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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1010 / Section 1010.055
§ 1010.055. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from its membership a president, a vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, and any other officers the board considers necessary. The district's depository bank may be designated as district treasurer.

(b) The president is the district's chief executive officer and shall preside at all board meetings. The vice president shall act as president if the president is absent or disabled.

(c) The secretary shall:

(1) act as president if both the president and vice president are absent or disabled;

(2) act as secretary of the board; and

(3) see that all district records and books are properly kept.

(d) The board may appoint an assistant or deputy secretary to assist the secretary. The assistant or deputy secretary may certify the authenticity of any district record, including any proceeding related to district contracts or bonds or other indebtedness.

(e) The board may require an officer to execute a bond that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the officer's duties.

(f) If a vacancy occurs in an office, the board shall appoint a replacement for the unexpired term.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1002.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.001
§ 1002.001. GENERAL RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt any rules necessary and appropriate to implement the powers and duties of the department under this code and other laws of this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2053.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.201
§ 2053.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "insurance company" means a stock company, mutual insurance company, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, or Lloyd's plan authorized to engage in the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state.
Tex. Education Code § 45.101 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.101
§ 45.101. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS FOR UTILITY CONNECTIONS.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of bonds issued by school districts for the construction and equipment of school buildings in the district and the purchase of the necessary sites for school buildings may be used, among other things, to pay the cost of acquiring, laying, and installing pipes or lines to connect with the water, sewer, or gas lines of a municipality or private utility company, whether or not the water, sewer, or gas lines adjoin the school, so that the school district may provide its public school buildings the water, sewer, or gas services.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.257 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.257
§ 202.257. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue a license to each applicant who possesses the qualifications required for a license and passes the examination.
Tex. Penal Code § 20.03 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 20 / Section 20.03
§ 20.03. KIDNAPPING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly abducts another person.

(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that:

(1) the abduction was not coupled with intent to use or to threaten to use deadly force;

(2) the actor was a relative of the person abducted; and

(3) the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful control of the victim.

(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Transportation Code § 703.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 703 / Section 703.001
§ 703.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Citation" and "motorist" have the meanings assigned by Article II, Section (b), Nonresident Violator Compact of 1977.

(2) "Department" and "licensing authority" mean the Department of Public Safety.
Tex. Labor Code § 407A.401 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.401
§ 407A.401. PROHIBITED SOLICITATION.
Status: in_force

In connection with the solicitation of membership in a group, a person may not make an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which it is made, not misleading.
Tex. Local Government Code § 116.155 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 116 / Section 116.155
§ 116.155. FAILURE OF DEPOSITORY TO PAY CHECK OR ORDER FOR PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

A depository that does not pay a check or order for payment as required by Section 116.116(a) is liable for and shall pay to the holder 10 percent of the amount of the check or order for payment, and the commissioners court shall revoke the order creating the depository.
Tex. Insurance Code § 701.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 701 / Section 701.102
§ 701.102. INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN ACTS OF FRAUD.
Status: in_force

If the commissioner has reason to believe a person has engaged in, is engaging in, has committed, or is about to commit a fraudulent insurance act, the commissioner may conduct any investigation necessary inside or outside this state to:

(1) determine whether the act occurred; or

(2) aid in enforcing laws relating to fraudulent insurance acts, including by providing technical or litigation assistance to other governmental agencies.
Tex. Water Code § 58.304 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.304
§ 58.304. BOARD'S ESTIMATE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

The board, on or as soon as practicable after a date fixed by standing order of the board, shall estimate the expenses of maintaining and operating the district's water delivery system for the next 12 months. The board may change the 12-month period for which it estimates the expenses of maintaining and operating the water delivery system by estimating such expenses for a shorter period so as to adjust to a new fixed date and thereafter estimating the expenses for 12-month periods following the adjusted fixed date.
Tex. Property Code § 92.0191 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.0191
§ 92.0191. STATEMENT OF LATE FEES.
Status: in_force

A tenant may request that the landlord provide to the tenant a written statement of whether the tenant owes a late fee to the landlord and, if so, the amount of the late fee. On request of the tenant, the landlord shall provide the statement to the tenant by any established means regularly used for written communication between the landlord and the tenant. A landlord's failure to respond does not affect the tenant's liability for any late fee owed to the landlord.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7977.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7977 / Section 7977.003
§ 7977.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 256.204 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 256 / Section 256.204
§ 256.204. PERIOD FOR CONTEST.
Status: in_force

(a) After a will is admitted to probate, an interested person may commence a suit to contest the validity thereof not later than the second anniversary of the date the will was admitted to probate, except that an interested person may commence a suit to cancel a will for forgery or other fraud not later than the second anniversary of the date the forgery or fraud was discovered.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an incapacitated person may commence the contest under that subsection on or before the second anniversary of the date the person's disabilities are removed.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.132 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.132
§ 2054.132. POSTING OF FORMS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Each state agency shall make available on its Internet website each of its forms used by the public.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.059 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.059
§ 1301.059. QUALITY ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "quality assessment" means a mechanism used by an insurer to evaluate, monitor, or improve the quality and effectiveness of the medical care delivered by physicians or health care providers to persons covered by a health insurance policy to ensure that the care delivered is consistent with the care delivered by an ordinary, reasonable, and prudent physician or health care provider under the same or similar circumstances.

