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Tex. Insurance Code § 942.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 942 / Section 942.155
§ 942.155. FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An exchange shall maintain at all times an unencumbered surplus over and above all liabilities that is at least equal to the minimum capital stock and surplus required of a stock insurance company engaged in the same kinds of business.

(b) An exchange shall maintain at all times the reserves required by the laws of this state or by rules adopted by the commissioner to be maintained by stock insurance companies engaged in the same kinds of business.

(c) An exchange shall maintain the required assets as to:

(1) minimum surplus requirements, as provided by Section 822.204; and

(2) other funds, as provided by the provisions of Subchapter B, Chapter 424, other than Sections 424.052, 424.072, and 424.073.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6906.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6906 / Section 6906.107
§ 6906.107. DISTRICT OFFICE.
Status: in_force

The district may operate and maintain an office.
Tex. Education Code § 22A.002 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22A / Section 22A.002
§ 22A.002. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless disclosure is required by other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), a complaint from a member of the public, statement, recording, note, file, record, memorandum, or report that is received, obtained, or created by the board or agency relating to the review or investigation of an allegation of misconduct under this chapter involving an employee of or contractor for an educational provider or an educator or employee employed by or a service provider for an educational entity is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit the disclosure of:

(1) a report required under Section 22A.051, 22A.052, 22A.301, or 22A.302;

(2) information described by Subsection (a) for purposes of an administrative or other legal proceeding brought under Chapter 2001, Government Code; or

(3) information required to be included in the report under Section 22A.251.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0103
§ 8508.0103. GENERAL POWERS RELATING TO WORKS AND WATER.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may exercise all the rights and powers of an independent agency and a body politic and corporate to construct, maintain, and operate, inside this state and in the watershed of the Sulphur River and its tributaries inside or outside the boundaries of the authority, any work considered essential:

(1) to the authority's operation; and

(2) for its administration in controlling, storing, preserving, and distributing the water, including storm water and floodwater, of the Sulphur River and its tributary streams.

(b) The authority may exercise the power of control and regulation over the water of the Sulphur River and its tributaries as this state may exercise, subject to the constitution and laws of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3832.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3832 / Section 3832.153
§ 3832.153. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district, including improvements constructed or acquired by the district; or

(2) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
Tex. Local Government Code § 135.103 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 135 / Section 135.103
§ 135.103. LOCAL CONSOLIDATED CIVIL FEE FOR JUSTICE COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other fees and court costs, a person shall pay a local consolidated filing fee of $33 on filing of any civil case in a justice court and on any action other than an original action for a civil case, including an appeal and any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention, contempt action, interpleader, motion for new trial, motion to reinstate, or third-party action.

(b) The county treasurer shall allocate the fees received under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have received if the fees for the accounts and funds had been collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund may not receive less than the following percentages:
Tex. Water Code § 51.018 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.018
§ 51.018.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.018. SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT: NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) The notice of hearing on the petition shall include a statement of the nature and purpose of the district and the date, time, and place of hearing.

(b) The notice shall be prepared with one original and three copies. The county clerk shall retain one copy of the notice in his files and deliver the original and two copies to the county sheriff.

(c) The sheriff shall post one copy of the notice at the courthouse door 15 days before the day of the hearing and shall publish one copy in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first newspaper publication shall be made at least 20 days before the day of hearing.

(d) Before the hearing, the sheriff shall make due return of service of the notice with copy and affidavit of publication attached to the original.
Tex. Family Code § 201.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.007
§ 201.007. POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as limited by an order of referral, an associate judge may:

(1) conduct a hearing;

(2) hear evidence;

(3) compel production of relevant evidence;

(4) rule on the admissibility of evidence;

(5) issue a summons for:

(A) the appearance of witnesses; and

(B) the appearance of a parent who has failed to appear before an agency authorized to conduct an investigation of an allegation of abuse or neglect of a child after receiving proper notice;

(6) examine a witness;

(7) swear a witness for a hearing;

(8) make findings of fact on evidence;

