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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 117.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 117 / Section 117.001
§ 117.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Company" means a sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate of those entities or business associations, that exists to make a profit.

(2) "Critical infrastructure" means a communication infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid, hazardous waste treatment system, or water treatment facility.

(3) "Cybersecurity" means the measures taken to protect a computer, computer network, computer system, or other technology infrastructure against unauthorized use or access.

(4) "Designated country" means a country designated by the governor as a threat to critical infrastructure under Section 117.003.

(5) "Affiliate," with respect to a company entering into an agreement in which the critical infrastructure is electric grid equipment, has the meaning assigned by the protocols of the independent organization certified under Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1954.056 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1954 / Section 1954.056
§ 1954.056. FEES.
Status: repealed

(a) The executive commissioner shall set fees under this chapter in amounts that are reasonable and necessary. The executive commissioner shall set fees for issuing or renewing a license in amounts designed to allow the department to recover from the license holders all of the department's direct and indirect costs in administering and enforcing this chapter.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 5.318(12), eff. April 2, 2015.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 5.318(12), eff. April 2, 2015.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 5.318(12), eff. April 2, 2015.

(e) The fees collected by the department under this chapter shall be deposited to the credit of the asbestos removal licensure fund account in the general revenue fund. The fees may be used only by the department for the purposes of this chapter. Not more than 25 percent of the fees collected may be applied for administrative costs necessary to implement this chapter. The remainder shall be used for enforcement personnel necessary to investigate compliance with this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2054.108 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.108
§ 2054.108. PROGRAM AND FACILITY ACCESSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The company shall comply with federal and state laws that relate to program and facility accessibility.

(b) The president shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes the manner in which an individual who does not speak English can be provided reasonable access to the company's programs and services.

(c) The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the company's jurisdiction.
Tex. Education Code § 88.115 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.115
§ 88.115. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature of the State of Texas, in ratifying the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact, that this compact is and shall be a joint program of the member states and that representatives of the United States government shall participate in compact meetings or in other activities under the compact only in the manner and to the extent authorized by the representatives of the member states, appointed pursuant to the terms of this compact.
Tex. Labor Code § 407.125 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407 / Section 407.125
§ 407.125. PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

Each certified self-insurer shall pay the amount of its assessment to the association not later than the 30th day after the date on which the division notifies the self-insurer of the assessment. A delinquent assessment may be collected on behalf of the association through suit. Venue is in Travis County.
Tex. Government Code § 571.174 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.174
§ 571.174. DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LOBBYIST REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

After a criminal conviction for an offense under Chapter 36 of the Penal Code or under Chapter 305, the commission may deny, suspend, or revoke the registration of a person required to be registered under Chapter 305.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3953.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3953 / Section 3953.008
§ 3953.008. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 88.119 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.119
§ 88.119. REGIONAL WILDFIRE COORDINATORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall divide the state into six wildfire control regions to coordinate wildfire control. The boundaries of the regions must be the same as existing Department of Public Safety regions that include state disaster district boundaries to the extent that the director determines that the same boundaries are practical.

(b) The director shall employ and assign a regional wildfire coordinator to each fire control region.

(c) Each regional wildfire coordinator shall, with respect to the coordinator's region:

(1) train, prepare, and coordinate fire fighters to respond to wildfire incidents locally, regionally, and statewide;

(2) inform the statewide coordination center of regional wildfire loads and of additional resources that may be required to handle a fire load;

(3) communicate as necessary with appropriate federal officials;

(4) assist and promote the development of mutual aid agreements among fire-fighting forces;

(5) develop wildfire strike teams and overhead strike teams;

(6) coordinate and assess the need for wildfire training;

(7) coordinate the rural community fire protection program;

(8) coordinate response activities through the appropriate state disaster district; and

(9) evaluate and acquire excess federal equipment and other property for use in the region.

(d) The director shall acquire and assign to each wildfire control region a regional command post that has the capability to assist in the management of wildfires and other disasters, including disasters not related to fire. The director and the director's designees shall determine when the regional command post may be used by personnel under the control of the director and when the regional command post may be used by local fire-fighting forces or other emergency response personnel. Each regional command post shall include mobile communications equipment, including a radio repeater and a supply of other necessary radio equipment.
Tex. Tax Code § 33.23 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 33 / Section 33.23
§ 33.23. TAX WARRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) A tax warrant shall direct a peace officer in the county and the collector to seize as much of the person's personal property as may be reasonably necessary for the payment of all taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney's fees included in the application and all costs of seizure and sale. The warrant shall direct the person whose property is seized to disclose to the officer executing the warrant the name and the address if known of any other person having an interest in the property.

