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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.315 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.315
§ 9.315. SECURED PARTY'S RIGHTS ON DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL AND IN PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and Section 2.403(b):

(1) a security interest or agricultural lien continues in collateral notwithstanding sale, lease, license, exchange, or other disposition thereof unless the secured party authorized the disposition free of the security interest or agricultural lien; and

(2) a security interest attaches to any identifiable proceeds of collateral.

(b) Proceeds that are commingled with other property are identifiable proceeds:

(1) if the proceeds are goods, to the extent provided by Section 9.336; and

(2) if the proceeds are not goods, to the extent that the secured party identifies the proceeds by a method of tracing, including application of equitable principles, that is permitted under law other than this chapter with respect to commingled property of the type involved.

(c) A security interest in proceeds is a perfected security interest if the interest in the original collateral was perfected.

(d) A perfected security interest in proceeds becomes unperfected on the 21st day after the security interest attaches to receipt of the proceeds unless:

(1) the following conditions are satisfied:

(A) a filed financing statement covers the original collateral;

(B) the proceeds are collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the office in which the financing statement has been filed; and

(C) the proceeds are not acquired with cash proceeds;

(2) the proceeds are identifiable cash proceeds; or

(3) the security interest in the proceeds is perfected other than under Subsection (c) when the security interest attaches to the proceeds or within 20 days thereafter.

(e) If a filed financing statement covers the original collateral, a security interest in proceeds that remains perfected under Subsection (d)(1) becomes unperfected at the later of:

(1) when the effectiveness of the filed financing statement lapses under Section 9.515 or is terminated under Section 9.513; or

(2) the 21st day after the security interest attaches to the proceeds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1029.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1029 / Section 1029.153
§ 1029.153. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The district operates on a fiscal year that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30.
Tex. Finance Code § 304.007 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 304 / Section 304.007
§ 304.007. JUDICIAL NOTICE OF JUDGMENT INTEREST RATE.
Status: in_force

A court of this state shall take judicial notice of a published postjudgment interest rate.
Tex. Government Code § 508.221 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.221
§ 508.221. CONDITIONS PERMITTED GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

A parole panel may impose as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision any condition that a court may impose on a defendant placed on community supervision under Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal Procedure, including the condition that a releasee submit to testing for controlled substances or submit to electronic monitoring if the parole panel determines that without testing for controlled substances or participation in an electronic monitoring program the inmate would not be released on parole.
Tex. Government Code § 1504.255 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.255
§ 1504.255. LIEN ON FACILITY.
Status: in_force

Subject to any limitation contained in any previous pledge, the governing body of the municipality may, in addition to pledging the revenue from a cultural or parking facility, give a lien on all or part of the physical property and facilities constructed or acquired with the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985A / Section 7985A.0401
§ 7985A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7985A.0403.

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

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 143.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 143 / Section 143.005
§ 143.005. HOMEWORKER'S CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not engage in industrial homework without a homeworker's certificate issued by the board.

(b) A homeworker's certificate is valid only for work performed by the certificate holder in the certificate holder's home.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 601.054 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.054
§ 601.054. USE OF FORMS AND NOTICES PRESCRIBED BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The use of the forms and notices of the right to cancel prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission's trade-regulation rule providing a cooling-off period for door-to-door sales constitutes compliance with Sections 601.052 and 601.053.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.074 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.074
§ 345.074. REFUND CREDIT ON PREPAYMENT.
Status: in_force

If a retail buyer prepays a retail installment contract in full or if the holder demands payment of the unpaid balance of the contract in full before the contract's final installment is due, the buyer is entitled to receive a refund credit as provided by Section 345.075 or 345.076, as applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1105.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.064
§ 1105.064. CONTINUING EDUCATION; RETRAINING.
Status: in_force

The board may spend district money for continuing education and retraining of employees.
Tex. Occupations Code § 55.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 55 / Section 55.002
§ 55.002. EXEMPTION FROM PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO RENEW LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules to exempt an individual who holds a license issued by the agency from any increased fee or other penalty imposed by the agency for failing to renew the license in a timely manner if the individual establishes to the satisfaction of the agency that the individual failed to renew the license in a timely manner because the individual was serving as a military service member.
Tex. Election Code § 66.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 66 / Section 66.006
§ 66.006. PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN REPORTS FROM ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO ACCEPT VOTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The general custodian of election records for an authority holding an election that uses an electronic device certified under Section 31.014 to accept voters shall prepare a report including information described by Sections 31.014(a)(9) and (10) not later than the 30th day after election day.

