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Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.455 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.455
§ 2301.455. DETERMINATION OF GOOD CAUSE FOR TERMINATION, DISCONTINUANCE, MODIFICATION, OR REPLACEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise, in determining whether good cause has been established under Section 2301.453 or 2301.454, the board shall consider all existing circumstances, including:

(1) the dealer's sales in relation to the sales in the market;

(2) the dealer's investment and obligations;

(3) injury or benefit to the public;

(4) the adequacy of the dealer's service facilities, equipment, parts, and personnel in relation to those of other dealers of new motor vehicles of the same line-make;

(5) whether warranties are being honored by the dealer;

(6) the parties' compliance with the franchise, except to the extent that the franchise conflicts with this chapter; and

(7) the enforceability of the franchise from a public policy standpoint, including issues of the reasonableness of the franchise's terms, oppression, adhesion, and the parties' relative bargaining power.

(b) The desire of a manufacturer, distributor, or representative for market penetration does not by itself constitute good cause.
Tex. Government Code § 493.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.021
§ 493.021. ELECTRONIC CREATION AND TRANSMISSION OF DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a statute requires the department to create a document, the department through electronic means may create and maintain the information that would otherwise be contained in a paper document. If a statute requires the department to provide a receipt, signature, or seal as evidence of creating a document, the department may develop and use an electronic identifier, and when used by the department, the identifier has the same force and effect as the use of a receipt, signature, or seal.

(b) If a statute requires a person to submit a document to the department, the department may accept the document in paper form or may accept an electronic transmission of the information otherwise contained in the paper document.

(c) If a statute requires the department to provide a receipt, signature, or seal as evidence of delivery of a document, and if the department has received an electronic transmission in lieu of accepting the document in paper form, the department may transmit electronically evidence of delivery. The department may use the electronic identifier developed under Subsection (a), and when used by the department, the identifier has the same force and effect as the use of a receipt, signature, or seal.

(d) This section does not authorize the department to require that a person submitting information to the department submit the information electronically.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.053
§ 1103.053. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPOINTED MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) An appointed member of the board must be a qualified voter of this state.

(b) A person appointed to the board qualifies by taking the constitutional oath of office not later than the 15th day after the date of appointment.
Tex. Local Government Code § 254.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 254 / Section 254.002
§ 254.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means a board of trustees established under Section 254.021.

(2) "Island property" means:

(A) land located on an island in the channel, canal, bay, inlet, or lake on which the municipality is located; and

(B) facilities and improvements related to land described by Paragraph (A).

(3) "Obligation" includes a bond.
Tex. Transportation Code § 315.074 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 315 / Section 315.074
§ 315.074. CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may provide that:

(1) a contractor to whom work is let under this chapter may recover the costs assessed against abutting property and the owners of abutting property only from the property or property owners; and

(2) the municipality has no liability for the costs.

(b) The governing body may also authorize assignable certificates against abutting property or owners of abutting property.

(c) A recital in a certificate that states that the procedure for making the lighting improvement was in compliance with law and that all prerequisites to imposing the lien and to creating the personal liability of the property owner were performed is prima facie evidence in all courts that the procedure and prerequisites were performed as stated in the certificate.

(d) A certificate authorized under this section shall be:

(1) executed by the municipality's chief executive; and

(2) attested with the corporate seal by the municipal secretary or other officer designated by the governing body.
Tex. Labor Code § 313.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 313 / Section 313.002
§ 313.002. LOCATION OF CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), relative child care must be provided in the child-care provider's home.

(b) The commission shall allow relative child care in the child's home:

(1) for a disabled child and the child's siblings;

(2) for a child under 18 months of age and the child's siblings;

(3) for a child of a teen parent; and

(4) when the parent's work schedule necessitates child–care services during the evening, overnight, or on the weekend and taking the child outside of the child's home would be disruptive to the child.

