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Tex. Local Government Code § 232.207 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.207
§ 232.207. SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

By an order adopted and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court, and after a notice is published in English and Spanish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners court shall for each subdivision:

(1) require a right-of-way on a street or road that functions as a main artery in a subdivision, of a width of not less than 50 feet or more than 100 feet;

(2) require a right-of-way on any other street or road in a subdivision of not less than 40 feet or more than 70 feet;

(3) require that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on collectors or main arteries within the right-of-way be not less than 32 feet or more than 56 feet, and that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on any other street or road be not less than 25 feet or more than 35 feet;

(4) adopt, based on the amount and kind of travel over each street or road in a subdivision, reasonable specifications relating to the construction of each street or road;

(5) adopt reasonable specifications to provide adequate drainage for each street or road in a subdivision in accordance with standard engineering practices;

(6) require that each purchase contract made between a subdivider and a purchaser of land in the subdivision contain a statement describing how and when water, sewer, electricity, and gas services will be made available to the subdivision; and

(7) require that the subdivider of the tract execute a bond in the manner provided by Section 232.209.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.062 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.062
§ 887.062. EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

The following provisions apply to an association:

(1) Subchapter A, Chapter 86; and

(2) Sections 401.051, 401.052, 401.054-401.062, 401.151, 401.152, 401.155, and 401.156.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0509 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0509
§ 9092.0509. TRUST INDENTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) District bonds, including revenue bonds, that are not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured by a trust indenture. The trustee may be a bank with trust powers located inside or outside this state.

(b) A trust indenture, regardless of the existence of a deed of trust or mortgage lien on property, may:

(1) contain any provisions prescribed by the board for the security of the bonds and the preservation of the trust estate;

(2) provide for amendment or modification of the trust indenture;

(3) provide for the issuance of bonds to replace lost or mutilated bonds;

(4) condition the right to spend district money or sell district property on the approval of a licensed engineer selected as provided by the trust indenture; and

(5) provide for the investment of district money.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2172.010 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2172 / Section 2172.010
§ 2172.010. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3974.1002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3974 / Section 3974.1002
§ 3974.1002. CONFLICT OF LAWS.
Status: in_force

In the event of a conflict between this subchapter and any other law, this subchapter prevails.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3971.0604 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3971 / Section 3971.0604
§ 3971.0604. NOTIFICATION OF RATE CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The board shall notify the comptroller of any changes made to the tax rate under this subchapter in the same manner the municipal secretary provides notice to the comptroller under Section 321.405(b), Tax Code.
Tex. Education Code § 51.901 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.901
§ 51.901. LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR OPERATORS OF ATOMIC ENERGY REACTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing boards of the state institutions of higher education, as state agencies, which are or will be constructing and operating atomic energy reactors, or otherwise performing experiments in the field of nuclear science, in cooperation with and licensed by the Atomic Energy Commission, or its successor in function, or any other governmental agency, may purchase liability insurance in any amount not to exceed $250,000, and may pay the premium from funds appropriated for that purpose.

(b) The defense of sovereign immunity shall not be available to or asserted by the insurer in any claim against it or in any cause of action arising or growing out of a nuclear incident.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4151.109 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4151 / Section 4151.109
§ 4151.109. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS FROM FIDUCIARY ACCOUNT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

An administrator may not pay a claim from a fiduciary bank account established under Section 4151.107.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0704 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0704
§ 42.0704. ENFORCEMENT POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a general enforcement policy that describes the commission's approach to enforcement of this chapter.

(b) The enforcement policy must:

(1) summarize the commission's general expectations in enforcing this chapter;

(2) include the methodology required by Subsection (c); and

(3) describe the commission's plan for strengthening its enforcement efforts and for making objective regulatory decisions.