(b) A bond may not be required of a taxing unit for issuance or delivery of a tax warrant, and a fee or court cost may not be charged for issuance or delivery of a warrant.

(c) After a tax warrant is issued, the collector or peace officer shall take possession of the property pending its sale. The person against whom a tax warrant is issued or another person having possession of property of the person against whom a tax warrant is issued shall surrender the property on demand. Pending the sale of the property, the collector or peace officer may secure the property at the location where it is seized or may move the property to another location.

(d) A person who possesses personal property owned by the person against whom a tax warrant is issued and who surrenders the property on demand is not liable to any person for the surrender. At the time of surrender, the collector shall provide the person surrendering the property a sworn receipt describing the property surrendered.

(e) Subsection (d) does not create an obligation on the part of a person who surrenders property owned by the person against whom a tax warrant is issued that exceeds or materially differs from that person's obligation to the person against whom the tax warrant is issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7911.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7911 / Section 7911.051
§ 7911.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7911.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 62.053 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.053
§ 62.053. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

Independent auditors selected by the board shall make an annual audit of all financial transactions and records of the board.
Tex. Property Code § 121.055 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 121 / Section 121.055
§ 121.055. EXEMPTION FROM TAXES AND DEBTS.
Status: in_force

Unless the trust agreement, declaration of trust, or will provides otherwise, a death benefit payable to a trustee under this subchapter is not:

(1) part of the deceased employee's estate;

(2) subject to the debts of the deceased employee or the employee's estate, or to other charges enforceable against the estate; or

(3) subject to the payment of taxes enforceable against the deceased employee's estate to a greater extent than if the death benefit is payable, free of trust, to a beneficiary other than the executor or administrator of the estate of the employee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.204
§ 1112.204. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name and the board secretary shall attest the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 844.208 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.208
§ 844.208. OPTIONAL INCREASE IN RETIREMENT ANNUITIES.
Status: repealed

(a) The governing body of a participating subdivision, from time to time but not more frequently than once in each 12-month period, may provide for increased annuities to be paid to retirees and beneficiaries of deceased retirees of the subdivision. An annuity increased under this section replaces any annuity or increased annuity previously granted to the same person.

(b) The amount of annuity increase under this section is computed as the sum of the basic and supplemental annuities on the effective date of retirement of the person on whose service the annuities are based and is computed as if the person had selected a standard retirement annuity on the person's effective date of retirement, multiplied by:

(1) the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, from December of the year immediately preceding the effective date of the person's retirement to the December that is 13 months before the month in which the effective date of the order or resolution providing the increase occurs; and

(2) a fraction, specified by the governing body in the order or resolution, that is not less than 10 percent nor more than 100 percent and is a multiple of 10 percent.

(c) The effective date of an order or resolution under this section is January 1 of the year that begins after the year in which the governing body adopts and notifies the retirement system of the order or resolution.

(d) An increase in an annuity that was reduced because of an option selection or partial lump-sum distribution is reducible in the same proportion and in the same manner that the original annuity was reduced.

(e) If a computation under Subsection (b) does not result in an increase in the amount of annuity, the amount of the annuity may not be changed under this section.

(f) The amount by which an increase under this section exceeds all previously granted increases to an annuitant is payable as a supplemental annuity, is an obligation of the subdivision's account in the subdivision accumulation fund, and is subject to reduction under Section 845.307(c).

(g) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873, Sec. 92(17), eff. January 1, 2008.
Tex. Government Code § 81.0752 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0752
§ 81.0752. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) All types of information, proceedings, hearing transcripts, and statements presented to a panel of a district grievance committee are confidential and may not be disclosed to any person other than the chief disciplinary counsel unless:

(1) disclosure is ordered by a court; or

(2) the panel finds that professional misconduct occurred and a sanction other than a private reprimand is imposed against the respondent attorney.

(b) If the requirements of Subsection (a)(2) are met, the panel of the district grievance committee shall, on request, make the information, proceedings, hearing transcripts, or statements available to the public.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.1121 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.1121
§ 2306.1121. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "camp" has the meaning assigned by Section 48.05, Penal Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.117 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.117
§ 2602.117. BOARD REPORT AT CONCLUSION OF IMPAIRMENT.
Status: in_force

At the conclusion of a title insurance company or agent impairment in which the association exercised its powers or performed its duties under this chapter, the board shall prepare, from information available to the association, and submit to the commissioner a report on the history and causes of the impairment.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0052
§ 523.0052. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT AS EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER OR TO SERVE IN CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) An individual may not be appointed as executive commissioner or be a commission employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if:

(1) the individual is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health and human services; or

(2) the individual's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health and human services.

