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Tex. Transportation Code § 451.418 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.418
§ 451.418. COLLECTION OF EMISSIONS TAXES BY COUNTY ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The county assessor-collector of a county in which an authority has territory shall collect the authority's motor vehicle emissions taxes from residents of the authority who reside in that county.

(b) A resident of an authority shall pay the motor vehicle emissions tax for each motor vehicle owned or controlled by the resident to the county assessor-collector at the time and with whom the resident applies for registration of the resident's motor vehicle for the ensuing registration year. An applicant for registration shall pay the full amount of the motor vehicle emissions tax for the tax year unless application is made after June 30 of the tax year and the applicant files with the county assessor-collector an affidavit that the vehicle has not for any previous quarter of the tax year been operated in the authority. The county assessor-collector shall issue to each taxpayer, on payment of the tax, the original motor vehicle emissions tax receipt bearing an identifying number or symbol for the motor vehicle for which the tax is paid. One copy of the receipt shall be retained by the county assessor-collector.

(c) A county assessor-collector may not register a motor vehicle subject to an authority's motor vehicle emissions tax until the motor vehicle emissions tax is paid for the tax year or other period that the motor vehicle emissions tax is due.

(d) The board shall, on or before November 1 of each year, certify to the county assessor-collector of each county having territory in the authority the motor vehicle emissions tax rate for each class of motor vehicles for the succeeding tax year. The board shall furnish to the county assessor-collector motor vehicle emissions tax receipts in triplicate.

(e) A county assessor-collector is entitled to a fee of 45 cents for each motor vehicle emissions tax receipt issued by the assessor-collector to be used for paying the expenses incurred in collecting the tax and issuing the tax receipts under this section.

(f) After deducting the fee authorized by Subsection (e), the county assessor-collector shall, on or before the 15th day of each month, send to the authority all taxes, penalties, and interest collected on behalf of the authority during the preceding calendar month. The county assessor-collector and the authority may agree to a payment schedule and interval other than the schedule and interval specified by this subsection.
Tex. Government Code § 1508.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.207
§ 1508.207. DISCONTINUATION OF SEA LIFE PARK AND OCEANARIUM; SALE OR LEASE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may abandon the use of property for a sea life park and oceanarium and sell or lease the property for any purpose the governing body determines is appropriate and in the interest of the residents of the municipality if:

(1) the property was partly or wholly financed under this subchapter; and

(2) the governing body finds that use of the property as a sea life park and oceanarium should be abandoned because:

(A) the sea life park and oceanarium is no longer economically feasible; and

(B) the continued use of the property as a sea life park and oceanarium would be unprofitable.

(b) The municipality must sell property under this section only to the highest and best bidder as required for other property sold by the municipality.

(c) The municipality may lease property under this section for another purpose for a term and under such other provisions as agreed to by the governing body.

(d) The municipality shall apply rent received under a lease under Subsection (c) as required by any ordinance authorizing the issuance of certificates of indebtedness secured in whole or in part by revenue derived from the sea life park and oceanarium.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 138.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 138 / Section 138.001
§ 138.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agricultural commodity" has the meaning assigned by Section 41.002, Agriculture Code.

(2) "Agricultural producer" means any producer of an agricultural commodity.

(3) "Food" has the definition assigned by Section 431.002, Health and Safety Code. "Food" does not include:

(A) a cosmetic, as defined by Section 321(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 321 (i));

(B) a drug, as defined by Section 321(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 321(g)), whether prescription or over-the-counter; or

(C) a dietary supplement, as defined by Section 321(ff) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 321(ff)).

(4) "Livestock" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.003, Agriculture Code.

(5) "Livestock producer" means any producer of livestock.

(6) "Manufacturer" means a person lawfully engaged, in the regular course of the person's trade or business, in manufacturing a food.

(7) "Seller" means a person lawfully engaged, in the regular course of the person's trade or business, in marketing, distributing, advertising, or selling a food.

(8) "State" includes each state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and any other territory or possession of the United States and any political subdivision of any of those places.

(9) "Trade association" means any association or business organization, whether or not incorporated under federal or state law, that is not operated for profit and two or more members of which are manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, or sellers of a food.
Tex. Insurance Code § 7002.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 7002 / Section 7002.003
§ 7002.003. VIOLATION; PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

A violation of this chapter may be enforced in the same manner as a violation of Chapter 562 or 7001.
Tex. Government Code § 1506.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1506 / Section 1506.009
§ 1506.009. PERSONNEL; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A municipality may employ personnel necessary to operate a building or other improvement financed under this subchapter. The costs of operation and maintenance of the building or other improvement and the parking lot on which the building or other improvement is located are a first lien against the income from the operation of the facility.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.054 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.054
§ 85.054. ALLOWABLE PRODUCTION OF OIL.
Status: in_force

(a) To prevent unreasonable discrimination in favor of one pool as against another, and on written complaint and proof of such discrimination or if the commission on its own initiative finds such an action to be necessary, the commission may allocate or apportion the allowable production of oil on a fair and reasonable basis among the various pools in the state.

