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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.114 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.114
§ 53.114. COMMISSIONER'S APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

Before executing an agreement authorized by Section 53.111 of this code, the commissioner must find that the agreement is in the best interest of the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8367.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8367 / Section 8367.052
§ 8367.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Mark Froehlich;

(2) Cynthia Gage;

(3) Greg Parker;

(4) Jeremy Newsom; and

(5) Cindy Leslie.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8367.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8367.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8367.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 100.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 100 / Section 100.003
§ 100.003. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A health professional, a health facility, or an administrator, officer, or employee of a health facility subject to this chapter is not civilly or criminally liable for divulging information required to be released under this chapter, except in a case of gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
Tex. Election Code § 145.039 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 145 / Section 145.039
§ 145.039. DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.
Status: in_force

If a candidate dies or is declared ineligible after the 74th day before election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot.
Tex. Election Code § 145.061 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 145 / Section 145.061
§ 145.061. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to an independent candidate in the general election for state and county officers except a candidate for president or vice-president of the United States.
Tex. Transportation Code § 112.062 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 112 / Section 112.062
§ 112.062. RAILROAD COMPANY PROPERTY SUBJECT TO EXECUTION; CHARACTERIZATION OF ROLLING STOCK.
Status: in_force

(a) All or any part of a railroad company's real and personal property is subject to execution and sale in the same manner as the property of individuals.

(b) No portion of a railroad company's real or personal property is exempt from execution and sale.

(c) The rolling stock and all other movable property belonging to a railroad company is considered personal property.
Tex. Water Code § 5.177 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.177
§ 5.177. NOTICE OF COMPLAINT PROCEDURES; NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall provide to the person filing the complaint about a matter within the commission's regulatory jurisdiction and to each person who is the subject of the complaint a copy of the commission's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution.

(b) The commission, at least quarterly until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and each person who is a subject of the complaint of the status of the investigation unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.

(c) The commission is not required to provide the information described in Subsection (a) or (b) to a complainant who:

(1) files an anonymous complaint;

(2) provides inaccurate contact information; or

(3) files a complaint described by Section 5.176(c).
Tex. Occupations Code § 165.160 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 165 / Section 165.160
§ 165.160. EFFECT ON CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
Status: in_force

This subtitle does not bar a criminal prosecution for a violation of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 131.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 131 / Section 131.006
§ 131.006. DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

Damages to a regional collegiate athletic association or institution may include lost television revenues and lost ticket sales of regular season and post-season athletic events.
Tex. Government Code § 451.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 451 / Section 451.003
§ 451.003. DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The 1836 Project shall:

(1) promote awareness among residents of this state of the following as they relate to the history of prosperity and democratic freedom in this state:

(A) Texas history, including the indigenous peoples of this state, the Spanish and Mexican heritage of this state, Tejanos, the African-American heritage of this state, the Texas War for Independence, Juneteenth, annexation of Texas by the United States, the Christian heritage of this state, and this state's heritage of keeping and bearing firearms in defense of life and liberty and for use in hunting;

(B) the founding documents of this state;

(C) the founders of this state;

(D) state civics; and

(E) the role of this state in passing and reauthorizing the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.), highlighting:

(i) President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the act;

(ii) President George W. Bush's 25-year extension of the act; and

(iii) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan's successful efforts to broaden the act to include Spanish-speaking communities;

(2) advise the governor on the core principles of the founding of this state and how those principles further enrich the lives of its residents;

(3) facilitate the development and implementation of the Gubernatorial 1836 Award to recognize student knowledge of Texas Independence and other items listed in Subdivisions (1)(A)-(D);

(4) advise state agencies with regard to their efforts to ensure patriotic education is provided to the public at state parks, battlefields, monuments, museums, installations, landmarks, cemeteries, and other places important to the Texas War for Independence and founding of this state, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law; and

(5) facilitate, advise on, and promote other activities to support public knowledge of and patriotic education on the Texas War for Independence and founding of this state, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law.

(b) In carrying out its duties under Subsection (a)(2), the project may solicit statements and contributions from intellectual and cultural figures.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1097.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1097 / Section 1097.252
§ 1097.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The district may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.106 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.106
§ 33.106. POLICIES, PROVISIONS, AND CONDITIONS OF LEASES.
Status: in_force

In addition to policies generally applicable under this chapter, leases granted under this subchapter shall be subject to the policies, provisions, and conditions stated in Sections 33.107 through 33.110 of this code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.045 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.045
§ 263.045. REMOVAL OF MANAGER.
Status: in_force

After citation, the commissioners court may, at any time, remove a member of the board of managers from office for cause.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.111 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.111
§ 1251.111. CLAIM FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A group accident and health insurance policy must provide that the insurer will furnish to the person making a claim or to the policyholder for delivery to a person making a claim the forms usually provided by the insurer for filing a proof of loss.

