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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.209 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.209
§ 153.209. INTERIM DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this section and Section 153.210, a partner is entitled to receive a distribution from a limited partnership to the extent and at the time or on the occurrence of an event specified in the partnership agreement before:

(1) the partner withdraws from the partnership; and

(2) the winding up of the partnership business.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.433 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.433
§ 151.433. DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN TAXPAYERS PURCHASING TEXAS FARM-RAISED OYSTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Food service establishment" has the meaning assigned by Section 437.001, Health and Safety Code.

(2) "Texas farm-raised oyster" means an oyster cultivated in the waters of this state in accordance with all applicable state and federal regulations.

(b) A taxpayer may deduct from the taxpayer's taxable sales for the year, quarter, or month in which the sale is reported the amount determined under Subsection (c) if the taxpayer owns a food service establishment and purchases Texas farm-raised oysters to be prepared and served at the establishment.

(c) A taxpayer may deduct from the taxpayer's taxable sales for a year, quarter, or month for each food service establishment for which a permit has been issued to the taxpayer under this chapter the amount equal to $5 for every 100 Texas farm-raised oysters purchased for preparation and service at the food service establishment during the year, quarter, or month, as applicable.

(d) The comptroller may require a taxpayer to provide any information the comptroller determines is reasonably necessary to determine the accuracy of the amount deducted by the taxpayer under this section.

(e) The comptroller may adopt rules necessary to implement and administer this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 26.09 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 26 / Section 26.09
§ 26.09. IF ACCUSED REFUSES TO GIVE HIS REAL NAME.
Status: in_force

If the defendant alleges that he is not indicted by his true name, and refuses to say what his real name is, the cause shall proceed as if the name stated in the indictment were true; and the defendant shall not be allowed to contradict the same by way of defense.
Tex. Local Government Code § 205.010 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 205 / Section 205.010
§ 205.010. SECURITY BREACH NOTIFICATION BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Breach of system security" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.053, Business & Commerce Code.

(2) "Sensitive personal information" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.002, Business & Commerce Code.

(b) A local government that owns, licenses, or maintains computerized data that includes sensitive personal information shall comply, in the event of a breach of system security, with the notification requirements of Section 521.053, Business & Commerce Code, to the same extent as a person who conducts business in this state.
Tex. Water Code § 15.736 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.736
§ 15.736. POLITICAL SUBDIVISION PLUMBING IMPROVEMENT LOAN PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION; PLUMBING ASSISTANCE LOAN REPAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision that receives a plumbing assistance loan shall establish and administer a program to make plumbing improvement loans to individuals at an interest rate lower than the current market rate, including charging no interest.

(b) A political subdivision may use the proceeds from a plumbing assistance loan to make a plumbing improvement loan to be used to pay:

(1) costs to connect a residence to a water distribution system;

(2) costs to provide yard service connections;

(3) costs to provide a residence with indoor plumbing facilities and fixtures;

(4) costs of connecting a residence to a sewer collection system or of providing a residence with a suitable on-site wastewater disposal system for the residence to meet applicable county or municipal code requirements;

(5) costs of building improvements or correction of building deficiencies necessary to allow plumbing to be installed in a residence;

(6) necessary connection fees and permit fees; or

(7) necessary costs of design related to plumbing improvements.

(c) The political subdivision shall repay its plumbing assistance loan from the money it receives as repayment of plumbing improvement loans it has made. To the extent the political subdivision is unable to collect the payments on its plumbing improvement loans made from the proceeds of a plumbing assistance loan, the political subdivision is not obligated to repay a plumbing assistance loan.

(d) A political subdivision shall use all reasonable means to collect payments on plumbing improvement loans. The board may bring a mandamus action in a district court in Travis County or may use any other legal means to compel a political subdivision to take action to collect plumbing improvement loan payments.
Tex. Property Code § 113.014 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.014
§ 113.014. PAYMENT OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

A trustee may pay taxes and assessments levied or assessed against the trust estate or the trustee by governmental taxing or assessing authorities.
Tex. Government Code § 2156.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2156 / Section 2156.201
§ 2156.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Multiple award" means the award of a multiple award contract to more than one vendor by the comptroller or a state agency with the intent to order from the vendors who are awarded the contract all of the solicited goods or services necessary to satisfy the actual solicitation requirements for the contract.

(2) "Multiple award contract" has the meaning assigned by Section 2155.501.
Tex. Government Code § 418.045 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.045
§ 418.045. TEMPORARY PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The division may employ or contract with temporary personnel from funds appropriated to the division, from federal funds, or from the disaster contingency fund. The merit system does not apply to the temporary or contract positions.