(9) formulate conclusions of law;

(10) recommend an order to be rendered in a case;

(11) regulate all proceedings in a hearing before the associate judge;

(12) order the attachment of a witness or party who fails to obey a subpoena;

(13) order the detention of a witness or party found guilty of contempt, pending approval by the referring court as provided by Section 201.013;

(14) without prejudice to the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court under Section 201.015 and subject to Subsection (c), render and sign:

(A) a final order agreed to in writing as to both form and substance by all parties;

(B) a final default order;

(C) a temporary order; or

(D) a final order in a case in which a party files an unrevoked waiver made in accordance with Rule 119, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, that waives notice to the party of the final hearing or waives the party's appearance at the final hearing;

(15) take action as necessary and proper for the efficient performance of the associate judge's duties; and

(16) render and sign a final order if the parties waive the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court under Section 201.015 in writing before the start of a hearing conducted by the associate judge.

(b) An associate judge may, in the interest of justice, refer a case back to the referring court regardless of whether a timely objection to the associate judge hearing the trial on the merits or presiding at a jury trial has been made by any party.

(c) A final order described by Subsection (a)(14) becomes final after the expiration of the period described by Section 201.015(a) if a party does not request a de novo hearing in accordance with that section. An order described by Subsection (a)(14) or (16) that is rendered and signed by an associate judge constitutes an order of the referring court.

(d) An answer filed by or on behalf of a party who previously filed a waiver described in Subsection (a)(14)(D) shall revoke that waiver.

(e) An order signed before May 1, 2017, by an associate judge under Subsection (a)(16) is a final order rendered as of the date the order was signed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.205
§ 1112.205. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) District refunding bonds may, without an election, be issued to refund any bonds or other refundable indebtedness issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the outstanding bonds or other refundable indebtedness; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of the outstanding bonds or other refundable indebtedness.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1902.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1902 / Section 1902.053
§ 1902.053. WATER WELL DRILLERS ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall deposit money collected under this chapter to the credit of the water well drillers account in the general revenue fund. Money deposited in that account under this section may be used only to administer this chapter.

(b) The department shall allocate not more than 20 percent of the money in the account to cover the department's administrative costs.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1503.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1503 / Section 1503.001
§ 1503.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan that:

(1) provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including:

(A) an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage that is offered by:

(i) an insurance company;

(ii) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(iii) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;

(iv) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884; or

(v) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843; and

(B) to the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.), a health benefit plan that is offered by:

(i) a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined by Section 3 of that Act; or

(ii) an analogous benefit arrangement; or

(2) is offered by:

(A) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844; or

(B) another entity that:

(i) is not authorized under this code or another insurance law of this state; and

(ii) contracts directly for health care services on a risk-sharing basis, including a capitation basis.
Tex. Education Code § 13.284 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 13 / Section 13.284
§ 13.284. CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

To receive incentive aid payments:

(1) the geographical boundaries of the proposed district must be submitted to the agency for approval; and

(2) the geographical boundaries approved by the agency must be set forth in the petition for a consolidation election, if applicable.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.009 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 131 / Section 131.009
§ 131.009. PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
Status: in_force

The chief apiary inspector shall develop and implement policies that will provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the inspector and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the inspector.
Tex. Government Code § 436.155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 436 / Section 436.155
§ 436.155. INCURRENCE OF DEBT BY PUBLIC ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A defense community in this state may borrow money from the state, including by direct loan, based on the credit of the defense community to finance a project included in the community's military base or defense facility value enhancement statement.

(b) A defense community may enter into a loan agreement with the state to provide financing for a project. The defense community may pledge the taxes of the community or provide any other guarantee for the loan.

(c) Money borrowed must be segregated from other funds under the control of the defense community and may only be used for purposes related to a specific project.