(c) The commission may allow relative child care in the child's home if the commission determines that other child-care provider arrangements are not available in the community.
Tex. Government Code § 54.744 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.744
§ 54.744. JUDGES ON EL PASO COUNCIL OF JUDGES.
Status: in_force

Unless the local rules of administration provide otherwise, the judges on the El Paso Council of Judges and the judges on the criminal law magistrate court may sit and act for any magistrate in El Paso County on any unindicted felony or Class A or B misdemeanor case if an information has not been filed or any Class C misdemeanor case filed in a justice court.
Tex. Government Code § 62.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.103
§ 62.103. SUSPENSION OF GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A court may suspend the qualification for jury service that requires a person to be able to read and write if it appears to the court that the requisite number of jurors able to read and write cannot be found in the county.

(b) A court may suspend the qualification for jury service that requires a person to have less than six days of service as a petit juror during the preceding three months in the county court or during the preceding six months in the district court if it appears to the court that the county's sparse population makes its enforcement seriously inconvenient.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 72.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 72 / Section 72.003
§ 72.003. RETENTION OF REPRODUCTION OF BUSINESS RECORDS.
Status: in_force

A law of this state that requires retention of a business record is satisfied by retention of a reproduction of the original record.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.903 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.903
§ 201.903. CLASSIFICATION, DESIGNATION, AND MARKING OF HIGHWAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may classify, designate, and mark state highways in this state.

(b) The department may provide a uniform system of marking and signing state highways under the control of the state. The system must correlate with and, to the extent possible, conform to the system adopted in other states.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1080.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1080 / Section 1080.152
§ 1080.152.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1080.152. PROPOSED BUDGET: NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in the district not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any person who owns taxable property in the district and has duly rendered that property for taxation is entitled to:

(1) appear at the hearing; and

(2) be heard regarding any item in the proposed budget.
Tex. Water Code § 65.511 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.511
§ 65.511. OBLIGATIONS; LEGAL INVESTMENT; SECURITY FOR FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds, notes, and other obligations issued by a district are legal and authorized investments for all banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, and trustees, guardians, and for interest and sinking funds and other public funds of the state and its agencies, including the permanent school fund, and counties, cities, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the state.

(b) A district's bonds, notes, and other obligations are eligible to secure deposits of public funds of the state and its agencies and counties, cities, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the state. The bonds, notes, and other obligations are lawful and sufficient security to the extent of their market value if accompanied by all unmatured interest coupons attached to them.
Tex. Transportation Code § 394.025 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 394 / Section 394.025
§ 394.025. FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall prescribe a fee to issue a permit in an amount the commission determines is sufficient to enable the commission to recover the costs of enforcing this chapter.

(b) A political subdivision of this state or its designated agent is exempt from a fee required under this section for a sign containing a noncommercial message or advertisement.
Tex. Occupations Code § 258.107 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 258 / Section 258.107
§ 258.107. EXCEPTION TO PRIVILEGE FOR CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE INQUIRIES.
Status: in_force

A state hospital or state school may disclose a dental record if:

(1) the state hospital or state school created the record;

(2) an inquiry authorized by the legislature requests the information; and

(3) the entity receiving the record agrees not to disclose a patient's identity.
Tex. Education Code § 51.984 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.984
§ 51.984. USE OF INSTITUTION FACILITIES BY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) An institution of higher education may allow a religious organization to use the institution's facilities to host religious worship, services, sermons, or assemblies only if:

(1) the use of the facilities does not interfere with the institution's primary educational mission;

(2) the religious organization provides the fair market rental value or reimbursement for utilities, security, and other costs related to the use of the facilities as determined by the institution or the institution's governing board, unless waived by the institution or the institution's governing board;

(3) the religious organization agrees to be held liable for any damages that occur in the organization's use of the facilities;

(4) the religious organization is subject to the same rental terms for the use of the facilities that a nonreligious organization would be subjected to for that use; and

(5) any additional requirements imposed by other law for the use of the facilities are satisfied.

