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Tex. Insurance Code § 3503.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 3503 / Section 3503.151
§ 3503.151. VENUE OF SUIT ON CERTAIN BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to:

(1) a bond or other obligation of an insurance company authorized to engage in business in this state and to act as surety and guarantor of the fidelity of employees, trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, or others appointed to, or assuming the performance of, any public or private trust under appointment of a court or tribunal, or under contract between private individuals or corporations; or

(2) a bond that may be required:

(A) to be filed in a judicial proceeding;

(B) to guarantee a contract or undertaking between:

(i) individuals;

(ii) private corporations;

(iii) individuals and corporations; or

(iv) individuals or private corporations and the state, a municipal corporation, or a county; or

(C) of a state, county, municipal, or district official, including a school district official.

(b) A proper court in the county in which a bond or other obligation described by Subsection (a) is filed has jurisdiction of a suit instituted on the bond or obligation.
Tex. Government Code § 572.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.055
§ 572.055. CERTAIN SOLICITATIONS OF REGULATED BUSINESS ENTITIES PROHIBITED; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) An association or organization of employees of a regulatory agency may not solicit, accept, or agree to accept anything of value from a business entity regulated by that agency and from which the business entity must obtain a permit to operate that business in this state or from an individual directly or indirectly connected with that business entity.

(b) A business entity regulated by a regulatory agency and from which the business entity must obtain a permit to operate that business in this state or an individual directly or indirectly connected with that business entity may not offer, confer, or agree to confer on an association or organization of employees of that agency anything of value.

(c) This section does not apply to an agency regulating the operation or inspection of motor vehicles or an agency charged with enforcing the parks and wildlife laws of this state.

(d) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly violates this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 321.053 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 321 / Section 321.053
§ 321.053. SELLING OR PROVIDING CERTAIN ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESSES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A sender or a person acting on behalf of a sender may not sell or otherwise provide to another the electronic mail address of a person who requests the removal of that address from the sender's electronic mail list as provided by Section 321.052(a)(2), except as required by other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8081.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8081 / Section 8081.0104
§ 8081.0104. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory of the former Liberty Public Utility District as that territory existed on January 1, 2019.
Tex. Local Government Code § 54.039 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 54 / Section 54.039
§ 54.039. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) Any owner, lienholder, or mortgagee of record jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of a commission panel may present a petition to a district court, duly verified, setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be presented to the court within 30 calendar days after the date a copy of the final decision of the commission panel is personally delivered, mailed by first class mail with certified return receipt requested, or delivered by the United States Postal Service using signature confirmation service, to all persons to whom notice is required to be sent under Section 54.035. The commission panel shall deliver or mail that copy promptly after the decision becomes final. In addition, an abbreviated copy of the order shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality within 10 calendar days after the date of the delivery or mailing of the copy as provided by this subsection, including the street address or legal description of the property; the date of the hearing, a brief statement indicating the results of the order, and instructions stating where a complete copy of the order may be obtained, and, except in a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more, a copy shall be filed in the office of the municipal secretary or clerk.

(b) On presentation of the petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the commission panel to review the decision of the commission panel and shall prescribe in the writ the time, which may not be less than 10 days, within which a return on the writ must be made and served on the relator or the relator's attorney.

(c) The commission panel may not be required to return the original papers acted on by it. It is sufficient for the commission panel to return certified or sworn copies of the papers or of parts of the papers as may be called for by the writ.

(d) The return must concisely set forth other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds for the decision appealed from and shall be verified.

(e) The allowance of the writ does not stay proceedings on the decision appealed from.

(f) The district court's review shall be limited to a hearing under the substantial evidence rule. The court may reverse or affirm, in whole or in part, or may modify the decision brought up for review.

(g) Costs may not be allowed against the commission panel.

(h) If the decision of the commission panel is affirmed or not substantially reversed but only modified, the district court shall allow to the municipality all attorney's fees and other costs and expenses incurred by it and shall enter a judgment for those items, which may be entered against the property owners as well as all persons found to be in occupation of the property subject to the proceedings before the commission panel.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.203 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.203
§ 200.203. PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

A real estate investment trust's indebtedness that arises as a result of the declaration of a distribution and a real estate investment trust's indebtedness issued in a distribution are at parity with the real estate investment trust's indebtedness to its general, unsecured creditors, except to the extent the indebtedness is subordinated, or payment of that indebtedness is secured, by agreement.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300C.0024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300C / Section 300C.0024
§ 300C.0024. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be a resident of the local government that appoints the person.

(b) An employee of the district may not serve as a director.
Tex. Occupations Code § 951.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 951 / Section 951.054
§ 951.054. REVOCATION OF PROGRAM APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) On written notice to an organization of the reasons for revocation, the board of directors may revoke the approval of a program sponsored by the organization for failure to:

(1) provide the services offered; or

(2) comply with Section 951.052(a).

(b) On receipt of notice of revocation, the organization shall:

(1) return to its clients the unspent money of the prepaid legal services program, including any available bond proceeds; and

(2) certify to the board of directors the manner and amount of the redistribution of the money.