(d) The authority granted by this section does not affect the ability of a defense community to incur debt using other statutorily authorized methods.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8849.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8849 / Section 8849.001
§ 8849.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.102
§ 3833.102. WATER-RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, or maintain stormwater, drainage and detention facilities, sanitary sewer lines and pump stations, and water lines and pump stations.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.202
§ 702.202. QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

A certificate holder may apply for an exemption under Section 702.201 if:

(1) the certificate holder does not require, or solicit or offer a plan or program that requires, a health spa consumer to:

(A) execute a membership contract for a term that exceeds 31 days;

(B) execute a note or retail installment contract;

(C) authorize a draw or other recurring debit on a financial institution in favor of the certificate holder or the certificate holder's assignee;

(D) pay an initiation fee or other fee, not including monthly dues; or

(E) prepay for a term that exceeds 31 days; or

(2) the certificate holder submits a sworn statement every three years with the secretary of state stating that the certificate holder:

(A) has assets based on net book value that exceed $50,000 per registered location;

(B) has operated under substantially the same ownership or management for at least five years; and

(C) has not been the subject of a complaint relating to the closing of a health spa owned by the certificate holder or the failure of a health spa owned by the certificate holder to open that has been initiated or filed by a member of the health spa with a governmental authority in this state.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.1015 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.1015
§ 154.1015. SALES; PERMIT HOLDERS AND NONPERMIT HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except for retail sales to consumers, cigarettes may only be sold or distributed by and between permit holders as provided by this section.

(b) A person who is not a permit holder may not sell or distribute more than 200 individual cigarettes to any person.

(c) A manufacturer outside this state who is not a permitted distributor may sell cigarettes only to a permitted distributor or permitted interstate warehouse.

(d) A permitted distributor may sell cigarettes only to a permitted distributor, wholesaler, or retailer. A permitted distributor who manufactures or produces cigarettes in this state may sell those cigarettes to a permitted interstate warehouse.

(e) A permitted importer may sell cigarettes only to a permitted interstate warehouse, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer.

(f) A permitted wholesaler may sell cigarettes only to a permitted distributor, wholesaler, or retailer.

(g) A permitted retailer may sell cigarettes only to the consumer and may purchase cigarettes only from a permitted distributor or wholesaler in this state.

(h) A permitted export warehouse may sell cigarettes only to persons authorized to sell or consume unstamped cigarettes outside the United States.

(i) A manufacturer's representative may sell cigarettes only to a permitted distributor, wholesaler, or retailer.

(j) A permitted interstate warehouse may sell cigarettes only in an interstate warehouse transaction. An interstate warehouse may not make an intrastate sale of cigarettes without written authorization by the comptroller.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.006 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 76 / Section 76.006
§ 76.006. APPLICATION FOR LOCATION; FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) Any citizen of the United States or any domestic corporation may file a written application with the department for a certificate authorizing the applicant to plant oysters and make a private oyster bed in the public water of the state.

(b) The application must describe the location desired.

(c) The application must be accompanied by a fee of $20 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.
Tex. Government Code § 552.135 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.135
§ 552.135.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.135. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION HELD BY SCHOOL DISTRICT. (a) "Informer" means a student or a former student or an employee or former employee of a school district who has furnished a report of another person's possible violation of criminal, civil, or regulatory law to the school district or the proper regulatory enforcement authority.

(b) An informer's name or information that would substantially reveal the identity of an informer is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply:

(1) if the informer is a student or former student, and the student or former student, or the legal guardian, or spouse of the student or former student consents to disclosure of the student's or former student's name; or

(2) if the informer is an employee or former employee who consents to disclosure of the employee's or former employee's name; or

(3) if the informer planned, initiated, or participated in the possible violation.

(d) Information excepted under Subsection (b) may be made available to a law enforcement agency or prosecutor for official purposes of the agency or prosecutor upon proper request made in compliance with applicable law and procedure.

