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Tex. Insurance Code § 1811.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1811 / Section 1811.001
§ 1811.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agent" means a person required to hold a license as a property and casualty agent or surplus lines agent.

(2) "Certificate holder" means a person, other than a policyholder:

(A) who is designated on a certificate of insurance as a certificate holder; or

(B) to whom a certificate of insurance has been issued by an insurer or agent at the request of the policyholder.

(3) "Certificate of insurance" means a document, instrument, or record, including an electronic record, no matter how titled or described, that is executed by an insurer or agent and issued to a third person not a party to the subject insurance contract, as a statement or summary of property or casualty insurance coverage. The term does not include an insurance binder or policy form.

(4) "Electronic record" has the meaning assigned by Section 322.002, Business & Commerce Code.

(5) "Insurance" means an insurance contract for property or casualty insurance.

(6) "Insurer" means a company or insurance carrier that is engaged in the business of making property or casualty insurance contracts. The term includes:

(A) a stock fire or casualty insurance company;

(B) a mutual fire or casualty insurance company;

(C) a Mexican casualty insurance company;

(D) a Lloyd's plan;

(E) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;

(F) a county mutual insurance company;

(G) a farm mutual insurance company;

(H) a risk retention group;

(I) the Medical Liability Insurance Joint Underwriting Association under Chapter 2203;

(J) the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association under Chapter 2210;

(K) the FAIR Plan Association under Chapter 2211;

(L) an eligible surplus lines insurer; and

(M) any other insurer authorized to write property or casualty insurance in this state.

(7) "Lender" has the meaning assigned by Section 549.001.

(8) "Person" means:

(A) an individual; or

(B) a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other legal entity, including an insurer or a political subdivision or agency of this state.

(9) "Policyholder" means a person who has contracted with a property or casualty insurer for insurance coverage.

(10) "Record" has the meaning assigned by Section 322.002, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 505.155 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 505 / Section 505.155
§ 505.155. PROJECTS RELATED TO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES THAT CREATE OR RETAIN PRIMARY JOBS.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, "project" includes land, buildings, equipment, facilities, and improvements found by the board of directors to promote or develop new or expanded business enterprises that create or retain primary jobs, including:

(1) a project to provide public safety facilities, streets and roads, drainage and related improvements, demolition of existing structures, general municipally owned improvements, and any improvements or facilities related to a project described by this subdivision; and

(2) any other project that the board of directors in the board's discretion determines promotes or develops new or expanded business enterprises that create or retain primary jobs.
Tex. Transportation Code § 367.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 367 / Section 367.103
§ 367.103. ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipality may issue additional revenue bonds to the extent permitted or authorized by the provisions of or the proceedings relating to outstanding bonds that are payable from the net revenue from the operation of the bridge, including any trust indenture securing the outstanding bonds.

(b) As permitted or authorized by those provisions and proceedings, the additional bonds may be secured by a pledge of and lien on the net revenue that are:

(1) junior to the pledge and lien securing the outstanding bonds; or

(2) on a parity with the outstanding bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8117.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8117 / Section 8117.108
§ 8117.108. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has never issued any bonds; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area of the district as it existed on January 1, 2021.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 49.102, Water Code, to confirm the creation of the district.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 49.102, Water Code.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by Section 49.107, Water Code, and this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3798.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3798 / Section 3798.003
§ 3798.003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city from providing the level of services provided to the area in the district as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the city services provided in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2205.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2205 / Section 2205.042
§ 2205.042. PILOTS.
Status: in_force

An individual who is not a pilot employed by the department may not operate a state-operated aircraft unless the department grants the individual a specific exemption from that requirement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7949A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7949A / Section 7949A.0402
§ 7949A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7949A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1096.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1096 / Section 1096.201
§ 1096.201. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue revenue bonds to provide for any district purposes. The bonds must be authorized by a board resolution adopted by a majority vote of a quorum of the board.

(b) Revenue bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenue derived from:

(1) the operation of the district's hospitals; and

(2) any other revenue resulting from the ownership of the hospital properties.

