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Tex. Utilities Code § 253.0001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 253 / Section 253.0001
§ 253.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Broadband provider" means an entity that provides broadband service either directly or through an affiliate that uses the entity's communications facilities, regardless of whether the entity:

(A) provides additional services in addition to broadband service; or

(B) uses its facilities in whole or in part to provide broadband service.

(2) "Broadband service" means Internet service with the capability of providing:

(A) a download speed of 25 megabits per second or faster; and

(B) an upload speed of 3 megabits per second or faster.

(3) "Pole" has the meaning assigned by Section 252.001.

(4) "Pole attachment" means an affixture of cables, strands, wires, and associated equipment used in the provision of a broadband provider's services attached to a pole directly or indirectly or placed in a right-of-way owned or controlled by an electric cooperative.
Tex. Government Code § 1501.210 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.210
§ 1501.210. PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

After money has been deposited with the bank where the outstanding district bonds are payable, the district or the municipality may pay off any outstanding district bonds if the money and investments that would remain to the credit of the interest and sinking fund are sufficient to provide for the payment of:

(1) all of the remaining outstanding bonds of the district;

(2) the interest on the remaining outstanding bonds of the district to:

(A) the maturity dates of the bonds; or

(B) the date set by the district for redemption of its bonds; and

(3) any required redemption premium.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.563 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.563
§ 171.563. COMPLIANCE MONITORING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall monitor compliance with this subchapter in the same manner as the department monitors compliance with the federal tax credit program.

(b) The department shall report any instances of noncompliance with this subchapter to the comptroller.
Tex. Local Government Code § 215.026 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 215 / Section 215.026
§ 215.026. ANIMALS AT LARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the municipality may establish and regulate public pounds.

(b) The governing body may prohibit or otherwise regulate the running at large of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, swine, or goats.

(c) If an animal is at large in violation of an ordinance adopted under this section, the governing body may authorize:

(1) the capture and impounding of the animal;

(2) the sale of the animal for the costs of the sale proceedings and any penalties imposed;

(3) the destruction of the animal if the animal cannot be sold; and

(4) the imposition of a penalty on the owner.
Tex. Election Code § 192.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 192 / Section 192.006
§ 192.006. MEETING OF ELECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The electors shall convene at the State Capitol at 2 p.m. on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December following their election and shall perform their duties as prescribed by federal law.

(b) The secretary of state shall arrange for the meeting place, notify the electors, and call the meeting to order.

(c) If an elector is absent at the time for convening the meeting, the electors may declare the elector position vacant by a majority vote of those present at the meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9088.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9088 / Section 9088.0101
§ 9088.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means the Calhoun County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 in Calhoun County.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9996 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9996
§ 61.9996. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

An institution of higher education that receives a grant awarded under this subchapter shall submit to the board an annual report on the amounts and purposes for which grant funds were spent during the year covered by the report.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.133 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.133
§ 12.133. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each political subdivision shall submit to the department, in the manner and at the time required by the department, information that relates to the political subdivision's unreimbursed health care expenditures and is required by the department to make the certification under Section 12.132.

(b) Subject to the approval of the advisory committee, the executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing the collection of information under Subsection (a). The rules may provide for regular audits of randomly selected political subdivisions and may govern the manner in which a political subdivision is selected for an audit and the selection of an auditor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 118.133 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 118 / Section 118.133
§ 118.133. SHERIFF'S AND CONSTABLE'S RESPONSE TO FALSE ALARM IN POPULOUS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 3.3 million by order may adopt a system by which the county charges a fee if the sheriff's or constable's office of the county responds to a security alarm and the emergency for which the alarm device was designed to give notice does not exist.

(b) The fee shall be charged to a person exercising control of the property on which the alarm device is installed.

(c) The commissioners court shall set the amount of the fee. The court may set a single fee that is charged for each response to a false alarm or may establish a fee structure under which different fees are charged according to the differing circumstances of each false alarm. However, the amount of a fee may not exceed the amount of the actual costs incurred by the sheriff's or constable's office in responding to the alarm.

