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Tex. Agriculture Code § 128.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 128 / Section 128.001
§ 128.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agricultural chemical" includes fertilizer material as defined under Section 63.001, pesticides as defined under Section 76.001, plant regulators as defined under Section 76.001, lime, plant and soil amendments, plant food, herbicides, and chemical compounds that are applied to crops or to land used for growing crops.

(2) "Agricultural seed" has the meaning assigned under Section 61.001.

(3) "Labor" means labor or services performed in the application, delivery, or preparation of an agricultural chemical or agricultural seed.

(4) "Reasonable or agreed charges" means:

(A) any agreed price for agricultural chemicals, agricultural seeds, or labor sold or provided to a lien debtor at the lien debtor's request; or

(B) the reasonable value of agricultural chemicals, agricultural seeds, or labor, as of the date of application, delivery, or preparation, if there is not an agreed price or an agreed method for determining price.
Tex. Family Code § 159.605 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.605
§ 159.605. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:

(1) that a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;

(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 30 days after notice unless the registered order is under Section 159.707;

(3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and

(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, the notice must also:

(1) identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;

(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;

(3) state that the procedures provided in Subsection (b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and

(4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

(d) On registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer under Chapter 158.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3920.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3920 / Section 3920.201
§ 3920.201. CONSENT OF CITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose a tax or issue a bond until the city has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 552.303 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.303
§ 552.303. DELIVERY OF REQUESTED INFORMATION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL; DISCLOSURE OF REQUESTED INFORMATION; ATTORNEY GENERAL REQUEST FOR SUBMISSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental body that requests an attorney general decision under this subchapter shall supply to the attorney general, in accordance with Section 552.301, the specific information requested. Unless the information requested is confidential by law, the governmental body may disclose the requested information to the public or to the requestor before the attorney general makes a final determination that the requested information is public or, if suit is filed under this chapter, before a final determination that the requested information is public has been made by the court with jurisdiction over the suit, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.322.

(b) The attorney general may determine whether a governmental body's submission of information to the attorney general under Section 552.301 is sufficient to render a decision.

(c) If the attorney general determines that information in addition to that required by Section 552.301 is necessary to render a decision, the attorney general shall give written notice of that fact to the governmental body and the requestor.

(d) A governmental body notified under Subsection (c) shall submit the necessary additional information to the attorney general not later than the seventh calendar day after the date the notice is received.

(e) If a governmental body does not comply with Subsection (d), the information that is the subject of a person's request to the governmental body and regarding which the governmental body fails to comply with Subsection (d) is presumed to be subject to required public disclosure and must be released unless there exists a compelling reason to withhold the information.
Tex. Tax Code § 312.210 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 312 / Section 312.210
§ 312.210. AGREEMENT BY TAXING UNITS RELATING TO PROPERTY IN CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Status: repealed

(a) This section applies only to a tax abatement agreement applicable to property located in a reinvestment zone with respect to which a municipality, county, and junior college district have entered into a joint agreement to offer tax abatements exempting from taxation a specified portion of the value of the property in the reinvestment zone.

(b) A tax abatement agreement with the owner of real property or tangible personal property that is located in the reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a) and in a school district that has a local revenue level that does not exceed the level established under Section 48.257, Education Code, must exempt from taxation:

(1) the portion of the value of the property in the amount specified in the joint agreement among the municipality, county, and junior college district; and

(2) an amount equal to 10 percent of the maximum portion of the value of the property that may under Section 312.204(a) be otherwise exempted from taxation.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 4.001(c)(2), eff. September 1, 2019.
Tex. Utilities Code § 102.153 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 102 / Section 102.153
§ 102.153. ACCOUNTS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES.
Status: in_force

A gas utility or municipally owned utility shall keep separate accounts showing profits or losses from the sale or lease of merchandise, including an appliance, a fixture, or equipment.
Tex. Education Code § 31.021 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.021
§ 31.021. STATE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The state instructional materials and technology fund consists of:

(1) an amount set aside by the State Board of Education from the available school fund, in accordance with Section 43.001(d); and

(2) all amounts lawfully paid into the fund from any other source.