(c) As part of the enforcement policy, the commission shall develop and implement a methodology for determining the appropriate disciplinary action to take against a person who violates this chapter or a commission rule. The methodology must:

(1) provide guidance on when to use each of the available tools of enforcement, including technical assistance, voluntary plans of action, probation, suspension or revocation of a license or registration, denial of a license or registration, administrative penalties, and emergency suspension; and

(2) allow the commission to consider the circumstances of a particular case, including:

(A) the nature and seriousness of the violation, including whether the violation involved the abuse or neglect of a child or resulted in the death or near fatal injury of a child;

(B) any history of previous violations, including a repetition or pattern of violations; and

(C) any aggravating and mitigating factors.

(d) The commission shall make the methodology described by Subsection (c) available to the public, including by posting the methodology on the commission's Internet website.
Tex. Water Code § 5.112 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.112
§ 5.112. PUBLIC TESTIMONY POLICY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall develop and implement policies that will provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commission and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the commission.
Tex. Occupations Code § 261.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 261 / Section 261.104
§ 261.104. COUNTERCLAIM FOR FRIVOLOUS SUIT.
Status: in_force

A dental peer review committee, a person participating in peer review, or any other person named as a defendant in a civil action filed as a result of participation in peer review may file a counterclaim in a pending action or may prove a cause of action in a subsequent suit to recover defense costs, including court costs, attorney's fees, and damages incurred as a result of the civil action, if the plaintiff's original suit is determined:

(1) to be frivolous; or

(2) to have been brought in bad faith.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.707 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.707
§ 152.707. SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each partner is entitled to a settlement of all partnership accounts on winding up the partnership business.

(b) In settling accounts among the partners, the partnership interest of a withdrawn partner that is redeemed under Section 152.610 is credited with a share of any profits for the period after the partner's withdrawal but is charged with a share of losses for that period only to the extent of profits credited for that period.

(c) The profits and losses that result from the liquidation of the partnership property must be credited and charged to the partners' capital accounts.

(d) The partnership shall make a distribution to a partner in an amount equal to that partner's positive balance in the partner's capital account. Except as provided by Section 152.304(b) or 152.801, a partner shall contribute to the partnership an amount equal to that partner's negative balance in the partner's capital account.
Tex. Government Code § 1504.254 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.254
§ 1504.254. PLEDGE OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter must be secured by a pledge of and be payable from all or a designated part of the revenue from the cultural or parking facility for which the bonds are issued, as provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

(b) The pledge securing the bonds is inferior to any previous pledge of the revenue for the payment of revenue bonds or refunding bonds that are outstanding.

(c) A municipality that leases as lessee a cultural or parking facility described by Section 1504.252 may pledge all or part of the revenue from the facility to the lease payments the municipality must make.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 75.0106 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 75 / Section 75.0106
§ 75.0106. PROHIBITED ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) No person may sell or barter, or offer to sell or barter, a cultivated oyster, except as authorized by this chapter.

(b) No person may place a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters, except as authorized by Section 75.01045.

(c) In this subsection, "coastal public land" has the meaning assigned by Section 33.004, Natural Resources Code. Regardless of whether a person holds a permit under this chapter, no person may place a structure related to cultivated oyster mariculture on coastal public land unless the person first obtains a lease or easement under Chapter 33 or 51, Natural Resources Code.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.402 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.402
§ 43.402. SALTWATER SPORTFISHING STAMP REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c) of this section, no person may engage in fishing in saltwater for sporting purposes in this state, or unload in this state fish or other aquatic life taken for sporting purposes from waters managed by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council established under the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq.), unless the person has acquired a saltwater sportfishing stamp endorsement issued to the person by the department. The commission by rule may prescribe requirements relating to possessing a stamp endorsement required by this subchapter.

(b) A person who is exempted from obtaining a fishing license under Chapter 46 is not required to obtain a saltwater sportfishing stamp endorsement.

