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Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.711 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 61 / Section 61.711
§ 61.711.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.711. RETAIL DEALER: CONVICTION OF OFFENSE RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION. The commission or administrator may suspend for not more than 60 days or cancel an original or renewal retail dealer's on- or off-premise license if it is found after notice and hearing that:

(1) the licensee has been finally convicted of any offense under a state or federal law or a municipal ordinance prohibiting the violation of an individual's civil rights or the discrimination against an individual on the basis of the individual's race, color, creed, or national origin; and

(2) the offense was committed on the licensed premises or in connection with the operation of the licensee's business.
Tex. Government Code § 2260.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2260 / Section 2260.101
§ 2260.101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "office" means the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.107
§ 1026.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings and other facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease may not exceed 25 years.

(c) The board may acquire equipment for use in the district's hospital system and mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price. A contract entered into under this subsection must provide that the entire obligation be retired not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the contract.

(d) The board may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1050.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1050 / Section 1050.059
§ 1050.059. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on approval of the expenses by the board.
Tex. Estates Code § 454.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 454 / Section 454.003
§ 454.003. CITATION AND SEARCH.
Status: in_force

(a) If the fact of a person's death must be proved by circumstantial evidence under Section 454.002, at the request of any interested person, the court may order that a citation be issued to the person presumed dead and that the citation be served on the person by publication and posting and by additional methods as directed by the order.

(b) After letters testamentary or of administration are issued, the court may also direct:

(1) the personal representative to search for the person presumed dead by notifying law enforcement agencies and public welfare agencies in appropriate locations that the person has disappeared; and

(2) the applicant to engage the services of an investigative agency to search for the person presumed dead.

(c) The expense of a search or notice under this section shall be taxed to the estate as a cost and paid out of the estate property.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 153.044 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 153 / Section 153.044
§ 153.044. SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

The Prescribed Burning Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). The board shall be reviewed during the period in which the Department of Agriculture is reviewed.
Tex. Government Code § 812.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 812 / Section 812.206
§ 812.206. RETURN TO WORK SURCHARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a person who, on or after September 1, 2009:

(1) retires from the employee class; and

(2) is rehired as a retiree into a position that would otherwise include membership in the employee class.

(b) For each month that a department or agency of this state employs a person described by Subsection (a), the department or agency shall remit to the retirement system an amount equal to the amount of the state contribution that the department or agency would remit for an active member employed in the person's position. The amount remitted shall be deposited as provided by Section 815.309.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 5A.012 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 5A / Section 5A.012
§ 5A.012.
Status: in_force

Art. 5A.012. PROSECUTOR'S FILING OF PROTECTIVE ORDER: PROHIBITED CONSIDERATION; AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE INFORMATION. A prosecuting attorney's decision to file an application for a protective order under Title 4, Family Code, should be made without regard to whether a criminal complaint has been filed by the applicant. A prosecuting attorney may require the applicant to provide to a local law enforcement agency information relating to the facts alleged in the application for an offense report.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.087 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.087
§ 81.087. VIOLATION OF CONTROL MEASURE ORDERS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses to perform or allow the performance of certain control measures ordered by a health authority or the department under Sections 81.083-81.086.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 609.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.203
§ 609.203. DISCRETIONARY TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

(a) A hospital district may transfer an employee's deferred amounts and investment income from a qualified investment product to the trust fund of the deferred compensation plan in which the employee participates if the district determines that the transfer is in the best interest of the plan and the employee.

(b) The hospital district is not required to give notice of a transfer under Subsection (a) to the employee before the transfer occurs.

(c) Promptly after a transfer under Subsection (a) occurs, the hospital district shall give to the employee a notice that:

(1) states the reason for the transfer; and

(2) requests that the employee promptly designate another qualified investment product to receive the transferred amount.
Tex. Local Government Code § 152.907 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 152 / Section 152.907
§ 152.907. CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR COUNTY AND PRECINCT OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may authorize payment of reasonable continuing education expenses incurred by a county or precinct officer if the expenses are related to the officer's official duties, including expenses incurred by the officer between the general election at which the officer is elected and the beginning of the officer's term of office.
Tex. Property Code § 116.204 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.204
§ 116.204. TRANSFERS FROM INCOME TO REIMBURSE PRINCIPAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If a trustee makes or expects to make a principal disbursement described in this section, the trustee may transfer an appropriate amount from income to principal in one or more accounting periods to reimburse principal or to provide a reserve for future principal disbursements.

(b) Principal disbursements to which Subsection (a) applies include the following, but only to the extent that the trustee has not been and does not expect to be reimbursed by a third party:

(1) an amount chargeable to income but paid from principal because it is unusually large, including extraordinary repairs;

(2) a capital improvement to a principal asset, whether in the form of changes to an existing asset or the construction of a new asset, including special assessments;

(3) disbursements made to prepare property for rental, including tenant allowances, leasehold improvements, and broker's commissions;

(4) periodic payments on an obligation secured by a principal asset to the extent that the amount transferred from income to principal for depreciation is less than the periodic payments; and

(5) disbursements described in Section 116.202(a)(7).