(b) A report produced under Subsection (a) is an election record under Section 1.012 and shall be retained by the general custodian of election records for the period for preserving the precinct election records.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0101
§ 8512.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority.

(2) "Board" means the authority's board of directors.

(3) "Bond" means a bond or note.

(4) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(5) "Director" means a board member.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987 / Section 7987.002
§ 7987.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 825.215 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.215
§ 825.215. ADVOCACY PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee of the retirement system may not advocate increased benefits or engage in activities to advocate or influence legislative action or inaction. Advocacy or activity of this nature is grounds for dismissal of an employee.

(b) This section does not prohibit comments by an employee of the retirement system on federal laws, regulations, or other official actions or proposed actions affecting or potentially affecting the retirement system that are made in accordance with policies adopted by the board.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 50A.002 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 50A / Section 50A.002
§ 50A.002. FIRE INQUEST PROCEEDINGS GOVERNED BY LAWS RELATING TO DEATH INQUESTS; POWERS OF INVESTIGATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a fire inquest proceeding under this chapter is governed by the laws relating to death inquests under Chapter 49A.

(b) An officer conducting a fire inquest under this chapter has the same powers as a justice of the peace under Chapter 49A.
Tex. Water Code § 20.108 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 20 / Section 20.108
§ 20.108. FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In the resolution or order authorizing issuance of bonds, the board may make additional covenants with respect to the bonds and the pledged revenues and may provide for the flow of funds and the establishment, maintenance, and investment of funds.

(b) The funds established may include an interest and sinking fund, a reserve fund, and other funds that will be kept and maintained by or under the direction of the board.

(c) Any funds established by the board are not to be part of the state treasury but, at the direction of the board, may be kept and held in escrow and in trust by the state treasury on behalf of the authority and the owners of the bonds and used only as provided by this chapter.

(d) Money in the funds shall be invested in authorized investments as provided by any bond resolutions and orders of the authority.

(e) Legal title to money in any fund is in the authority unless or until paid from the fund as provided by this chapter or the resolutions or orders authorizing the authority's bonds.

(f) The comptroller, as custodian of any of the funds, shall administer the funds solely and strictly as provided by this chapter and the resolutions or orders authorizing the bonds, and the state may not take any other action relating to any of those funds except those specified in this chapter and the resolutions and orders authorizing the bonds.
Tex. Family Code § 264.751 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.751
§ 264.751. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Designated caregiver" means an individual who has a longstanding and significant relationship with a child or the family of a child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator and who:

(A) is appointed to provide substitute care for the child, but is not verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; or

(B) is subsequently appointed permanent managing conservator of the child after providing the care described by Paragraph (A).

(2) "Relative" means a person related to a child by consanguinity as determined under Section 573.022, Government Code.

(3) "Relative caregiver" means a relative who:

(A) provides substitute care for a child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator, but who is not verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; or

(B) is subsequently appointed permanent managing conservator of the child after providing the care described by Paragraph (A).
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.069 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.069
§ 53.069. FORFEITURE OF LEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) A lease and all rights under a lease are subject to forfeiture by action of the commissioner if the lessee or his assignee, sublessee, receiver, or other agent in control of the lease:

(1) fails or refuses to pay any royalty within 30 days after it becomes due;

(2) fails or refuses to the proper authorities access to the records relating to the operations; or

(3) knowingly fails or refuses to give correct information to the proper authorities.

