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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.105 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 19A / Section 19A.105
§ 19A.105. EXCUSE AND EXEMPTION FROM GRAND JURY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall excuse from serving any summoned person who does not possess the requisite qualifications or who claims an exemption to which the person is entitled.

(b) The following qualified persons may be exempted from grand jury service:

(1) a person who is 75 years of age or older;

(2) a person responsible for the care of a child who is younger than 18 years of age and who will be without adequate supervision if the person serves on the grand jury;

(3) a student of a public or private secondary school;

(4) a person enrolled in and in actual attendance at an institution of higher education; and

(5) any other person the court determines has a reasonable excuse from service.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 595.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 595 / Section 595.009
§ 595.009. RECEIPT OF INFORMATION BY PERSONS OTHER THAN CLIENT OR PATIENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who receives information that is confidential under this chapter may not disclose the information except to the extent that disclosure is consistent with the authorized purposes for which the information was obtained.

(b) This section does not apply to the person about whom the record is made, or the parent, if the person is a minor, or the guardian of the person.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.0047 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.0047
§ 151.0047.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.0047. "REAL PROPERTY REPAIR AND REMODELING". (a) "Real property repair and remodeling" means the repair, restoration, remodeling, or modification of an improvement to real property other than:

(1) a structure or separate part of a structure used as a residence;

(2) an improvement immediately adjacent to a structure described by Subdivision (1) of this section and used in the residential occupancy of the structure or separate part of the structure by the person using the structure or part as a residence; or

(3) an improvement to a manufacturing or processing production unit in a petrochemical refinery or chemical plant that provides increased capacity in the production unit.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Increased capacity" means the capability to produce:

(A) additional products or services as measured by units per hour or units per year; or

(B) a new product or service.

(2) "Production unit" means a group of manufacturing and processing machines and ancillary equipment that together are necessary to create or produce a physical or chemical change beginning with the first processing of the raw material and ending with the finished product.

(3) "New product" means a product that:

(A) has different product properties and a different commercial application than the product previously manufactured or processed by the production unit that produced the previous product; and

(B) is not created by straining or purifying an existing product or by making cosmetic changes, such as adding or removing color or odor, to or from an existing product.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7887.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7887 / Section 7887.0402
§ 7887.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7887.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Family Code § 8.303 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.303
§ 8.303. TERMINATION OF WITHHOLDING IN MANDATORY WITHHOLDING CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) An obligor for whom withholding for maintenance owed or withholding for maintenance and child support owed is mandatory may file a motion to terminate withholding. On a showing by the obligor that the obligor has complied fully with the terms of the maintenance or child support order, as applicable, the court shall render an order for the issuance and delivery to the obligor of a notice of termination of withholding.

(b) The clerk shall issue and deliver the notice of termination ordered under this section to the obligor.

(c) The clerk may charge a fee in the amount of $15 for issuing and delivering the notice.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2004.007 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2004 / Section 2004.007
§ 2004.007. REASONABLE OPERATING EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) For each raffle conducted under this chapter, a professional sports team charitable foundation may deduct not more than 10 percent of the gross proceeds collected from the sale of tickets for the raffle to pay the reasonable operating expenses of conducting the raffle.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, reasonable operating expenses include:

(1) promotion, advertisements, charitable foundation fund-raising events, equipment, and administrative expenses; and

(2) purchase, lease, or licensing fees for the equipment, hardware, and software necessary to:

(A) sell raffle tickets to raffle participants;

(B) conduct random drawings to select prize winners; and

(C) continuously calculate the number of ticket sales, amount of money collected, amount of cash prize to be awarded, amount of money raised for charitable purposes, and amount of gross ticket sales that may be deducted for reasonable operating expenses.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 77.0352 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 77 / Section 77.0352
§ 77.0352. SALE OF CATCH.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a commercial shrimp boat license or commercial gulf shrimp unloading license may sell only the catch of shrimp from the vessel to which the commercial shrimp boat license or commercial gulf shrimp unloading license applies.

