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Tex. Local Government Code § 552.913 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 552 / Section 552.913
§ 552.913. COMBINED HEATING AND POWER SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a home-rule municipality that:

(1) has a population of more than 100,000;

(2) owns and operates an electric utility that is a member of a municipal power agency; and

(3) is located in a county adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.5 million.

(b) To the extent this section conflicts with a municipal charter provision, this section controls.

(c) A municipality may buy, own, construct, maintain, and operate a combined heating and power system or plant and related infrastructure.

(d) The governing body of the municipality may designate a combined heating and power economic development district that includes territory that:

(1) is within three miles of the combined heating and power plant;

(2) is wholly located within the corporate boundaries of the municipality; and

(3) does not have an interstate or federal highway located within the boundaries of the district on the date the territory is designated.

(e) The municipality may sell an energy commodity from the system or plant, including electricity, chilled water, steam, or gas. The municipality may sell gas only to industrial customers located in the combined heating and power economic development district.

(f) The municipality shall assess fees against a municipal entity selling gas to industrial customers in the combined heating and power economic district that are substantially the same as the fees assessed against a gas utility that is not owned by the municipality for occupation of a municipal right-of-way.
Tex. Local Government Code § 109.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 109 / Section 109.002
§ 109.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a municipality with a population of more than 250,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.106
§ 3916.106. RAIL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers granted under Section 375.0921(b), Local Government Code, and under Section 3916.151, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, finance, and operate rail facilities and improvements in aid of those facilities for the transport of freight and other cargo.
Tex. Finance Code § 157.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 157 / Section 157.004
§ 157.004. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a federally insured bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, Farm Credit System Institution, or credit union;

(2) a subsidiary of a federally insured bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, Farm Credit System Institution, or credit union;

(3) a residential mortgage loan company licensed under Chapter 156;

(4) an authorized lender licensed under Chapter 342; or

(5) the state or a governmental agency, political subdivision, or other instrumentality of the state, or an employee of the state or a governmental agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state who is acting within the scope of the person's employment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8138.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8138 / Section 8138.001
§ 8138.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means Las Lomas Municipal Utility District No. 4 of Kaufman County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8162.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8162 / Section 8162.102
§ 8162.102. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or improvements in aid of those roads.

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

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by resolution. If the district is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not undertake a road project unless each county in which the district is located consents by resolution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.108
§ 1002.108. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.

(b) This section is not a limitation on the authority of the board.
Tex. Water Code § 54.023 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.023
§ 54.023. APPEAL FROM THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

Any person who signed the petition, any city, or any person who appeared in person or by attorney or agent and offered testimony for or against the creation of the district, may appeal from the order of the commission granting or refusing the petition within 30 days after the entry of the order.
Tex. Local Government Code § 361.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 361 / Section 361.002
§ 361.002. CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER; OFFICE RESTRICTION INAPPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipality and county jointly or severally may own, construct, equip, enlarge, and maintain as a criminal justice center one or more buildings located in the municipality.

(b) The criminal justice center must provide public facilities related or incidental to the administration of criminal justice and may include:

(1) accommodations for the handling, processing, and detention of prisoners;

(2) offices for state, county, and municipal administrative and judicial officials;

(3) courtrooms; and

(4) parking facilities.

(c) A county officer may maintain office facilities in the criminal justice center in addition to any office facilities maintained at the county seat, notwithstanding Section 291.002 or any other law that restricts the location of county offices to the county seat of the county.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 28.09 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 28 / Section 28.09
§ 28.09. EXCEPTION ON ACCOUNT OF FORM OR SUBSTANCE.
Status: in_force

If the exception to an indictment or information is sustained, the information or indictment may be amended if permitted by Article 28.10 of this code, and the cause may proceed upon the amended indictment or information.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.024 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.024
§ 167.024. MOVEMENT IN OR FROM QUARANTINED AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless a person first obtains a permit or a certificate from an authorized inspector, the person may not move animals in a quarantined area:

(1) from land owned, leased, or occupied by one person into or through any other land owned, leased, or occupied by another person; or

(2) onto any open range, public street, public road, or thoroughfare.

(b) Unless the person first obtains a permit or a certificate from an authorized inspector, the owner or caretaker of animals in a quarantined area may not move the animals, or permit the animals to be moved, from an enclosure owned, leased, or occupied by that person, from any open range, street, road, or thoroughfare, or from any land that the person does not own or control, into any other enclosure or other land owned, cared for, or controlled by that person, if:

(1) the animals are subject to treatment under this chapter and the land or enclosure to which the animals are moved:

(A) is classified in the records of the county supervising inspector as being free from ticks; or

(B) has been released from quarantine by the commission; or

(2) the animals are subject to treatment but are not being treated under this chapter in the conduct of regular systematic tick eradication by the commission and the land or enclosure to which the animals are moved is owned or controlled by that person and:

(A) tick eradication work is being conducted there; or

(B) the land or enclosure is vacated under the direction of the commission for the purpose of tick eradication.

