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Tex. Water Code § 60.457 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.457
§ 60.457. DELEGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission of a district may, as it considers appropriate, delegate its authority under this subchapter regarding an action authorized or required by this subchapter to be taken by a district to a designated person, representative, or committee. In procuring construction services, the district shall provide notice of the delegation and the limits of the delegation in the request for bids, proposals, or qualifications, or in an addendum to the request. If the district fails to provide that notice, a ranking, selection, or evaluation of bids, proposals, or qualifications for construction services other than by the commission in an open meeting is advisory only.

(b) A commission may not delegate the authority to act regarding an action authorized or required by this subchapter to be taken by the commission of a district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 830.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 830 / Section 830.007
§ 830.007. CONTENTS OF SUMMARY REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall prepare a summary report in accordance with the guidance manual and subject to the requirements of Subsection (b). An insurer shall maintain documentation and supporting information and shall make the documentation and supporting information available on examination or on request of the commissioner.

(b) When reviewing the summary report or making requests for additional information, the department shall use procedures similar to the procedures currently used in the analysis and examination of multistate or global insurers and insurance groups.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.71 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.71
§ 23.71. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Category of the land" means the value classification of land for timber production, based on soil type, soil capability, general topography, weather, location, and other pertinent factors, as determined by competent governmental sources.

(2) "Net to land" means the average net income that would have been earned by a category of land over the preceding five years by a person using ordinary prudence in the management of the land and the timber produced on the land. The net income for each year is determined by multiplying the land's potential average annual growth, expressed in tons, by the stumpage value, expressed in price per ton, of large pine sawtimber, small pine sawtimber, pine pulpwood, hardwood sawtimber, hardwood pulpwood, and any other significant timber product, taking into consideration the three forest types and the four different soil types, as determined by using information for the East Texas timber-growing region as a whole from the U.S. Forest Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Texas Forest Service, and colleges and universities within this state, and by subtracting from the product reasonable management costs and other reasonable expenses directly attributable to the production of the timber that a prudent manager of the land and timber, seeking to maximize return, would incur in the management of the land and timber. Stumpage prices shall be determined by using information collected for all types of timber sales, including cutting contract and gatewood sales.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4151.307 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4151 / Section 4151.307
§ 4151.307. EMERGENCY CERTIFICATE SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may suspend the certificate of an administrator without notice or hearing if the commissioner determines that:

(1) the administrator is insolvent or impaired;

(2) an order for receivership, conservatorship, rehabilitation, or any other delinquency regarding the administrator has been entered in any state; or

(3) the financial condition or business practices of the administrator otherwise pose an imminent threat to the public health, safety, or welfare of the residents of this state.

(b) On determining that grounds exist under Subsection (a) to suspend the administrator's certificate of authority, the commissioner may issue an order suspending the certificate. The commissioner shall immediately serve notice of the suspension on the holder.

(c) The notice required by Subsection (b) must:

(1) be personally served on the holder or be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the holder's last known address according to the department's records;

(2) state the grounds for the suspension; and

(3) inform the holder of the right to a hearing on the suspension order.

(d) An administrator whose certificate of authority is suspended under this section is entitled to request a hearing on the suspension not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt of notice of the suspension. Not later than the 10th day after the date a hearing is requested, the commissioner shall issue a notice of hearing.

(e) The hearing must be held not later than the 10th day after the date notice of hearing is issued, unless the parties agree to a later date.

(f) A hearing on a suspension order under this section is subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code, and to Subchapter A, Chapter 40. After the hearing, the administrative law judge shall recommend to the commissioner whether to uphold, vacate, or modify the suspension order.

(g) A suspension order issued under this section remains in effect until further action is taken by the commissioner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 841.351 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.351
§ 841.351. DEPOSIT WITH COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) A domestic insurance company may, at its option, deposit with the comptroller either:

(1) securities in which the company's capital stock is invested; or

(2) securities in an amount equal to the amount of the company's capital stock.

(b) Securities deposited under Subsection (a) must be securities of a class authorized by the laws of this state for investments of a domestic insurance company's capital stock.

(c) A domestic insurance company may, at its option, withdraw a deposit made under Subsection (a), or any portion of the deposit, after substituting a deposit of securities of a like class and of an amount and value equal to the withdrawn deposit or portion of deposit.

(d) The commissioner must first approve any securities deposited or being substituted under this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 252.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 252 / Section 252.041
§ 252.041. NOTICE REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the competitive sealed bidding requirement applies to the contract, notice of the time and place at which the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud must be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the municipality. The date of the first publication must be before the 14th day before the date set to publicly open the bids and read them aloud. If no newspaper is published in the municipality, the notice must be posted at the city hall for 14 days before the date set to publicly open the bids and read them aloud.

(b) If the competitive sealed proposals requirement applies to the contract, notice of the request for proposals must be given in the same manner as that prescribed by Subsection (a) for the notice for competitive sealed bids.

(c) If the contract is for the purchase of machinery for the construction or maintenance of roads or streets, the notice for bids and the order for purchase must include a general specification of the machinery desired.