(c) If necessary, the board of directors shall supervise the redistribution of money under Subsection (b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3942.0506 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3942 / Section 3942.0506
§ 3942.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not issue bonds until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district as required by applicable law.

(b) This section applies only to the district's first issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.611 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.611
§ 361.611. PERMIT NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A state or local permit is not required for removal or remedial action conducted on a site as part of a voluntary cleanup under this subchapter. A person shall coordinate a voluntary cleanup with ongoing federal and state hazardous waste programs.

(b) The commission by rule shall require that the person conducting the voluntary cleanup comply with any federal or state standard, requirement, criterion, or limitation to which the remedial action would otherwise be subject if a permit were required.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 594 / Section 594.016
§ 594.016. DECISION.
Status: in_force

(a) After each case, the hearing officer shall promptly report to the parties in writing the officer's decision, findings of fact, and the reasons for those findings.

(b) The hearing officer's decision is final on the 31st day after the date on which the decision is reported, unless an appeal is filed within that period.

(c) The filing of an appeal suspends the decision of the hearing officer, and a party may not take action on the decision.

(d) If an appeal is not filed from a final order granting a request for a transfer or discharge, the director shall proceed with the transfer or discharge.

(e) If an appeal is not filed from a final order denying a request for a transfer or discharge, the client shall remain in the same program or facility at which the client is receiving services.
Tex. Government Code § 466.3051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.3051
§ 466.3051.
Status: in_force

Sec. 466.3051. SALE OF TICKET TO OR PURCHASE OF TICKET BY PERSON YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE. (a) A sales agent or an employee of a sales agent commits an offense if with criminal negligence the person sells or offers to sell a ticket to an individual that the person knows is younger than 18 years of age.

(b) An individual who is younger than 18 years of age commits an offense if the individual:

(1) purchases a ticket; or

(2) falsely represents the individual to be 18 years of age or older by displaying evidence of age that is false or fraudulent or misrepresents in any way the individual's age in order to purchase a ticket.

(c) A person 18 years of age or older may purchase a ticket to give as a gift to another person, including an individual younger than 18 years of age.

(d) It is a defense to the application of Subsection (b) that the individual younger than 18 years of age is participating in an inspection or investigation on behalf of the department or other appropriate governmental entity regarding compliance with this section.

(e) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class C misdemeanor.

(f) An offense under Subsection (b) is punishable by a fine not to exceed $250.

(g) The commission or department may not take any disciplinary action against a sales agent to whom Subsection (a) applies if:

(1) the sales agent's employee electronically accessed the electronically readable information on the ticket purchaser's driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate; and

(2) the transaction scan device used to electronically access the purchaser's electronically readable information identified the license or certificate as valid and the purchaser as 18 years of age or older on the purchase date.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.206 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.206
§ 85.206. EMERGENCY ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission finds an emergency to exist, that in the commission's judgment requires the adoption of an order without giving notice or holding a hearing, the emergency order may be adopted and shall be valid as though notice had been given and a hearing held.

(b) The emergency order shall remain in force no longer than 15 days from its effective date.

(c) The emergency order shall expire, in any event, at the time an order relating to the same subject matter and adopted after proper notice and hearing becomes effective.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3868.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3868 / Section 3868.252
§ 3868.252. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the dissolved district has bonds or other obligations outstanding secured by and payable from assessments or other revenue, the town succeeds to the rights and obligations of the district regarding enforcement and collection of the assessments or other revenue.

(b) The town shall have and exercise all district powers to enforce and collect the assessments or other revenue to pay:

(1) the bonds or other obligations when due and payable according to their terms; or

(2) special revenue or assessment bonds or other obligations issued by the town to refund the outstanding bonds or obligations of the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.121 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.121
§ 351.121. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

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

(2) "Cooperating county" means a county that has contracted with one or more other counties for the joint operation of a jail facility under Subchapter B and that has agreed to the creation of the district.

(3) "Director" means a member of the board.

(4) "District" means a jail district.

(5) "Jail facility" includes a juvenile detention facility.

(6) "Receiving county" means a county in which a jail facility constructed, acquired, or improved by the district is located and to which the facility is to be conveyed.
Tex. Government Code § 466.351 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.351
§ 466.351. DELIVERY OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), all revenue received from the sale of tickets and all money credited to the state lottery account from any other source shall be deposited in the state treasury through approved state depositories on the settlement day or days established by the director.

(b) The director may require sales agents to establish separate electronic funds transfer accounts for the purposes of depositing money from ticket sales, making payments to the division, and receiving payments from the division. The commission by rule shall establish the procedures for depositing money from ticket sales into electronic funds transfer accounts, as well as other procedures regarding the handling of money from ticket sales.

(c) The director may not permit a sales agent to make payments to the division or a lottery operator in cash.

(d) The director may provide for a sales agent to retain from the money received from the sale of tickets the amount of prizes paid by the agent or the agent's commission, if any, and may establish how often the agent will make settlement payments to the treasury.