(c) A state agency, political subdivision, or other governmental entity may not impose a penalty or sanction on or deny funding to an institution of higher education based on the institution's decision to allow a religious organization to use the institution's facilities in the manner provided by Subsection (b).

(d) This section may not be construed to require an institution of higher education to allow a religious organization to use the institution's facilities for religious purposes if the institution elects not to do so.
Tex. Labor Code § 61.095 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 61 / Section 61.095
§ 61.095. DISCHARGE OF LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A person acting in accordance with the terms of the notice issued by the commission under this subchapter is discharged from any obligation or liability to the delinquent person with respect to the affected property, rights to property, credits, and debts of the person affected by compliance with the notice of freeze or levy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8456.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8456 / Section 8456.153
§ 8456.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.0094 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 141 / Section 141.0094
§ 141.0094. DENIAL OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall not issue a license or renew a license for a youth camp under this chapter if the youth camp operator is not in compliance with Sections 141.0091 and 141.0092 or a rule adopted under those sections.

(b) The department shall suspend a youth camp license issued by the department if the camp or youth camp operator is in violation of Section 141.0091 or 141.0092. The department may reinstate the license only on or after the date the department determines the camp and the operator are in compliance with Sections 141.0091 and 141.0092.
Tex. Estates Code § 201.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 201 / Section 201.002
§ 201.002. SEPARATE ESTATE OF AN INTESTATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person who dies intestate leaves a surviving spouse, the estate, other than a community estate, to which the person had title descends and passes as provided by this section.

(b) If the person has one or more children or a descendant of a child:

(1) the surviving spouse takes one-third of the personal estate;

(2) two-thirds of the personal estate descends to the person's child or children, and the descendants of a child or children; and

(3) the surviving spouse is entitled to a life estate in one-third of the person's land, with the remainder descending to the person's child or children and the descendants of a child or children.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), if the person has no child and no descendant of a child:

(1) the surviving spouse is entitled to all of the personal estate;

(2) the surviving spouse is entitled to one-half of the person's land without a remainder to any person; and

(3) one-half of the person's land passes and is inherited according to the rules of descent and distribution.

(d) If the person described by Subsection (c) does not leave a surviving parent or one or more surviving siblings, or their descendants, the surviving spouse is entitled to the entire estate.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.105 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.105
§ 232.105. DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Without complying with the competitive sealed bidding procedure of Chapter 262, a commissioners court may make a contract with a developer of a subdivision or land in the unincorporated area of the county to construct public improvements, not including a building, related to the development. If the contract does not meet the requirements of this subchapter, Chapter 262 applies to the contract if the contract would otherwise be governed by that chapter.

(b) Under the contract, the developer shall construct the improvements, and the county shall participate in the cost of the improvements.

(c) The contract must establish the limit of participation by the county at a level not to exceed 30 percent of the total contract price. In addition, the contract may also allow participation by the county at a level not to exceed 100 percent of the total cost for any oversizing of improvements required by the county, including but not limited to increased capacity of improvements to anticipate other future development in the area. The county is liable only for the agreed payment of its share, which shall be determined in advance either as a lump sum or as a factor or percentage of the total actual cost as determined by an order of the commissioners court.

(d) The developer must execute a performance bond for the construction of the improvements to ensure completion of the project. The bond must be executed by a corporate surety in accordance with Chapter 2253, Government Code.

(e) In the order adopted by the commissioners court under Subsection (c), the county may include additional safeguards against undue loading of cost, collusion, or fraud.
Tex. Election Code § 211.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 211 / Section 211.002
§ 211.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this title:

(1) "Recount" means the process conducted under this title for verifying the vote count in an election.

(2) "Initial recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter B, Chapter 212.

(3) "Partial recount" means a recount in fewer than the total number of election precincts involved in an election.

(4) "Supplementary recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter C, Chapter 212, following a partial initial recount.

