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Tex. Transportation Code § 471.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 471 / Section 471.002
§ 471.002. SIGNS AT CROSSINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A railway company shall place at each place where its railroad crosses a first or second class public road a sign with large and distinct letters giving notice that the railroad is near and warning persons to watch for railroad cars. The sign must be high enough above the road to permit the free passage of vehicles.

(b) A railway company that does not erect a sign required by Subsection (a) is liable for a resulting injury to a person or resulting damage to property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3844.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3844 / Section 3844.203
§ 3844.203. ASSESSMENT IN PART OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

An assessment may be imposed on only a part of the district if only that part will benefit from the service or improvement.
Tex. Insurance Code § 553.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 553 / Section 553.002
§ 553.002. SUSPENSION OF LIMITATIONS PERIOD.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a Holocaust victim, or the heir, assignee, beneficiary, or successor of a Holocaust victim, who resides in this state and has a claim arising out of an insurance policy purchased or in effect in Europe before 1946 that was delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed by an insurer may bring an action in this state against an insurer to recover on that claim.

(b) An action brought under this section before December 31, 2012, may not be dismissed for failure to comply with any applicable limitations period.
Tex. Education Code § 33.004 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.004
§ 33.004. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each school shall obtain, and keep as part of the student's permanent record, written consent of the parent or legal guardian as required under Section 33.003. The consent form shall include specific information on the content of the program and the types of activities in which the student will be involved.

(b) Each school, before implementing a comprehensive school counseling program under Section 33.005, shall annually conduct a preview of the program for parents and guardians. All materials, including curriculum to be used during the year that is not available digitally through an instructional materials parent portal under Section 31.154, must be available for a parent or guardian to preview during school hours. Materials or curriculum not included in the materials on an instructional materials parent portal or available on the campus for preview may not be used.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2703.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2703 / Section 2703.051
§ 2703.051. CERTAIN PROVISIONS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A title insurance policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state to insure an owner of real property must include certain provisions, the form and content of which shall be prescribed by the commissioner, in accordance with this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 667.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 667 / Section 667.009
§ 667.009. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A university system as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, may establish a policy that defines a person's employment as the total hours the person is assigned:

(1) to one component of the system; or

(2) to all components of the system.

(b) The policy may apply to a person only if the person is employed by more than one institution of higher education and all the employing institutions are within the same university system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1014.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1014 / Section 1014.207
§ 1014.207. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund any bonds issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the outstanding bonds; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of the outstanding bonds.
Tex. Family Code § 105.005 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 105 / Section 105.005
§ 105.005. FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this title, the court's findings shall be based on a preponderance of the evidence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9018.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9018 / Section 9018.051
§ 9018.051. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 286, Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) this subchapter or its predecessor statute, Section 4(a), Chapter 286, Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955;

(2) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code;

(3) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(4) other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.118 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.118
§ 1069.118. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The district, through the board, may sue and be sued.
Tex. Local Government Code § 343.013 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 343 / Section 343.013
§ 343.013. DEDUCTIONS FROM CHILD SAFETY TRUST FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) After contracting with a school district, the municipality may deduct from a child safety trust fund established under Chapter 106 the administrative cost of contracting for school crossing guard services and distributing the funds to the school district.

(b) The administrative costs may not exceed 10 percent of the funds available for school crossing guard services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7211.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7211 / Section 7211.003
§ 7211.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation and initial directors' election held before September 1, 2009:

(1) the district is dissolved on September 1, 2009, except that:

(A) any debts of the district incurred shall be paid;

(B) any assets of the district that remain after the payment of debts shall be transferred to San Jacinto County; and

(C) the organization of the district shall be maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2012.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8009.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8009 / Section 8009.0303
§ 8009.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 1432.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1432 / Section 1432.014
§ 1432.014. PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, equipment, operation, and maintenance of a facility authorized by this chapter is a public purpose and a proper function of a local government.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 56.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 56 / Section 56.002
§ 56.002. INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a contract that is solely for:

(1) design services;

(2) the construction or maintenance of a road, highway, street, bridge, utility, water supply project, water plant, wastewater plant, water and wastewater distribution or conveyance facility, wharf, dock, airport runway or taxiway, drainage project, or related type of project associated with civil engineering construction; or

(3) improvements to or the construction of a structure that is a:

(A) detached single-family residence;

(B) duplex;

(C) triplex; or

(D) quadruplex.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 87.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 87 / Section 87.003
§ 87.003. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 87.004, all persons, including a farm animal activity sponsor, farm animal professional, farm owner or lessee, livestock producer, livestock show participant, or livestock show sponsor, are not liable for property damage or damages arising from the personal injury or death of a participant in a farm animal activity or livestock show if the property damage, injury, or death results from the dangers or conditions that are an inherent risk of a farm animal, a farm animal activity, the showing of an animal on a competitive basis in a livestock show, or the raising or handling of livestock on a farm, including:

(1) the propensity of a farm animal or livestock animal to behave in ways that may result in personal injury or death to a person on the animal, handling the animal, or otherwise around the animal;

(2) the unpredictability of a farm animal's or livestock animal's reaction to sound, a sudden movement, or an unfamiliar object, person, or other animal;

(3) with respect to farm animal activities involving equine animals, certain land conditions and hazards, including surface and subsurface conditions;

(4) a collision with another animal or an object; or

(5) the potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the participant or another, including failing to maintain control over a farm animal or livestock animal or not acting within the participant's ability.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9647 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9647
§ 61.9647. RULES.
Status: in_force

In consultation with the nursing advisory committee, the board shall adopt rules for the administration of the grant programs established under this subchapter. The rules must include:

(1) administrative provisions relating to the awarding of grants under this subchapter, such as:

(A) eligibility criteria for clinical sites or institutions of higher education, as applicable;

(B) grant application procedures;

(C) guidelines relating to grant amounts;

(D) procedures for evaluating grant applications; and

(E) procedures for monitoring the use of grants; and

(2) methods for tracking the effectiveness of grants that:

(A) use data reasonably available to the board or the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies; and

(B) evaluate transferability and scalability of innovation programs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1045.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1045 / Section 1045.063
§ 1045.063. HEALTH CARE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to conduct, participate in, or otherwise assist in providing health care educational programs for current or prospective staff members or employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1033.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1033 / Section 1033.106
§ 1033.106. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe the method of making purchases and expenditures and the manner of accounting and control used by the district.
Tex. Election Code § 171.0221 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 171 / Section 171.0221
§ 171.0221. ELECTION NOT HELD FOR OFFICE OF PRECINCT CHAIR.
Status: in_force

(a) If only one candidate's name is to be placed on the ballot for the office of precinct chair and no candidate's name is to be placed on the list of write-in candidates for that office, the election for that office is not held, and the unopposed candidate, if otherwise eligible, shall be declared elected to the office at the time of the local canvass.

(b) The county chair shall prepare a document that shall be posted that states: "Pursuant to Section 171.0221, Election Code, (insert name of unopposed candidate for precinct chair), if otherwise eligible, shall be declared elected to the office of precinct chair at the time of the local canvass." The county chair or entity contracted to hold the election shall distribute copies of the document to the presiding judge of the election precinct with the other election supplies. An election officer shall post the document in one or more locations in the polling place where it can be read by persons waiting to vote.

(c) The county chair shall post the name of a candidate declared elected under Subsection (a) at a public place in the election precinct.
Tex. Estates Code § 305.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 305 / Section 305.152
§ 305.152. EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON AMOUNT OF BOND.
Status: in_force

Before setting the amount of a bond, the court shall hear evidence and determine:

(1) the amount of cash on hand and where that cash is deposited;

(2) the amount of cash estimated to be needed for administrative purposes, including operation of a business, factory, farm, or ranch owned by the estate, and expenses of administration for one year;

(3) the revenue anticipated to be received in the succeeding 12 months from dividends, interest, rentals, or use of property belonging to the estate and the aggregate amount of any installments or periodic payments to be collected;

(4) the estimated value of certificates of stock, bonds, notes, or other securities of the estate and the name of the depository, if any, in which those assets are deposited;

(5) the face value of life insurance or other policies payable to the person on whose estate administration is sought or to the estate;

(6) the estimated value of other personal property owned by the estate; and

(7) the estimated amount of debts due and owing by the estate.
Tex. Labor Code § 407.130 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407 / Section 407.130
§ 407.130. ASSOCIATION AS PARTY IN INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) The association is a party in interest in a proceeding involving a workers' compensation claim against an impaired employer whose compensation obligations have been paid or assumed by the association.

(b) The association has the same rights and defenses as the impaired employer, including the right to:

(1) appear, defend, or appeal a claim;

(2) receive notice of, investigate, adjust, compromise, settle, or pay a claim; and

(3) investigate, handle, or deny a claim.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2202.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2202 / Section 2202.202
§ 2202.202. DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
Status: in_force

If the commissioner finds that a ground for a denial of a certificate of authority or disciplinary action under Section 2202.201 exists, the commissioner may:

(1) deny the application for the certificate; or

(2) suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of authority.
Tex. Labor Code § 506.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 506 / Section 506.001
§ 506.001. LATE PAYMENT OF JUDGMENT BY THE STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) In a workers' compensation case in which a claimant is awarded a judgment against the state or a political subdivision of the state under Chapter 501, 502, 503, 504, or 505, the state or political subdivision shall comply with the judgment not later than the 30th day after the judgment is entered.