(d) If the governing body of the municipality intends to issue time warrants for the payment of any part of the contract, the notice must include a statement of:

(1) the governing body's intention;

(2) the maximum amount of the proposed time warrant indebtedness;

(3) the rate of interest the time warrants will bear; and

(4) the maximum maturity date of the time warrants.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.015 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.015
§ 53.015. APPLICATION FOR LEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time during the term of the permit, the permittee may file an application to lease the area or a designated portion of the area covered by the permit for the purpose of mining or producing the minerals covered by the permit.

(b) An application to lease must designate the specific minerals the permittee is applying to lease. The commissioner may determine any additional information an application must contain.

(c) If the area designated for lease in the application is less than the area covered by the permit, the applicant shall include with the application field notes prepared by the county surveyor or by a licensed state land surveyor describing the land designated.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.302 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.302
§ 457.302. MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A board may not adopt a sales and use tax rate, including a rate increase, that when combined with the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by all political subdivisions of this state having territory in the county exceeds two percent in any location in the county.

(b) An election by an authority to approve a sales and use tax or increase the rate of the authority's sales and use tax has no effect if:

(1) the voters of the authority approve the authority's sales and use tax rate or rate increase at an election held on the same day on which the municipality or county having territory in the jurisdiction of the authority adopts a sales and use tax or an additional sales and use tax; and

(2) the combined rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by the authority and all political subdivisions of this state would exceed two percent in any part of the territory in the jurisdiction of the authority.
Tex. Occupations Code § 162.161 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 162 / Section 162.161
§ 162.161. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prescribe and assess fees in amounts necessary to cover its cost of operating under and administering this subchapter.

(b) The board may waive a fee for a state agency that is required to obtain core credentials data from the board and that Section 162.156 prohibits from collecting duplicate data.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1009.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1009 / Section 1009.056
§ 1009.056. FILING OF OATH.
Status: in_force

The constitutional oath of office executed by a director must be filed in the district's office.
Tex. Water Code § 20.019 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 20 / Section 20.019
§ 20.019. PROPERTY TAX EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

(a) The property of the authority, its income, and its operations are exempt from all taxes and assessments imposed by the state and political subdivisions on property acquired or used by the authority under this chapter.

(b) If the authority is dissolved, all of its rights and properties vest in the state.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.04 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.04
§ 17.04. REQUISITES OF A PERSONAL BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A personal bond is sufficient if it includes the requisites of a bail bond as set out in Article 17.08, except that no sureties are required. In addition, a personal bond shall contain:

(1) the defendant's name, address, and place of employment;

(2) identification information, including the defendant's:

(A) date and place of birth;

(B) height, weight, and color of hair and eyes;

(C) driver's license number and state of issuance, if any; and

(D) nearest relative's name and address, if any; and

(3) except as provided by Subsection (b), the following oath sworn and signed by the defendant:

"I swear that I will appear before (the court or magistrate) at (address, city, county) Texas, on the (date), at the hour of (time, a.m. or p.m.) or upon notice by the court, or pay to the court the principal sum of (amount) plus all necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in any arrest for failure to appear."

(b) A personal bond is not required to contain the oath described by Subsection (a)(3) if:

(1) the magistrate makes a determination under Article 16.22 that the defendant has a mental illness or is a person with an intellectual disability, including by using the results of a previous determination under that article;

(2) the defendant is released on personal bond under Article 17.032; or

(3) the defendant is found incompetent to stand trial in accordance with Chapter 46B.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 141.002 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 141 / Section 141.002
§ 141.002. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
Status: in_force

It is declared to be the policy of the State of Texas that:

(1) the rapid and orderly development of geothermal energy and associated resources located within the State of Texas is in the interest of the people of the State of Texas;

(2) in developing the state's geothermal energy and associated resources, the primary purpose is to provide a dependable supply of energy in an efficient manner that avoids waste of the energy resources;

(3) consideration shall be afforded to protection of the environment, to protection of correlative rights, and to conservation of natural resources by all agencies and officials of the State of Texas involved in directing and prescribing rules or orders governing the exploration, development, and production of geothermal energy and associated resources and by-products in Texas;

(4) since geopressured geothermal resources in Texas are an energy resource system, and since an integrated development of components of the resources, including recovery of the energy of the geopressured water without waste, is required for best conservation of these natural resources of the state, all of the resource system components, as defined in this chapter, shall be treated and produced as mineral resources; and

(5) in making the declaration of policy in Subdivision (4) of this section, there is no intent to make any change in the substantive law of this state, and the purpose is to restate the law in clearer terms to make it more accessible and understandable.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.105 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.105
§ 2.105.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.105. DEFINITIONS: TRANSFERABILITY; "GOODS"; "FUTURE" GOODS; "LOT"; "COMMERCIAL UNIT". (a) "Goods" means all things (including specially manufactured goods) which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than the money in which the price is to be paid, investment securities (Chapter 8) and things in action. "Goods" also includes the unborn young of animals and growing crops and other identified things attached to realty as described in the section on goods to be severed from realty (Section 2.107).