(c) The commission by regulation may exempt a person from the stamp requirement of this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 311.039 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 311 / Section 311.039
§ 311.039. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

A hospital may, but is not required to, provide the data required by Section 311.033 if the hospital:

(1) is exempt from state franchise, sales, ad valorem, or other state or local taxes; and

(2) does not seek or receive reimbursement for providing health care services to patients from any source, including:

(A) the patient or any person legally obligated to support the patient;

(B) a third party payor; or

(C) Medicaid, Medicare, or any other federal, state, or local program for indigent health care.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 576.010 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 576 / Section 576.010
§ 576.010. NOTIFICATION OF TRUST EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time a patient is admitted to an inpatient mental health facility for voluntary or involuntary inpatient mental health services, the facility shall provide to the patient, and the parent if the patient is a minor or the guardian of the person of the patient, written notice, in the person's primary language, that a trust that qualifies under Section 552.018 is not liable for the patient's support. In addition, the facility shall ensure that, within 24 hours after the patient is admitted to the facility, the notification is explained to the patient:

(1) orally, in simple, nontechnical terms in the patient's primary language, if possible; or

(2) through a means reasonably calculated to communicate with a patient who has an impairment of vision or hearing, if applicable.

(b) Notice required under Subsection (a) must also be attached to any request for payment for the patient's support.

(c) This section applies only to state-operated mental health facilities.
Tex. Local Government Code § 552.071 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 552 / Section 552.071
§ 552.071. CORRECTIONS; REASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If an assessment is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the governing body of the municipality may correct any deficiency in the proceedings relating to the assessment or any mistake or irregularity in connection with the assessment. The governing body may make and levy reassessments after a notice and hearing that comply as nearly as possible with the requirements for the original notice and hearing, and subject to the provisions relating to special benefits. A recital in a certificate issued as evidence of a reassessment has the same force as a recital in a certificate related to an original assessment.

(b) A person who owns or claims an interest in property against which a reassessment is levied has the same right of appeal provided under this subchapter for an original assessment. If the person does not appeal within 15 days after the date of the hearing relating to the reassessment, the provisions of Section 552.069 relating to waiver, bar, estoppel, and defense apply.
Tex. Water Code § 17.963 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.963
§ 17.963. PAYMENT OF BOARD OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall cooperate with the comptroller to develop procedures for the payment of principal and interest on water financial assistance bonds and any obligation under a bond enhancement agreement, as the same become due and owing.

(b) If there is not enough money in any account of the fund available to pay the principal and interest on water financial assistance bonds issued for such account, including money to make payments by the board under a bond enhancement agreement with respect to principal or interest on such water financial assistance bonds, the board shall notify the comptroller of such occurrence, and the comptroller shall transfer out of the first money coming into the state treasury not otherwise appropriated by the constitution the amount required to pay the obligations of the board that are due and owing. The comptroller shall make the transfers required by Section 49-d-8, Article III, Texas Constitution, and this subchapter in the manner specified in the resolution.
Tex. Education Code § 33.904 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.904
§ 33.904. LIAISON FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN IN CONSERVATORSHIP OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall:

(1) appoint at least one employee to act as a liaison officer to facilitate the enrollment in or transfer to a public school or open-enrollment charter school of a child in the district or area served by the charter school who is in the conservatorship of the state; and

(2) submit the liaison's name and contact information to the agency in a format and under the schedule determined by the commissioner.

(b) The agency shall provide information to the liaisons on practices for facilitating the enrollment in or transfer to a public school or open-enrollment charter school of children who are in the conservatorship of the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7931A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7931A / Section 7931A.0303
§ 7931A.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. Special District Local Laws Code § 9061.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9061 / Section 9061.201
§ 9061.201. ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue tax bonds, revenue bonds, or tax and revenue bonds to provide money for any purpose of this chapter, including the acquisition of land.

(b) The district must issue bonds in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, except that the district may issue bonds payable solely from net revenue by resolution or order of the board without an election.

(c) Bonds issued under this subchapter may be payable from all or any designated part of the revenue of district property and facilities or under a specific contract, as provided in the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.161 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.161
§ 521.161. EXAMINATION OF LICENSE APPLICANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the department shall examine each applicant for a driver's license. The examination shall be held in the county in which the applicant resides or applies not later than the 10th day after the date on which the application is made.