(d) Fees collected under this Act shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the general fund of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9022.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9022 / Section 9022.101
§ 9022.101. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT 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 51, Water Code, applicable to water control and improvement districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.516 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.516
§ 401.516. WARNING SIGNS.
Status: repealed

(a) A laser hair removal facility shall post a warning sign as prescribed by the commission in a conspicuous location readily visible to a person entering the facility. The sign must provide a toll-free telephone number and e-mail address for the department and inform the customer that the customer may contact the department.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 985 (S.B. 748), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 985 (S.B. 748), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.34 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.34
§ 11.34. DISOBEYING WRIT.
Status: in_force

When service has been made upon a person charged with the illegal custody of another, if he refuses to obey the writ and make the return required by law, or, if he refuses to receive the writ, or conceals himself, the court or judge issuing the writ shall issue a warrant directed to any officer or other suitable person willing to execute the same, commanding him to arrest the person charged with the illegal custody or detention of another, and bring him before such court or judge. When such person has been arrested and brought before the court or judge, if he still refuses to return the writ, or does not produce the person in his custody, he shall be committed to jail and remain there until he is willing to obey the writ of habeas corpus, and until he pays all the costs of the proceeding.
Tex. Education Code § 61.953 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.953
§ 61.953. LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An attorney may receive repayment assistance grants for each of not more than 10 years.

(b) The amount of loan repayment assistance received by an attorney under this subchapter may not exceed 50 percent of the total amount of the attorney's outstanding law school loans, including scheduled interest payments that would become due if the loan is not prepaid, when the attorney enters into the agreement.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2411 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2411
§ 54.2411. COURT REPORTER.
Status: in_force

At the request of a party, the court shall provide a court reporter to record the proceedings before the magistrate.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.161 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.161
§ 2310.161. TERM OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A license issued under this subchapter is valid for one or two years as established by commission rule.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.152
§ 3948.152. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the district.
Tex. Government Code § 551.079 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.079
§ 551.079. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The requirements of this chapter do not apply to a meeting of the commissioner of insurance or the commissioner's designee with the board of directors of a guaranty association established under Chapter 2602, Insurance Code, or Article 21.28-C or 21.28-D, Insurance Code, in the discharge of the commissioner's duties and responsibilities to regulate and maintain the solvency of a person regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance.

(b) The commissioner of insurance may deliberate and determine the appropriate action to be taken concerning the solvency of a person regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance in a closed meeting with persons in one or more of the following categories:

(1) staff of the Texas Department of Insurance;

(2) a regulated person;

(3) representatives of a regulated person; or

(4) members of the board of directors of a guaranty association established under Chapter 2602, Insurance Code, or Article 21.28-C or 21.28-D, Insurance Code.
Tex. Government Code § 437.251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.251
§ 437.251. COMPOSITION.
Status: in_force

The Texas National Guard may not exceed half of one percent of the population of the state except in case of war, insurrection, or invasion, the prevention of invasion, the suppression of riot, or the aiding of civil authorities to execute state law.
Tex. Election Code § 1.021 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 1 / Section 1.021
§ 1.021. NOTICE OF POLLING PLACE LOCATION.
Status: in_force

When this code requires notice of a polling place location, the written notice must state the building name, if any, and the street address, including the suite or room number, if any, of the polling place.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.096 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.096
§ 361.096. EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as specifically provided by this chapter, this subchapter does not limit the powers and duties of a local government or other political subdivision of the state as conferred by this or other law.

(b) Sections 361.094 and 361.095 do not affect the power of a local government or other political subdivision to adopt or enforce building codes.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.106 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.106
§ 3.106. AUTHORIZATION OF PLANS, AGREEMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If this code expressly requires the governing authority to approve or take other action with respect to any plan, agreement, instrument, or other document, the plan, agreement, instrument, or other document may be approved by the governing authority in final form or in substantially final form.