(b) Goods must be both existing and identified before any interest in them can pass. Goods which are not both existing and identified are "future" goods. A purported present sale of future goods or of any interest therein operates as a contract to sell.

(c) There may be a sale of a part interest in existing identified goods.

(d) An undivided share in an identified bulk of fungible goods is sufficiently identified to be sold although the quantity of the bulk is not determined. Any agreed proportion of such a bulk or any quantity thereof agreed upon by number, weight or other measure may to the extent of the seller's interest in the bulk be sold to the buyer who then becomes an owner in common.

(e) "Lot" means a parcel or a single article which is the subject matter of a separate sale or delivery, whether or not it is sufficient to perform the contract.

(f) "Commercial unit" means such a unit of goods as by commercial usage is a single whole for purposes of sale and division of which materially impairs its character or value on the market or in use. A commercial unit may be a single article (as a machine) or a set of articles (as a suite of furniture or an assortment of sizes) or a quantity (as a bale, gross, or carload) or any other unit treated in use or in the relevant market as a single whole.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.207
§ 1052.207. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.211 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.211
§ 1004.211. RESTRICTION ON INVESTMENT.
Status: in_force

The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 54.017 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 54 / Section 54.017
§ 54.017. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In a suit against the owner or the owner's representative with control over the premises, the municipality may recover a civil penalty if it proves that:

(1) the defendant was actually notified of the provisions of the ordinance; and

(2) after the defendant received notice of the ordinance provisions, the defendant committed acts in violation of the ordinance or failed to take action necessary for compliance with the ordinance.

(b) A civil penalty under this section may not exceed $1,000 a day for a violation of an ordinance, except that a civil penalty under this section may not exceed $5,000 a day for a violation of an ordinance relating to point source effluent limitations or the discharge of a pollutant, other than from a non-point source, into a sewer system, including a sanitary or storm water sewer system, owned or controlled by the municipality.
Tex. Property Code § 112.038 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.038
§ 112.038. FORFEITURE CLAUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A provision in a trust that would cause a forfeiture of or void an interest for bringing any court action, including contesting a trust, is enforceable unless in a court action determining whether the forfeiture clause should be enforced, the person who brought the action contrary to the forfeiture clause establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that:

(1) just cause existed for bringing the action; and

(2) the action was brought and maintained in good faith.

(b) This section is not intended to and does not repeal any law, recognizing that forfeiture clauses generally will not be construed to prevent a beneficiary from seeking to compel a fiduciary to perform the fiduciary's duties, seeking redress against a fiduciary for a breach of the fiduciary's duties, or seeking a judicial construction of a will or trust.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.072 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 593 / Section 593.072
§ 593.072. INABILITY TO PAY.
Status: in_force

A resident may not be denied residential care because of an inability to pay for the care.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.003
§ 1030.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 122.004 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.004
§ 122.004. COMMISSION RULES FOR TREATMENT AND BENEFICIAL USE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules to govern the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste, treated waste, and any byproduct of a process used to generate treated waste.

(b) Rules adopted under this section must:

(1) encourage fluid oil and gas waste recycling for beneficial purposes; and

(2) establish standards for the issuance of permits for commercial recycling of fluid oil and gas waste.

(c) In adopting rules under this section, the commission shall consider previously adopted rules for recycling fluid oil and gas waste.

(d) Rules adopted under this section for commercial recycling of fluid oil and gas waste must establish:

(1) minimum siting standards for fluid recycling pits;

(2) uniform technical, construction, and placement standards;

(3) uniform standards for estimating closure costs;

(4) minimum and maximum bonding and financial security amounts based on factors determined by the commission; and

(5) standards for sampling and analysis of fluid oil and gas waste.

(e) The commission shall approve or deny an application for a permit issued under rules adopted under this section not later than the 90th day after the date the complete application was received by the commission, unless a protest is filed with the commission, in which case the commission may extend the amount of time to approve or deny the application in order to allow for notice, public comment, and a public hearing on the application. If the commission does not approve or deny the application before that date, the permit application is considered approved and the applicant may operate under the terms specified in the application for a period of one year.

(f) An application requesting a variance from the standards adopted under this section must be evaluated and determined to be substantially similar to previous variances approved by the commission.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.0342 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0342
§ 51.0342. REDETERMINATION BY CHILD LABOR INVESTIGATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) If the child labor investigator discovers an error in connection with a preliminary determination order or discovers additional information not previously available, the child labor investigator, within the period specified in Section 51.035, may reconsider and reissue the preliminary determination order. An investigator's reissued preliminary determination order voids and replaces the order requiring correction.

(b) A reissued preliminary determination order becomes final unless a party files an appeal from the reissued preliminary determination order within the period specified in Section 51.035. The period to request an appeal shall begin on the date the examiner mails the reissued preliminary determination order.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, if a child labor investigator mails a preliminary determination order to a person's incorrect address solely because of the child labor investigator's own error, the child labor investigator may reissue a preliminary determination order to the party's correct address at any time.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4004.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.054
§ 4004.054. ETHICS REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

Each individual who holds a license issued by the department shall complete three hours of continuing education in ethics during each license renewal period.