(c) If the asset whose ownership gives rise to the disbursements becomes subject to a successive income interest after an income interest ends, a trustee may continue to transfer amounts from income to principal as provided in Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 662.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.004
§ 662.004. MINIMUM NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES NEEDED TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency and an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, shall have enough employees on duty during a state holiday to conduct the public business of the agency or institution.

(b) This section does not apply to a state holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, or the 24th or 26th day of December.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.410 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.410
§ 39.410. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may not:

(1) interfere with or abrogate the rights or obligations of any party, including a retail or wholesale customer, to a contract with an investor-owned electric utility, river authority, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative;

(2) interfere with or abrogate the rights or obligations of a party under a contract or agreement concerning certificated utility service areas; or

(3) result in a change in wholesale power costs to wholesale customers in Texas purchasing electricity under wholesale power contracts the pricing provisions of which are based on formulary rates, fuel adjustments, or average system costs.
Tex. Government Code § 2161.0015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2161 / Section 2161.0015
§ 2161.0015. DETERMINING SIZE STANDARDS FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may establish size standards that a business may not exceed if it is to be considered a historically underutilized business under this chapter. In determining the size standards, the comptroller shall determine the size at which a business should be considered sufficiently large that the business probably does not significantly suffer from the effects of past discriminatory practices.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 283.021 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 283 / Section 283.021
§ 283.021. CAMPING.
Status: in_force

No person may camp on the shores of Murvaul Lake in Panola County on land owned by the Panola County Fresh Water Supply District Number 1 except at places designated as campsites by the Board of Supervisors of the Panola County Fresh Water Supply District Number 1.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 113.0103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 113 / Section 113.0103
§ 113.0103. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The executive committee shall elect a presiding officer from among the membership of the executive committee.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1151.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.154
§ 1151.154. SURRENDER OF POLICY FOR SPECIFIED CASH SURRENDER VALUE.
Status: in_force

(a) An industrial life insurance policy issued before the date described by Section 1151.058(2) under which the insured applies for cash surrender value must be surrendered for the specified cash surrender value to the insurer at the insurer's home office within the grace period following the due date of the defaulted premium.

(b) The insurer may defer payment for a period of not more than six months after the date of application for the specified cash surrender value.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 151.107 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 151 / Section 151.107
§ 151.107. ELECTION OF OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

If conduct constituting an offense under Section 151.105 is an offense under another law of this state, the state may elect the offense for which it prosecutes the trustee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.306 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.306
§ 242.306. APPLICATION OF OPEN MEETINGS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
Status: in_force

The board is subject to Chapters 551 and 2001, Government Code.(a) An applicant for a nursing facility administrator's license must submit a sworn application that is accompanied by the application fee.

(b) The department shall prescribe the form of the application and the executive commissioner may by rule establish dates by which applications and fees must be received.

(c) An applicant for a nursing facility administrator's license must take a licensing examination under this subchapter. To qualify for the licensing examination, the applicant must have satisfactorily completed a course of instruction and training prescribed by the executive commissioner that is conducted by or in cooperation with an accredited postsecondary educational institution and that is designed and administered to provide sufficient knowledge of:

(1) the needs served by nursing facilities;

(2) the laws governing the operation of nursing facilities and the protection of the interests of facility residents; and

(3) the elements of nursing facility administration.

(d) An applicant who has not completed the course of instruction and training described by Subsection (c) must present evidence satisfactory to the department of having completed sufficient education, training, and experience in the fields described by Subsection (c) to enable the applicant to engage in the practice of nursing facility administration.
Tex. Government Code § 571.172 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.172
§ 571.172. ORDER.
Status: in_force

The commission may:

(1) issue and enforce a cease and desist order to stop a violation; and

(2) issue an affirmative order to require compliance with the laws administered and enforced by the commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 762.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 762 / Section 762.003
§ 762.003. FIRE PROTECTION STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to a campground owned or controlled by a governmental entity.

(b) A campground must comply with the National Fire Protection Association 1194, Standard for Recreational Vehicle Parks and Campgrounds, 2021 Edition, other than Sections 1.1.1 and 5.1.1.1.

(c) A governmental entity may adopt a policy, rule, ordinance, or order to regulate environmental health and sanitation, electrical distribution system safety, liquefied petroleum gas storage and dispensing safety, or fire protection only if the policy, rule, ordinance, or order does not impose standards more stringent than the standards described under Subsection (b).
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.28 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.28
§ 21.28. DUTY ON TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court, without delay, shall deliver the indictments in all cases transferred, together with all the papers relating to each case, to the proper court or justice, as directed in the order of transfer; and shall accompany each case with a certified copy of all the proceedings taken therein in the district court, and with a bill of the costs that have accrued therein in the district court. The said costs shall be taxed in the court in which said cause is tried, in the event of a conviction.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.0035 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0035
§ 21.0035. CIVILIAN WORKFORCE COMPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall biennially determine:

(1) the percentage of the statewide civilian workforce composed of:

(A) Caucasian Americans;

(B) African Americans;

(C) Hispanic Americans;

(D) females; and

(E) males; and

(2) the percentage of the statewide civilian workforce of the groups listed in Subdivision (1) according to the following job categories:

(A) state agency administration;

(B) professional;

(C) technical;

(D) protective services;

(E) paraprofessional;

(F) administrative support;

(G) skilled craft; and

(H) service and maintenance.