(b) In allocating or ascertaining the reasonable market demand for the entire state, the reasonable market demand of one pool shall not be discriminated against in favor of another pool.

(c) The commission may determine the reasonable market demand of the respective pool as the basis for determining the allotments to be assigned to the respective pool so that discrimination may be prevented.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.062 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.062
§ 1702.062. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall establish reasonable and necessary fees that produce sufficient revenue to administer this chapter. The fees may not produce unnecessary fund balances.

(b) The department may charge a fee each time the department requires a person regulated under this chapter to resubmit a set of fingerprints for processing by the department during the application process for a company license, individual license, or security officer commission. The commission shall set the fee in an amount that is reasonable and necessary to cover the administrative expenses related to processing the fingerprints.

(c) A person whose pocket card has not expired is not eligible to receive from the department another pocket card in the same classification in which the pocket card is held.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.202 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.202
§ 457.202.
Status: in_force

Sec. 457.202. ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE PROGRAM: EXCEPTIONS. (a) An authority may make exceptions to the requirements of Section 457.201 if the authority certifies the facts described by Subsection (b).

(b) A certification under this section must state that:

(1) the authority's vehicles will be operating primarily in an area in which neither the authority nor a supplier has or can reasonably be expected to establish a central refueling station for compressed natural gas or other alternative fuel; or

(2) the authority is unable to acquire or be provided equipment or refueling facilities necessary to operate vehicles using compressed natural gas or other alternative fuel at a project cost that is reasonably expected to result in no greater net cost than the continued use of traditional gasoline or diesel fuel measured over the expected useful life of the equipment or facilities supplied.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7924.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7924 / Section 7924.052
§ 7924.052. 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 7924.003; 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 7924.003 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 7924.003; 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 9037.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9037 / Section 9037.102
§ 9037.102. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT 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 51, Water Code, applicable to water control and improvement districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including the powers and duties that relate to the disposal of waste and control of storm water under Section 51.331, Water Code, as limited by this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.1031 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.1031
§ 1201.1031. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall require that an applicant for a license or renewal of an unexpired license submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the board, to the department or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information from the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The applicant is required to submit a set of fingerprints only once under this section unless a replacement set is otherwise needed to complete the criminal history check required by this section.

(b) The department shall refuse to issue a license to or renew the license of a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).

(c) The department shall conduct a criminal history check of each applicant for a license or renewal of a license using information:

(1) provided by the individual under this section; and

(2) made available to the department by the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code.

(d) The department may enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Safety to administer a criminal history check required under this section.

(e) The applicant shall pay the cost of a criminal history check under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.054
§ 773.054. APPLICATIONS FOR PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to an application for:

(1) examination for certification of emergency medical services personnel;

(2) approval of a course or training program; or

(3) certification of a program instructor, examiner, or course coordinator.

(b) Each application must be made to the department on a form prescribed by the department and under department rules.

(c) Each application under Subsection (a)(3) must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of not more than $30 for a program instructor or examiner or $60 for a course coordinator. The department may not require a fee for a certification from an instructor, examiner, or coordinator who does not receive compensation for providing services.

(d) Each application under Subsection (a)(2) must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of not more than $30 for a basic course or training program or $60 for an advanced course or training program. The department may not require a fee for approval of a course or training program if the course coordinator or sponsoring agency does not receive compensation for providing the course or training program.
Tex. Government Code § 43.1775 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.1775
§ 43.1775.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.1775. 329TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of the 329th Judicial District elect a district attorney.

(b) The district attorney represents the state and performs the duties of prosecutor in all criminal matters before the district and county courts in Wharton County.

(c) At the request of the county attorney, the district attorney may assist the county attorney in the prosecution of juvenile cases under Title 3, Family Code.
Tex. Government Code § 24.445 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.445
§ 24.445.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.445. 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FORT BEND COUNTY). The 268th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.160
§ 1005.160. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money if the board declares that there is an emergency because money is not available to meet authorized obligations of the district.

(b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenues that are not pledged to pay any bonded indebtedness of the district;

(2) a district tax to be imposed by the district in the next 12-month period that is not pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or

(3) a district bond that has been authorized but not sold.

(c) If a tax or bond is pledged to pay the loan, the loan shall mature not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. If revenues of the district are pledged for payment of the loan, the loan shall mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.

