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Tex. Government Code § 24.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.206
§ 24.206.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.206. 104TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TAYLOR COUNTY). (a) The 104th Judicial District is composed of Taylor County.

(b) The terms of the 104th District Court begin on the 11th and 24th Mondays after the first Monday in January and the ninth Monday after the first Monday in September.

(c) The commissioners court shall provide suitable quarters in the county courthouse for the court and the officers of the court.

(d) Section 24.144, relating to the 42nd District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 104th District Court.
Tex. Family Code § 261.102 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 261 / Section 261.102
§ 261.102. MATTERS TO BE REPORTED.
Status: in_force

A report should reflect the reporter's belief that a child has been or may be abused or neglected or has died of abuse or neglect.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0352 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0352
§ 532.0352. WAIVER PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If feasible and cost-effective, the commission may apply for a waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or another appropriate federal agency to more efficiently leverage the use of state and local funds to maximize the receipt of federal Medicaid matching funds by providing Medicaid benefits to individuals who:

(1) meet established income and other eligibility criteria; and

(2) are eligible to receive services through the county for chronic health conditions.

(b) In establishing the waiver program, the commission shall:

(1) ensure that this state is a prudent purchaser of the health care services that are needed for the individuals described by Subsection (a);

(2) solicit broad-based input from interested persons;

(3) ensure that the benefits an individual receives through the county are not reduced once the individual is enrolled in the waiver program; and

(4) employ the use of intergovernmental transfers and other procedures to maximize the receipt of federal Medicaid matching funds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 320.028 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 320 / Section 320.028
§ 320.028. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt a seal, and the seal shall be placed on each lease, deed, or other instrument usually executed under seal and on any other instrument as required by the board.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.015 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.015
§ 51.015. FORMS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt forms that are necessary or proper to transact business that he is required to transact and may request that the attorney general prepare the forms.
Tex. Occupations Code § 168.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 168 / Section 168.052
§ 168.052. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may inspect a pain management clinic certified under this chapter, including the documents of a physician practicing at the clinic, as necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter.

(b) The board may inspect a clinic or facility that is not certified under this chapter to determine whether the clinic or facility is required to be certified under Section 168.101. The board by rule shall establish the grounds for conducting an inspection under this subsection, including grounds based on:

(1) the population of patients served by the clinic or facility;

(2) the volume or combination of drugs prescribed to patients served by the clinic or facility; and

(3) any other criteria the board considers sufficient to require an inspection of the clinic or facility.
Tex. Government Code § 511.0061 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 511 / Section 511.0061
§ 511.0061. USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall implement a policy requiring the commission to use appropriate technological solutions to improve the commission's ability to perform its functions. The policy must ensure that the public is able to interact with the commission on the Internet.
Tex. Transportation Code § 371.151 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 371 / Section 371.151
§ 371.151. DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a toll project entity enters into a contract for the construction of a toll project, the entity shall publish in the manner provided by Section 371.152 information regarding:

(1) project financing, including:

(A) the total amount of debt that has been and will be assumed to acquire, design, construct, operate, and maintain the toll project;

(B) a description of how the debt will be repaid, including a projected timeline for repaying the debt; and

(C) the projected amount of interest that will be paid on the debt;

(2) whether the toll project will continue to be tolled after the debt has been repaid;

(3) a description of the method that will be used to set toll rates;

(4) a description of any terms in the contract relating to competing facilities, including any penalties associated with the construction of a competing facility;

(5) a description of any terms in the contract relating to a termination for convenience provision, including any information regarding how the value of the project will be calculated for the purposes of making termination payments;

(6) the initial toll rates, the methodology for increasing toll rates, and the projected toll rates at the end of the term of the contract; and

(7) the projected total amount of concession payments.

(b) A toll project entity may not enter into a contract for the construction of a toll project before the 30th day after the date the information is first published under Section 371.152.
Tex. Transportation Code § 548.511 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 548 / Section 548.511
§ 548.511. VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION PROGRAM REPLACEMENT FEE.
Status: in_force

Section 548.510 does not apply to:

(1) a vehicle that is being registered under the International Registration Plan as authorized by Section 502.091;

(2) a token trailer that is being registered under Section 502.255, including a token trailer that is being registered for an extended period under Section 502.0023;

(3) a vehicle that is issued a permit under Section 502.094 and is described by Section 502.094(e)(1) or (2);

(4) a former military vehicle that is issued a specialty license plate under Section 504.502;

(5) a log loader vehicle that is issued a specialty license plate under Section 504.506;

(6) farm machinery, road-building equipment, a farm trailer, or a vehicle required to display a slow-moving-vehicle emblem under Section 547.703;

(7) a commercial motor vehicle that is required to be inspected under Subchapter D or that is subject to fees under Section 548.203(c);

(8) a vehicle that is being registered under Section 548.256(b);

(9) a neighborhood electric vehicle, as defined by Section 551.301;

(10) a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile home that:

(A) has an actual gross weight or registered gross weight of 4,500 pounds or less; or

(B) will move under or bear a factory-delivery license plate or in-transit license plate;

