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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 302.304 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 302 / Section 302.304
§ 302.304. ACTION TO RECOVER AGAINST SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person injured by a seller's bankruptcy or by a seller's breach of an agreement entered into during a telephone solicitation may bring an action to recover against the security required under Section 302.107.

(b) The liability of the surety on a bond provided under Section 302.107 may not exceed the amount of the bond, regardless of the number of claims filed or the aggregate amount claimed. If the amount claimed exceeds the amount of the bond, the surety shall deposit the amount of the bond with the secretary of state for distribution to claimants entitled to recovery, and the surety is then relieved of all liability under the bond.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.033 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.033
§ 85.033. COORDINATION OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) To prevent unnecessary duplication of services, the executive commissioner and the department shall seek to coordinate the services provided by eligible programs under Subchapters A through G with existing federal, state, and local programs.

(b) The department shall consult with the Department of Aging and Disability Services and the commission to ensure that programs funded under this subchapter complement and do not unnecessarily duplicate services provided through the Department of Aging and Disability Services and the commission.
Tex. Family Code § 153.705 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.705
§ 153.705. APPOINTING DESIGNATED PERSON TO EXERCISE VISITATION FOR CONSERVATOR WITHOUT EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DESIGNATE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) If the conservator without the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child is ordered to military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty, the court may award visitation with the child to a designated person chosen by the conservator, if the visitation is in the best interest of the child.

(b) The temporary order for visitation must provide that:

(1) the designated person under this section has the right to possession of the child for the periods and in the manner in which the conservator described by Subsection (a) would be entitled if not ordered to military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty;

(2) the child's other conservator and the designated person under this section are subject to the requirements of Section 153.316, with the designated person considered for purposes of that section to be the possessory conservator;

(3) the designated person under this section has the rights and duties of a nonparent possessory conservator under Section 153.376(a) during the period that the designated person has possession of the child; and

(4) the designated person under this section is subject to any provision in a court order restricting or prohibiting access to the child by any specified individual.

(c) The court may limit or expand the rights of a nonparent designated person named in a temporary order rendered under this section as appropriate to the best interest of the child.
Tex. Government Code § 803.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 803 / Section 803.102
§ 803.102. RETIREMENT SYSTEM MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Membership in a retirement system to which this chapter applies does not terminate because of absence from service covered by that system during a period for which the member earns service credit in another retirement system to which this chapter applies for service performed for an employer other than a subdivision or municipality not participating in the program provided by this chapter.

(b) A person may continue membership in a retirement system to which this chapter applies while absent from service with all retirement systems to which this chapter applies if the person would be eligible, under the laws governing that system, to continue membership if the person's combined service credit had been earned in that system.

(c) In this section, a person's absence from service begins on the day after the last day of service covered by any retirement system to which this chapter applies.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.150 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.150
§ 801.150. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board shall:

(1) supervise the executive director's administration of this chapter;

(2) formulate policy objectives for the board; and

(3) approve the board's operating budget and requests for legislative appropriations.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 765.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 765 / Section 765.007
§ 765.007. OTHER INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prevent an employer from asking an applicant for employment or an employee to provide other information if the request for that information is not otherwise prohibited by law.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.0305 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0305
§ 11.0305. DISCLOSURE OF HARVEST REPORT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Information from a report submitted to the department relating to the recreational harvest authorized by Chapter 42, 46, 50, or 71 of game animals, game birds, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals, alligators, or fish or other aquatic life, including the specific location of harvested wildlife, may not be disclosed except as authorized by this section or Section 12.014.

(b) Chapter 552, Government Code, does not apply to information from a report described by Subsection (a).

(c) The commission or the department may disclose information from a report described by Subsection (a) to a federal or state law enforcement agency if the agency provides a lawfully issued subpoena.

(d) The department may disclose statistical data and compilations of information from a report described by Subsection (a) in a manner that does not identify:

(1) any person who:

(A) submitted the report; or

(B) harvested wildlife as described in the report; or

(2) any specific location information, including a photograph, that could be used to identify the location where the harvest of wildlife described in the report occurred.

(e) The department may disclose information from a report described by Subsection (a) only to:

(1) an individual identified in the report or that individual's representative;

(2) another governmental body, including a law enforcement entity, as needed to carry out a governmental purpose; or

(3) an entity contracted with the department that has signed a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting the entity from disclosing information from the report, if necessary for research, analysis, or another activity the department determines to be appropriate.

(f) This section does not authorize the department to disclose information the department is prohibited from disclosing by other law.

(g) The department and its officers and employees are immune from civil liability for an unintentional violation of this section.

(h) In this section, a reference to the department includes a reference to an agent of the department.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.105
§ 1702.105. ALARM SYSTEMS COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person acts as an alarm systems company for the purposes of this chapter if the person sells, installs, services, monitors, or responds to an alarm system or detection device.

