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Tex. Local Government Code § 325.067 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 325 / Section 325.067
§ 325.067. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall name one or more banks to serve as depository for district funds.

(b) District funds, other than those transmitted to a bank of payment for bonds issued by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank. This subsection does not limit the power of the board to place a part of the district's funds on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.

(c) Before the district deposits funds in a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the bank must execute a bond or other security in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the district funds that exceed the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Tex. Utilities Code § 38.003 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 38 / Section 38.003
§ 38.003. RULE OR STANDARD.
Status: in_force

(a) An electric utility may not impose a rule except as provided by this title.

(b) An electric utility may file with the regulatory authority a standard, classification, rule, or practice the utility follows.

(c) The standard, classification, rule, or practice continues in force until:

(1) amended by the utility; or

(2) changed by the regulatory authority as provided by this title.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.317 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.317
§ 2.317. CUMULATION AND CONFLICT OF WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
Status: in_force

Warranties whether express or implied shall be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if such construction is unreasonable the intention of the parties shall determine which warranty is dominant. In ascertaining that intention the following rules apply:

(1) Exact or technical specifications displace an inconsistent sample or model or general language of description.

(2) A sample from an existing bulk displaces inconsistent general language of description.

(3) Express warranties displace inconsistent implied warranties other than an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1304 / Section 1304.102
§ 1304.102. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: repealed

(a) An applicant for registration or registration renewal must submit an application to the executive director.

(b) The application must:

(1) be in the form prescribed by the executive director; and

(2) include evidence satisfactory to the executive director of compliance with the applicable financial security requirements prescribed by Section 1304.151, if the application is for a provider registration or renewal.

(c) The department may refuse to issue or renew a registration, suspend or revoke a registration, or take any other disciplinary action under Subchapter E if the applicant or a controlling person of the applicant:

(1) has violated this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued by the commission or executive director under this chapter;

(2) has made a material misrepresentation or false statement in an application or in any document accompanying an application;

(3) has had a license issued under Title 13, Insurance Code, revoked as provided by that code; or

(4) has had a license or registration as a provider, administrator, or seller revoked in this state or another state.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1081, Sec. 1.20(a)(2), eff. September 1, 2011.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.006 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 131 / Section 131.006
§ 131.006. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The financial transactions of the chief apiary inspector are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.043 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.043
§ 60.043. RESALE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

A holder of a certificate of operating authority or a service provider certificate of operating authority shall permit a local exchange company to resell the holder's loop facilities at the holder's regularly published rates if the local exchange company:

(1) does not have loop facilities; and

(2) has a request for service.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.0024 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.0024
§ 502.0024. EXTENDED REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN TRAILERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 502.044(c), the department shall develop and implement a system of registration to allow an owner of a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer having an actual gross weight or registered gross weight of 7,500 pounds or less to register the vehicle for an extended registration period of not more than five years. The owner may select the number of years for registration under this section within that range and register the vehicle for that period. Payment for all applicable fees, including any optional fee imposed under Subchapter H and other registration fees and the fee required by Section 548.510, for the entire registration period selected is due at the time of registration.

(b) The fee required by Section 548.510 shall be remitted to the comptroller for deposit in the Texas mobility fund, the general revenue fund, and the clean air account in amounts proportionate to the allocation prescribed by Subsection (d) of that section.

(c) The fees imposed under Subchapter H shall be collected and remitted as prescribed by that subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 67.007 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 67 / Section 67.007
§ 67.007. ANNUAL OR SPECIAL MEETING OF RETAIL CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The annual meeting of the members or shareholders of the corporation must be held between January 1 and May 1 at a time specified by the bylaws or the board.

(a-1) A quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the members or shareholders is a majority of the members and shareholders present. In determining whether a quorum is present, all members and shareholders who mailed or delivered ballots to the independent election auditor or the corporation on a matter submitted to a vote at the meeting are counted as present.

(b) The board shall adopt written procedures for conducting an annual or special meeting of the members or shareholders in accordance with this section and Sections 67.0052, 67.0053, and 67.0054. The procedures shall include the following:

(1) notification to eligible members or shareholders of the proposed agenda, location, and date of the meeting;

(2) director election procedures, including candidate application procedures;

(3) approval of the ballot form to be used; and

(4) validation of eligible voters, ballots, and election results.

(c) The board shall adopt an official ballot form to be used in conducting the business of the corporation at any annual or special meeting. No other ballot form will be valid. Ballots from members or shareholders are confidential and are exempted from disclosure by the corporation until after the date of the relevant election.

(d) The board shall select an independent election auditor not later than the 30th day before the scheduled date of the annual meeting. The independent election auditor is not required to be an experienced election judge or auditor and may serve as an unpaid volunteer. At the time of selection and while serving in the capacity of an independent election auditor, the independent election auditor may not be associated with the corporation as:

(1) an employee;

(2) a director or candidate for director; or

(3) an independent contractor engaged by the corporation as part of the corporation's regular course of business.