(5) "Expedited recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter D, Chapter 212.

(6) "Recount coordinator" means the authority to whom a petition for an initial recount or an expedited recount is submitted under Section 212.026 or 212.082.

(7) "Recount supervisor" means the authority designated by Section 213.001 to manage and supervise a recount in election precincts in the jurisdiction of a local canvassing authority.

(8) "Recount document" means a petition for an initial recount, a petition for an expedited recount, an application for a supplementary recount, or an application for including remaining paper ballot precincts.

(9) "Recount deposit" means the deposit required by Section 212.111.

(10) "Voting system vote" means a vote cast in a voting system that is not a write-in vote.

(11) "Automatic recount" means a recount conducted under Chapter 216.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8893.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8893 / Section 8893.0101
§ 8893.0101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has:

(1) the powers essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) the rights, powers, duties, privileges, and functions provided by Chapter 36, Water Code, and other laws of this state relating to groundwater conservation districts.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.453 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.453
§ 601.453. AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Department of Insurance in consultation with the other implementing agencies, under a competitive bidding procedure, shall select an agent to develop, implement, operate, and maintain the program.

(b) The implementing agencies shall jointly enter into a contract with the selected agent.

(c) A contract under this section may not have a term of more than five years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3974.0107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3974 / Section 3974.0107
§ 3974.0107. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6916.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6916 / Section 6916.101
§ 6916.101. ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an assessment on property in the district to pay for an improvement project or an obligation described by Section 6916.151 in the manner provided for:

(1) a district under Subchapters A, E, and F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code; or

(2) a municipality or county under Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code.

(b) The district may impose an assessment for any district operation and maintenance or authorized improvement or supplemental service, including public safety services, in the manner provided for:

(1) a district under Subchapters A, E, and F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code; or

(2) a municipality or county under Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code.

(c) The district may not impose an assessment on a municipality, county, or other political subdivision.
Tex. Election Code § 252.0032 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 252 / Section 252.0032
§ 252.0032. CONTENTS OF APPOINTMENT BY CANDIDATE.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the information required by Section 252.002, a campaign treasurer appointment by a candidate must include:

(1) the candidate's telephone number; and

(2) a statement, signed by the candidate, that the candidate is aware of the nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code.

(b) A campaign treasurer appointment that is filed in a manner other than by use of an officially prescribed form is not invalid because it fails to comply with Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Human Resources Code § 33.028 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.028
§ 33.028. GRANT PROGRAMS FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop a program under which the department awards grants to:

(1) participants in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Head Start program, or other early childhood education programs to operate nutrition education programs for children who are at least three years of age but younger than five years of age; and

(2) community and faith-based initiatives that provide recreational, social, volunteer, leadership, mentoring, or developmental programs to incorporate nutrition education into programs provided for children younger than 19 years of age.

(b) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of this section.

(c) The department may adopt rules as necessary to administer the grant programs established under this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 373.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 373 / Section 373.004
§ 373.004. GOALS OF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

Through a community development program, a municipality may conduct work or activities designed to:

(1) improve the living and economic conditions of persons of low and moderate income;

(2) benefit low or moderate income neighborhoods;

(3) aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blighted areas;

(4) aid a federally assisted new community; or

(5) meet other urgent community development needs, including an activity or function specified for a community development program that incorporates a federally assisted new community.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9031.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9031 / Section 9031.0105
§ 9031.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a water control and improvement district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including the collection, transportation, processing, disposal, and control of domestic, industrial, or communal waste and the gathering, conducting, diverting, and control of local stormwater or other harmful excesses of water; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 713 / Section 713.007
§ 713.007. APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

The district judge of the county in which the cemetery is located shall appoint a suitable successor or trustee to faithfully execute a trust in accordance with this subchapter if the municipality renounces a trust assumed under this subchapter or fails to act as its trustee and:

(1) the occasion demands the appointment; or

(2) a vacancy occurs.