(b) An insurer may not engage in quality assessment except through a panel of at least three physicians selected by the insurer from among a list of physicians contracting with the insurer. The physicians contracting with the insurer in the applicable service area shall provide the list of physicians to the insurer.
Tex. Water Code § 62.061 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.061
§ 62.061. NAVIGATION BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The navigation board shall include the members of the commissioners court and the mayor and aldermen or commissioners of the included city or cities acting under special charter granted by the legislature. If there is only one city or part of one city acting under special charter granted by the legislature inside the proposed district and if the charter of the city at any time authorizes the city council or city board of commissioners to be greater in number than the members of the commissioners court, the number of aldermen or city commissioners who are entitled to sit and vote as members of the board along with the mayor will be limited to that number which equals the number of members of the commissioners court. The aldermen or city commissioners entitled to act as members of the board shall be determined by the members of the city council or city board of commissioners among themselves.

(b) The county judge, and in his absence the mayor, shall preside at meetings of the board and each member of the board, including the presiding officer, is entitled to a vote.

(c) A majority of the members of the board constitute a quorum, and action of a majority of the quorum shall control.

(d) The county clerk shall enter the proceedings of the board in a book kept for that purpose, and the book shall be available for public inspection.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.0561 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.0561
§ 452.0561. LIABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION ENTITY PROVIDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a transportation entity created under:

(1) Subtitle C or D of Title 5 or Chapter 172, 173, or 174; or

(2) former Title 112, Revised Statutes.

(b) A transportation entity created for the purpose of providing public transportation is a governmental unit under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and the operations of the entity are essential governmental functions and not proprietary functions for any purpose, including the application of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(c) An independent contractor of a transportation entity performing a function of the entity or an authority is liable for damages only to the extent that the entity or authority would be liable if the entity or authority itself were performing the function.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.311 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.311
§ 601.311. INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory board by rule shall adopt procedures governing:

(1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code; and

(2) informal proceedings held in compliance with Section 2001.054, Government Code.

(b) Rules adopted under this section must require that:

(1) an informal meeting in compliance with Section 2001.054, Government Code, be scheduled and the advisory board give notice to the person who is the subject of a complaint of the time and place of the meeting not later than the 45th day before the date the meeting is held;

(2) the complainant and the person who is the subject of the complaint be provided an opportunity to be heard;

(3) at least one of the advisory board members participating in the informal meeting as a panelist be a member who represents the public;

(4) a member of the medical board's staff be at the meeting to present to the advisory board's representative the facts the staff reasonably believes it could prove by competent evidence or qualified witnesses at a hearing; and

(5) the advisory board's legal counsel or a representative of the attorney general be present to advise the advisory board or the medical board's staff.

(c) The person who is the subject of the complaint is entitled to:

(1) reply to the staff's presentation; and

(2) present the facts the person reasonably believes the person could prove by competent evidence or qualified witnesses at a hearing.

(d) After ample time is given for the presentations, the advisory board representative shall recommend that the investigation be closed or shall attempt to mediate the disputed matters and make a recommendation regarding the disposition of the case in the absence of a hearing under applicable law concerning contested cases.

(e) If the person who is the subject of the complaint has previously been the subject of disciplinary action by the advisory board, the advisory board shall schedule the informal meeting as soon as practicable.

(f) Section 601.275 applies to an investigation file and investigative information in the possession of or used by the advisory board in an informal proceeding under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8154.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8154 / Section 8154.002
§ 8154.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district and a conservation and reclamation district in Fort Bend County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8870.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8870 / Section 8870.101
§ 8870.101. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapter 36, Water Code, applicable to groundwater conservation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.369 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.369
§ 21.369. REVOCABILITY OF PROXY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, a "proxy coupled with an interest" includes the appointment as proxy of:

(1) a pledgee;

(2) a person who purchased or agreed to purchase the shares subject to the proxy;

(3) a person who owns or holds an option to purchase the shares subject to the proxy;

(4) a creditor of the corporation who extended the corporation credit under terms requiring the appointment;

(5) an employee of the corporation whose employment contract requires the appointment; or

(6) a party to a voting agreement created under Section 6.252 or a shareholders' agreement created under Section 21.101.