(b) If the governing authority has acted to approve or take other action with respect to a plan, agreement, instrument, or other document that is required by this code to be filed with the secretary of state or referenced in any certificate to be filed with the secretary of state, the governing authority may, at any time after acting to approve or taking that other action and before the effectiveness of the filing with the secretary of state, act to ratify the plan, agreement, instrument, or other document. That ratification is considered:

(1) to be effective as of the time of the original act to approve or the original taking of other action by the governing authority; and

(2) to satisfy any requirement under this code that the governing authority approve or take other action with respect to the plan, agreement, instrument, or other document in a specific manner or sequence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8138.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8138 / Section 8138.052
§ 8138.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

On the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.054
§ 454.054. TERMS; VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of two members licensed under this chapter and one member who represents the public expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the governor shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term.
Tex. Property Code § 82.114 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 82 / Section 82.114
§ 82.114. ASSOCIATION RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The association shall keep:

(1) detailed financial records that comply with generally accepted accounting principles and that are sufficiently detailed to enable the association to prepare a resale certificate under Section 82.157;

(2) the plans and specifications used to construct the condominium except for buildings originally constructed before January 1, 1994;

(3) the condominium information statement prepared under Section 82.152 and any amendments;

(4) the name and mailing address of each unit owner;

(5) voting records, proxies, and correspondence relating to amendments to the declaration; and

(6) minutes of meetings of the association and board.

(b) All financial and other records of the association shall be reasonably available at its registered office or its principal office in this state for examination and production in accordance with Section 82.1141.

(c) The association shall, as a common expense, annually obtain an independent audit of the records. Copies of the audit must be made available to the unit owners. An audit required by this subsection shall be performed by a certified public accountant if required by the bylaws or a vote of the board of directors or a majority vote of the members of the association voting at a meeting of the association.

(d) A declarant shall furnish copies to the association of the information required by Subsection (a) on the date the first unit is sold.

(e) Not later than the 30th day after the date of acquiring an interest in a unit, the unit owner shall provide the association with:

(1) the unit owner's mailing address, telephone number, and driver's license number, if any;

(2) the name and address of the holder of any lien against the unit, and any loan number;

(3) the name and telephone number of any person occupying the unit other than the unit owner; and

(4) the name, address, and telephone number of any person managing the unit as agent of the unit owner.

(f) A unit owner shall notify the association not later than the 30th day after the date the owner has notice of a change in any information required by Subsection (e), and shall provide the information on request by the association from time to time.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.002
§ 521.002. CONVENIENCE TO PUBLIC.
Status: in_force

The department shall implement its duties under this chapter in the manner that provides the greatest convenience to the public.
Tex. Government Code § 508.323 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.323
§ 508.323. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The financial transactions of the division and the board are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321.
Tex. Property Code § 12.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 12 / Section 12.005
§ 12.005. PARTITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court order partitioning or allowing recovery of title to land must be recorded with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located in order to be admitted as evidence to support a right claimed under the order.

(b) A record of an order is sufficient under this section if it consists of a brief statement by the clerk of the court that made the order, signed and sealed by the clerk, that includes:

(1) the identity of the case in which the partition or judgment was made;

(2) the date of the case;

(3) the names of the parties to the case;

(4) a description of the land involved that is located in the county of the recording; and

(5) the name of the party to whom the land is decreed.
Tex. Education Code § 161.02 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 161 / Section 161.02
§ 161.02. TEXAS REPRESENTATIVES.
Status: in_force

The Texas membership to the Educational Commission of the States shall be the governor or his designated representative and six citizens of the state, including the state commissioner of education and the state commissioner of higher education, who shall be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the governor. These seven members shall officially represent Texas on the Education Commission of the States.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.801 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.801
§ 152.801. LIABILITY OF PARTNER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by the partnership agreement, a partner is not personally liable to any person, including a partner, directly or indirectly, by contribution, indemnity, or otherwise, for any obligation of the partnership incurred while the partnership is a limited liability partnership.