(b) The holder of a commercial shrimp boat license or commercial gulf shrimp unloading license may sell aquatic products other than shrimp if those aquatic products:

(1) were taken incidental to lawful shrimping on the vessel to which the commercial shrimp boat license or commercial gulf shrimp unloading license applies; and

(2) comply with all applicable provisions of this code or commission regulations.

(c) The holder of a commercial shrimp boat captain's license may sell only:

(1) the catch of shrimp from the vessel being operated by that license holder; and

(2) aquatic products other than shrimp if those aquatic products:

(A) were taken incidental to lawful shrimping; and

(B) comply with all applicable provisions of this code or commission regulations.

(d) Subsection (c) does not authorize the sale of shrimp or other aquatic products without the consent of the owner of the vessel used to make the catch.

(e) No person, including a crew member of a licensed commercial shrimp boat, may sell the catch of shrimp or other aquatic products taken incidental to the legal shrimping operation, except as provided by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5018.0206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5018 / Section 5018.0206
§ 5018.0206. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.159 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.159
§ 361.159. LICENSE ISSUANCE; AMENDMENT, EXTENSION, AND RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A county may amend, extend, or renew a license it issues in accordance with county rules.

(b) The procedures prescribed by Section 361.155 apply to an application to amend, extend, or renew a license.

(c) A license for the use of a facility to process, store, or dispose of solid waste may not be issued, amended, renewed, or extended without the prior approval of the commission.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.317 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.317
§ 504.317. SURVIVING SPOUSES OF DISABLED VETERANS SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "surviving spouse" means the individual married to a disabled veteran at the time of the veteran's death.

(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for surviving spouses of disabled veterans of the United States armed forces.

(b-1) A person is eligible to receive specialty license plates under this section if the person is the surviving spouse of a person who had been entitled to specialty plates for veterans with disabilities under Section 504.202, regardless of whether the deceased spouse was issued plates under that section.

(c) A person entitled to specialty license plates under this section may register, for the person's own use, one vehicle without payment of any fee other than the fee for the license plates under Subsection (d).

(d) The fee for the first set of license plates is $3. There is no fee for each additional set of license plates.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.051
§ 462.051. ASSOCIATION AS LEGAL ENTITY; MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association is a nonprofit unincorporated legal entity.

(b) The association is composed of all member insurers. A member insurer must remain a member of the association as a condition of engaging in the business of insurance in this state.
Tex. Water Code § 51.044 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.044
§ 51.044. RESERVATION OF CERTAIN POWERS FOR CONVERTED DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Any water improvement district, water control and preservation district, fresh water supply district, levee improvement district, drainage district, or navigation district, after conversion under Section 51.040 of this code, may continue to exercise all necessary specific powers under any specific conditions provided by the chapter of this code under which the district was operating before conversion.

(b) At the time of making the order of conversion, the governing body shall specify in the order the specific provisions of the chapter of the code under which the district had been operating which are to be preserved and made applicable to the operations of the district after conversion into a district operating under this chapter.

(c) A reservation of a former power under Subsection (a) of this section may be made only if this chapter does not make specific provision concerning a matter necessary to the effectual operation of the converted district.

(d) In all cases in which this chapter does make specific provision, this chapter shall, after conversion, control the operations and procedure of the converted district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 151.901 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 151 / Section 151.901
§ 151.901. EMPLOYMENT OF SECRETARIAL PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may enter an order to employ and provide compensation for secretarial personnel for a district, county, or precinct officer if the court determines that the financial condition of the county and the staff needs of the officer justify doing so.
Tex. Water Code § 16.352 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.352
§ 16.352. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES.
Status: in_force

A person who violates a rule adopted by a municipality or county under this subchapter or under Subchapter B or C, Chapter 232, Local Government Code, is liable to the municipality or county for a civil penalty of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000 for each violation and for each day of a violation. The maximum civil penalty that may accrue each day is $5,000. The appropriate attorney representing the municipality or county may sue to collect the penalty. The recovered penalty shall be deposited in the general fund of the municipality or county.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 63.023 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.023
§ 63.023. FEES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees for the facility may charge reasonable fees to cover costs for services provided, except where prohibited by other service contracts or by law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1071.405 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.405
§ 1071.405. REISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The board for reasons the board determines sufficient may reissue a certificate of registration or license to a surveyor whose certificate or license has been revoked. At least six board members must vote in favor of reissuing the certificate or license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8187.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8187 / Section 8187.001
§ 8187.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Director" means a member of the district's board of directors.