(c) Revenue bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on real property of the district or by a chattel mortgage on the district's personal property, or by both.

(d) The board may issue:

(1) bonds that are a junior lien on the district's net revenue or property, unless prohibited by the bond resolution or trust indenture; and

(2) parity bonds under conditions specified in the bond resolution or trust indenture.

(e) A bond issued under this subchapter must contain the provision: "The holder hereof shall never have the right to demand payment thereof out of money raised or to be raised by taxation."
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.504 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.504
§ 452.504. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the executive committee shall elect from among its membership a presiding officer, assistant presiding officer, and secretary.

(b) The executive committee may appoint, as necessary, members or nonmembers as assistant secretaries.

(c) The secretary or assistant secretary shall:

(1) keep permanent records of each proceeding and transaction of the authority; and

(2) perform other duties assigned by the executive committee.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.1732 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.1732
§ 161.1732. LENDING SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In managing the assets of the fund, the board may:

(1) select one or more commercial banks, depository trust companies, or other entities to serve as a custodian of the securities of the fund; and

(2) authorize the custodian to lend the securities held under Subdivision (1) as provided by this section and by rules adopted by the board.

(b) To be eligible to lend securities under this section, a custodian selected by the board under Subsection (a) must be experienced in the operation of a fully secured securities loan program and must:

(1) maintain adequate capital in the prudent judgment of the board to assure the safety of the securities;

(2) execute an indemnification agreement satisfactory in form and content to the board fully indemnifying the board against loss resulting from the custodian's operation of a securities loan program for the fund's securities; and

(3) require any securities broker or dealer to whom it lends securities of the fund to deliver to, and maintain with, the custodian collateral in the form of cash, United States government securities, or letters of credit that are issued by banks rated as to investment quality not less than A or its equivalent by a nationally recognized investment rating firm in an amount equal to at least 100 percent of the market value, from time to time, of the loaned securities.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 368.018 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 368 / Section 368.018
§ 368.018. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a county ordinance adopted under this subchapter defines an offense for a violation of the ordinance, the offense is a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) A separate offense occurs on each day on which all the elements of the offense exist.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 45.001 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 45 / Section 45.001
§ 45.001. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

No person may possess game birds in captivity for the purpose of propagation or sale or sell game bird eggs without first acquiring the proper license authorized to be issued under this chapter.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 28.01 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 28 / Section 28.01
§ 28.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a mixed beverage permit may sell, offer for sale, and possess mixed beverages, including distilled spirits, for consumption on the licensed premises:

(1) from sealed containers containing not less than one fluid ounce nor more than two fluid ounces or of any legal size; and

(2) from unsealed containers.

(b) The holder of a mixed beverage permit for an establishment in a hotel may deliver mixed beverages, including wine and malt beverages, to individual rooms of the hotel or to any other location in the hotel building or grounds, except a parking area or the licensed premises of another alcoholic beverage establishment, without regard to whether the place of delivery is part of the licensed premises. A permittee in a hotel may allow a patron or visitor to enter or leave the licensed premises, even though the patron or visitor possesses an alcoholic beverage, if the beverage is in an open container and appears to be possessed for present consumption.

(c) The holder of a mixed beverage permit may also:

(1) purchase wine and malt beverages containing alcohol of not more than 24 percent by volume in containers of any legal size from any permittee or licensee authorized to sell those beverages for resale; and

(2) sell the wine and malt beverages for consumption on the licensed premises.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 117.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 117 / Section 117.002
§ 117.002. CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR AND INDEMNIFICATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES, AND CONTRACTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a local government official, employee, or contractor is immune from liability for damages arising from a cause of action under state law resulting from an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce Chapter 51, Penal Code, or an order issued under Article 5B.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, during the course and scope of the official's, employee's, or contractor's office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of the local government.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c) and except as provided by Subsection (d), a local government shall indemnify an official, employee, or contractor of the local government for damages arising from a cause of action under federal law resulting from an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce Chapter 51, Penal Code, or an order issued under Article 5B.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, during the course and scope of the official's, employee's, or contractor's office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of the local government.