(b) An alarm systems company may sell, install, maintain, or service, or offer to sell, install, maintain, or service, an electronic access control device or a mechanical security device that is capable of activation through a wireless signal. An alarm systems company may not rekey an electronic access control device or mechanical security device that can be activated by a key. This subsection does not apply to a mechanical security device or electronic access control device installed in a motor vehicle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0256 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0256
§ 8508.0256. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

Authority obligations must mature not later than 50 years after the date of their issuance.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 41.008 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 41 / Section 41.008
§ 41.008. LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF RECOVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) In an action in which a claimant seeks recovery of damages, the trier of fact shall determine the amount of economic damages separately from the amount of other compensatory damages.

(b) Exemplary damages awarded against a defendant may not exceed an amount equal to the greater of:

(1)(A) two times the amount of economic damages; plus

(B) an amount equal to any noneconomic damages found by the jury, not to exceed $750,000; or

(2) $200,000.

(c) This section does not apply to a cause of action against a defendant from whom a plaintiff seeks recovery of exemplary damages based on conduct described as a felony in the following sections of the Penal Code if, except for Sections 49.07 and 49.08, the conduct was committed knowingly or intentionally:

(1) Section 19.02 (murder);

(2) Section 19.03 (capital murder);

(3) Section 20.04 (aggravated kidnapping);

(4) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);

(5) Section 22.011 (sexual assault);

(6) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault);

(7) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual, but not if the conduct occurred while providing health care as defined by Section 74.001 of this code);

(8) Section 32.21 (forgery);

(9) Section 32.43 (commercial bribery);

(10) Section 32.45 (misapplication of fiduciary property or property of financial institution);

(11) Section 32.46 (fraudulent securing of document execution);

(12) Section 32.47 (fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of writing);

(13) Chapter 31 (theft) the punishment level for which is a felony of the third degree or higher;

(14) Section 49.07 (intoxication assault);

(15) Section 49.08 (intoxication manslaughter);

(16) Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual); or

(17) Chapter 20A (trafficking of persons).

(d) In this section, "intentionally" and "knowingly" have the same meanings assigned those terms in Sections 6.03(a) and (b), Penal Code.

(e) The provisions of this section may not be made known to a jury by any means, including voir dire, introduction into evidence, argument, or instruction.

(f) This section does not apply to a cause of action for damages arising from the manufacture of methamphetamine as described by Chapter 99.
Tex. Education Code § 49.252 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.252
§ 49.252. DATE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Any agreement under this subchapter must provide for the ordering of an election to be held on the same date in each district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.110
§ 3938.110. REAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may adopt restrictions on the use of real property in the district.

(b) The district may enforce restrictions on the use of real property in the district in the manner provided for a municipal utility district by Section 54.237, Water Code.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.041 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 17 / Section 17.041
§ 17.041. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "nonresident" includes:

(1) an individual who is not a resident of this state; and

(2) a foreign corporation, joint-stock company, association, or partnership.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.168 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.168
§ 370.168. ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS IN PUBLIC REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may use real property, including submerged land, streets, alleys, and easements, owned by this state or a local government that the authority considers necessary for the construction or operation of a transportation project.

(b) This state or a local government having charge of public real property may consent to the use of the property for a transportation project.

(c) Except as provided by Section 228.201, this state or a local government may convey, grant, or lease to an authority real property, including highways and other real property devoted to public use and rights or easements in real property, that may be necessary or convenient to accomplish a purpose of the authority, including the construction or operation of a transportation project. A conveyance, grant, or lease under this section may be made without advertising, court order, or other action other than the normal action of this state or local government necessary for a conveyance, grant, or lease.

(d) This section does not deprive the School Land Board of the power to execute a lease for the development of oil, gas, and other minerals on state-owned real property adjoining a transportation project or in tidewater limits. A lease may provide for directional drilling from the adjoining property or tidewater area.

(e) This section does not affect the obligation of the authority under another law to compensate this state for acquiring or using property owned by or on behalf of this state. An authority's use of property owned by or on behalf of this state is subject to any covenants, conditions, restrictions, or limitations affecting that property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7930.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7930 / Section 7930.001
§ 7930.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 35.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.204
§ 1002.204. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in the election favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved.

(b) If a majority of the votes in the election do not favor dissolution, the board shall continue to administer the district and another election on the question of dissolution may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election to dissolve the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.052
§ 1053.052. EX OFFICIO MANAGER.
Status: in_force

(a) The ex officio manager has all powers of another manager, except the ex officio manager may not vote.

(b) The ex officio manager shall:

(1) attend executive sessions of the board; and

(2) have access to all documents reviewed or considered by the board or its staff.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8380.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8380 / Section 8380.052
§ 8380.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8380.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8380.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8380.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.022
§ 383.022. PETITION OF LANDOWNERS.
Status: in_force

To create a district, a petition requesting creation must be filed with the commissioners court of the county in which all of the land in the proposed district is located. The petition must be accompanied by a sworn statement indicating consent to creation signed by the holders of fee simple title of all of the land in the proposed district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3846.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3846 / Section 3846.002
§ 3846.002. EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A special district known as the "East Montgomery County Improvement District" is a governmental agency and political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2211 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2211
§ 54.2211. COURT REPORTER.
Status: in_force

At the request of a party, the court shall provide a court reporter to record the proceedings before the magistrate.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 20A.204 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 20A / Section 20A.204
§ 20A.204. DISCLOSURE BY ATTORNEY REPRESENTING STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney representing the state may not disclose anything transpiring before the grand jury except as permitted by this article or Article 20A.205(a) or (b).