(2) "District" means the Gober Municipal Utility District.
Tex. Local Government Code § 505.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 505 / Section 505.002
§ 505.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to:

(1) a municipality:

(A) that is located in a county with a population of 500,000 or more; and

(B) in which the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the municipality, this state, and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the municipality does not exceed 8.25 percent on the date of any election held under or made applicable to this chapter;

(2) a municipality:

(A) that has a population of 400,000 or more;

(B) that is located in more than one county; and

(C) in which the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the municipality, this state, and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the municipality, including taxes imposed under this chapter, does not exceed 8.25 percent; or

(3) a municipality to which Chapter 504 applies.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2209 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2209
§ 54.2209. COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) When the district clerk is the clerk under this subchapter, the district clerk shall charge the same court costs for cases filed in, transferred to, or assigned to the magistrate court that are charged in the district courts.

(b) When the county clerk is the clerk under this subchapter, the county clerk shall charge the same court costs for cases filed in, transferred to, or assigned to the magistrate court that are charged in the county courts.

(c) When a justice clerk is the clerk under this subchapter, the justice clerk shall charge the same court costs for cases filed in, transferred to, or assigned to the magistrate court that are charged in the justice courts.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.152
§ 801.152. EXCEPTIONS TO RULE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may consider an exception to a rule adopted by the board on the request of a person subject to board regulation.

(b) After notice and hearing, the board may approve an exception to a board rule.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 712 / Section 712.003
§ 712.003. REGISTRATION REQUIRED; MINIMUM CAPITAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A perpetual care cemetery may not be operated in this state unless a certificate of formation for a domestic filing entity or registration to transact business for a foreign filing entity is filed with the secretary of state showing:

(1) subscriptions and payments in cash for 100 percent of the entity's ownership or membership interests;

(2) the location of its perpetual care cemetery; and

(3) a certificate showing the deposit in its fund of the minimum amount required under Section 712.004.

(b) A corporation chartered on or after September 5, 1955, and before September 1, 1993, must have a minimum capital of:

(1) $15,000, if the cemetery serves a municipality with a population of less than 15,000;

(2) $30,000, if the cemetery serves a municipality with a population of 15,000 to 25,000; or

(3) $50,000, if the cemetery serves a municipality with a population of at least 25,000.

(c) A corporation chartered on or after September 1, 1993, and before September 1, 2013, must have:

(1) a minimum capital of $75,000; and

(2) a minimum of $75,000 in capital for each certificate of authority to operate a perpetual care cemetery issued to the corporation on or after September 1, 2013.

(c-1) A corporation whose certificate of formation takes effect on or after September 1, 2013, must have a minimum of $75,000 in capital for each certificate of authority to operate a perpetual care cemetery issued to the corporation.

(d) A nonprofit association or corporation operated solely for the benefit of plot owners seeking to convert a cemetery to a perpetual care cemetery under this chapter is not required to meet the requirements prescribed by this section and Section 712.004 if the cemetery has existed for at least 75 years and the association or corporation has operated the cemetery for the preceding 10 years.
Tex. Education Code § 39.051 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.051
§ 39.051. ACCREDITATION STATUS.
Status: in_force

Accreditation of a school district is determined in accordance with this subchapter. The commissioner by rule shall determine in accordance with this subchapter the criteria for the following accreditation statuses:

(1) accredited;

(2) accredited-warned; and

(3) accredited-probation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.355 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.355
§ 457.355. PROCEDURE AFTER WITHDRAWAL ELECTION.
Status: reserved

(a) Until the amount of revenue from an authority's sales and use tax collected in a withdrawn unit of election after the effective date of withdrawal and paid to the authority equals the total financial obligation of the unit, the sales and use tax continues to be collected in the territory of the election unit.

(b) After the amount described by Subsection (a) has been collected, the comptroller shall discontinue collecting the tax in the territory of the unit of election.