(e) This section does not infringe on or impair the confidentiality of information considered to be confidential by law, whether it be constitutional, statutory, or by judicial decision, including information excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.027 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 143 / Section 143.027
§ 143.027. EXTENSION OF SUBCHAPTER TO ADJOINING AREA BY ORDER.
Status: in_force

A commissioners court by order shall extend application of this subchapter to territory that is between two areas of the county that have adopted this subchapter or is adjacent to an area, in that county or in another county, that has adopted this subchapter if:

(1) there are fewer than 20 freeholders in the territory and a majority of the owners of the land in the territory petition the court to extend application of this subchapter to that area;

(2) there are no freeholders in the territory and the owners of the land petition the commissioners court to extend application of this subchapter to that territory; or

(3) a person who owns land that is adjacent to land to which this subchapter has been extended petitions the court to extend application of this subchapter to that person's land.
Tex. Transportation Code § 726.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 726 / Section 726.003
§ 726.003. MOTOR VEHICLE TESTING STATIONS; TESTING AND INSPECTION FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may acquire, establish, improve, operate, and maintain motor vehicle testing stations and pay for the stations from fees charged for testing and inspecting motor vehicles.

(b) A municipality may impose a fee for the testing and inspecting of a motor vehicle. The fee may not exceed $1 a year. Fees collected under this subsection shall be placed in a separate fund from which may be paid the costs in connection with automotive and safety education programs and the acquisition, establishment, improvement, operation, and maintenance of the testing stations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3792.0603 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3792 / Section 3792.0603
§ 3792.0603. SALES AND USE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the date the results are declared of an election held under Section 3792.0602, at which the voters approved imposition of the tax authorized by this subchapter, the board shall determine and adopt by resolution or order the initial rate of the tax, which must be in one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent.

(b) After the election held under Section 3792.0602, the board may increase or decrease the rate of the tax by one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent.

(c) The initial rate of the tax or any rate resulting from subsequent increases or decreases may not exceed the lesser of:

(1) the maximum rate authorized by the district voters at the election held under Section 3792.0602; or

(2) a rate that, when added to the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions with territory in the district, would result in the maximum combined rate prescribed by Section 321.101(f), Tax Code, at any location in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 87.101 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 87 / Section 87.101
§ 87.101. PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY.
Status: in_force

Prairie View A&M University is a coeducational institution of higher education located at Prairie View, in Waller County.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.309 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.309
§ 521.309. PROBATION OF SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) On determining that a license shall be suspended, the presiding officer who conducts a hearing under this subchapter, or the court that tries an appeal under this subchapter, may recommend that the suspension be probated on any terms and conditions considered necessary or proper by the presiding officer or court, if it appears that justice and the best interests of the public and the person will be served by the probation.

(b) The revocation of a license may not be probated.

(c) The report to the department of the results of the hearing must include any terms and conditions of the probation.

(d) If probation is recommended, the department shall probate the suspension.

(e) If a presiding officer or a court probates a suspension of a license under this section, the probationary period shall be for a term of not less than 90 days or more than two years.
Tex. Property Code § 2.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 2 / Section 2.002
§ 2.002.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.002. DRY FIRE HYDRANTS: AGREEMENT IS PERSONAL. (a) An agreement between an owner, lessee, or occupant of real property and a fire-fighting agency relating to the connection of a dry fire hydrant to a source of water on the property or the installation of a dry fire hydrant on the property may not bind a subsequent owner, lessee, or occupant of the real property.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Dry fire hydrant" means a fire hydrant that is connected to a stock tank, pond, or other similar source of water from which water is pumped in case of fire.

(2) "Fire-fighting agency" means any entity that provides fire-fighting services, including:

(A) a volunteer fire department; and

(B) a political subdivision of this state authorized to provide fire-fighting services.
Tex. Estates Code § 251.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 251 / Section 251.002
§ 251.002. INTERESTS THAT MAY PASS BY WILL; DISINHERITANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to limitations prescribed by law, a person competent to make a will may devise under the will all the estate, right, title, and interest in property the person has at the time of the person's death.

(b) A person who makes a will may:

(1) disinherit an heir; and

(2) direct the disposition of property or an interest passing under the will or by intestacy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.205
§ 1098.205. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.