by the guardian.

(c) This section does not exonerate a guardian from liability for the guardian's negligence.
Tex. Education Code § 54.716 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.716
§ 54.716. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF PLAN ON SAVINGS TRUST AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

If the plan is terminated, the balance of each savings trust account shall be paid to the account owner, to the extent possible, and any unclaimed assets shall escheat to the state in accordance with general law regarding unclaimed property.
Tex. Estates Code § 113.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 113 / Section 113.002
§ 113.002. DEFINITION OF PARTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this chapter, "party" means a person who, by the terms of a multiple-party account, has a present right, subject to request, to payment from the account. Except as otherwise required by the context, the term includes a guardian, personal representative, or assignee, including an attaching creditor, of a party. The term also includes a person identified as a trustee of an account for another regardless of whether a beneficiary is named. The term does not include a named beneficiary unless the beneficiary has a present right of withdrawal.

(b) A P.O.D. payee, including a charitable organization, or beneficiary of a trust account is a party only after the account becomes payable to the P.O.D. payee or beneficiary by reason of the P.O.D. payee or beneficiary surviving the original payee or trustee.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.502 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.502
§ 460.502. POWER TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may issue bonds at any time and for amounts the executive committee determines are appropriate.

(b) The bonds may be issued as necessary for:

(1) the acquisition, construction, repair, improvement, or extension of an authority's public transportation system; or

(2) the creation or funding of self-insurance or retirement or pension fund reserves.

(c) A bond issued by the authority may have a maturity of up to 30 years from the date of issuance.

(d) A bond any portion of which is secured by a pledge of sales and use tax revenues and that has a maturity of five years or longer from the date of issuance may not be issued by an authority until an election has been held in the municipalities in which the authority has been authorized to impose a sales and use tax and the proposition proposing the issue has been approved by a majority of the votes received on the issue.

(e) Subsection (d) does not apply to the issuance of refunding bonds or bonds described by Subsection (b)(2).
Tex. Utilities Code § 37.102 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 37 / Section 37.102
§ 37.102. GRANT OF CERTIFICATE FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a municipal corporation offers retail electric utility service in a municipality having a population of more than 151,000 that is located in a county having a population of more than 2.5 million, the commission shall singly certificate areas in the municipality's boundaries in which more than one electric utility provides electric utility service.

(b) In singly certificating an area under Subsection (a), the commission shall preserve the right of an electric utility to serve the customers the electric utility was serving on June 17, 1983. This subsection does not apply to a customer at least partially served by a nominal 69,000 volts system who gave notice of termination to the utility servicing that customer before June 17, 1983.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.253
§ 1024.253. ELECTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum ad valorem tax rate. The board shall order the election if the board receives a petition requesting an election that is signed by at least 50 registered voters in the district.

(b) The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The imposition of annual taxes by the district for hospital purposes at a rate not to exceed _____ (insert amount) cents on the $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district."

(c) If the board finds that the election results favor the proposition, the board may impose taxes as authorized by the proposition. If the board finds that the election results do not favor the proposition, another election on the question of raising the district's maximum tax rate may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election at which voters disapproved the proposition.

(d) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 27.0075 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 27 / Section 27.0075
§ 27.0075. EFFECT OF RULING.
Status: in_force

Neither the court's ruling on the motion nor the fact that it made such a ruling shall be admissible in evidence at any later stage of the case, and no burden of proof or degree of proof otherwise applicable shall be affected by the ruling.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8246.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8246 / Section 8246.253
§ 8246.253. HEARING AND DETERMINATION ON PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall consider and determine all matters brought before the board at the hearing.

(b) If the board determines that the proposed improvements are feasible and practicable and a benefit to the public, the board shall grant the petition and order the requested election. If the board refuses the petition, the board's reasons must be stated in the minutes of the board. The board's decision is final.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.27 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 20 / Section 20.27
§ 20.27. PERIOD OF SECURITY FREEZE.
Status: in_force

A security freeze on a protected consumer's consumer file or record remains in effect until:

(1) the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative requests that the consumer reporting agency remove the security freeze in accordance with Section 20.28; or

(2) a consumer reporting agency removes the security freeze under Section 20.30.
Tex. Family Code § 2.203 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 2 / Section 2.203
§ 2.203. CEREMONY.
Status: in_force

(a) On receiving an unexpired marriage license, an authorized person may conduct the marriage ceremony as provided by this subchapter.

(b) A person may assent to marriage by the appearance of a proxy appointed in the affidavit authorized by Subchapter A if the person is:

(1) a member of the armed forces of the United States stationed in another country in support of combat or another military operation; and

(2) unable to attend the ceremony.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 28.18 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 28 / Section 28.18
§ 28.18. FOOD AND BEVERAGE CERTIFICATE.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section, "location" means the designated physical address of the mixed beverage permit and includes all areas at the address where the permit holder may sell or deliver alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption regardless of whether some of those areas are occupied by other businesses.

(a-1) A holder of a mixed beverage permit may be issued a food and beverage certificate by the commission if:

(1) the permit holder is a restaurant; or

(2) the commission finds that the receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages by the permit holder at the location are 60 percent or less of the total receipts from the location.

