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Tex. Government Code § 4003.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4003 / Section 4003.203
§ 4003.203. AUTHORIZED WRITTEN, PRINTED, OR BROADCAST OFFERS.
Status: in_force

A person may make in this state a written or printed offer, including a pictorial demonstration with any accompanying script, or broadcast offer to sell a security if:

(1) a copy of the offer is filed with the commissioner not later than the 10th day after the date of the offer's first use in this state;

(2) the person making or distributing the offer is a registered dealer or registered agent of a registered dealer;

(3) either:

(A) the security is registered under Subchapter B or C or the commissioner has issued a permit qualifying securities for sale for the security under Subchapter A; or

(B) an application for registration under Subchapter B or C or for a permit under Subchapter A has been filed with the commissioner;

(4) for a registration for the security that has not become effective under Subchapter B or C or for a permit that has not been issued under Subchapter A, the offer prominently states on the first page of a written or printed offer or as a preface to any pictorial or broadcast offer either:

(A) "INFORMATIONAL ADVERTISING ONLY.

(B) other language required by the Securities and Exchange Commission that in the commissioner's opinion will inform investors that the securities may not yet be sold;

(5) the person making or distributing the offer in this state:

(A) has not received written notice of an order prohibiting the offer under Section 4007.101 or 4007.102; or

(B) has received notice of an order described by Paragraph (A) but the order is no longer in effect; and

(6) payment is not accepted from the offeree and no contract of sale is made before registration of the security is effective under Subchapter B or C or a permit is issued under Subchapter A.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.254 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.254
§ 1305.254. NEW APPLICATION BY HOLDER OF REVOKED LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A license holder whose license has been revoked may apply for a new license after the first anniversary of the date of the revocation.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 541.052 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 541 / Section 541.052
§ 541.052. CONTROLLER RESPONSE TO CONSUMER REQUEST.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a controller shall comply with a request submitted by a consumer to exercise the consumer's rights pursuant to Section 541.051 as provided by this section.

(b) A controller shall respond to the consumer request without undue delay, which may not be later than the 45th day after the date of receipt of the request. The controller may extend the response period once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the consumer's requests, so long as the controller informs the consumer of the extension within the initial 45-day response period, together with the reason for the extension.

(c) If a controller declines to take action regarding the consumer's request, the controller shall inform the consumer without undue delay, which may not be later than the 45th day after the date of receipt of the request, of the justification for declining to take action and provide instructions on how to appeal the decision in accordance with Section 541.053.

(d) A controller shall provide information in response to a consumer request free of charge, at least twice annually per consumer. If a request from a consumer is manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive, the controller may charge the consumer a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs of complying with the request or may decline to act on the request. The controller bears the burden of demonstrating for purposes of this subsection that a request is manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive.

(e) If a controller is unable to authenticate the request using commercially reasonable efforts, the controller is not required to comply with a consumer request submitted under Section 541.051 and may request that the consumer provide additional information reasonably necessary to authenticate the consumer and the consumer's request.

(f) A controller that has obtained personal data about a consumer from a source other than the consumer is considered in compliance with a consumer's request to delete that personal data pursuant to Section 541.051(b)(3) by:

(1) retaining a record of the deletion request and the minimum data necessary for the purpose of ensuring the consumer's personal data remains deleted from the business's records and not using the retained data for any other purpose under this chapter; or

(2) opting the consumer out of the processing of that personal data for any purpose other than a purpose that is exempt under the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 438.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 438 / Section 438.041
§ 438.041. DEFINITION.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(80), eff. April 2, 2015.

(2) "Food handler" means a food service employee who works with unpackaged food, food equipment or utensils, or food-contact surfaces.
Tex. Education Code § 86.18 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 86 / Section 86.18
§ 86.18. GRADUATE PROGRAMS; CONTRACTS WITH BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.
Status: in_force

The university may enter into contracts and agreements with Baylor University for joint participation in graduate programs that may be designed to benefit the state.
Tex. Education Code § 33.157 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.157
§ 33.157. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

An elementary or secondary school receiving funding under Section 33.156 shall participate in a local Communities In Schools program if the number of students enrolled in the school who are at risk of dropping out of school is equal to at least 10 percent of the number of students in average daily attendance at the school, as determined by the agency.
Tex. Family Code § 158.309 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 158 / Section 158.309
§ 158.309. HEARING ON MOTION TO STAY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a motion to stay is filed in the manner provided by Section 158.307, the court shall set a hearing on the motion and the clerk of court shall notify the obligor, obligee, or their authorized representatives, and the party who filed the application for judicial writ of withholding of the date, time, and place of the hearing.

