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Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.201 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.201
§ 41.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means the Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board.

(2) "Claim initiation date" means the earliest date on which a grain buyer:

(A) files for federal bankruptcy protection;

(B) becomes the subject of an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding;

(C) is found to be insolvent by a court or a state or federal licensing agency;

(D) is ordered by a court having jurisdiction to pay a judgment to a grain producer; or

(E) loses its public warehouse license under:

(i) the United States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. Section 241 et seq.); or

(ii) Chapter 14.

(3) "Financial failure" means an event described by Subdivision (2)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (E).

(3-a) "Fund" means the grain producer indemnity fund.

(4) "Grain" means corn, soybeans, wheat, and grain sorghum.

(5) "Grain buyer" means a person who buys grain from a grain producer or stores unsold grain for a grain producer. The term includes:

(A) a purchaser;

(B) a warehouseman;

(C) a processor; or

(D) a commercial handler.

(6) "Grain producer" means a person, including the owner of a farm on which grain is produced, or the owner's tenant or sharecropper, engaged in the business of producing grain or causing grain to be produced for commercial purposes.

(8) "Reinsurance" means an insurance product purchased by the board to reduce the financial risk and capital balance associated with the function of the board.
Tex. Education Code § 38.101 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.101
§ 38.101. ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a school district annually shall assess the physical fitness of students enrolled in grade three or higher in a course that satisfies the curriculum requirements for physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C).

(b) A school district is not required to assess a student for whom, as a result of disability or other condition identified by commissioner rule, the assessment instrument adopted under Section 38.102 is inappropriate.
Tex. Transportation Code § 730.013 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 730 / Section 730.013
§ 730.013. REDISCLOSURE; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) An authorized recipient of personal information may not redisclose the personal information in the identical or a substantially identical format the personal information was disclosed to the recipient by the applicable agency.

(b) An authorized recipient of personal information may redisclose the information, including redisclosure for compensation, only for a use permitted under Section 730.007.

(c) An authorized recipient who rediscloses personal information obtained from an agency shall be required by that agency to:

(1) maintain for a period of not less than five years records as to any person or entity receiving that information and the permitted use for which it was obtained; and

(2) provide copies of those records to the agency on request.

(c-1) A person who receives personal information under Subsection (b) may not redisclose the personal information, including redisclosure for compensation, to a person who is not an authorized recipient.

(c-2) An authorized recipient shall notify each person who receives personal information from the authorized recipient that the person may not redisclose the personal information to a person who is not an authorized recipient.

(d) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $100,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3807.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3807 / Section 3807.101
§ 3807.101. POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has:

(1) all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created; and

(2) the powers given to a corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, and the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, and maintain projects.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9094.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9094 / Section 9094.0106
§ 9094.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.108
§ 1063.108. TAKEOVER OF NONPROFIT HOSPITAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The district may take over and may accept title to land, buildings, improvements, and equipment of a nonprofit hospital in the district if the governing authority of the hospital and district agree to the transfer.
Tex. Water Code § 13.2551 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.2551
§ 13.2551. COMPLETION OF DECERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) As a condition to decertification or single certification under Section 13.254 or 13.255, and on request by an affected retail public utility, the utility commission may order:

(1) the retail public utility seeking to provide service to a decertified area to serve the entire service area of the retail public utility that is being decertified; and

(2) the transfer of the entire certificate of public convenience and necessity of a partially decertified retail public utility to the retail public utility seeking to provide service to the decertified area.

(b) The utility commission shall order service to the entire area under Subsection (a) if the utility commission finds that the decertified retail public utility will be unable to provide continuous and adequate service at an affordable cost to the remaining customers.

(c) The utility commission shall require the retail public utility seeking to provide service to the decertified area to provide continuous and adequate service to the remaining customers at a cost comparable to the cost of that service to its other customers and shall establish the terms under which the service must be provided. The terms may include:

(1) transferring debt and other contract obligations;

(2) transferring real and personal property;

(3) establishing interim service rates for affected customers during specified times; and

(4) other provisions necessary for the just and reasonable allocation of assets and liabilities.

(d) The retail public utility seeking decertification shall not charge the affected customers any transfer fee or other fee to obtain service other than the retail public utility's usual and customary rates for monthly service or the interim rates set by the utility commission, if applicable.