(b) If the state or a political subdivision of the state fails or refuses to comply with a judgment as provided under Subsection (a) and the claimant secures a mandamus order against the state or political subdivision to force compliance with the judgment, the claimant is also entitled to an award of:

(1) a penalty of 12 percent of the amount of compensation recovered in the judgment; and

(2) reasonable attorney's fees for prosecution of the mandamus action.
Tex. Government Code § 824.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 824 / Section 824.006
§ 824.006. PAYMENT OF ANNUITY ON DEATH OF MEMBER OR RETIREE.
Status: in_force

(a) A monthly annuity payable to a retiree or beneficiary is payable to that person through the month in which the person dies. A continuation of an optional annuity or the payment of a death or survivor benefit annuity begins with payment for the month following the month in which the death occurs.

(b) The effective date of death of a member who dies before retirement is, for the purpose of a death or survivor benefit annuity, the last day of the month preceding the month in which the member dies. The first payment of the annuity becomes due at the end of the month in which the member's death occurs.
Tex. Insurance Code § 38.457 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 38 / Section 38.457
§ 38.457. REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 60th day after the date the analysis program receives a request under Section 38.453, or, if the analysis program receives a request under that section during a regular legislative session, not later than the 30th day after the date the analysis program receives the request, the center shall prepare a written report containing the results of the analysis performed under Section 38.454 and:

(1) deliver the report to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate committees in each house of the legislature; and

(2) make the report available on a generally accessible Internet website.

(b) The report:

(1) may not disclose a health benefit plan issuer's individual response to a special data call issued under Section 38.456; and

(2) must include:

(A) a copy of the special data call; and

(B) the aggregated responses to the special data call in their entirety, which must:

(i) be organized by category and field in the same manner as the special data call; and

(ii) include any calculation methodology disclosed in a response to the special data call.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 154.055 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 154 / Section 154.055
§ 154.055. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY OF IMPARTIAL THIRD PARTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person appointed to facilitate an alternative dispute resolution procedure under this subchapter or under Chapter 152 relating to an alternative dispute resolution system established by counties, or appointed by the parties whether before or after the institution of formal judicial proceedings, who is a volunteer and who does not act with wanton and wilful disregard of the rights, safety, or property of another, is immune from civil liability for any act or omission within the course and scope of his or her duties or functions as an impartial third party. For purposes of this section, a volunteer impartial third party is a person who does not receive compensation in excess of reimbursement for expenses incurred or a stipend intended as reimbursement for expenses incurred.

(b) This section neither applies to nor is it intended to enlarge or diminish any rights or immunities enjoyed by an arbitrator participating in a binding arbitration pursuant to any applicable statute or treaty.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.322 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.322
§ 151.322. CONTAINERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The following are exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter:

(1) a container sold with its contents if the sales price of the contents is not taxed under this chapter;

(2) a nonreturnable container sold without contents to a person who fills the container and sells the contents and the container together; and

(3) a returnable container sold with its contents or resold for refilling.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Returnable container" means a container of a kind customarily returned for reuse by the buyer of the contents.

(2) "Nonreturnable container" means a container other than a returnable container.

(3) "Container" means glass, plastic, or metal bottles, cans, barrels, and cylinders, but does not include any item of a type described in Section 151.302(d).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7898.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7898 / Section 7898.0202
§ 7898.0202. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.053
§ 205.053. 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) An officer, board member, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care may not be a member of the acupuncture board or an employee of the medical board who is exempt from the state's position classification plan or is compensated at or above the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary group A17, of the position classification salary schedule.

(c) A person may not be a member of the acupuncture board and may not be a medical board employee 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.

(d) A person may not be a member of the acupuncture board or act as general counsel to the acupuncture board or the medical board 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 medical board or acupuncture board.

(e) A person may not serve on the acupuncture board if the person owns, operates, or has a financial interest in a school of acupuncture.
Tex. Property Code § 163.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 163 / Section 163.003
§ 163.003. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Charitable purpose" means the promotion of a scientific, educational, philanthropic, or environmental purpose, social welfare, the arts and humanities, or another civic or public purpose described by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(2) "Endowment fund" means an institutional fund or part thereof that, under the terms of a gift instrument, is not wholly expendable by the institution on a current basis. The term does not include assets that an institution designates as an endowment fund for its own use.

(3) "Gift instrument" means a record or records, including an institutional solicitation, under which property is granted to, transferred to, or held by an institution as an institutional fund.

(4) "Institution" means:

(A) a person, other than an individual, organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes;

(B) a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, to the extent that it holds funds exclusively for a charitable purpose; and

(C) a trust that had both charitable and noncharitable interests, after all noncharitable interests have terminated.

(5) "Institutional fund" means a fund held by an institution exclusively for charitable purposes. The term does not include:

(A) program-related assets;

(B) a fund held for an institution by a trustee that is not an institution; or

(C) a fund in which a beneficiary that is not an institution has an interest, other than an interest that could arise upon violation or failure of the purposes of the fund.

(6) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(7) "Program-related asset" means an asset held by an institution primarily to accomplish a charitable purpose of the institution and not primarily for investment.

(8) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.