(c) An individual may not be appointed as executive commissioner or act as the commission's general counsel if the individual is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 because of the individual's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the commission's operation.

(d) An individual may not be appointed as executive commissioner if the individual has a financial interest in a corporation, organization, or association under contract with:

(1) the commission or a health and human services agency;

(2) a local mental health or intellectual and developmental disability authority; or

(3) a community center.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3992.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3992 / Section 3992.0101
§ 3992.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of New Waverly, Texas.

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

(4) "Director" means a board member.

(5) "District" means the New Waverly Municipal Management District No. 1.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.083 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.083
§ 271.083. LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION.
Status: repealed

(a) A local government may participate in the purchasing program of the commission, including participation in purchases that use the reverse auction procedure, as defined by Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, by filing with the commission a resolution adopted by the governing body of the local government requesting that the local government be allowed to participate on a voluntary basis, and to the extent the commission deems feasible, and stating that the local government will:

(1) designate an official to act for the local government in all matters relating to the program, including the purchase of items from the vendor under any contract, and that the governing body will direct the decisions of the representative;

(2) be responsible for:

(A) submitting requisitions to the commission under any contract; or

(B) electronically sending purchase orders directly to vendors, or complying with commission procedures governing a reverse auction purchase, and electronically sending to the commission reports on actual purchases made under this paragraph that provide the information and are sent at the times required by the commission;

(3) be responsible for making payment directly to the vendor; and

(4) be responsible for the vendor's compliance with all conditions of delivery and quality of the purchased item.

(b) A local government that purchases an item under a state contract or under a reverse auction procedure, as defined by Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, sponsored by the commission satisfies any state law requiring the local government to seek competitive bids for the purchase of the item.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 393, Sec. 3.07(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5016.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5016 / Section 5016.0102
§ 5016.0102. ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

An election relating to the authority must be held in the authority as a whole and not on a county-by-county basis.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.4011 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.4011
§ 171.4011. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 171.401, beginning with the state fiscal year that begins September 1, 2007, the comptroller shall, for each state fiscal year, deposit to the credit of the property tax relief fund under Section 403.109, Government Code, an amount of revenue calculated by:

(1) determining the revenue derived from the tax imposed by this chapter as it applied during that applicable state fiscal year; and

(2) subtracting the revenue the comptroller estimates that the tax imposed by this chapter, as it existed on August 31, 2007, would have generated if it had been in effect for that applicable state fiscal year.

(b) If the amount under Subsection (a) is less than zero, the comptroller shall consider the amount to be zero.
Tex. Government Code § 605.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 605 / Section 605.004
§ 605.004. FEDERAL LABOR STANDARDS ACT EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

An employer who complies with the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq.) is considered to comply with the eight-hour day requirements of this chapter and is not civilly or criminally liable for a violation of the requirements.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 164.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 164 / Section 164.011
§ 164.011. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If it appears that a person is in violation of this chapter, the attorney general, a district attorney, or a county attorney may institute an action for injunctive relief to restrain the person from continuing the violation and for civil penalties of not less than $2,000 and not more than $25,000 per violation.

(b) A civil action filed under this section shall be filed in a district court in Travis County or in the county in which the defendant resides.

(c) The attorney general, a district attorney, or a county attorney may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief, civil penalties, or both, under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses.

(d) A civil penalty recovered in a suit instituted by a local government under this chapter shall be paid to that local government.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3954.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3954 / Section 3954.253
§ 3954.253. ASSUMPTION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) After the city dissolves the district, the city assumes the obligations of the district, including any bonds or other debt payable from assessments or other district revenue.

(b) If the city dissolves the district, the board shall transfer ownership of all district property to the city.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 73.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 73 / Section 73.001
§ 73.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Business support services" means business, management, consulting, or administrative services, facilities, or staff provided for a dentist, including:

(A) office space, furnishings, and equipment;

(B) staff employed by the dental support organization;

(C) regulatory compliance;

(D) inventory or supplies, including dental equipment and supplies;

(E) information systems;

(F) marketing and advertising;

(G) financial services;

(H) accounting, bookkeeping, or monitoring or payment of accounts receivable;

(I) payroll or benefits administration;

(J) billing and collection for services and products;

(K) reporting and payment of federal or state taxes;

(L) administration of interest expense or indebtedness incurred to finance the operation of a business; or

(M) insurance services.

(2) "Dental support organization" means an entity that, under an agreement, provides two or more business support services to a dentist.

(3) "Dentist" means an individual licensed to practice dentistry in this state.