(c) Money in the state instructional materials and technology fund shall be used to:

(1) fund the instructional materials and technology allotment, as provided by Section 31.0211;

(2) purchase special instructional materials for the education of blind and visually impaired students in public schools;

(3) pay the expenses associated with the instructional materials adoption and review process and Internet website maintained under this chapter;

(4) pay the expenses associated with the purchase, licensing, printing, or other reproduction of open education resource instructional material;

(5) pay the expenses associated with the purchase of instructional material, including freight and shipping and the insurance expenses associated with freight and shipping;

(6) fund the technology lending grant program established under Section 32.301; and

(7) provide funding to the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

(d) Money transferred to the state instructional materials and technology fund remains in the fund until spent and does not lapse to the state at the end of the fiscal year.
Tex. Government Code § 81.0881 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0881
§ 81.0881. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Ombudsman" means the ombudsman for the attorney discipline system of the state bar.

(2) "System" means the attorney discipline system of the state bar.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8843.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8843 / Section 8843.051
§ 8843.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7933A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7933A / Section 7933A.0106
§ 7933A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 5(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 5(b) 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. Health and Safety Code § 594.043 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 594 / Section 594.043
§ 594.043. DISCHARGE OF RESIDENT.
Status: in_force

A resident who is transferred to a state mental hospital and no longer requires treatment in a state mental hospital or a residential care facility shall be discharged.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 22.028 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.028
§ 22.028.
Status: repealed

Sec. 22.028. ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER: MONITORING. (a) The private electronic benefits transfer (EBT) operator with which the commission contracts to administer the EBT system shall establish procedures to maintain records that monitor all debit transactions relating to EBT client accounts under this section. The EBT operator shall deliver copies of the records to the commission and the comptroller not later than the first day of each month. The commission shall immediately review the records and assess the propriety of the debit transactions.

(b) After reviewing the records under Subsection (a), the commission shall take necessary or advisable action to ensure compliance with EBT rules by the EBT operator, retailers, and clients.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 3.01(4), eff. September 1, 2019.
Tex. Property Code § 92.251 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.251
§ 92.251. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Bedroom" means a room designed with the intent that it be used for sleeping purposes.

(2) "Dwelling unit" means a home, mobile home, duplex unit, apartment unit, condominium unit, or any dwelling unit in a multiunit residential structure. It also means a "dwelling" as defined by Section 92.001.

(3) "Smoke alarm" means a device designed to detect and to alert occupants of a dwelling unit to the visible and invisible products of combustion by means of an audible alarm.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9082.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9082 / Section 9082.0304
§ 9082.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.260 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.260
§ 1002.260. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

A statement made by a person who provides any information compiled by or submitted to the board relating to an applicant is privileged and confidential and may be used only by the board or an employee or agent of the board who is directly involved in the application or licensure process. Confidential information under this section is not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other disclosure in any proceeding.
Tex. Election Code § 172.124 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.124
§ 172.124. REPORTING PRECINCT RESULTS TO SECRETARY OF STATE RELATING TO CANDIDATES WHO FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) For each primary election, the county clerk shall prepare a report of the number of votes, including early voting votes, received in each county election precinct by each candidate for an office, other than a party office, as provided by Section 67.017 for the report of precinct results for a general election.

(a) For each primary election, the county clerk shall prepare a report of the number of votes received in each county election precinct by each candidate for an office, other than a party office, as provided by Section 67.017 for the report of precinct results for a general election.

(b) The county clerk shall deliver the report to the secretary of state not later than the 30th day after primary election day.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the report is subject to the requirements prescribed by Section 67.017 for the report prepared for a general election.

(d) The secretary of state shall create and maintain an electronic system for submission of the report.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7973A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7973A / Section 7973A.0301
§ 7973A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8367.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8367 / Section 8367.103
§ 8367.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.