(b) A proxy is revocable unless:

(1) the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable; and

(2) the proxy is coupled with an interest.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.354 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.354
§ 96.354. CIVIL DISCOVERY.
Status: in_force

Discovery of confidential information from a person subject to this subchapter under subpoena or other legal process must comply with rules adopted under this subtitle. The rules may:

(1) restrict release of confidential information to the portion directly relevant to the legal dispute at issue; and

(2) require that a protective order, in the form and under circumstances specified by the rules, be issued by a court before release of the confidential information.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1111.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1111 / Section 1111.053
§ 1111.053. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.356 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.356
§ 1251.356. GOVERNMENTAL OR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A blanket accident and health insurance policy may be issued to a governmental or volunteer fire department or fire company, first aid or civil defense organization, or similar governmental or volunteer organization to cover a group of members or participants defined by reference to specified hazards incident to an activity or operation sponsored or supervised by the organization.

(b) The governmental or volunteer organization is the policyholder under a policy to which this section applies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1114.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1114 / Section 1114.206
§ 1114.206. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) District refunding bonds may be issued to refund outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

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

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8309.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8309 / Section 8309.108
§ 8309.108. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION BY CITY OF DORCHESTER.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water Code, an allocation agreement between the City of Dorchester and the district that provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues of the district and the city following the date of inclusion of all the district's territory in the corporate limits of the city may provide that the total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the city and the district from taxable property in the district may exceed the city's ad valorem tax on that property.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.150 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.150
§ 841.150. EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT DETENTION, CONFINEMENT, OR COMMITMENT ON ORDER OF CIVIL COMMITMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The duties imposed on the office and the judge by this chapter are suspended for the duration of a detention or confinement of a committed person in a correctional facility, secure correctional facility, or secure detention facility, or if applicable any other commitment of the person to a community center, mental health facility, or state supported living center, by governmental action.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Community center" means a center established under Subchapter A, Chapter 534.

(2) "Correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

(3) "Mental health facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 571.003.

(4) "Secure correctional facility" and "secure detention facility" have the meanings assigned by Section 51.02, Family Code.

(5) "State supported living center" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002.
Tex. Labor Code § 203.152 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 203 / Section 203.152
§ 203.152. USE OF ADMINISTRATION FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Money credited to the administration fund may be used by the commission as provided by this subtitle and may not be transferred to any other fund.

(b) Money in the administration fund received from the federal government or a federal agency may be spent only for the purposes and in the amounts found necessary by the United States secretary of labor or that secretary's successor for the proper and efficient administration of this subtitle.
Tex. Estates Code § 361.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 361 / Section 361.102
§ 361.102. APPOINTMENT BECAUSE OF DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person appointed as personal representative fails to qualify or, after qualifying, dies, resigns, or is removed, the court may, on application, appoint a successor representative if the appointment of a successor is necessary. The appointment may be made before a final accounting is filed or before any action on a final accounting is taken. In the event of death, the legal representatives of the deceased personal representative shall account for, pay, and deliver all estate property that was entrusted to the deceased personal representative's care to the persons legally entitled to receive the property, at the time and in the manner ordered by the court.

(b) The court may appoint a successor representative under this section without citation or notice if the court finds that the immediate appointment of a successor representative is necessary.
Tex. Government Code § 418.335 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.335
§ 418.335. RULES.
Status: in_force

The division may adopt rules to administer this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0401
§ 8510.0401. PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

A warrant for the payment of money by the authority may be drawn and signed by two authority officers or employees, as designated by a standing order entered in the authority's minutes, if the account has been contracted and ordered paid by the board.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.463 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.463
§ 101.463. CLOSELY HELD LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "closely held limited liability company" means a limited liability company that has:

(1) fewer than 35 members; and

(2) no membership interests listed on a national securities exchange or regularly quoted in an over-the-counter market by one or more members of a national securities association.

(b) Sections 101.452-101.460 do not apply to a derivative proceeding by a member of a closely held limited liability company against a present or former governing person, member, or officer of the limited liability company. In the event the member also asserts a claim in the derivative proceeding against a person who is not a present or former governing person, member, or officer, this subsection applies only to a claim in the derivative proceeding against a present or former governing person, member, or officer.

(c) If Sections 101.452-101.460 do not apply because of Subsection (b) and if justice requires:

(1) a derivative proceeding brought by a member of a closely held limited liability company may be treated by a court as a direct action brought by the member for the member's own benefit; and

(2) a recovery in a direct or derivative proceeding by a member may be paid directly to the plaintiff or to the limited liability company if necessary to protect the interests of creditors or other members of the limited liability company.

(d) Other provisions of state law govern whether a member has a direct cause of action or right to sue a governing person, member, or officer, and this section may not be construed to create that direct cause of action or right to sue.
Tex. Occupations Code § 455.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 455 / Section 455.003
§ 455.003. PRACTICES INCLUDED IN MASSAGE THERAPY.
Status: in_force

Massage therapy includes the use of oil, salt glows, heat lamps, hot and cold packs, and tub, shower, or cabinet baths.