(b) The examination must include:

(1) a test of the applicant's:

(A) vision;

(B) ability to identify and understand highway signs in English that regulate, warn, or direct traffic;

(C) knowledge of the traffic laws of this state;

(D) knowledge of motorists' rights and responsibilities in relation to bicyclists; and

(E) knowledge of the effect of using a wireless communication device, or engaging in other actions that may distract a driver, on the safe or effective operation of a motor vehicle;

(2) a demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle of the type that the applicant will be licensed to operate; and

(3) any additional examination the department finds necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely.

(c) The department shall give each applicant the option of taking the parts of the examination under Subsections (b)(1)(B), (C), (D), and (E) in writing in addition to or instead of through a mechanical, electronic, or other testing method. If the applicant takes that part of the examination in writing in addition to another testing method, the applicant is considered to have passed that part of the examination if the applicant passes either version of the examination. The department shall inform each person taking the examination of the person's rights under this subsection.

(d) On payment of the required fee, an applicant is entitled to three examinations of each element under Subsection (b) for each application to qualify for a driver's license. If the applicant has not qualified after the third examination, the applicant must submit a new application accompanied by the required fee.

(e) The department may not issue a driver's license to a person who has not passed each examination required under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7968A.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7968A / Section 7968A.0105
§ 7968A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Utilities Code § 52.007 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 52 / Section 52.007
§ 52.007. TARIFF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PROVIDERS NOT SUBJECT TO RATE OF RETURN REGULATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a telecommunications provider that is not subject to rate of return regulation under Chapter 53.

(b) A telecommunications provider:

(1) may, but is not required to, maintain on file with the commission tariffs, price lists, or customer service agreements governing the terms of providing service;

(2) may make changes in its tariffs, price lists, and customer service agreements in relation to services that are not subject to regulation without commission approval; and

(3) may cross-reference its federal tariff in its state tariff if the provider's intrastate switched access rates are the same as the provider's interstate switched access rates.

(c) A telecommunications provider may withdraw a tariff, price list, or customer service agreement not required to be filed or maintained with the commission under this section if the telecommunications provider:

(1) files written notice of the withdrawal with the commission; and

(2) notifies its customers of the withdrawal and posts the current tariffs, price lists, or generic customer service agreements on the telecommunications provider's Internet website.

(d) The commission may not require a telecommunications provider to withdraw a tariff, price list, or customer service agreement.

(d-1) The commission may not require a nondominant carrier to obtain advance approval for a filing with the commission or a posting on the nondominant carrier's Internet website that adds, modifies, withdraws, or grandfathers a retail service or the service's rates, terms, or conditions.

(d-2) In this subsection, "deregulated company" and "transitioning company" have the meanings assigned by Section 65.002. The commission may not require a deregulated company or transitioning company to obtain advance approval for a filing with the commission or a posting on the company's Internet website that adds, modifies, withdraws, or grandfathers:

(1) a nonbasic retail service or the service's rates, terms, or conditions; or

(2) for a market that has been deregulated, a basic network service or the service's rates, terms, or conditions.

(d-3) Unless an interconnection agreement contract specifies otherwise, an incumbent local exchange carrier shall continue to provide to affected resellers of retail services the same notice of rate changes or withdrawal of detariffed services that it was required to provide prior to detariffing.

(e) This section does not affect the authority of the commission to regulate wholesale services, or administer or enforce Chapter 56 or any other applicable regulation permitted or required under this title.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 602.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 602 / Section 602.004
§ 602.004. MISTAKEN DELIVERY.
Status: in_force

A person who receives unsolicited goods as the result of a bona fide mistake shall return the goods. The sender has the burden of proof as to the mistake.
Tex. Government Code § 4005.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.051
§ 4005.051. SCOPE OF EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Except as expressly provided otherwise in this title, this title does not apply to a security described by this subchapter when offered for sale, sold, or dealt in by a registered dealer or a registered dealer's agent.