(11) a vehicle that will move under or bear a paper dealer in-transit tag, machinery license, disaster license, parade license, prorate tab, one-trip permit, vehicle temporary transit permit, antique license, custom vehicle license, street rod license, temporary 24-hour permit, or permit license; or

(12) a vehicle qualified for a tax exemption under Section 152.092, Tax Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 114 / Section 114.0101
§ 114.0101. ENTRY BY PEACE OFFICER.
Status: in_force

A peace officer may enter the premises of a commercial lodging establishment between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to ensure compliance with this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8014.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8014 / Section 8014.003
§ 8014.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.007
§ 2306.007. ESTABLISHING ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED OR BLIGHTED AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) To establish an economically depressed or blighted area under Section 2306.004(6)(B) or (C), the governing body of a municipality must hold a public hearing and find that the area:

(1) substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality; or

(2) is an economic or social liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present condition and use.

(b) The governing body of a municipality holding a hearing under this section must give notice as provided by Chapter 551, except that notice must be published not less than 10 days before the date of the hearing.
Tex. Water Code § 36.371 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.371
§ 36.371. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT LOAN ASSISTANCE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The groundwater conservation district loan assistance fund is created, to be funded by direct appropriation and by the Texas Water Development Board from the water assistance fund.

(b) Repayments of loans shall be deposited in the water assistance fund.
Tex. Government Code § 155.152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 155 / Section 155.152
§ 155.152. GUARDIANSHIP DATABASE.
Status: in_force

In cooperation with the commission and courts with jurisdiction over guardianship proceedings and by using the information obtained by the commission under this subchapter, the office shall establish and maintain a central database of all guardianships subject to the jurisdiction of this state.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.106 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.106
§ 3.106. UNCONDITIONAL PROMISE OR ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this section, for the purposes of Section 3.104(a), a promise or order is unconditional unless it states (i) an express condition to payment, (ii) that the promise or order is subject to or governed by another record, or (iii) that rights or obligations with respect to the promise or order are stated in another record. A reference to another record does not of itself make the promise or order conditional.

(b) A promise or order is not made conditional (i) by a reference to another record for a statement of rights with respect to collateral, prepayment, or acceleration, or (ii) because payment is limited to resort to a particular fund or source.

(c) If a promise or order requires, as a condition to payment, a countersignature by a person whose specimen signature appears on the promise or order, the condition does not make the promise or order conditional for the purposes of Section 3.104(a). If the person whose specimen signature appears on an instrument fails to countersign the instrument, the failure to countersign is a defense to the obligation of the issuer, but the failure does not prevent a transferee of the instrument from becoming a holder of the instrument.

(d) If a promise or order at the time it is issued or first comes into possession of a holder contains a statement, required by applicable statutory or administrative law, to the effect that the rights of a holder or transferee are subject to claims or defenses that the issuer could assert against the original payee, the promise or order is not thereby made conditional for the purposes of Section 3.104(a); but if the promise or order is an instrument, there cannot be a holder in due course of the instrument.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8503.010 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8503 / Section 8503.010
§ 8503.010. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

The provisions of Chapter 171, Local Government Code, apply to conflicts of interest in the award of authority contracts.
Tex. Local Government Code § 320.077 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 320 / Section 320.077
§ 320.077. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may issue fully negotiable revenue bonds for the purpose of refunding bonds issued under this subchapter. An election is not necessary for the issuance of refunding bonds.

(b) The refunding bonds may be secured in the manner provided by this subchapter for securing original revenue bonds.

(c) Refunding bonds may be issued to refund bonds of more than one series or issue of outstanding revenue bonds and may combine pledges for the outstanding bonds for the security of the refunding bonds. Refunding bonds may be secured by other and additional revenues if the refunding bonds will not impair the contract rights of the holders or any of the outstanding bonds that are not to be refunded.

(d) Refunding bonds must be authorized by order of the commissioners court and shall be executed and mature as provided by this subchapter for original bonds.

(e) Refunding bonds must bear interest at the same or lower rate than that of the bonds refunded unless it is shown mathematically that a saving will result in the total amount of interest to be paid.

(f) Refunding bonds shall be approved by the attorney general as in the case of original bonds and shall be registered by the comptroller of public accounts on surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, unless the order authorizing issuance provides that the bonds are to be sold and the proceeds deposited in the place or places where the original bonds are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the interest on the original bonds to their option or maturity date, and the comptroller shall register them without the surrender and cancellation of the original bonds.