(e) The utility commission shall not order compensation to the decertificated retail utility if service to the entire service area is ordered under this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.159 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.159
§ 651.159. DEFAULT CHARGE.
Status: in_force

A premium finance agreement may provide for the payment of a default charge by the insured as provided by Section 342.203, Finance Code, this code, or a rule adopted under those statutes.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.408 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.408
§ 348.408. OUTSTANDING BALANCE INFORMATION; PAYMENT IN FULL.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a retail installment contract who gives the retail buyer or the buyer's designee outstanding balance information relating to the contract is bound by that information and shall honor that information for a reasonable time.

(b) If the retail buyer or the buyer's designee tenders to the holder as payment in full an amount derived from that outstanding balance information, the holder shall:

(1) accept the amount as payment in full; and

(2) release the holder's lien against the motor vehicle within a reasonable time not later than the 10th day after the date on which the amount is tendered.

(c) A retail seller must pay in full the outstanding balance of a vehicle traded in not later than the 25th day after the date that:

(1) the retail installment contract is signed by the retail buyer and the retail buyer receives delivery of the motor vehicle; and

(2) the retail seller receives delivery of the motor vehicle traded in and the necessary and appropriate documents to transfer title from the buyer.
Tex. Education Code § 31.0751 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0751
§ 31.0751. OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL TRANSITION PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), to qualify for additional state aid under Section 48.308 the board of trustees of a school district must adopt an open education resource instructional material transition plan to assist classroom teachers in the district who will be using an open education resource instructional material in a specific subject or grade level for which the teacher has not previously used an open education resource instructional material.

(b) A plan adopted under this section must ensure that open education resource instructional materials are used in a manner that maintains the instructional flexibility of a classroom teacher to address the needs of each student.

(c) A school district that participates in the program developed and maintained by the agency under Section 31.0752 is not required to adopt a transition plan under this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 335.0535 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 335 / Section 335.0535
§ 335.0535. TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IMPACT ANALYSIS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the resolution contains a proposed sales and use tax under Subchapter D, Chapter 334, and imposition of the tax would result in the reduction of the tax rate of a rapid transit authority created under Chapter 451, Transportation Code, or a regional transportation authority created under Chapter 452, Transportation Code, the district shall send a copy of the resolution to the authority before calling an election on the resolution under Section 335.054.

(b) Before the 30th day after the date the rapid transit authority receives the copy of the resolution, the authority shall:

(1) perform an analysis to determine if implementation of the proposed sales and use tax and the resulting reduction in the authority's tax rate will:

(A) have a significant negative impact on the authority's ability to provide services; or

(B) impair any existing contracts; and

(2) provide to the district written notice of the results of the analysis.

(c) If the rapid transit authority determines that implementation of the resolution will have a significant negative impact on the authority's ability to provide services or will impair any existing contracts, the written analysis required under Subsection (b)(2) must include information on how to change the resolution so that implementation will not have a significant negative impact on the authority's ability to provide service or will not impair any existing contracts.

(d) If the rapid transit authority does not complete the analysis and provide the notice before the 30th day after the date the authority receives the copy of the resolution, the authority is considered to have determined that implementation of the resolution will not have a significant negative impact on the authority's ability to provide services and will not impair any existing contracts.
Tex. Election Code § 181.063 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 181 / Section 181.063
§ 181.063. HOUR AND PLACE OF PRECINCT AND COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
Status: in_force

The hours and places for convening the county convention and precinct conventions held under this chapter shall be set as provided by Section 174.022 for setting the hours and places of precinct conventions of a party holding a primary election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3921.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3921 / Section 3921.107
§ 3921.107. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8449.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8449 / Section 8449.102
§ 8449.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) Section 54.016(f), Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 119.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 119 / Section 119.052
§ 119.052. COMPOSITION OF NETWORK.
Status: in_force

The network consists of experts in:

(1) general public health and other medical fields;

(2) mental health;

(3) nursing;

(4) pharmacy;

(5) social work;

(6) health economics;

(7) health policy and law;

(8) epidemiology;

(9) biostatistics;

(10) health informatics;

(11) health services research;

(12) engineering; and

(13) computer science.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8072.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8072 / Section 8072.0306
§ 8072.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8072.0103 to confirm the creation of the district.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8072.0103.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8072.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.
Tex. Estates Code § 453.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 453 / Section 453.005
§ 453.005. REMARRIAGE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE.
Status: in_force

The remarriage of a surviving spouse does not terminate the surviving spouse's powers as a surviving partner.
Tex. Property Code § 51.0021 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0021
§ 51.0021. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A debtor shall inform the mortgage servicer of the debt in a reasonable manner of any change of address of the debtor for purposes of providing notice to the debtor under Section 51.002.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.154 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.154
§ 1158.154. REPORT; PASSAGE OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

