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Tex. Education Code § 61.9774 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9774
§ 61.9774. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this subchapter, including rules regarding the eligibility criteria and the selection of scholarship recipients.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2051.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.105
§ 2051.105. DENIAL OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall deny an application for registration if the applicant has been convicted of:

(1) a felony; or

(2) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.

(b) The secretary of state may deny an application for registration if the secretary of state determines the applicant has engaged in conduct that has a significant adverse effect on the applicant's fitness to act as an athlete agent. In making the determination, the secretary of state may consider whether the applicant has:

(1) made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in the application or as an athlete agent;

(2) engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity;

(3) engaged in conduct prohibited by Section 2051.351;

(4) had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent denied, suspended, or revoked;

(5) been denied renewal of registration or licensure as an athlete agent in any state;

(6) engaged in conduct that resulted in the imposition on an athlete or educational institution of a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event; or

(7) engaged in conduct that adversely reflects on the applicant's credibility, honesty, or integrity.

(c) In making a determination under Subsection (b), the secretary of state shall consider:

(1) how recently the conduct occurred;

(2) the nature of the conduct and the context in which it occurred; and

(3) any other relevant conduct of the applicant.

(d) Judicial review of a denial of an application for registration under Subsection (a) or (b) is by trial de novo and is subject to Section 2001.173, Government Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 95.034 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 95 / Section 95.034
§ 95.034. INSPECTION FEES.
Status: in_force

The department shall collect a fee, as provided by department rule, from each person who applies coloring matter to citrus fruit.
Tex. Occupations Code § 252.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 252 / Section 252.004
§ 252.004. TERMS OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms. The terms of one-third of the members expire February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) A member may not serve more than two consecutive full terms. The completion of the unexpired portion of a term does not constitute service for a full term for purposes of this subsection.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.011 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.011
§ 62.011. RETRIEVAL AND WASTE OF GAME.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), it is an offense if a person while hunting kills or wounds a game bird or game animal and intentionally or knowingly fails to make a reasonable effort to retrieve the animal or bird and include it in the person's daily or seasonal bag limit.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), it is an offense if a person intentionally takes or possesses a game bird, game animal, or fish and intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence fails to keep the edible portions of the bird, animal, or fish in an edible condition.

(c) It is an offense if a person while hunting kills or wounds a desert bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, mule deer, or white-tailed deer in violation of Section 61.022, 62.003, 62.0031, 62.004, or 62.005 and intentionally or knowingly fails to make a reasonable effort to retrieve the animal or intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence fails to keep the edible parts of the animal in an edible condition.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Edible condition" means fit for human consumption. The term does not include any portion of a game bird, game animal, or fish that is:

(A) bruised by bullet, shot, or arrow, or otherwise destroyed as a result of harvest;

(B) decayed or rotting; or

(C) obviously infected or diseased.

(2) "Edible parts" means the meaty portions of a carcass that are retained for consumption after quartering as defined in Section 42.001(8).
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.026 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.026
§ 601.026. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the advisory board that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Sections 601.022 and 601.023;

(2) does not maintain during service on the advisory board the qualifications required by Sections 601.022 and 601.023;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 601.023;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled advisory board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the advisory board.

(b) The validity of an action of the advisory board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of an advisory board member exists.

(c) If the executive director of the medical board has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the advisory board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the advisory board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.157 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.157
§ 173.157. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The commission may enter into an interlocal agreement with a district under which the district may exercise a power or duty of the commission for the development and efficient operation of intermodal corridors in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 260A.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 260A / Section 260A.009
§ 260A.009. IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who reports as provided by this chapter is immune from civil or criminal liability that, in the absence of the immunity, might result from making the report.

(b) The immunity provided by this section extends to participation in any judicial proceeding that results from the report.

(c) This section does not apply to a person who reports in bad faith or with malice.
Tex. Government Code § 614.126 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 614 / Section 614.126
§ 614.126. TAMPER-PROOF CARDS.
Status: in_force

An identification card issued under this subchapter must be, to the extent practicable, tamper-proof.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.552 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.552
§ 201.552. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed $1,000.

(b) Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3942.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3942 / Section 3942.0301
§ 3942.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Government Code § 3100.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3100 / Section 3100.103
§ 3100.103. ORDER OF RECITATION.
Status: in_force

The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States should be recited before the pledge of allegiance to the state flag if both are recited.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9602.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9602 / Section 9602.0302
§ 9602.0302. SPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "dredging and maintenance operations" includes the removal of:

(1) sediment and debris that accumulates under and above the water; and

(2) floating debris.