(d) The district may not spend money obtained from a loan under this section for any purpose other than:

(1) the purpose for which the board declared the emergency; or

(2) if a tax or bond is pledged to pay the loan, the purpose for which the pledged tax was imposed or the pledged bond was authorized.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4015.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4015 / Section 4015.0305
§ 4015.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.072 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.072
§ 53.072. EFFECT OF CERTAIN LAWS.
Status: repealed

Any rights acquired under Articles 5388 through 5403, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, before March 15, 1967, are not affected by the repeal of those articles, and the rights, powers, duties, and obligations conferred or imposed by those articles are governed by those repealed articles.
Tex. Labor Code § 411.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 411 / Section 411.004
§ 411.004. EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.
Status: in_force

Except as specifically provided by Subchapter F, this chapter does not create an independent cause of action at law or in equity. This chapter provides the sole remedy for violation of this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 302.106 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 302 / Section 302.106
§ 302.106. FILING FEE.
Status: in_force

The filing fee for a registration statement is $200.
Tex. Election Code § 173.061 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 173 / Section 173.061
§ 173.061. FEE PAID TO COUNTY CHAIR.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 173.0341(c)(2), the county chair shall deposit in the county primary fund each filing fee accompanying an application for a place on the ballot filed with the county chair.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.056 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.056
§ 14.056. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined 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 an employee of the office 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.), and its subsequent amendments, if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in an industry regulated by the office; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in an industry regulated by the office.

(c) A person may not act as the general counsel to the office 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 office.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5251 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5251
§ 54.5251. STUDENT FITNESS AND RECREATIONAL FEE; TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may charge each student enrolled at a component institution of the system a student fitness and recreational fee in an amount not to exceed:

(1) $125 for each regular semester or each summer session of more than six weeks; or

(2) $62.50 for each summer session of six weeks or less.

(b) The fee may be used only for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or improving a fitness or recreational facility or for operating a fitness or recreational program at the institution.

(c) The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority vote of the students of the institution who participate in a general student election held for that purpose.

(d) The amount of the fee may not be increased to an amount that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fee as last approved by a student vote under Subsection (c) or this subsection unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the institution who participate in a general student election called for that purpose.

(e) The chief fiscal officer of the institution shall collect the fee and shall deposit the revenue from the fee in an account to be known as the student fitness and recreational account.

(f) The fee is not considered in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be charged under Section 54.503.

(g) The board may permit a person who is not enrolled at the institution to use a facility financed with revenue from the fee imposed at the institution under this section only if:

(1) the person's use will not materially interfere with use of the facility by students of the institution;

(2) the person is charged a fee in an amount that is not less than the amount of the student fee or the total amount of the direct and indirect costs to the institution of providing for the person's use, except that a charge under this subdivision may not be imposed on a person who uses the facility under an existing lifetime contract with the institution for the use of fitness and recreational facilities; and

(3) the person's use will not materially increase the potential liability of the institution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1454.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1454 / Section 1454.102
§ 1454.102. CEASE AND DESIST PROCEDURES AND RESTITUTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may use the cease and desist procedures authorized by Chapter 83 against a health benefit plan issuer that violates this chapter. In accordance with Chapter 83, the commissioner may order the health benefit plan issuer to make complete restitution for the violation, which may include restitution for the reasonable attorney's fees incurred by a person making a complaint under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 836.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 836 / Section 836.004
§ 836.004. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION.
Status: in_force

All annuity and other benefit payments from the retirement system, contribution refunds, and rights accrued or accruing under this subtitle to any person are exempt from garnishment, attachment, state and local taxation, levy, sale, and any other process and are unassignable.
Tex. Government Code § 549.0004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 549 / Section 549.0004
§ 549.0004. CERTAIN MEDICATIONS FOR SEX OFFENDERS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) To the maximum extent allowed under federal law, the commission may not provide a sexual performance enhancing medication under the vendor drug program or any other health and human services program to an individual required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Government Code § 22.1095 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.1095
§ 22.1095. RULES ON ELECTRONIC FILING OF DOCUMENTS FOR CAPITAL CASES IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Subchapter I, Chapter 51, or any other law, the court of criminal appeals may adopt rules and procedures providing for and governing the electronic filing of briefs, pleadings, and other documents for capital cases in that court.

(b) In the adoption of rules and procedures under Subsection (a), the court of criminal appeals shall coordinate with the supreme court and the rules and procedures adopted by that court.
Tex. Government Code § 855.112 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.112
§ 855.112. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system shall keep, in convenient form, data necessary for required computations and valuations by the actuary.

(b) The board of trustees shall keep a permanent record of all of its proceedings.

(c) Records of the board of trustees are open to the public.