(b) The commission shall report the percentages of the statewide civilian workforce as determined under this section to the governor and the legislature not later than the fifth day of each regular session of the legislature.
Tex. Occupations Code § 53.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 53 / Section 53.102
§ 53.102. REQUEST FOR CRIMINAL HISTORY EVALUATION LETTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may request a licensing authority to issue a criminal history evaluation letter regarding the person's eligibility for a license issued by that authority if the person:

(1) is enrolled or planning to enroll in an educational program that prepares a person for an initial license or is planning to take an examination for an initial license; and

(2) has reason to believe that the person is ineligible for the license due to a conviction or deferred adjudication for a felony or misdemeanor offense.

(b) The request must state the basis for the person's potential ineligibility.
Tex. Government Code § 662.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.002
§ 662.002. APPLICABILITY TO EMPLOYEE OF THE HOUSE OR SENATE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a state employee of the house of representatives or the senate only at the discretion of the presiding officer or the administration committee of each respective house.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8483.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8483 / Section 8483.0302
§ 8483.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7939A.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7939A / Section 7939A.0307
§ 7939A.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8007.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8007 / Section 8007.001
§ 8007.001. 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 Wise County Municipal Utility District No. 4.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 93.062 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 93 / Section 93.062
§ 93.062. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

An offense under Section 93.061 of this code is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.752 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.752
§ 201.752. STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall establish standards for processing an environmental review document for a highway project. The standards must increase efficiency, minimize delays, and encourage collaboration and cooperation by the department with a local government sponsor, with a goal of prompt approval of legally sufficient documents.

(b) The standards apply regardless of whether the environmental review document is prepared by the department or a local government sponsor. The standards apply to work performed by the sponsor and to the department's review process and environmental decision.

(c) The standards must address, for each type of environmental review document:

(1) the issues and subject matter to be included in the project scope prepared under Section 201.754;

(2) the required content of a draft environmental review document;

(3) the process to be followed in considering each type of environmental review document; and

(4) review deadlines, including the deadlines in Section 201.759.

(d) The standards must include a process for resolving disputes arising under this subchapter, provided that the dispute resolution process must be concluded not later than the 60th day after the date either party requests dispute resolution.

(e) For highway projects described in Section 201.753(a), the standards may provide a process and criteria for the prioritization of environmental review documents in the event the department makes a finding that it lacks adequate resources to timely process all documents it receives. Standards established pursuant to this subsection must provide for notification to a local government sponsor if processing of an environmental review document is to be delayed due to prioritization, and must ensure that the environmental review document for each highway project will be completed no later than one year prior to the date planned for publishing notice to let the construction contract for the project, as indicated in a document identifying the project under Section 201.753(a)(1) or a commission order under Section 201.753(a)(2).
Tex. Government Code § 81.0241 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0241
§ 81.0241. ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The state bar may, with the approval of the supreme court, distribute by electronic transmission ballots and related materials and receive by electronic transmission completed ballots in an election under this chapter.

(b) Before approving the distribution or receipt of ballots and related materials by electronic transmission under this section, the supreme court must be satisfied that the state bar has implemented procedures that ensure each member of the state bar will have secure access to election ballots and information.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.252
§ 2153.252. AUTHORIZED CREDIT EXTENSIONS.
Status: in_force

A license holder may extend or lend credit to, or extend or lend credit on behalf of, a lessee or bailee of a music or skill or pleasure coin-operated machine only for a business or commercial purpose in accordance with this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 233.062 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 233 / Section 233.062
§ 233.062. APPLICATION AND CONTENT OF FIRE CODE.
Status: in_force

(a) The fire code applies only to the following buildings constructed in an unincorporated area of the county:

(1) a commercial establishment;

(2) a public building; and

(3) a multifamily residential dwelling consisting of four or more units.

(b) The fire code does not apply to an industrial facility having a fire brigade that conforms to requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

(c) The fire code must:

(1) conform to:

(A) the International Fire Code, as published by the International Code Council, as the code existed on May 1, 2005; or

(B) the Uniform Fire Code, as published by the National Fire Protection Association, as the code existed on May 1, 2005; or

(2) establish protective measures that exceed the standards of the codes described by Subdivision (1).

(d) The commissioners court may adopt later editions of a fire code listed in Subsection (c).
Tex. Family Code § 156.107 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 156 / Section 156.107
§ 156.107. MODIFICATION OF ORDER ON FINDING OF CONTEMPT FOR DENIAL OF POSSESSION AND ACCESS.
Status: in_force

A finding by the court that a conservator is in contempt of court for the denial of court-ordered possession of or access to a child and has previously been found in contempt of court at least three times for failure to comply with the terms of an order providing for possession of or access to the child constitutes a material and substantial change of circumstances sufficient to justify modification of an existing court order or portion of a decree that provides for the appointment of a conservator or that sets the terms and conditions of conservatorship or for the possession of or access to the child.