(b) The district may form voluntary interlocal agreements with political subdivisions, corporate entities, or other persons to perform dredging and maintenance operations in areas of the service area controlled or maintained by the party to the interlocal agreement. The district may not require payment from the other party to the interlocal agreement for dredging and maintenance operations performed under an interlocal agreement entered into under this section.

(c) The district may seek from any source a grant of money or another resource to assist the district's dredging and maintenance operations.

(d) Dredging and maintenance operations performed by or caused to be performed by the district may not:

(1) negatively affect the quality of water in Lake Houston; or

(2) degrade the quality of water to be:

(A) treated by the City of Houston's Northeast Water Purification Plant or any other surface water treatment plant; or

(B) transported by the West Canal or another water conveyance system.

(e) The district must:

(1) obtain approval from the City of Houston Public Works before performing or causing to be performed dredging and maintenance operations in Lake Houston; and

(2) exercise due diligence when performing dredging and maintenance operations in Lake Houston.

(f) The City of Houston Public Works is immune from liability for any damages resulting from direct or indirect dredging and maintenance operations performed in Lake Houston, regardless of whether the operations are performed by or caused to be performed by the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 550.064 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 550 / Section 550.064
§ 550.064. COLLISION REPORT FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prepare and when requested supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, garages, and other suitable agencies or individuals the collision report forms appropriate for the persons required to make a report and appropriate for the purposes to be served by those reports.

(b) A collision report form prepared by the department must:

(1) require sufficiently detailed information to disclose the cause and conditions of and the persons and vehicles involved in a collision if the form is for the report to be made by a person investigating the collision;

(2) include a way to designate and identify a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services employee who is involved in a collision while driving a law enforcement vehicle, fire department vehicle, or emergency medical services vehicle while performing the person's duties;

(3) require a statement by a person described by Subdivision (2) as to the nature of the collision;

(4) include a way to designate whether an individual involved in a collision wants to be contacted by a person seeking to obtain employment as a professional described by Section 38.01(12), Penal Code; and

(5) include a way to indicate whether a trailer was involved in the collision and, if so, whether the collision resulted in any fatalities.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 87.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 87 / Section 87.004
§ 87.004. EXCEPTIONS TO LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A person, including a farm animal activity sponsor, farm animal professional, farm owner or lessee, livestock show participant, or livestock show sponsor, may be liable for property damage or damages arising from the personal injury or death caused by a participant in a farm animal activity or livestock show if:

(1) the injury or death was caused by faulty equipment or tack used in the farm animal activity or livestock show, the person provided the equipment or tack, and the person knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty;

(2) the person provided the farm animal or livestock animal and the person did not make a reasonable and prudent effort to determine the ability of the participant to engage safely in the farm animal activity, including a work activity, or livestock show and determine the ability of the participant to safely manage the farm animal or livestock animal, taking into account the participant's representations of ability;

(3) the injury or death was caused by a dangerous latent condition of land for which warning signs, written notices, or verbal warnings were not conspicuously posted or provided to the participant, and the land was owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the person at the time of the injury or death and the person knew of the dangerous latent condition;

(4) the person committed an act or omission with wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant and that act or omission caused the injury;

(5) the person intentionally caused the property damage, injury, or death; or

(6) with respect to a livestock show, the injury or death occurred as a result of an activity connected with the livestock show and the person invited or otherwise allowed the injured or deceased person to participate in the activity and the injured or deceased person was not a participant as defined by Section 87.001(9)(B).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.151
§ 1120.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The district administrator shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the district.

(b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement, including a statement of:

(1) the outstanding obligations of the district;

(2) the amount of cash on hand to the credit of each fund of the district;

(3) the amount of money received by the district from all sources during the previous year;

(4) the amount of money available to the district from all sources during the ensuing year;

(5) the amount of the balances expected at the end of the year in which the budget is being prepared;

(6) the estimated amount of revenues and balances available to cover the proposed budget; and

(7) the estimated tax rate required.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 102.158 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 102 / Section 102.158
§ 102.158. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A marketing agreement or license may authorize the department to select and define the powers and duties of one or more administrative committees to administer the program.

(b) The department may authorize an administrative committee to:

(1) administer the license in accordance with its terms and provisions;

(2) adopt rules to effectuate the terms and provisions of the license;

(3) receive, investigate, and report to the department complaints of violations of the license;

(4) recommend to the department amendments to the license; and

(5) collect assessments in accordance with Section 102.159 of this code.