(b) Sections 2.101(1), 152.305, and 152.306 do not limit the effect of Subsection (a) in a limited liability partnership.

(c) For purposes of this section, an obligation is incurred while a partnership is a limited liability partnership if:

(1) the obligation relates to an action or omission occurring while the partnership is a limited liability partnership; or

(2) the obligation arises under a contract or commitment entered into while the partnership is a limited liability partnership.

(d) Subsection (a) does not affect:

(1) the liability of a partnership to pay its obligations from partnership property;

(2) the liability of a partner, if any, imposed by law or contract independently of the partner's status as a partner; or

(3) the manner in which service of citation or other civil process may be served in an action against a partnership.

(e) This section controls over the other parts of this chapter and the other partnership provisions regarding the liability of partners of a limited liability partnership, the chargeability of the partners for the obligations of the partnership, and the obligations of the partners regarding contributions and indemnity.
Tex. Local Government Code § 51.072 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 51 / Section 51.072
§ 51.072. AUTHORITY OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipality has full power of local self-government.

(b) The grant of powers to the municipality by this code does not prevent, by implication or otherwise, the municipality from exercising the authority incident to local self-government.
Tex. Election Code § 253.161 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 253 / Section 253.161
§ 253.161. USE OF CONTRIBUTION FROM NONJUDICIAL OR JUDICIAL OFFICE PROHIBITED.
Status: repealed

(a) A judicial candidate or officeholder, a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a judicial candidate, or a specific-purpose committee for assisting a judicial officeholder may not use a political contribution to make a campaign expenditure for judicial office or to make an officeholder expenditure in connection with a judicial office if the contribution was accepted while the candidate or officeholder:

(1) was a candidate for an office other than a judicial office; or

(2) held an office other than a judicial office, unless the person had become a candidate for judicial office and the contribution was made in connection with an election for judicial office.

(b) A candidate, officeholder, or specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting the candidate or officeholder may not use a political contribution to make a campaign expenditure for an office other than a judicial office or to make an officeholder expenditure in connection with an office other than a judicial office if the contribution was accepted while the candidate or officeholder:

(1) was a candidate for a judicial office; or

(2) held a judicial office, unless the person had become a candidate for another office and the contribution was made in connection with an election for nonjudicial office.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 384 (H.B. 3233), Sec. 17(4), eff. June 2, 2019.

(d) A person who violates this section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed three times the amount of political contributions used in violation of this section.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.064 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.064
§ 39A.064. STRONG FOUNDATIONS INTERVENTION FOR CERTAIN CAMPUSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner may require a school district or open-enrollment charter school to comply with all requirements of the strong foundations grant program under Section 29.0881 at a campus that:

(1) includes students at any grade level from prekindergarten through fifth grade;

(2) is assigned an overall performance rating of D or F; and

(3) is in the bottom five percent of campuses in the state based on student performance on the grade three reading language arts assessment administered under Section 39.023(a) during the previous school year, as determined by the commissioner.

(b) If funds are appropriated for the purpose, the commissioner shall award a grant under Section 29.0881 to any campus required to implement the requirements of the program under this section.

(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules to determine whether a school district or open-enrollment charter school is complying adequately with the requirements under this section.
Tex. Water Code § 49.058 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.058
§ 49.058. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

A director of a district is subject to the provisions of Chapter 171, Local Government Code, relating to the regulation of conflicts of interest of officers of local governments.
Tex. Education Code § 22.055 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22 / Section 22.055
§ 22.055. FRIVOLOUS SUIT AGAINST EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

A court may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees to a school district employee acting under color of employment to the same extent that a court may award costs and attorney's fees to a school district or school district officer under Section 11.161.