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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.358 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.358
§ 18A.358. SUPPRESSION OF CONTENTS OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An aggrieved person charged with an offense in a trial, hearing, or proceeding in or before a court, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, or other authority of the United States, this state, or a political subdivision of this state may move to suppress the contents of an intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication or evidence derived from the communication on the ground that:

(1) the communication was unlawfully intercepted;

(2) the interception order is insufficient on its face; or

(3) the interception was not made in conformity with the interception order.

(b) A person identified by a party to an intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication during the course of that communication may move to suppress the contents of the communication on:

(1) a ground provided under Subsection (a); or

(2) the ground that the harm to the person resulting from the person's identification in court exceeds the value to the prosecution of the disclosure of the contents.

(c) The motion to suppress must be made before the trial, hearing, or proceeding unless:

(1) there was not an opportunity to make the motion; or

(2) the aggrieved person was not aware of the grounds of the motion.

(d) The hearing on the motion to suppress shall be held in camera on the written request of the aggrieved person.

(e) If the motion to suppress is granted, the contents of the intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication and evidence derived from the communication shall be treated as having been obtained in violation of this chapter.

(f) The judge, on the filing of the motion to suppress by the aggrieved person, shall make available to the aggrieved person or the person's counsel for inspection any portion of the intercepted communication or evidence derived from the communication that the judge determines to make available in the interest of justice.

(g) A judge of this state, on hearing a pretrial motion regarding conversations intercepted by wire in accordance with this chapter, or who otherwise becomes informed that there exists on such an intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication identification of a specific individual who is not a suspect or a party to the subject of interception shall:

(1) give notice and an opportunity to be heard on the matter of suppression of references to that individual if identification is sufficient to give notice; or

(2) suppress references to that individual if identification is:

(A) sufficient to potentially cause embarrassment or harm that outweighs the probative value, if any, of the mention of that individual; and

(B) insufficient to require the notice under Subdivision (1).
Tex. Election Code § 212.087 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 212 / Section 212.087
§ 212.087. PROCESSING APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

An application for including remaining paper ballot precincts is subject to review, amendment, and action by the recount coordinator in the same manner as a petition submitted under this subchapter, except that Section 212.084 does not apply.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.656 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.656
§ 901.656. SCHOLARSHIP REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the maximum amount of any scholarship awarded under this subchapter. The scholarship may be spent by the recipient on the expenses for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and living expenses incurred by the accounting student in connection with the student's study in an accounting program. Scholarships shall be made available to eligible students attending:

(1) any institution of higher education; or

(2) any nonprofit independent institution approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 61.222, Education Code.

(b) The board may award a scholarship under this subchapter only to an eligible student who intends to take the uniform CPA examination conducted by the board for the purpose of granting a certificate of "certified public accountant." An applicant for a scholarship under this subchapter shall state such an intent by filing a form provided by the board stating an intent to take the examination.

(c) A scholarship under this subchapter shall be paid to the recipient in the form of periodic partial payments throughout the school year. The board by rule shall determine the manner in which these payments are made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8149.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8149 / Section 8149.002
§ 8149.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Harris County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 50.001 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 50 / Section 50.001
§ 50.001. COMBINATION LICENSES AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue to residents of this state a combination hunting and fishing license.

(b) The department may issue to a resident of this state a lifetime combination hunting and fishing license.

(c) The commission shall establish combination licenses or license packages for hunting, fishing, and other activities. The commission may set fees for those combination licenses or license packages. The fees set for combination licenses or license packages shall be less than the fees for the individual licenses, permits, or stamps that are combined in the combination licenses or license packages.