(e) This section applies only to a corporation that provides retail water or sewer service.
Tex. Education Code § 12.122 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.122
§ 12.122. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS OF GOVERNING BODY OF OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the applicable provisions of the Business Organizations Code or other law, on request of the commissioner, the attorney general may bring suit against a member of the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school for breach of a fiduciary duty by the member, including misapplication of public funds.

(b) The attorney general may bring suit under Subsection (a) for:

(1) damages;

(2) injunctive relief; or

(3) any other equitable remedy determined to be appropriate by the court.

(c) This section is cumulative of all other remedies.
Tex. Penal Code § 3.01 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 3 / Section 3.01
§ 3.01. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "criminal episode" means the commission of two or more offenses, regardless of whether the harm is directed toward or inflicted upon more than one person or item of property, under the following circumstances:

(1) the offenses are committed pursuant to the same transaction or pursuant to two or more transactions that are connected or constitute a common scheme or plan; or

(2) the offenses are the repeated commission of the same or similar offenses.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 62.096 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.096
§ 62.096. CONTRACTS, LEASES, AND OTHER AGREEMENTS RELATING TO LAND AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into a contract, lease, or other agreement connected with, incident to, or affecting the financing, construction, equipping, maintenance, or operation of facilities located or to be located on or pertaining to land under its jurisdiction or facilities under its control and may execute and perform its lawful powers and functions on land leased from others.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.010 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.010
§ 843.010. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS TO GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS.
Status: in_force

Sections 843.306(f) and 843.363(a)(4) do not apply to coverage under:

(1) the child health plan program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, or the health benefits plan for children under Chapter 63, Health and Safety Code; or

(2) a Medicaid program, including a Medicaid managed care program operated under Chapter 540 or 540A, Government Code, as applicable.
Tex. Finance Code § 303.104 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 303 / Section 303.104
§ 303.104. DISCLOSURE OF DECREASE IN INTEREST RATE NOT REQUIRED ON OPEN-END ACCOUNTS INVOLVING CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION OR MERCHANT DISCOUNT.
Status: in_force

On an open-end account authorized under Section 342.455 or 346.003, in connection with which credit card transactions are authorized or a merchant discount is imposed or received by the creditor and on which interest is charged under this chapter, the creditor is not required to disclose a decrease in the applicable interest rate.
Tex. Election Code § 252.0011 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 252 / Section 252.0011
§ 252.0011. INELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT AS CAMPAIGN TREASURER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a person is ineligible for appointment as a campaign treasurer if the person is the campaign treasurer of a political committee that does not file a report required by Chapter 254.

(b) The period for which a person is ineligible under Subsection (a) for appointment as a campaign treasurer ends on the date on which the political committee in connection with which the person's ineligibility arose has filed each report required by Chapter 254 that was not timely filed or has paid all fines and penalties in connection with the failure to file the report.

(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person if, in any semiannual reporting period prescribed by Chapter 254:

(1) the political committee in connection with which the person's ineligibility arose did not accept political contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000 or make political expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $5,000; and

(2) the candidate who or political committee that subsequently appoints the person does not accept political contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000 or make political expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $5,000.

(d) Subsection (c) applies to a person who is the campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee regardless of whether the committee files monthly reports under Section 254.155. For purposes of this subsection, political contributions accepted and political expenditures made during a monthly reporting period are aggregated with political contributions accepted and political expenditures made in each other monthly reporting period that corresponds to the semiannual reporting period that contains those months.

(e) A candidate or political committee is considered to have not appointed a campaign treasurer if the candidate or committee appoints a person as campaign treasurer whose appointment is prohibited by Subsection (a).

(f) A person who violates this section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed three times the amount of political contributions accepted or political expenditures made in violation of this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 7.007 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 7 / Section 7.007
§ 7.007. ORDER OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 20 days after the date the county judge receives the returns of an incorporation election, the judge shall, if a majority of the votes cast are for incorporation, make an entry in the records of the commissioners court that the community is incorporated. The judge shall include the boundaries of the municipality in the entry. The incorporation of the community as a municipality is effective on the date the entry is made.

(b) A certified copy of the entry and a plat of the municipality shall be recorded in the deed records of the county in which the municipality is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7910.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7910 / Section 7910.102
§ 7910.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

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.
Tex. Government Code § 403.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.026
§ 403.026. ELECTRONIC STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may store and maintain electronically a state record or an essential record if:

(1) the method used to store and maintain the record allows accurate reproduction of the record;

(2) the method used to store and maintain the record conforms with any standards prescribed by the records preservation officer in conformity with any applicable rules of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, except that those standards do not apply to the extent they conflict with this section; and

(3) the place and manner of safekeeping the medium or equipment on which the record is stored and maintained conforms with the records preservation officer's requirements under Section 441.059(a), except that the officer may not prohibit the comptroller from retaining possession of that medium or equipment.