(c) Indemnification payments made under Subsection (b) by a local government may not exceed:

(1) $100,000 to any one person or $300,000 for any single occurrence in the case of personal injury or death; or

(2) $10,000 for a single occurrence of property damage.

(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply if the court or jury determines that the local government official, employee, or contractor acted in bad faith, with conscious indifference, or with recklessness.

(e) A local government shall indemnify an official, employee, or contractor of the local government for reasonable attorney's fees incurred in defense of a criminal prosecution against the official, employee, or contractor for an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce Chapter 51, Penal Code, or an order issued under Article 5B.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, during the course and scope of the official's, employee's, or contractor's office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of the local government.

(f) This section may not be construed to waive any statutory limits on damages under state law.
Tex. Water Code § 1.001 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 1 / Section 1.001
§ 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE.
Status: repealed

(a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in Chapter 448, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963 (Article 5429b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this code is to make the general and permanent water law more accessible and understandable, by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.

(c) This restatement shall not in any way make any changes in the substantive laws of the State of Texas.

(d) Laws of a local or special nature, such as statutes creating various kinds of conservation and reclamation districts, are not included in, or affected by, this code. The legislature believes that persons interested in these local and special laws may rely on the session laws and on compilations of these laws.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.1035 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 487 / Section 487.1035
§ 487.1035. SATELLITE LOCATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A dispensing organization licensed under this chapter may operate one or more satellite locations in addition to the organization's primary location to securely store low-THC cannabis for distribution.

(b) A satellite location must be approved by the department before a dispensing organization may operate the location. A dispensing organization may apply for approval in the form and manner prescribed by the department.

(c) The department must act on an application submitted under Subsection (b) not later than the 180th day after the date the application is submitted to the department.

(d) The director shall adopt rules regarding the design and security requirements for satellite locations.

(e) A dispensing organization may not operate more than one satellite location in a public health region designated under Section 121.007 until the dispensing organization operates one satellite location in each public health region.

(f) A location previously approved by the department as a patient pickup location before September 1, 2025, is considered to be approved as a satellite location under Subsection (b) for purposes of this section and is permitted to:

(1) operate as a patient pickup location; and

(2) securely store low-THC cannabis for distribution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.054
§ 1020.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not serve as a director unless the person is:

(1) a district resident; and

(2) a qualified voter.

(b) A person is not eligible to serve as a director if the person is:

(1) the district administrator; or

(2) a district employee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3986.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3986 / Section 3986.0303
§ 3986.0303. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 301.040 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 301 / Section 301.040
§ 301.040. BONDS AS INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by a cooperative association under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for:

(1) a bank;

(2) a savings and loan association;

(3) an insurance company;

(4) a fiduciary; and

(5) a trustee.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 99.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 99 / Section 99.004
§ 99.004. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A person who manufactures methamphetamine and is found liable under this chapter or other law for any amount of damages arising from the manufacture is jointly liable with any other defendant for the entire amount of damages arising from the manufacture.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.002
§ 1088.002. AUTHORITY FOR CREATION.
Status: in_force

The Reagan Hospital District of Reagan County, Texas, is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.050 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.050
§ 161.050. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The commission is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief to prevent or abate a violation of a statute administered or enforced by the commission or a rule adopted or order issued by the commission under such a statute. On request of the commission, the attorney general shall file suit for the injunctive relief. Venue is in Travis County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.403 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.403
§ 161.403. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general or the appropriate district or county attorney, in the name of the state, may bring an action for an injunction or other process against a contractor who is violating or threatening to violate this subchapter. The action may be brought in a district court of Travis County or of a county in which any part of the violation or threatened violation occurs.

(b) The district court may grant any prohibitory or mandatory relief warranted by the facts, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8085.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8085 / Section 8085.0104
§ 8085.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8085.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7897.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7897 / Section 7897.0101
§ 7897.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Hills of Walnut Creek Municipal Utility District of Parker County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8275.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8275 / Section 8275.003
§ 8275.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.