The guardian of the estate shall promptly report to the court a sale of livestock, supported by a verified copy of the commission merchant's account of the sale. A court order of confirmation is not required to pass title to the purchaser of the livestock.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.904 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.904
§ 39A.904. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

An employee, volunteer, or contractor acting on behalf of the commissioner under this chapter, or a member of a board of managers appointed by the commissioner under this chapter, is immune from civil liability to the same extent as a professional employee of a school district under Section 22.051.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.301
§ 462.301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF ASSOCIATION IN CONNECTION WITH PAYMENT OF COVERED CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The association shall investigate and adjust, compromise, settle, and pay covered claims to the extent of the association's obligation and deny all other claims.

(b) The association may review a settlement, release, or judgment to which an impaired insurer or the impaired insurer's insured was a party to determine the extent to which the settlement, release, or judgment may be properly contested.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.301
§ 1037.301. DISSOLUTION; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order an election on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's assets and obligations.

(c) The board shall order an election if the board receives a petition requesting an election that is signed by at least 15 percent of the registered voters in the district.

(d) The election must be ordered in accordance with Section 3.005, Election Code. The order calling the election must state:

(1) the nature of the election, including the proposition to appear on the ballot;

(2) the date of the election;

(3) the hours during which the polls will be open; and

(4) the location of the polling places.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.113 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.113
§ 32.113. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the statute specifically states that the statute applies to the board, the following statutes do not apply to the board:

(1) a statute that would require the board to provide a notice or disclosure to a buyer of real property; and

(2) a statute relating to the sale, purchase, or financing of real property by an executory contract, including a contract for deed or other similar sale.

(b) This section does not affect the application of a statute described by Subsection (a)(2) to a party involved in a transaction with the board.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.055 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.055
§ 42.055. SIGN POSTING.
Status: in_force

(a) Each child-care facility shall post in a location that is conspicuous to all employees and customers a sign that includes:

(1) a description of the provisions of the Family Code relating to the duty to report child abuse or neglect;

(2) a description of the penalties for violating the reporting provisions of the Family Code; and

(3) a brief description of sudden infant death syndrome, shaken-baby syndrome, and childhood diabetes and methods for preventing those phenomena.

(a-1) A licensed day-care center, licensed group day-care home, or registered family home subject to Section 42.0423 shall include in the sign required under Subsection (a) a description of how to access a listing of unsafe children's products on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission's Internet website or through the department's public Internet website.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall determine the design, size, and wording of the sign.

(c) The department shall provide the sign to each child-care facility without charge.

(d) A person who operates a child-care facility commits an offense if the department provides a sign to the facility as provided by this section and the person intentionally fails to display the sign in the facility as prescribed by this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 3002.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3002 / Section 3002.101
§ 3002.101. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision or state agency that violates this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of:

(1) $25,000 for the first violation; and

(2) $125,000 for the second or a subsequent violation.

(b) Each day of a continuing violation of this chapter constitutes a separate violation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 14.04 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 14 / Section 14.04
§ 14.04. WHEN FELONY HAS BEEN COMMITTED.
Status: in_force

Where it is shown by satisfactory proof to a peace officer, upon the representation of a credible person, that a felony has been committed, and that the offender is about to escape, so that there is no time to procure a warrant, such peace officer may, without warrant, pursue and arrest the accused.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.052
§ 281.052. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO SELL, LEASE, AND PURCHASE FACILITIES FOR DISTRICT PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county in which a district is created under this chapter may sell real or personal property in order to enter into a contract to:

(1) lease or rent buildings, land, facilities, equipment, or services from others for district purposes;

(2) construct, repair, renovate, improve, or enlarge buildings, land, facilities, or equipment for district purposes; and

(3) pay regular monthly utility bills, including electricity, gas, and water bills, for the leased or rented buildings, land, facilities, equipment, or services.

(b) The commissioners court may pay for the facilities, equipment, and services and for the regular monthly utility bills for those facilities, equipment, and services from the county's general fund if a majority of the commissioners court considers the facilities, equipment, and services essential to the proper administration of the county.

(c) A construction project under this section shall be let by contract. The contract must contain the prevailing wage for mechanics, laborers, and other persons employed in the project. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court shall set the prevailing wage in the amount set by the commissioners court for all construction projects involving the expenditure of county funds.

(d) On or before the expiration of the lease or rental contract, the county may purchase the facilities with county general funds if a majority of the commissioners court considers the purchase price reasonable.