(d) Notwithstanding Sections 43.204, 43.405, and 43.805, the commission shall allocate net revenue to individual stamp funds from the sale of stamps that are included in a combination license package according to a methodology the commission establishes. The methodology must incorporate:

(1) the proportionate discounted price of each stamp;

(2) the estimated utilization of each stamp; or

(3) a combination of the methods described by Subdivisions (1) and (2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.201
§ 1087.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose relating to:

(1) the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair, or renovation of buildings and improvements; and

(2) equipping buildings and improvements for hospital purposes.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.175 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.175
§ 52.175. LEASE OF OIL AND GAS AFTER FORFEITURE.
Status: in_force

When the relinquishment or agency right herein granted has been forfeited, the land shall be subject to lease for oil and gas under the procedure provided by law for the leasing of unsold surveyed public school lands. The substantive provisions of Subchapter B of this chapter and Subchapters D and E, Chapter 32, of this code shall apply to the oil and gas lease. No oil and gas lease shall be executed which provides for a royalty of less than one-eighth, payable to the state for the benefit of the permanent free school fund. The owner of the soil shall not be entitled to any revenue generated by a lease executed pursuant to this section. Upon the termination or expiration of a lease so executed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the rights of the surface owner to act under this law shall be ipso facto reinstated.
Tex. Labor Code § 310.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 310 / Section 310.001
§ 310.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Member" means a member of the child-care resource and referral network that provides child-care resource and referral services in this state.

(2) "Network" means the child-care resource and referral network administered by a nonprofit public or private organization that contracts with the commission to provide child-care resource and referral services in this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.404 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.404
§ 885.404. MORTALITY TABLES; INTEREST RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) In valuing benefit certificates under Section 885.403, a fraternal benefit society, at the option of the society, may use:

(1) the National Fraternal Congress Table of Mortality, as adopted by the National Fraternal Congress, August 23, 1899;

(2) any table producing reserves in the aggregate at least as great as the reserves produced by the table described by Subdivision (1);

(3) the Commissioners 1941 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table;

(4) the Commissioners 1958 Standard Ordinary Mortality Table; or

(5) except as provided by Subsection (e), a table based on the society's own experience of at least 20 years and covering at least 100,000 lives.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a fraternal benefit society may value the society's benefit certificates in accordance with valuation standards otherwise authorized by state law for the valuation of similar policies issued by life insurance companies.

(c) For any category of benefit certificates issued to insure a female risk, a modified net premium or present value referred to in Subchapter B, Chapter 425, may be computed according to an age not more than six years younger than the actual age of the insured.

(d) The interest assumption used with a mortality table described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), or (4) may not be more than 4-1/2 percent a year. The interest assumption used with a mortality table described by Subsection (a)(5) may not be more than four percent a year.

(e) A fraternal benefit society may not use a table based on the society's own experience for a benefit certificate issued on or after January 1, 1989.
Tex. Estates Code § 1106.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1106 / Section 1106.002
§ 1106.002. EXPIRATION OF LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP.
Status: in_force

Letters of guardianship expire one year and four months after the date the letters are issued, unless renewed.
Tex. Government Code § 25A.0171 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25A / Section 25A.0171
§ 25A.0171. ADMINISTRATIVE ATTACHMENT TO OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION; REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The business court is administratively attached to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.

(b) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall provide administrative support to the business court as necessary to enable the business court to carry out its duties under this chapter.

(c) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System may employ personnel necessary to provide administrative support to the business court under this chapter.

(d) Only the business court may exercise the duties of the business court under this chapter. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System does not have any authority or responsibility related to the duties of the business court under this chapter.