(b) The division may enroll, organize, train, and equip a cadre of disaster reservists with specialized skills in disaster recovery, hazard mitigation, community outreach, and public information to temporarily augment its permanent staff. The division may activate enrolled disaster reservists to support recovery operations in the aftermath of a disaster or major emergency and pay them at a daily rate commensurate with their qualifications and experience. Chapter 654, Chapter 2254, and Subtitle D, Title 10, do not apply in relation to a disaster reservist under this subsection.
Tex. Penal Code § 8.02 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 8 / Section 8.02
§ 8.02. MISTAKE OF FACT.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a defense to prosecution that the actor through mistake formed a reasonable belief about a matter of fact if his mistaken belief negated the kind of culpability required for commission of the offense.

(b) Although an actor's mistake of fact may constitute a defense to the offense charged, he may nevertheless be convicted of any lesser included offense of which he would be guilty if the fact were as he believed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6002.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6002 / Section 6002.202
§ 6002.202. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

At least 30 days before the expiration date of a registration certificate or license, the state fire marshal shall send written notice of the impending expiration to the holder of the registration certificate or license at the holder's last known address.
Tex. Government Code § 432.066 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.066
§ 432.066. CHALLENGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The military judge and members of a general or special court-martial may be challenged by the accused or the trial counsel for cause stated to the court. The military judge, or, if none, the court, shall determine the relevancy and validity of challenges for cause and may not receive a challenge to more than one person at a time. Challenges by trial counsel shall ordinarily be presented and decided before those by the accused are offered.

(b) Each accused and the trial counsel are entitled to one preemptory challenge, but the military judge may not be challenged except for cause.
Tex. Local Government Code § 252.046 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 252 / Section 252.046
§ 252.046. CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH CURRENT FUNDS TO BE SET ASIDE.
Status: in_force

If an expenditure under the contract is payable by warrants on current funds, the governing body of the municipality by order shall set aside an amount of current funds that will discharge the principal and interest of the warrants. Those funds may not be used for any other purpose, and the warrants must be discharged from those funds and may not be refunded.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.104 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.104
§ 153.104. ENUMERATION OF ACTIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE.
Status: in_force

The enumeration in Section 153.103 does not mean that a limited partner who has acted or acts in another capacity or possesses or exercises another power constitutes participation by that limited partner in the control of the business of the limited partnership.
Tex. Family Code § 152.306 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.306
§ 152.306. ENFORCEMENT OF REGISTERED DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state may grant any relief normally available under the law of this state to enforce a registered child custody determination made by a court of another state.

(b) A court of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, except in accordance with Subchapter C, a registered child custody determination of a court of another state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.109 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.109
§ 1369.109. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan issuer that violates this subchapter is subject to the enforcement provisions of Subtitle B, Title 2.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.416 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.416
§ 151.416. COMMINGLED RECEIPTS AND TAX.
Status: in_force

A seller who has an accounting system under which the taxes collected under this chapter are commingled with the receipts from the sales of taxable items may compute his taxable receipts by:

(1) subtracting from the total receipts of the seller the receipts from the sales of items that are exempted or are specifically excluded from the taxes imposed by this chapter to obtain a remainder consisting of the commingled receipts from taxable sales and the taxes collected; and

(2) dividing this remainder by one plus the sales tax rate expressed as a decimal fraction to obtain a quotient that is the taxable receipts that may be reported under Section 151.410 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8418.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8418 / Section 8418.102
§ 8418.102. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board of the district shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8315.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8315 / Section 8315.006
§ 8315.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating 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 § 8882.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8882 / Section 8882.052
§ 8882.052. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

The district shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the uniform election date in May of every other year or another date authorized by law.
Tex. Education Code § 38.157 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.157
§ 38.157. RETURN TO PLAY IN PRACTICE OR COMPETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A student removed from an interscholastic athletics practice or competition under Section 38.156 may not be permitted to practice or compete again following the force or impact believed to have caused the concussion until:

(1) the student has been evaluated, using established medical protocols based on peer-reviewed scientific evidence, by a treating physician chosen by the student or the student's parent or guardian or another person with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student;

(2) the student has successfully completed each requirement of the return-to-play protocol established under Section 38.153 necessary for the student to return to play;

(3) the treating physician has provided a written statement indicating that, in the physician's professional judgment, it is safe for the student to return to play; and

(4) the student and the student's parent or guardian or another person with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student:

(A) have acknowledged that the student has completed the requirements of the return-to-play protocol necessary for the student to return to play;

(B) have provided the treating physician's written statement under Subdivision (3) to the person responsible for compliance with the return-to-play protocol under Subsection (c) and the person who has supervisory responsibilities under Subsection (c); and

(C) have signed a consent form indicating that the person signing:

(i) has been informed concerning and consents to the student participating in returning to play in accordance with the return-to-play protocol;

(ii) understands the risks associated with the student returning to play and will comply with any ongoing requirements in the return-to-play protocol;

(iii) consents to the disclosure to appropriate persons, consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191), of the treating physician's written statement under Subdivision (3) and, if any, the return-to-play recommendations of the treating physician; and

(iv) understands the immunity provisions under Section 38.159.