(b) The commissioner may declare the forfeiture when he is sufficiently informed of the facts that authorize the forfeiture. He shall write on the wrapper containing the papers relating to the lease words declaring the forfeiture and shall sign it officially. Then the lease and all rights under the lease together with payments made under it are forfeited.

(c) Notice of the forfeiture shall be mailed to the person shown by the records of the land office to be the owner of the surface and the owner of the forfeited lease at their last known addresses as shown in the land office records.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3858.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3858 / Section 3858.103
§ 3858.103. CONTRACTS; GIFTS; DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may:

(1) contract with any person to accomplish any district purpose, including a contract for:

(A) the payment, repayment, or reimbursement of costs incurred by that person on behalf of the district, including all or part of the costs of an improvement project and interest on the reimbursed costs;

(B) the use, occupancy, lease, rental, operation, maintenance, or management of all or part of a proposed or existing improvement project; or

(C) the provision of law enforcement services to the district for a fee;

(2) apply for and contract with any person to receive, administer, and perform a duty or obligation of the district under a federal, state, local, or private gift, grant, loan, conveyance, transfer, bequest, or other financial assistance arrangement relating to investigation, planning, analysis, study, design, acquisition, construction, improvement, completion, implementation, or operation by the district or others of a proposed or existing improvement project; and

(3) accept a grant or donation from any person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3845.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3845 / Section 3845.105
§ 3845.105. RAIL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate rail facilities and improvements in aid of those facilities.
Tex. Transportation Code § 284.204 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 284 / Section 284.204
§ 284.204. ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION HEARING PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt an administrative adjudication hearing procedure for a person who is suspected of having violated an order adopted under Section 284.202(a) on at least two separate occasions within a 12-month period.

(b) A hearing procedure adopted under Subsection (a) must provide:

(1) a period for a person charged with violating the order:

(A) to pay the toll or charge plus administrative costs authorized by Sections 284.202 and 284.2031; or

(B) to request a hearing;

(2) for appointment of one or more hearing officers with authority to administer oaths and issue orders compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents; and

(3) for the amount and disposition of civil fines, costs, and fees.

(c) An order issued under Subsection (b)(2) may be enforced by a justice of the peace.
Tex. Water Code § 53.186 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.186
§ 53.186. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) A district shall have an interest and sinking fund. The board shall credit to this fund all taxes collected for the payment of interest or redemption of district bonds.

(b) The board shall use money in this fund only:

(1) to pay interest on district bonds;

(2) to cancel and surrender district bonds; and

(3) to pay the expenses of assessing and collecting the taxes.
Tex. Government Code § 547.0253 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 547 / Section 547.0253
§ 547.0253. MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED; GRANT CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall:

(1) condition each grant awarded under this subchapter on the grant recipient obtaining and securing funds to match the grant from non-state sources in amounts of money or other consideration as required by Subsection (c); and

(2) ensure that each grant recipient obtains or secures contributions to match a grant awarded to the recipient in an amount of money or other consideration as required by Subsection (c).

(b) The matching contributions obtained or secured by the grant recipient, as the executive commissioner determines, may include cash or in-kind contributions from any person but may not include money from state or federal funds.

(c) A grant recipient must leverage funds in an amount equal to:

(1) 25 percent of the grant amount if the community mental health program is located in a county with a population of less than 100,000;

(2) 50 percent of the grant amount if the community mental health program is located in a county with a population of 100,000 or more but less than 250,000;

(3) 100 percent of the grant amount if the community mental health program is located in a county with a population of at least 250,000; and

(4) the percentage of the grant amount otherwise required by this subsection for the largest county in which a community mental health program is located if the community mental health program is located in more than one county.
Tex. Finance Code § 15.103 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.103
§ 15.103. STUDY OF STATUTES.
Status: in_force

The department periodically shall comprehensively study the statutes of this state as they pertain to credit union operations.
Tex. Local Government Code § 262.032 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 262 / Section 262.032
§ 262.032. BID OR PERFORMANCE BOND; PAYMENT UNDER CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the contract is for the construction of public works or is under a contract exceeding $100,000, the bid specifications or request for proposals may require the bidder to furnish a good and sufficient bid bond in the amount of five percent of the total contract price. A bid bond must be executed with a surety company authorized to do business in this state.