(e) Not later than December 1 of each year, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall submit to the legislature a report on the case activity of the business court in the preceding year that includes:

(1) a summary of the caseload of each business court judge in the preceding year;

(2) a summary of the extent to which business court judges have been assigned to hear cases in other divisions to equalize caseloads;

(3) a projection of the expected caseloads of the business court judges for the following two years; and

(4) recommendations regarding action by the legislature, the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court, or the business court to ensure the business court meets existing and projected demand for the business court's services in the following two years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3940.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3940 / Section 3940.205
§ 3940.205. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 8.402 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 8 / Section 8.402
§ 8.402. ASSURANCE THAT INDORSEMENT OR INSTRUCTION IS EFFECTIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) An issuer may require the following assurance that each necessary indorsement or each instruction is genuine and authorized:

(1) in all cases, a guaranty of the signature of the person making an indorsement or originating an instruction, including, in the case of an instruction, reasonable assurance of identity;

(2) if the indorsement is made or the instruction is originated by an agent, appropriate assurance of actual authority to sign;

(3) if the indorsement is made or the instruction is originated by a fiduciary pursuant to Section 8.107(a)(4) or (5), appropriate evidence of appointment or incumbency;

(4) if there is more than one fiduciary, reasonable assurance that all who are required to sign have done so; and

(5) if the indorsement is made or the instruction is originated by a person not covered by another provision of this subsection, assurance appropriate to the case corresponding as nearly as may be to the provisions of this subsection.

(b) An issuer may elect to require reasonable assurance beyond that specified in this section.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Appropriate evidence of appointment or incumbency" means:

(A) in the case of a fiduciary appointed or qualified by a court, a certificate issued by or under the direction or supervision of the court or an officer thereof and dated within 60 days before the date of presentation for transfer; or

(B) in any other case, a copy of a document showing the appointment or a certificate issued by or on behalf of a person reasonably believed by an issuer to be responsible or, in the absence of that document or certificate, other evidence the issuer reasonably considers appropriate.

(2) "Guaranty of the signature" means a guaranty signed by or on behalf of a person reasonably believed by the issuer to be responsible. An issuer may adopt standards with respect to responsibility if they are not manifestly unreasonable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.253
§ 1088.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8405.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8405 / Section 8405.002
§ 8405.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Montgomery County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7928A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7928A / Section 7928A.0101
§ 7928A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 206.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 265.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 265 / Section 265.001
§ 265.001.
Status: in_force

Sec. 265.001. MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 10,000 AND ANY COUNTY. (a) The commissioners court of a county may cooperate with the proper authorities of a municipality with at least 10,000 inhabitants to establish, build, equip, and maintain a hospital in the municipality.

(b) The commissioners court may appropriate funds for the hospital that the commissioners court considers appropriate after a joint conference with the municipal authorities.

(c) The commissioners court and the municipal authorities shall jointly control the management of the hospital.
Tex. Education Code § 132.101 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 132 / Section 132.101
§ 132.101. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Should the applicant be dissatisfied with the denial of a certificate of approval by the commission, the applicant has the right to appeal the decision of the commission and request a hearing with the commission or a hearing officer appointed by the commission within 15 days after receipt of notice. Upon receipt of the request for a hearing, the commission shall set a time and place for the hearing and then send notice to the school of the time and place.

(b) The hearing shall be held within 30 days from the receipt of the request for a hearing.

(c) At the hearing, an applicant may appear in person or by counsel and present evidence to the commission or a hearing officer appointed by the commission in support of the granting of the permit specified herein. All interested persons may also appear and present oral and documentary evidence to the commission or a hearing officer appointed by the commission concerning the issuance of a certificate of approval to the applicant school.

(d) Within 10 days after the hearing, the commission shall send notice to the school either affirming or revoking the denial of the certificate of approval.
Tex. Utilities Code § 17.203 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 17 / Section 17.203
§ 17.203. ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The customer safeguards provided by this subchapter are in addition to safeguards provided by other law or agency rules.

(b) This subchapter does not prohibit a municipality or the commission from adopting customer safeguards that exceed the safeguards provided by this chapter.