(b) If the forms for a proof of loss are not provided before the 16th day after the date the insurer received notice of a claim under the policy, the person making the claim is considered to have complied with the requirements of the policy as to proof of loss on submitting, within the time set in the policy for filing proof of loss, written proof covering the occurrence, character, and extent of the loss for which the claim is made.
Tex. Utilities Code § 13.024 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 13 / Section 13.024
§ 13.024. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The counsellor may not have a direct or indirect interest in a utility company regulated under this title, its parent, or its subsidiary companies, corporations, or cooperatives or a utility competitor, utility supplier, or other entity affected in a manner other than by the setting of rates for that class of customer.

(b) The prohibition under Subsection (a) applies during the period of the counsellor's service.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.005
§ 71.005. MOVEMENT OF PLANTS FROM QUARANTINED AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, the department shall prevent the movement, from a quarantined area into an unquarantined area or pest-free area, of any plant, plant product, or substance capable of disseminating the pest or disease that is the basis for the quarantine or is not found in the pest-free area.

(b) A plant, plant product, or substance prohibited from movement by a quarantine established under Section 71.001, 71.002, or 71.004 of this code may be moved into an unquarantined area if moved under safeguards considered by the department to be adequate to prevent the introduction or spread of the pest or disease into the state or an unquarantined area.

(c) The department may charge a fee, as provided by department rule, for an inspection required for the movement of plants into or out of a quarantined area.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1101.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.114
§ 1101.114. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.506 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.506
§ 351.506. PROBATION.
Status: in_force

If a license suspension is probated, the board may require the license holder to:

(1) report regularly to the board on matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the board; or

(3) continue or review professional education until the license holder attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the board in those areas that are the basis of the probation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 31.010 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 31 / Section 31.010
§ 31.010. FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY; OTHER BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall require an individual receiving services under this chapter, or the person with a legal obligation to support the individual, to pay for or reimburse the department for that part of the cost of the services that the individual or person is financially able to pay.

(b) Except as provided by department rules, an individual is not eligible to receive services under this chapter to the extent that the individual, or a person with a legal obligation to support the individual, is eligible for some other benefit that would pay for all or part of the services.

(c) When an application is made under this chapter or when services are received, the individual applying for or receiving services shall inform the department of any other benefit to which the individual, or a person with a legal obligation to support the individual, may be entitled.

(d) An individual who has received services that are covered by some other benefit, or a person with a legal obligation to support that individual, shall reimburse the department to the extent of the services provided when the other benefit is received.

(e) The department may waive enforcement of Subsections (b)-(d) as prescribed by department rules in certain individually considered cases in which enforcement will deny services to a class of otherwise eligible individuals because of conflicting federal, state, or local laws or rules.
Tex. Finance Code § 303.302 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 303 / Section 303.302
§ 303.302. REQUIREMENTS INCONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not required to comply with a disclosure or notice requirement of this chapter that is inconsistent with federal statute or regulation.

(b) A creditor may modify a disclosure or notice requirement of this chapter to conform to federal law.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 72.045 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 72 / Section 72.045
§ 72.045. SEIZURE OF OWNERLESS FRUIT.
Status: in_force

If the department is not able to locate an owner, part owner, or caretaker for premises in a county in which Mexican fruit fly control or eradication is being conducted, the department may seize any citrus fruit growing or standing on the premises and sell the fruit in the manner provided by Section 72.043(b) of this code.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.052 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.052
§ 371.052. ELIGIBILITY.
Status: repealed

(a) To be eligible for a pawnshop license, an applicant must:

(1) meet the net assets requirement of Section 371.072; and

(2) show that:

(A) the pawnshop will be operated lawfully and fairly under this chapter; and

(B) the applicant or the applicant's owners and managers have the financial responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness to command the confidence of the public in the pawnshop's operations.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 767 (H.B. 1442), Sec. 95(2), eff. September 1, 2019.

(c) For purposes of a disqualification under Chapter 53, Occupations Code, the commissioner is a licensing authority.
Tex. Local Government Code § 283.058 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 283 / Section 283.058
§ 283.058. ADDITIONAL COMMISSION JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the jurisdiction over municipalities and certificated telecommunications providers necessary to enforce this chapter and to ensure that all other legal requirements are enforced in a competitively neutral, non-discriminatory, and reasonable manner.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.42 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.42
§ 17.42.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.42. WAIVERS: PUBLIC POLICY. (a) Any waiver by a consumer of the provisions of this subchapter is contrary to public policy and is unenforceable and void; provided, however, that a waiver is valid and enforceable if:

(1) the waiver is in writing and is signed by the consumer;

(2) the consumer is not in a significantly disparate bargaining position; and

(3) the consumer is represented by legal counsel in seeking or acquiring the goods or services.

(b) A waiver under Subsection (a) is not effective if the consumer's legal counsel was directly or indirectly identified, suggested, or selected by a defendant or an agent of the defendant.

(c) A waiver under this section must be:

(1) conspicuous and in bold-face type of at least 10 points in size;

(2) identified by the heading "Waiver of Consumer Rights," or words of similar meaning; and

(3) in substantially the following form:

(d) The waiver required by Subsection (c) may be modified to waive only specified rights under this subchapter.