(b) Within 30 days after the date of the signing of a contract or issuance of a purchase order following the acceptance of a bid or proposal and prior to commencement of the actual work, the bidder or proposal offeror shall furnish a performance bond to the county, if required by the county, for the full amount of the contract if that contract exceeds $50,000. This subsection does not apply to a performance bond required to be furnished by Chapter 2253, Government Code.

(c) If the contract is for $50,000 or less, the county may provide in the bid notice or request for proposals that no money will be paid to the contractor until completion and acceptance of the work or the fulfillment of the purchase obligation to the county.

(d) A bidder or proposal offeror whose rates are subject to regulation by a state agency may not be required to furnish a performance bond or a bid bond under this section.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 43.010 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 43 / Section 43.010
§ 43.010. LICENSE DENIAL, REVOCATION, SUSPENSION, OR REFUSAL TO RENEW; REPRIMAND OR PROBATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission may deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license, or place on probation or reprimand a license holder for:

(1) violating this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;

(2) circumventing or attempting to circumvent the requirements of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;

(3) engaging in fraud or deceit related to the requirements of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;

(4) providing false or misleading information to the commission during the license application or renewal process for any person's license;

(5) making a statement about a material fact during the license application or renewal process that the person knows or should know is false;

(6) having:

(A) a criminal history or central registry record that would prohibit a person from working in a child-care facility, as defined by Section 42.002, under rules applicable to that type of facility; or

(B) a criminal history relevant to the duties of a licensed child-care or child-placing administrator, as those duties are specified in rules adopted by the executive commissioner;

(7) using drugs or alcohol in a manner that jeopardizes the person's ability to function as an administrator;

(8) performing duties as a child-care administrator in a negligent manner; or

(9) engaging in conduct that makes the license holder ineligible for:

(A) a license, listing, registration, or certification of approval under Section 42.072; or

(B) employment as a controlling person or service in that capacity in a facility or family home under Section 42.062.

(b) A person whose license is revoked or refused renewal by the commission under Subsection (a) is not eligible to apply for another license under this chapter for a period of five years after the date the commission revoked the license or refused to renew the license.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268, Sec. 1.129(5), eff. September 1, 2005.

(d) If a license holder is placed on probation, the commission may require the license holder:

(1) to report regularly to the commission on the conditions of the probation;

(2) to limit practice to the areas prescribed by the commission; or

(3) to continue or renew professional education until the practitioner attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the commission in those areas in which improvement is a condition of the probation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 261.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 261 / Section 261.101
§ 261.101. COMMITTEE IMMUNITY FROM SUIT.
Status: in_force

(a) In the absence of fraud, conspiracy, or malice, a dental peer review committee is not subject to a suit for damages arising from investigating a disagreement or complaint, holding a hearing to determine facts, or making an evaluation, recommendation, decision, or award involving a dentist who is a member of a dental association or another dentist, a dental patient, or a third party requesting the committee's services.

(b) The purpose of this section is to protect a dental peer review committee from being harassed and threatened with legal action in performing official duties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8104.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8104 / Section 8104.007
§ 8104.007. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prevent the organization of or a change in the boundaries of a conservation and reclamation district in the authority as authorized by Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Labor Code § 207.006 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 207 / Section 207.006
§ 207.006. ADJUSTMENT OF BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

If a benefit rate or benefit payable computed under this chapter is not a multiple of $1, the benefit rate or benefit payable is increased to the next multiple of $1.
Tex. Water Code § 27.011 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.011
§ 27.011. PERMIT FROM COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

Unless the activity is subject to the jurisdiction of the railroad commission or authorized by a rule of the commission, no person may continue utilizing an injection well or begin drilling an injection well or converting an existing well into an injection well to dispose of industrial and municipal waste, to extract minerals, or to inject a fluid without first obtaining a permit from the commission.