(c) The commission by rule shall develop a mechanism by which a municipality may provide the commission with the contact information of the municipality's authorized representative to whom the notice required by Section 17.202 must be sent. The commission shall make the contact information available to the public.
Tex. Water Code § 63.038 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.038
§ 63.038. DECLARATION OF RESULT.
Status: in_force

The court shall canvass the vote and return at the session when it receives the ballot boxes and returns of the election. If it finds that a majority of those voting at the election voted in favor of the proposition, the court shall declare the result of the election to be in favor of the district, issuance of the bonds, and the levy of the tax, and shall enter the following declaration in its minutes:

"Commissioners Court of __________ County, Texas, __________ term A.D. __________, in the matter of the petition of __________ and __________ and others praying for the establishment of a navigation district, and issuance of bonds and levy of taxes in said petition described and designated by the name of __________ Navigation District. Be it known that at an election called for the purpose in said district, held on the __________ day of __________ A.D. __________ a majority of the electors voting thereon voted in favor of the creation of said navigation district, and the issuance of bonds and levy of a tax. Now, therefore, it is considered and ordered by the court that said navigation district be, and the same is hereby established by the name of __________ Navigation District, and that bonds of said district in the amount of __________ dollars be issued, and a tax of __________ cents on the $100, valuation, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be levied upon all property within said navigation district, whether real, personal, mixed or otherwise, sufficient in amount to pay the interest on such bonds and provide a sinking fund to redeem that at maturity, and that if said tax shall at any time become insufficient for such purpose same shall be increased until same is sufficient. The metes and bounds of said district being as follows: (Giving metes and bounds)."
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.206 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.206
§ 451.206. USE OF REVENUE FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Revenue received from the collection of the authority's sales and use tax at the rate equal to the amount of the rate increase adopted under this subchapter may be used only to finance a project described in the ballot proposition.

(b) The dedication of revenue under Subsection (a) expires on the fifth anniversary of the date the sales and use tax rate increase takes effect in the authority.

(c) Money not used for the regional economic development facilities portion of a station or terminal complex may be used for other purposes.
Tex. Estates Code § 2001.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.102
§ 2001.102. DISCLOSURE OF OTHER DIGITAL ASSETS OF DECEASED USER.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the deceased user prohibited disclosure of digital assets or the court directs otherwise, a custodian shall disclose to the personal representative of the estate of a deceased user a catalog of electronic communications sent or received by the user and digital assets, other than the content of an electronic communication, of the user if the representative gives the custodian:

(1) a written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;

(2) a certified copy of the death certificate of the user; and

(3) a certified copy of letters testamentary or of administration, a small estate affidavit filed under Section 205.001, or other court order.

(b) In addition to the items required to be given to the custodian under Subsection (a), the personal representative shall provide the following if requested by the custodian:

(1) a number, user name, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the deceased user's account;

(2) evidence linking the account to the user;

(3) an affidavit stating that disclosure of the user's digital assets is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate; or

(4) a finding by the court that:

(A) the deceased user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in Subdivision (1); or

(B) disclosure of the user's digital assets is reasonably necessary for administration of the estate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3908.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3908 / Section 3908.105
§ 3908.105. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) As provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1031.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1031 / Section 1031.053
§ 1031.053. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must:

(1) be a district resident; and

(2) have resided in the district for at least six months immediately preceding the date on which the person:

(A) files for election; or

(B) is appointed or elected as provided by Section 1031.055, if filling a vacancy in the office of director.
Tex. Water Code § 17.970 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.970
§ 17.970. ENFORCEMENT BY MANDAMUS.
Status: in_force

Payment of water financial assistance bonds and obligations incurred under bond enhancement agreements and performance of official duties prescribed by Section 49-d-8, Article III, Texas Constitution, and this subchapter may be enforced in a court of competent jurisdiction by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 71.053 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 71 / Section 71.053
§ 71.053. COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

With respect to land owned by the city or town or other land owned by the political subdivisions, the drilling or spacing units may not be more than the minimum number of acres on which an oil and gas well must be located to comply with the rules or orders of the Railroad Commission of Texas or any other federal or state regulatory body that has authority to control or regulate the spacing of oil and gas wells.