(b) A coach of an interscholastic athletics team may not authorize a student's return to play.

(c) The school district superintendent or the superintendent's designee or, in the case of a home-rule school district or open-enrollment charter school, the person who serves the function of superintendent or that person's designee shall supervise an athletic trainer or other person responsible for compliance with the return-to-play protocol. The person who has supervisory responsibilities under this subsection may not be a coach of an interscholastic athletics team.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.156 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.156
§ 1201.156. ADVERTISEMENT AS OFFER.
Status: in_force

An advertisement relating to manufactured housing is an offer to sell or exchange manufactured housing to consumers.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.4121 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.4121
§ 545.4121. DISMISSAL; OBTAINING CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to an offense committed under Section 545.412.

(b) It is a defense to prosecution of an offense to which this section applies that the defendant provides to the court evidence satisfactory to the court that:

(1) at the time of the offense:

(A) the defendant was not arrested or issued a citation for violation of any other offense;

(B) the defendant did not possess a child passenger safety seat system in the vehicle; and

(C) the vehicle the defendant was operating was not involved in a collision; and

(2) subsequent to the time of the offense, the defendant obtained an appropriate child passenger safety seat system for each child required to be secured in a child passenger safety seat system under Section 545.412(a).
Tex. Water Code § 26.343 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.343
§ 26.343. REGULATED SUBSTANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) Regulated substances under this subchapter include:

(1) a substance defined in Section 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.), but does not include a substance regulated as a hazardous waste under the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6921 et seq.);

(2) petroleum, including crude oil or a fraction of it, that is liquid at standard conditions of temperature and pressure; and

(3) any other substance designated by the commission.

(b) Standard conditions of temperature and pressure under Subdivision (2) of Subsection (a) of this section are 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute.
Tex. Tax Code § 41.62 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 41 / Section 41.62
§ 41.62. SERVICE AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA.
Status: in_force

(a) A sheriff or constable shall serve a subpoena issued as provided by this subchapter.

(b) If the person to whom a subpoena is directed fails to comply, the issuing board or the party requesting the subpoena may bring suit in the district court to enforce the subpoena. If the district court determines that good cause exists for issuance of the subpoena, the court shall order compliance. The district court may modify the requirements of a subpoena that the court determines are unreasonable. Failure to obey the order of the district court is punishable as contempt.

(c) The county attorney or, if there is no county attorney, the district attorney shall represent the board in a suit to enforce a subpoena.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9011.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9011 / Section 9011.003
§ 9011.003. FINDING OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land included in the district will benefit.

(c) The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter is for the benefit of the people of this state and the improvement of their property and industries. The district, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, will be performing an essential public function under the constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.100 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.100
§ 433.100. EMERGENCY WITHDRAWAL OF MARK OR SUSPENSION OF INSPECTION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may immediately withhold the mark of inspection or suspend or withdraw inspection services if:

(1) the department determines that a violation of this chapter presents an imminent threat to public health and safety; or

(2) a person affiliated with the processing establishment impedes an inspection under this chapter.

(b) An affected person is entitled to a review of an action of the department under Subsection (a) in the same manner that a refusal or withdrawal of inspection services may be reviewed under Section 433.028.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.437 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.437
§ 11.437. EXEMPTION FOR COTTON STORED IN WAREHOUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who operates a warehouse used primarily for the storage of cotton for transportation outside of this state may apply for an exemption under Section 11.251 for cotton stored in the warehouse on behalf of all the owners of the cotton. An exemption granted under this section applies to all cotton stored in the warehouse that is eligible to be exempt under Section 11.251. Cotton that is stored in a warehouse covered by an exemption granted under this section and that is transported outside of this state is presumed to have been transported outside of this state within the time permitted by Article VIII, Section 1-j, of the Texas Constitution for cotton to qualify for an exemption under that section.

(b) An exemption granted under this section, once allowed, need not be claimed in subsequent years, and except as provided by Section 11.43(e), the exemption applies to cotton stored in the warehouse until the warehouse changes ownership or the cotton's qualification for the exemption changes. The chief appraiser may, however, require a person who operates a warehouse for which an exemption for cotton has been granted in a prior year to file a new application to confirm the cotton's current qualification for the exemption by delivering a written notice that a new application is required, accompanied by an appropriate application form, to the person.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2104.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2104 / Section 2104.001
§ 2104.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Outdoor music festival" means any form of musical entertainment provided by live performances that occurs on two or more consecutive days or on any two days during a three-day period if:

(A) more than 5,000 persons attend any performance;

(B) any performer or audience member is not within a permanent structure; and

(C) the performance occurs outside the boundaries of a municipality.

(2) "Promoter" means a person who attempts to organize or promote an outdoor music festival, or to solicit funds for the organization or promotion of an outdoor music festival.