(b) In performing the attorney's duties, the attorney representing the state may disclose or permit a disclosure of a record made under Article 20A.201 or a typewritten transcription of that record, or may make or permit a disclosure otherwise prohibited by Article 20A.203, to a grand juror serving on the grand jury before which the record was made, another grand jury, a law enforcement agency, or a prosecuting attorney, as the attorney representing the state determines is necessary to assist the attorney in the performance of the attorney's duties.

(c) The attorney representing the state shall warn any person authorized to receive information under Subsection (b) of the person's duty to maintain the secrecy of the information.

(d) A person who receives information under Subsection (b) and discloses that information for purposes other than those permitted by that subsection may be punished for contempt in the same manner as a person who violates Article 20A.203(a).
Tex. Government Code § 1477.303 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.303
§ 1477.303. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of the county by order may issue revenue bonds to provide all or part of the money to establish, acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, equip, or repair a facility described by Section 1477.302.
Tex. Government Code § 1504.109 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.109
§ 1504.109. USE OF REVENUE FOR OTHER PURPOSES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A municipality may not use the revenue from a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 to pay any other debt, expense, or obligation of the municipality until the debt secured by the revenue is fully paid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1082.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1082 / Section 1082.155
§ 1082.155. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board.

(b) The fiscal year may not be changed:

(1) during a period that revenue bonds of the district are outstanding; or

(2) more than once in a 24-month period.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 577 / Section 577.011
§ 577.011. RECORDS AND REPORTS.
Status: in_force

The department may require a license holder to make annual, periodical, or special reports to the department and to keep the records the department considers necessary to ensure compliance with this subtitle and the department's rules and standards.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2208.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2208 / Section 2208.001
§ 2208.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of trustees of the pool.

(2) "Fund" means the Texas public entity excess insurance fund.

(3) "Insurance" means liability insurance or workers' compensation insurance.

(4) "Pool" means the Texas public entity excess insurance pool.

(5) "Public entity" means one or more municipalities that have formed an insurance pool under Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1067.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1067 / Section 1067.101
§ 1067.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for:

(1) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care of the indigent persons in the district; and

(2) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Finance Code § 341.502 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 341 / Section 341.502
§ 341.502. FORM OF LOAN CONTRACT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract for a loan under Chapter 342, a retail installment transaction under Chapter 348, or a home equity loan regulated by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner must be:

(1) written in plain language designed to be easily understood by the average consumer; and

(2) printed in an easily readable font and type size.

(a-1) If the terms of the agreement for a loan under Subsection (a) were negotiated in Spanish, a copy of a summary of those terms and other pertinent information shall be provided to the debtor in Spanish in a form identical to disclosures required for a closed-end transaction under 12 C.F.R. Section 1026.18.

(b) The finance commission shall adopt rules governing the form of contracts to which this section applies. The rules must include model contracts complying with the rules and this section.

(c) A person governed by this section is not required to use a model contract. The person, however, may not use a contract other than a model contract unless the person has submitted the contract to the commissioner. The commissioner shall issue an order disapproving the contract if the commissioner determines that the contract does not comply with this section or rules adopted under this section.

(d) The person may begin using a contract submitted under Subsection (c) on the date it is submitted for review. If the commissioner issues an order disapproving the contract, the person may not use the contract after the order takes effect.

(e) A person may not represent that the commissioner's failure to disapprove a contract constitutes an approval of the contract by the commissioner, the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, or the finance commission.
Tex. Estates Code § 22.0295 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0295
§ 22.0295. QUALIFIED DELIVERY METHOD.
Status: in_force

"Qualified delivery method" means delivery by:

(1) hand delivery by courier, with courier's proof of delivery receipt;

(2) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, with return receipt; or

(3) a private delivery service designated as a designated delivery service by the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Section 7502(f)(2), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with proof of delivery receipt.
Tex. Water Code § 60.0726 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.0726
§ 60.0726. FIRES, EXPLOSIONS, AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS.
Status: in_force

A district may respond to and fight a fire, explosion, or hazardous material incident that occurs on or adjacent to a waterway, channel, or turning basin that is located in the district's territory, regardless of whether the waterway, channel, or turning basin is located in the corporate limits of a municipality.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.506 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.506
§ 1101.506. CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 10th day after the date a certificate holder moves its place of business from a previously designated address, the holder shall:

(1) notify the commission of the move; and

(2) obtain a new certificate of registration that reflects the address of the new place of business.