(c) The total financial obligation of a withdrawn unit of election to the authority is an amount equal to:

(1) the unit's apportioned share of the authority's outstanding obligations; and

(2) the amount, not computed under Subdivision (1), that is necessary and appropriate to allocate to the unit because of financial obligations of the authority that specifically relate to the unit.

(d) An authority's outstanding obligation under Subsection (c)(1) is the sum of:

(1) the obligations of the authority authorized in the budget of, and contracted for by, the authority;

(2) outstanding contractual obligations for capital or other expenditures, including expenditures for a subsequent year, the payment of which is not made or provided for from the proceeds of notes, bonds, or other obligations;

(3) payments due or to become due in a subsequent year on notes, bonds, or other securities or obligations for debt issued by the authority;

(4) the amount required by the authority to be reserved for all years to comply with financial covenants made with lenders, note or bond holders, or other creditors or contractors; and

(5) the amount necessary for the full and timely payment of the obligations of the authority, to avoid a default or impairment of those obligations, including contingent liabilities.

(e) The apportioned share of a unit's obligation is the amount of the obligation times a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of inhabitants of the withdrawing unit of election and the denominator of which is the number of inhabitants of the authority, including the number of inhabitants of the unit.

(f) The board shall determine the amount of each component of the computations required under this section, including the components of the unit's apportioned share, as of the effective date of withdrawal. The number of inhabitants shall be determined according to the most recent and available applicable data of an agency of the United States.

(g) The board shall certify to a withdrawn unit of election and to the comptroller the total financial obligation of the unit to the authority as determined under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3975.0314 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3975 / Section 3975.0314
§ 3975.0314. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8816.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8816 / Section 8816.003
§ 8816.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8506.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8506 / Section 8506.102
§ 8506.102. POWERS RELATED TO WATER OF COLORADO RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
Status: in_force

Inside the boundaries of the authority, the authority may:

(1) control, store, and preserve the water of the Colorado River and its tributaries for any useful purpose; and

(2) use, distribute, and sell the water described by Subdivision (1) for any useful purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 1508.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.001
§ 1508.001. AUTHORITY FOR PARKS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND AIRPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may:

(1) construct, purchase, or encumber:

(A) a park, swimming pool, golf course, golf course clubhouse, or ballpark;

(B) a fairground or an exposition building;

(C) an airport; or

(D) land on which a facility described by Paragraphs (A)-(C) is located; or

(2) encumber anything acquired or to be acquired that relates to a facility or land constructed or purchased under Subdivision (1).

(b) A municipality may secure the payment of funds to construct, purchase, or equip a facility or land described by Subsection (a)(1).
Tex. Finance Code § 154.251 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 154 / Section 154.251
§ 154.251. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to money paid or collected on a trust-funded prepaid funeral benefits contract entered into after July 15, 1963.

(b) Money paid or collected on a prepaid funeral benefits contract entered into before July 15, 1963, shall be handled in accordance with the law in effect on the date the contract was entered into.
Tex. Family Code § 157.504 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.504
§ 157.504. DEFECTIVE PRIOR DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER.
Status: in_force

If a plan administrator or other person acting in an equivalent capacity determines that a domestic relations order does not satisfy the requirements of a qualified domestic relations order or similar order, the court retains continuing jurisdiction over the parties to the extent necessary to render a qualified domestic relations order.
Tex. Transportation Code § 520.053 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 520 / Section 520.053
§ 520.053. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not act as a motor vehicle title service or act as an agent for that business unless that person holds a license issued under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8003.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8003 / Section 8003.001
§ 8003.001. 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 159.
Tex. Finance Code § 186.308 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 186 / Section 186.308
§ 186.308. OBJECTION TO APPROVED CLAIM.
Status: in_force

The receiver with court approval shall set a deadline for an objection to an approved claim. On or before that date a depositor, creditor, other claimant, shareholder, participant, or participant-transferee of the state trust company may file an objection to an approved claim. The objection shall be heard and determined by the court. If the objection is sustained, the court shall direct an appropriate modification of the schedule of claims.