(b) The district may exercise the powers provided by this section without submitting a petition to or obtaining approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as required by Section 54.234, Water Code.
Tex. Family Code § 156.403 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 156 / Section 156.403
§ 156.403. VOLUNTARY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

A history of support voluntarily provided in excess of the court order does not constitute cause to increase the amount of an existing child support order.
Tex. Election Code § 232.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 232 / Section 232.001
§ 232.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a contest of an election for nomination or election to a public office or an office of a political party.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3841.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3841 / Section 3841.001
§ 3841.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means the Galveston County Management District No. 1.
Tex. Government Code § 511.00905 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 511 / Section 511.00905
§ 511.00905. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR POSITION; EXAMINATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall develop and the commission shall approve an examination for a person assigned to the jail administrator position overseeing a county jail.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules requiring a person, other than a sheriff, assigned to the jail administrator position overseeing a county jail to pass the examination not later than the 180th day after the date the person is assigned to that position. The rules must provide that a person who fails the examination may be immediately removed from the position and may not be reinstated until the person passes the examination.

(c) The sheriff of a county shall perform the duties of the jail administrator position at any time there is not a person available who satisfies the examination requirements of this section.

(d) A person other than a sheriff may not serve in the jail administrator position of a county jail unless the person satisfies the examination requirement of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4020.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4020 / Section 4020.0105
§ 4020.0105. 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 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 bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.133 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.133
§ 161.133. VIOLATION BY CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

If a corporation, including a railroad company or a common carrier, violates a provision of this chapter other than Section 161.048, Subchapter F, or Subchapter G, the county attorney of the county in which the offense occurs shall file and prosecute a civil suit against the corporation on behalf of the state.
Tex. Government Code § 442.0022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.0022
§ 442.0022.
Status: repealed

Sec. 442.0022. COMMISSION MEMBERS: CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) A person may not be a member of the commission and may not be a commission employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of archeology or historic preservation; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of archeology or historic preservation.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1159, Sec. 46, eff. June 15, 2007.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.515 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.515
§ 9.515. DURATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT; EFFECT OF LAPSED FINANCING STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (b)-(g), a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five years after the date of filing.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (e), (f), and (g), an initial financing statement filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction is effective for a period of 30 years after the date of filing if it indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction.

(c) The effectiveness of a filed financing statement lapses on the expiration of the period of its effectiveness unless before the lapse a continuation statement is filed pursuant to Subsection (d). Upon lapse, a financing statement ceases to be effective and any security interest or agricultural lien that was perfected by the financing statement becomes unperfected, unless the security interest is perfected otherwise. If the security interest or agricultural lien becomes unperfected upon lapse, it is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value.

(d) Except as otherwise provided by Section 9.5185(m), a continuation statement may be filed only within six months before the expiration of the five-year period specified in Subsection (a) or the 30-year period specified in Subsection (b), whichever is applicable.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.510, upon timely filing of a continuation statement, the effectiveness of the initial financing statement continues for a period of five years commencing on the day on which the financing statement would have become ineffective in the absence of the filing. Upon the expiration of the five-year period, the financing statement lapses in the same manner as provided in Subsection (c), unless, before the lapse, another continuation statement is filed pursuant to Subsection (d). Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the initial financing statement.

(f) If a debtor is a transmitting utility and a filed initial financing statement so indicates, the financing statement is effective until a termination statement is filed.

(g) A record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under Section 9.502(c) remains effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut until the mortgage is released or satisfied of record or its effectiveness otherwise terminates as to the real property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8478.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8478 / Section 8478.251
§ 8478.251. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.551 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.551
§ 2166.551. CHILD CARE FACILITY IN STATE BUILDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, in consultation with the Child Care Advisory Committee, shall determine whether a child care facility may be included in a state-owned office building constructed after September 1, 1989, that contains 100,000 square feet or more of net usable space.

(b) Before developing a rehabilitation or renovation plan for a project to rehabilitate or renovate substantially an existing state-owned office building containing 100,000 square feet or more of net usable space, the commission, in consultation with the Child Care Advisory Committee, shall determine whether a child care facility may be included in the rehabilitation or renovation project.

(c) The commission shall include a child care facility in a construction, rehabilitation, or renovation project if the commission, in consultation with the Child Care Advisory Committee, determines that the child care facility should be included.