(g) Refunding bonds, after they have been approved by the attorney general and registered by the comptroller, are incontestable.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.174 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.174
§ 52.174. FAILURE TO DRILL OFFSET.
Status: in_force

If such persons fail or refuse to begin the drilling of such well or wells within the time required or to prosecute such drilling as necessary for the purpose intended herein, any lease of such land executed under the provisions of this law shall be subject to forfeiture by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and he shall forfeit same when he is sufficiently informed of the facts which authorize a forfeiture, and shall, on the wrapper containing the papers relating to such lease, write and sign officially words declaring such forfeiture, and the lease and all rights thereunder shall thereupon be forfeited together with all payments made thereunder. Notice of such action shall forthwith be mailed to the persons shown by the records of the General Land Office to be the owners of the surface and the owners of the forfeited lease at their last known addresses as shown by the records of said office. Upon proper showing by the owner of the forfeited lease within 30 days after the declaration of forfeiture, the lease may, at the discretion of the commissioner and upon the terms of this subchapter and such other terms as he may prescribe, be reinstated. If such lease be not reinstated within such time, or if the commissioner finds that any unleased land included in this law is being drained, the commissioner shall notify the person at his last known address, as shown by records of the General Land Office to be the surface owner, that the oil and gas is subject to sale or lease by the owner of the soil in accordance with this law, and that drilling is required. If such owner shall fail or refuse to obtain the commencement of such a well within 100 days after the date of such notice, the relinquishment herein granted and the rights acquired thereunder shall be subject to forfeiture by the commissioner by endorsing on the file wrapper containing the papers relating to the sale of the land, words indicating such forfeiture, and such rights shall thereupon be forfeited, and notice of such forfeiture shall be forwarded to the county clerk of the county wherein the land is situated. The rights of any owner of the soil which may have ipso facto terminated under prior laws shall be reinstated and are hereby reinstated, together with all rights acquired thereunder except where rights of third parties may have intervened. All rights herein reinstated shall be subject to the terms and provisions of this subchapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 8.06 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 8 / Section 8.06
§ 8.06. MEANS ADOPTED TO SUPPRESS.
Status: in_force

The officer engaged in suppressing a riot, and those who aid him are authorized and justified in adopting such measures as are necessary to suppress the riot, but are not authorized to use any greater degree of force than is requisite to accomplish that object.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.356 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.356
§ 375.356. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the district shall assess and collect taxes on all property in the district uniformly, for maintenance and operation of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 411.422 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.422
§ 411.422. GRANTS TO FUND SCRAP METAL THEFT PREVENTION.
Status: in_force

(a) From fines collected and distributed to the department under Sections 1956.040(a-2) and (a-4), Occupations Code, the commission by rule shall establish and implement a grant program to provide funding to assist local law enforcement agencies in preventing the theft of regulated material.

(b) To be eligible for a grant, a recipient must be a local law enforcement agency that has established a program designed to prevent the theft of regulated material.

(c) Rules adopted under this section must:

(1) include accountability measures for grant recipients and provisions for loss of eligibility for grant recipients that fail to comply with the measures; and

(2) require grant recipients to provide to the department information on program outcomes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8068.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8068 / Section 8068.0104
§ 8068.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8068.0103 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3842.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3842 / Section 3842.201
§ 3842.201. MEANINGS OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
Status: in_force

Words and phrases used in this subchapter that are defined by Chapters 151 and 321, Tax Code, have the meanings assigned by Chapters 151 and 321, Tax Code.
Tex. Election Code § 87.124 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.124
§ 87.124. PRESERVATION OF EARLY VOTING ELECTION RECORDS GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

The early voting election returns, voted early voting ballots, and other early voting election records shall be preserved after the election in the same manner as the corresponding precinct election records.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.058
§ 601.058. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a medical radiologic technologist except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.

(b) In adopting rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the advisory board may not include a rule that:

(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;

(2) restricts the use of a medical radiologic technologist's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the medical radiologic technologist; or

(4) restricts the medical radiologic technologist's advertisement under a trade name.
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.053
§ 507.053. MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS.
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) A person may not be a member of the executive council and may not be an executive council 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 federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care; or

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

(c) A person may not be a member of the executive council or act as the general counsel to the executive council if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the executive council, the marriage and family therapy board, the professional counseling board, the psychology board, or the social work board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.254 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.254
§ 4001.254. MAINTENANCE OF QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

The department shall, in the manner provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 4005, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew the license of a license holder who does not maintain the qualifications necessary to obtain the license.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.062 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 5 / Section 5.062
§ 5.062. VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS; UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NAME.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a filing entity or a registered series of a domestic limited liability company may not have a name that:

(1) reasonably implies that the entity or registered series is created by or for the benefit of war veterans or their families; and

(2) contains the word or phrase, or any variation or abbreviation of:

(A) "veteran";

(B) "legion";

(C) "foreign";

(D) "Spanish";

(E) "disabled";

(F) "war"; or

(G) "world war."

(b) The prohibition in Subsection (a) does not apply to a filing entity with a name approved in writing by:

(1) a congressionally recognized veterans organization with a name containing the same word or phrase, or variation or abbreviation, contained in the filing entity's name; or

(2) if a veterans organization described by Subdivision (1) does not exist, the state commander of the:

(A) American Legion;

(B) Disabled American Veterans of the World War;

(C) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;

(D) United Spanish War Veterans; or

(E) Veterans of the Spanish-American War.
Tex. Labor Code § 92.031 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 92 / Section 92.031
§ 92.031. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

A governmental subdivision may enforce this chapter within the boundaries of the governmental subdivision.
Tex. Occupations Code § 165.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 165 / Section 165.102
§ 165.102. LIMITATION ON CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may not institute an action for a civil penalty against a person described by Section 151.053 or 151.054 if the person is not in violation of or threatening to violate this subtitle or a rule or order adopted by the board.