(c) The department may require an administrative committee to file reports of the activities and proceedings of the committee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.024
§ 773.024. FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The department is the state agency designated to develop state plans required for participation in federal programs involving emergency medical services. The department may receive and disburse available federal funds to implement the service programs.
Tex. Utilities Code § 58.053 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 58 / Section 58.053
§ 58.053. INVESTMENT LIMITATION ON SERVICE STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may not raise a service standard applicable to the provision of local exchange telephone service by an electing company if the increased investment required to comply with the raised standard in any year exceeds 10 percent of the company's average annual intrastate additions in capital investment for the most recent five-year period.

(b) In computing the average under Subsection (a), the company shall exclude:

(1) extraordinary investments made during the five-year period; and

(2) investments required by Section 58.203.
Tex. Local Government Code § 86.0021 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 86 / Section 86.0021
§ 86.0021. QUALIFICATIONS; REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not eligible to serve as constable unless:

(1) the person is eligible to be licensed under Sections 1701.309 and 1701.312, Occupations Code, and:

(A) has at least an associate's degree conferred by an institution of higher education accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;

(B) is a special investigator under Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(C) is an honorably retired peace officer or honorably retired federal criminal investigator who holds a certificate of proficiency issued under Section 1701.357, Occupations Code; or

(2) the person is an active or inactive licensed peace officer under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code.

(b) On or before the 270th day after the date a constable takes office, the constable shall provide, to the commissioners court of the county in which the constable serves, evidence that the constable has been issued a permanent peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code. A constable who fails to provide evidence of licensure under this subsection or who fails to maintain a permanent license while serving in office forfeits the office and is subject to removal in a quo warranto proceeding under Chapter 66, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(c) The license requirement of Subsection (b) supersedes the license requirement of Section 1701.302, Occupations Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 401.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 401 / Section 401.201
§ 401.201. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: repealed

(a) The executive director shall administer and enforce this chapter.

(a-1) The department shall:

(1) evaluate the qualifications of license applicants;

(2) provide for the examination of license applicants;

(3) in connection with a hearing under this chapter, issue subpoenas, examine witnesses, and administer oaths under the laws of this state; and

(4) investigate persons engaging in practices that violate this chapter.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 1.222(35), eff. September 1, 2015.
Tex. Government Code § 2116.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2116 / Section 2116.101
§ 2116.101. LEGAL TENDER.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 10, Article I, United States Constitution, gold and silver specie that meet the requirements of this section are legal tender in this state.

(b) To be legal tender in this state, gold and silver specie:

(1) must be imprinted, stamped, or otherwise marked with the specie's weight and purity and may be imprinted, stamped, or otherwise marked with a name or symbol that identifies a refiner or mint of the specie; and

(2) except for the information described by Subdivision (1), may not be imprinted, stamped, or otherwise marked with any name, symbol, or other information or design, including any suggestion that the specie has been minted or issued by a government.

(c) This section does not:

(1) restrict the electronic transfer of gold and silver specie or gold and silver currency as legal tender for the payment of a debt;

(2) apply to United States coins or currency issued or recognized under federal law; or

(3) prohibit or limit the legal tender, acceptance, or use of Federal Reserve notes in the payment of a debt.

(d) A person may not be required to offer or accept gold and silver specie or gold and silver currency as legal tender for the payment of a debt, for deposit, or for any other purpose.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.03141 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.03141
§ 32.03141. AUTHORITY OF ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS REGARDING DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.
Status: in_force

To the extent allowed by federal law, an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant acting under adequate physician supervision and to whom a physician has delegated the authority to prescribe and order drugs and devices under Chapter 157, Occupations Code, may order and prescribe durable medical equipment and supplies under the medical assistance program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8847.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8847 / Section 8847.004
§ 8847.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Angelina and Nacogdoches Counties unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Section 8847.005;

(2) Subchapter J or K, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(3) other law.
Tex. Government Code § 545.0152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 545 / Section 545.0152
§ 545.0152. ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

A hearing conducted by the commission, or by a health and human services agency to which the commission delegates a function related to public assistance benefits, that relates to a decision regarding public assistance benefits that is contested by an applicant for or recipient of the benefits must be recorded electronically.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.091 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.091
§ 63.091. INSPECTION AND SAMPLING; ENTRY POWER.
Status: in_force

In order to determine if commercial fertilizer is in compliance with this chapter, the service is entitled to:

(1) enter during regular business hours and inspect any place of business, mill, plant, building, or vehicle, and to open any bin, vat, or parcel, that is used in the manufacture, transportation, importation, sale, or storage of a commercial fertilizer or is suspected of containing a commercial fertilizer; and

(2) take samples from fertilizer found during that inspection.