(b) A food and beverage certificate may not be issued unless the location has permanent food service facilities for the preparation and service of multiple entrees for consumption at the location.

(b-1) The commission shall adopt rules requiring the holder of a food and beverage certificate to assure that permanent food service facilities for the preparation and service of multiple entrees for consumption at the location are available at the location. The commission may exempt permittees who are concessionaires in public entertainment venues such as sports stadiums and convention centers from Subsections (a-1) and (b).

(c) The fee for a food and beverage certificate shall be set at a level sufficient to recover the cost of issuing the certificate and administering this section.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 466 (H.B. 2101), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.

(e) A certificate issued under this section expires on the expiration of the primary mixed beverage permit. A certificate may be canceled at any time, and the renewal of a certificate may be denied, if the commission finds that the holder of the certificate is in violation of Subsection (a-1) or (b) or a rule adopted under Subsection (b-1). On finding that the permittee knowingly operated under a food and beverage certificate while not complying with this section or a rule adopted under Subsection (b-1), the commission may cancel or deny the renewal of the permittee's mixed beverage permit. A mixed beverage permit issued in an area where the legal sale of mixed beverages was authorized by a local option election under Section 501.035(b)(9), Election Code, is canceled by operation of law if the food and beverage certificate is canceled or is not renewed. The holder of a mixed beverage permit whose certificate has been canceled or who is denied renewal of a certificate under this subsection may not apply for a new certificate until the day after the first anniversary of the date the certificate was canceled or the renewal of the certificate was denied.

(f) Section 11.11 does not apply to the holder of a food and beverage certificate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9040.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9040 / Section 9040.201
§ 9040.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1044.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1044 / Section 1044.252
§ 1044.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 16.20 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 16 / Section 16.20
§ 16.20.
Status: in_force

Art. 16.20. "COMMITMENT". A "commitment" is an order signed by the proper magistrate directing a sheriff to receive and place in jail the person so committed. It will be sufficient if it have the following requisites:

1. That it run in the name of "The State of Texas";

2. That it be addressed to the sheriff of the county to the jail of which the defendant is committed;

3. That it state in plain language the offense for which the defendant is committed, and give his name, if it be known, or if unknown, contain an accurate description of the defendant;

4. That it state to what court and at what time the defendant is to be held to answer;

5. When the prisoner is sent out of the county where the prosecution arose, the warrant of commitment shall state that there is no safe jail in the proper county; and

6. If bail has been granted, the amount of bail shall be stated in the warrant of commitment.
Tex. Government Code § 413.017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 413 / Section 413.017
§ 413.017. REVIEW OF USE OF PAROLE GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

The policy council shall report at least annually to the Legislative Criminal Justice Board, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, and the Board of Pardons and Paroles on the use of the parole guidelines by each member of the board in making parole decisions.
Tex. Election Code § 127.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.001
§ 127.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL COUNTING STATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority adopting an electronic voting system for use in an election may establish, in accordance with this subchapter, one or more central counting stations for counting the ballots if the voting system is designed to have ballots counted at a central location.

(b) If the adopting authority does not establish a central counting station for the election, the authority shall designate one or more counting stations established by another authority.

(c) The central counting station must be located in the county in which the political subdivision served by the authority adopting the voting system is wholly or partly situated or in a county contiguous to that county.
Tex. Transportation Code § 285.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 285 / Section 285.004
§ 285.004. VIOLATION OF REGULATION; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

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

(1) violates a regulation adopted under this chapter; or

(2) obstructs or threatens to obstruct the removal of a structure that is in violation of a regulation adopted under this chapter.

(b) Each day a violation continues is a separate offense.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 1475.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1475 / Section 1475.007
§ 1475.007. ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND WARRANTS; USE OF PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A bond or warrant issued under this subchapter shall be:

(1) issued in the name of the county;

(2) signed by the county judge; and

(3) attested by the county clerk under the seal of the commissioners court.

(b) The commissioners court shall sell the bond or warrant on the best terms possible.

(c) All money received from the sale of the bond or warrant shall be paid to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall:

(1) deposit the money to the credit of the county's navigation fund account; and

(2) pay out the money on warrants in the manner that other county funds are disbursed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8362.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8362 / Section 8362.001
§ 8362.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Somerset Municipal Utility District No. 3.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.105
§ 702.105. CERTIFICATE POSTING.
Status: in_force

A certificate holder shall post a health spa operator's certificate of registration in a conspicuous place at each registered location.
Tex. Government Code § 2308.269 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.269
§ 2308.269. SANCTIONS FOR LACK OF FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
Status: in_force

If, as a result of financial and compliance audits or for another reason, the Texas Workforce Commission finds a substantial violation of a specific provision of this chapter or another federal or state law or regulation and corrective action has not been taken, the council shall:

(1) issue a notice of intent to revoke all or part of the affected local plan;

(2) issue a notice of intent to cease immediately reimbursement of local program costs; or

(3) impose a reorganization plan under Section 2308.268 for the local workforce development area.