(b) An accurate reproduction of a state record that is stored and maintained according to this section is a preservation duplicate of the record for purposes of Sections 441.058 and 441.059, without regard to whether the records preservation officer:

(1) made the reproduction; or

(2) designated the reproduction as a preservation duplicate.

(c) An accurate reproduction of an essential record that is stored and maintained according to this section is a photographic reproduction of the record for purposes of Section 441.038(f).

(d) An accurate reproduction of a state record or an essential record may be in tangible or intangible form, including an electronic or optical image of the record.

(e) In this section:

(1) "Essential record" means written or graphical material that is made or received by the comptroller in the conduct of official state business and that is filed or intended to be preserved permanently or for a definite period as a record of that business.

(2) "Records preservation officer" means the director of the records management division of the Texas State Library.

(3) "State record" means a document, book, paper, photograph, sound recording, or other material, without regard to physical form or characteristic, that is made or received by the comptroller according to law or in connection with the transaction of official state business.
Tex. Government Code § 548.0108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 548 / Section 548.0108
§ 548.0108. TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD RULES.
Status: in_force

The Texas Medical Board, in consultation with the commission, as appropriate, may adopt rules as necessary to:

(1) ensure that appropriate care, including quality of care, is provided to patients who receive telemedicine medical services; and

(2) prevent abuse and fraud through the use of telemedicine medical services, including rules relating to filing claims and records required to be maintained in connection with telemedicine.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3889.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3889 / Section 3889.251
§ 3889.251. DISSOLUTION BY CITY ORDINANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The city by ordinance may dissolve the district.

(b) The city may not dissolve the district until the district's outstanding debt or contractual obligations that are payable from ad valorem taxes have been repaid or discharged, or the city has affirmatively assumed the obligation to pay the outstanding debt from city revenue.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8311.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8311 / Section 8311.104
§ 8311.104. 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. Government Code § 526.0704 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0704
§ 526.0704. TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The commission, with assistance from the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, the Department of Public Safety, and local law enforcement agencies, shall create training programs designed to increase the awareness of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement personnel on:

(1) the needs of domestic victims;

(2) the availability of services under this subchapter;

(3) the database of services described by Section 526.0702; and

(4) potential funding sources for those services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8310.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8310 / Section 8310.051
§ 8310.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8310.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.006
§ 142.006. MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PEACE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to a municipality covered by Section 142.007.

(b) A municipality shall provide for insuring each peace officer and fire fighter in its employ against liability to third persons arising out of the operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle owned or leased by the municipality.

(c) The liability coverage provided under this section must be in amounts not less than those required by Chapter 601, Transportation Code, to provide proof of financial responsibility.

(d) The municipality may elect to be self-insured or to reimburse the actual cost of extended automobile liability insurance endorsements obtained by a peace officer and fire fighter on an individually owned automobile liability insurance policy. The extended endorsements must:

(1) be in the amount required by Subsection (c); and

(2) extend the coverage to include the operation and use of vehicles by a peace officer or fire fighter in the scope of the officer's or fire fighter's employment.

(e) If the reimbursement method is used, the municipality may require that a peace officer or fire fighter who operates and uses a motor vehicle present proof that an extended coverage endorsement has been purchased and is in effect for the period of reimbursement.

(f) In this section, "motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle for which motor vehicle automobile insurance may be written under Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Insurance Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7935A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7935A / Section 7935A.0101
§ 7935A.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 Huntsville Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Walker County, Texas.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.114 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.114
§ 154.114. FINAL SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF A PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may suspend or revoke a person's permit if the comptroller finds, after notice and hearing as provided by this section, that the permit holder violated this chapter or an administrative rule made under this chapter.

(b) If the comptroller intends to suspend or revoke a permit, the comptroller shall provide the permit holder with written notice that includes a statement:

(1) of the reason for the intended revocation or suspension;

(2) that the permit holder is entitled to a hearing by the comptroller on the proposed suspension or revocation of the permit; and

(3) of the date, time, and place of the hearing.

(c) The comptroller shall deliver the written notice by personal service or by mail to the permit holder's mailing address as it appears on the comptroller's records. Service by mail is complete when the notice is deposited with the U.S. Postal Service.

(d) The comptroller shall give the permit holder not less than 10 days' notice of a final hearing.

(e) A permit holder may appeal the decision of the comptroller to a district court in Travis County not later than the 30th day after the date the comptroller's decision becomes final.

(f) A person whose permit is suspended or revoked may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute cigarettes from the place of business to which the permit applied until a new permit is granted or the suspension is removed.

(g) If the comptroller suspends or revokes a permit, the comptroller shall provide written notice of the suspension or revocation, within a reasonable time, to each distributor and wholesaler permit holder in the state. A distributor or wholesaler permit holder violates Section 154.1015(a) by selling or distributing cigarettes to a person whose permit has been suspended or revoked only after the distributor or wholesaler permit holder receives written notice of the suspension or revocation from the comptroller.