(e) The fact that a consumer has signed a waiver under this section is not a defense to an action brought by the attorney general under Section 17.47.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.106 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.106
§ 1551.106. GROUP COVERAGE PLAN PURCHASED TO PROVIDE FOR AUTOMATIC COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

A group coverage plan purchased by the board of trustees must provide for the automatic coverage described by this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.116 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.116
§ 452.116.
Status: in_force

Sec. 452.116. PUBLIC HEARING ON FARE AND SERVICE CHANGES IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES: EXCEPTIONS. (a) A public hearing under Section 452.115 is not required for:

(1) a reduced or free promotional fare that is instituted daily or periodically within 180 days;

(2) a headway adjustment of not more than five minutes during peak-hour service and not more than 15 minutes during non-peak-hour service;

(3) a standard seasonal variation unless the number, timing, or type of the standard seasonal variation changes; or

(4) an emergency or experimental service change in effect for 180 days or less.

(b) In this section, "experimental service change" means an addition of service to an existing transit route or the establishment of a new transit route.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3808.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3808 / Section 3808.156
§ 3808.156. ASSESSMENTS; LIEN FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceeding.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may correct, add to, or delete assessments from its assessment rolls after notice and hearing as provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Election Code § 129.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 129 / Section 129.003
§ 129.003. PAPER AUDIT TRAIL REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "auditable voting system" means a voting system that:

(1) uses, creates, or displays a paper record that may be read by the voter; and

(2) is not capable of being connected to the Internet or any other computer network or electronic device.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a voting system that consists of direct recording electronic voting machines may not be used in an election unless the system is an auditable voting system.

(c) The electronic vote is the official record of the vote cast if a risk-limiting audit conducted under Section 127.302 produces strong evidence that the reported outcome of the election matches the results that a full counting of the paper records would reveal.

(d) The paper record is the official record of the vote cast:

(1) for a recount under Title 13, including a recount of ballots cast on a system involving direct recording electronic voting machines;

(2) for an election contest under Title 14; or

(3) if a risk-limiting audit conducted under Section 127.302 fails to produce strong evidence that the reported outcome of the election matches the results that a full counting of the paper records would reveal.

(e) An authority that purchased a voting system other than an auditable voting system after September 1, 2014, and before September 1, 2021, may use available federal funding and, if federal funding is not available, available state funding to convert the purchased voting system into an auditable voting system in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) if the voting system was converted into an auditable voting system not later than the election taking place November 8, 2022, the authority is eligible to have 100 percent of the cost of conversion reimbursed under this section; and

(2) if the authority is not eligible for a 100 percent reimbursement of cost under Subdivision (1) and the voting system was converted into an auditable voting system not later than the election taking place November 3, 2026, the authority is eligible to have 50 percent of the cost of conversion reimbursed under this section.

(f) The secretary of state may use any available funds to assist an authority with the purchase of an auditable voting system if the funds have been appropriated for that purpose.

(g) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) do not apply to an election held before September 1, 2026.

(h) A paper record generated by an auditable voting system may be used only for the purposes described by this section and may not be retained by the voter.

(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a voter voting under Section 64.009 may use a direct recording electronic voting machine regardless of whether the direct recording electronic voting machine is part of an auditable voting system.

(j) The secretary of state may not waive any requirements of this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 202.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 202 / Section 202.003
§ 202.003. FEES FOR COPIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall set and collect a fee for copying any paper of record with the department. The fee shall be set in an amount sufficient to reimburse the state for the actual expense.

(b) The department may make and distribute copies of a paper containing rating information without charge or for a fee that the commissioner considers appropriate for administering the premium rating laws by properly distributing rating information.

(c) This section does not affect Article 5.29.
Tex. Education Code § 66.43 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 66 / Section 66.43
§ 66.43.
Status: in_force

Sec. 66.43. UNIVERSITY LANDS: SURVEYS; PERSONNEL. (a) The board of regents shall cause to be done such surveying or resurveying of the blocks and subdivisions of the university lands as may be necessary to enable the lines of the blocks and sections and fractional sections to be determined and identified and have such corners as may be necessary to that end permanently marked. When it is impracticable to establish such lines and corners as originally surveyed, or when such sections have not been actually surveyed on the ground, the blocks shall be surveyed or resurveyed and divided into surveys of sections and fractional sections, and as many corners thereof as may be necessary for the identification shall be permanently marked. The surveyors to do such surveying shall be employed by the board. The field notes of such surveys shall be returned to the general land office, and when correct and in accordance with law shall be approved by the commissioner of the general land office, filed in the general land office, and become archives therein.

(b) The board of regents may employ and compensate personnel the board deems necessary in connection with performance of any duties under this section or under Subchapter D of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0704 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0704
§ 3967.0704. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of the hotel occupancy tax may not exceed the lesser of:

(1) the maximum rate prescribed by Section 352.003(a), Tax Code; or

(2) a rate that, when added to the rates of all hotel occupancy taxes imposed by other political subdivisions with territory in the district and by this state, does not exceed the sum of the rate prescribed by Section 351.0025(b), Tax Code, plus two percent.

(b) The district tax is in addition to a tax imposed by a municipality under Chapter 351, Tax Code, or by the county under Chapter 352, Tax Code.