(c) The owner or caretaker of animals located in a quarantined area may move animals, or permit animals to be moved, to and from treatment facilities for the purpose of treating the animals on a regular treatment date at the treatment facility to which the animals are to be moved or on another date designated by the inspector in charge of the treatment facility. The movement of animals under this subsection must be in accordance with the rules of the commission. Any other movement is considered to be in violation of the quarantine.

(d) In this section, "other land" means land that is separated from the land from which movement is made by a fence, dividing line, or the land of another person.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.309 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.309
§ 153.309. EFFECT OF FORFEITURE OF RIGHT TO TRANSACT BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the right of the limited partnership to transact business is revived in accordance with Section 153.310:

(1) the limited partnership may not maintain an action, suit, or proceeding in a court of this state; and

(2) a successor or assignee of the limited partnership may not maintain an action, suit, or proceeding in a court of this state on a right, claim, or demand arising from the transaction of business by the limited partnership in this state.

(b) The forfeiture of the right to transact business in this state does not:

(1) impair the validity of a contract or act of the limited partnership; or

(2) prevent the limited partnership from defending an action, suit, or proceeding in a court of this state.

(c) This section and Sections 153.307 and 153.308 do not affect the liability of a limited partner.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2026.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2026 / Section 2026.008
§ 2026.008. SUPERVISION OF CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, AND MAINTENANCE; ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt a method of supervising and approving the construction, renovation, or maintenance of any building or improvement on the premises of a racetrack.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules relating to:

(1) the approval of plans and specifications;

(2) the contents of plans and specifications;

(3) the maintenance of records to ensure compliance with approved plans and specifications;

(4) the content and filing of construction progress reports by the racetrack association to the commission;

(5) the inspection by the commission or others;

(6) the method for making a change or amendment to an approved plan or specification; and

(7) any other method of supervision or oversight necessary.

(c) If the commission has grounds to believe that a racetrack association has failed to comply with the requirements of this section, a representative of the racetrack association shall appear before the commission to consider the issue of compliance with rules adopted under this section.

(d) Before a building or improvement may be used by a racetrack association, the commission shall determine whether:

(1) the construction, renovation, or maintenance of the building or improvement was completed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications; and

(2) other commission requirements were met.

(e) If the commission determines that the racetrack association failed to comply with a requirement of this section or a rule adopted under this section, the commission shall initiate an enforcement action against the racetrack association. In addition to any other authorized enforcement action, the commission may rescind any live or simulcast race date of any racetrack association that has failed to comply with the requirements of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3890.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3890 / Section 3890.206
§ 3890.206. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of:

(1) an electric utility or a power generation company as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;

(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code;

(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or

(4) a person who provides to the public cable television or advanced telecommunications services.
Tex. Water Code § 53.043 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.043
§ 53.043. POWERS OF NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A district created by the division of an existing district into two districts has all the powers and duties given by this chapter to any other district.
Tex. Election Code § 68.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 68 / Section 68.002
§ 68.002. ACCESS TO TABULATION SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) During the tabulation, the secretary of state shall provide a sufficient number of display terminals for representatives of the news media to monitor the tabulation. The secretary shall provide direct lines between computers for use by the media, if practicable.

(b) The secretary shall charge reasonable fees, which shall approximate actual costs, to defray the costs of providing the news media access to the tabulation system.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 250.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 250 / Section 250.008
§ 250.008. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person releases or otherwise discloses any information received under this chapter except as prescribed by Section 250.007(b) or (c).

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.458 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.458
§ 351.458. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY; USE OF NAME OR PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not use, or cause or allow to be used, the optometrist's or therapeutic optometrist's name or professional identification, as authorized by Chapter 104, on or near the door, window, wall, directory, sign, or listing of an office or place of practice, unless the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist is actually present and practicing optometry or therapeutic optometry in that office or place during the hours it is open to the public for the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry.

(b) An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not practice in an office or place where a name or professional identification on or near the door, window, wall, directory, sign, or listing of the office or place, or where a name or professional identification used in connection with the office or place, indicates that it is owned, operated, supervised, staffed, directed, or attended by a person not actually present and practicing optometry or therapeutic optometry in that office or place during the hours it is open to the public for the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry.