(e) The director may provide for a sales agent to pay amounts received for the sale of tickets directly to an officer or employee of the division for immediate deposit in the state treasury.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.051 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.051
§ 51.051. SALE OF LAND.
Status: in_force

All sales of land described in Section 51.011 shall be made by or under the direction of the school land board.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0444 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0444
§ 21.0444. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "first responder" means a person elected, employed, or appointed as:

(1) a peace officer as defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure;

(2) fire protection personnel as defined by Section 419.021, Government Code; or

(3) emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code.

(b) This section applies to a person seeking certification to teach career and technology education who:

(1) has served in the armed forces of the United States and was honorably discharged, retired, or released from active duty; or

(2) has served as a first responder and, while in good standing and not because of pending or final disciplinary actions or a documented performance problem, retired, resigned, or separated from employment as a first responder.

(c) The board shall propose rules under this subchapter providing for the issuance of a temporary certificate to teach career and technology education to a person described by Subsection (b) who meets all other eligibility requirements for standard certification to teach career and technology education, except that the person may substitute for a requirement that the person hold:

(1) an associate degree from an accredited institution of higher education, 48 months of active duty military service or service as a first responder; or

(2) a bachelor's degree:

(A) the military service or service as a first responder described by Subdivision (1); and

(B) 60 semester credit hours completed at a public or private institution of higher education with a minimum grade point average of at least 2.50 on a four-point scale.

(d) Rules proposed by the board for a temporary certificate issued under this section must provide that the certificate is:

(1) valid for no more than three years;

(2) limited to a one-time issuance; and

(3) not subject to renewal.

(e) A person issued a temporary certificate under this section may be issued a standard certificate if the person completes all eligibility requirements required for that certification.

(f) A school district shall require a new employee who holds a temporary certificate issued under this section to obtain at least 20 hours of classroom management training, unless the new employee has documented experience as an instructor or trainer during the employee's required 48 months of active duty military service or service as a first responder.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6902.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6902 / Section 6902.253
§ 6902.253. REGISTRATION OF REFUNDING BONDS BY COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(b) Instead of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the district, in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds, together with other money that may be available, in a bank at which the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest and any required redemption premium on the bonds to be refunded to any redemption date or to their maturity date, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(c) The provisions described by Subsection (b) constitute the making of firm banking arrangements for the discharge and final payment or redemption of the bonds to be refunded or to be paid or redeemed.
Tex. Water Code § 7.184 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.184
§ 7.184. VIOLATIONS RELATING TO LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.
Status: in_force

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

(1) intentionally or knowingly violates a provision of Chapter 401, Health and Safety Code, other than the offense described by Subdivision (2); or

(2) intentionally or knowingly receives, processes, concentrates, stores, transports, or disposes of low-level radioactive waste without a license issued under Chapter 401, Health and Safety Code.

(b) Except as provided by this subsection, an offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class B misdemeanor. If it is shown on the trial of the person that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under Subsection (a)(1), the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) Except as provided by this subsection, an offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a Class A misdemeanor. If it is shown on the trial of the person that the person has previously been convicted of an offense under Subsection (a)(2), the offense is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(D) or Section 7.187(2)(D) or both.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0003
§ 8508.0003. PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the authority to provide for the conservation and development of this state's natural resources inside the basin, including:

(1) the control, storage, preservation, and distribution of this state's water for domestic and municipal uses, industrial uses, irrigation, mining and recovery of minerals, stock raising, underground water recharge, electric power generation, navigation, and other beneficial uses and purposes;

(2) the reclamation and irrigation of land needing irrigation;

(3) the reclamation and drainage of overflowed land and other land needing drainage;

(4) the maintenance and enhancement of the quality of the water;

(5) the conservation and development of the water;

(6) the navigation of inland water; and

(7) the provision of systems, facilities, and procedures for the collection, transportation, handling, treatment, and disposal of waste.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1053.159 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.159
§ 1053.159. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

The board shall issue a certificate of registration to an applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant complies with all registration requirements under this chapter and under board rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8815.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8815 / Section 8815.051
§ 8815.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) The directors serve staggered four-year terms that expire May 15 of even-numbered years.

(c) Each director must qualify to serve as director in the manner provided by Section 49.055, Water Code.
Tex. Water Code § 60.178 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.178
§ 60.178. TRUSTEE TO ENFORCE FORECLOSURE; FRANCHISE UNDER FORECLOSURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The encumbrance may provide for a trustee to enforce foreclosure.

(b) In the event of foreclosure of an encumbrance created under this subchapter, the encumbrance may provide for the grant of a franchise to the purchaser under foreclosure to operate the properties encumbered for a period not to exceed 20 years from the date of default. The district shall have the option at any five-year period for 20 years after default to repurchase the properties on reasonable terms and at reasonable prices to be set forth in the encumbrance.

(c) The provisions of Sections 61.164-61.168 of this code, relating to the grant of franchises by districts, shall not apply to the grant of any franchises under authority of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 411.0258 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.0258
§ 411.0258. COOPERATION OF STATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent allowed by law, a state agency or local law enforcement agency shall cooperate with the public integrity unit and prosecuting attorney by providing resources and information requested by the unit as necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(b) Information disclosed under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9002.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9002 / Section 9002.002
§ 9002.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Kaufman County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.