(c) To be actually present for purposes of Subsections (a) and (b), the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist must be physically present in the office or place of practice:

(1) for more than half of the total number of hours the office or place is open to the public for the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry in each calendar month for at least nine months in each calendar year; or

(2) for at least half of the time the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist conducts or supervises the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry.

(d) To be practicing optometry or therapeutic optometry for purposes of Subsections (a) and (b), the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist must regularly and personally in the office or place of practice:

(1) examine the eyes of some of the persons for whom prescriptions have been issued in that office or place; or

(2) supervise those eye examinations.

(e) This section does not require the physical presence of a person who is ill, injured, or otherwise temporarily incapacitated.

(f) Section 351.361(c) applies to this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.110 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.110
§ 501.110. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter shall be enforced by the department and any other governmental or law enforcement entity, including the Department of Public Safety, and the personnel of the entity as provided by this subchapter.

(b) The department, an agent, officer, or employee of the department, or another person enforcing this subchapter is not liable to a person damaged or injured by an act or omission relating to the issuance or revocation of a title, nonrepairable vehicle title, nonrepairable record of title, salvage vehicle title, or salvage record of title under this subchapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 128.046 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 128 / Section 128.046
§ 128.046. RULES.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state may adopt rules necessary to carry out the secretary's duties under this chapter, including prescribing necessary forms.
Tex. Occupations Code § 256.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 256 / Section 256.006
§ 256.006. REEXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall establish the conditions under which and the number of times an applicant may retake an examination.

(b) The board may require an applicant who fails the examination to meet additional education requirements.
Tex. Government Code § 801.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 801 / Section 801.203
§ 801.203. REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR.
Status: repealed

(a) The board shall present to the legislature and the governor, in November of each even-numbered year, a public report explaining the work and findings of the board during the preceding two-year period and including drafts or recommendations of any legislation relating to public retirement systems that the board finds advisable.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(67), eff. June 17, 2011.
Tex. Education Code § 79.08 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 79 / Section 79.08
§ 79.08. PARTICIPATION IN PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the university is an institution of higher education "created at a later date" for purposes of Section 18(c), Article VII, Texas Constitution. If the Act enacting this chapter receives a vote of two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature, when established the university is entitled to participate in the funding provided by Section 18, Article VII, Texas Constitution, to the same extent as similar component institutions of The University of Texas System.
Tex. Water Code § 7.104 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.104
§ 7.104. NO PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY CERTAIN FEES.
Status: in_force

A civil penalty may not be assessed for failure to:

(1) pay a fee under Section 371.062, Health and Safety Code; or

(2) file a report under Section 371.024, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 103.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 103 / Section 103.001
§ 103.001. MUNICIPAL JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

To provide fair, just, and reasonable rates and adequate and efficient services, the governing body of a municipality has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations, and services of a gas utility within the municipality, subject to the limitations imposed by this subtitle, unless the municipality surrenders its jurisdiction to the railroad commission under Section 103.003.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1074.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1074 / Section 1074.202
§ 1074.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund and to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other tax imposed for the district may not in any year exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 122.358 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 122 / Section 122.358
§ 122.358. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer may inspect and collect a reasonably sized sample of any material from the plant Cannabis sativa L. found in a vehicle to determine the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of the plant material. Unless a peace officer has probable cause to believe the plant material is marihuana, the peace officer may not:

(1) seize the plant material; or

(2) arrest the person transporting the plant material.

(b) A peace officer may detain any hemp being transported in this state until the person transporting the hemp provides the documentation required by Section 122.356. The peace officer shall immediately release the hemp to the person if the person produces documentation required by that section.

(c) If a peace officer has probable cause to believe that a person transporting hemp in this state is also transporting marihuana or a controlled substance, as defined by Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code, or any other illegal substance under state or federal law, the peace officer may seize and impound the hemp along with the controlled or illegal substance.

(d) This subchapter does not limit or restrict a peace officer from enforcing to the fullest extent the laws of this state regulating marihuana and controlled substances, as defined by Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 4 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 51 / Section 4
§ 4. GOVERNOR MAY INVESTIGATE CASE.
Status: in_force

When a demand shall be made upon the Governor of this State by the Executive Authority of another State for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon the Secretary of State, Attorney General or any prosecuting officer in this State to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, and to report to him the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and whether he ought to be surrendered.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 24.013 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 24 / Section 24.013
§ 24.013. COSTS.
Status: in_force

In any proceeding under this chapter, the court may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees as are equitable and just.