(b) The court shall hold a hearing on the motion to stay not later than the 30th day after the date the motion was filed, except that a hearing may be held later than the 30th day after filing if both the obligor and obligee agree and waive the right to have the motion heard within 30 days.

(c) Upon hearing, the court shall:

(1) render an order for income withholding that includes a determination of the amount of child support arrearages, including medical support, dental support, and interest; or

(2) grant the motion to stay.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.156 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.156
§ 2153.156. REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is exempt under Section 2153.008 from the licensing and recordkeeping requirements of this chapter may not exhibit a coin-operated machine unless the machine is registered annually with the comptroller in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) A person required to register a machine under this section shall obtain a registration certificate each year.
Tex. Government Code § 418.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.105
§ 418.105. LIAISON OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each city that does not have a program and has not made arrangements to secure or participate in the services of an existing program shall designate a liaison officer to facilitate the cooperation and protection of the city in the work of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

(b) Each county shall provide an office and a liaison officer to coordinate with state and federal emergency management personnel concerning disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery activities under other provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 830.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 830 / Section 830.006
§ 830.006. REPORTS FROM INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education, other than the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shall annually submit a report to the coordinating board that includes information concerning the number of participants and eligible positions and the amount of contributions.

(b) The governing board of each institution required to file a report under Subsection (a) shall keep records, make certifications, and furnish to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board information and reports as required by the coordinating board to enable it to carry out its functions under this subtitle.

(c) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall prepare the report required by Subsection (a) and shall maintain the information required by Subsection (b) with respect to its own employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.064
§ 1001.064. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

The board may purchase insurance to protect the managers from any liability that results from service on the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.205
§ 1054.205. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than the 50th anniversary of the date of issuance.
Tex. Local Government Code § 233.064 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 233 / Section 233.064
§ 233.064. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county shall inspect a building subject to this subchapter to determine whether the building complies with the fire code.

(b) The commissioners court may provide that a county employee or an employee of another governmental entity under intergovernmental contract may perform the inspection.

(c) A building inspector may enter and perform the inspection at a reasonable time at any stage of the building's construction or substantial improvement and after completion of the building.

(d) On or before the date that construction or substantial improvement of a building subject to this subchapter is completed, the owner of the building shall request in writing that the county inspect the building for compliance with the fire code.

(e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), the county shall begin the inspection of the building within five business days after the date of the receipt of the written inspection request. If an inspection is properly requested and the county does not begin the inspection within the time permitted by this subsection, the building that is the subject of the request is considered approved for the purposes of this subchapter.

(e-1) A county with a population of more than 3.3 million shall begin the inspection of the building within 10 business days after the date of receipt of the written inspection request, except the county shall begin the inspection of an indoor retail fireworks site, as defined by Section 2154.001, Occupations Code, within five business days after the date of receipt of the written inspection request.

(f) The county shall issue a final certificate of compliance to the owner of a building inspected under this section if the inspector determines, after an inspection of the completed building, that the building complies with the fire code. For a building or complex of buildings involving phased completion or build-out, the county may issue a partial certificate of compliance for any portion of the building or complex the inspector determines is in substantial compliance with the fire code.

(g) If the inspector determines, after an inspection of the completed building, that the building does not comply with the fire code, the county may:

(1) deny the certificate of compliance; or

(2) issue a conditional or partial certificate of compliance and allow the building to be occupied.

(h) A county that issues a conditional certificate of compliance under Subsection (g) shall notify the owner of the building of the violations of the fire code and establish a reasonable time to remedy the violations. A county may revoke a conditional certificate of compliance if the owner does not remedy the violations within the time specified on the conditional certificate of compliance.

(i) A building may not be occupied until a county issues a final, conditional, or partial certificate of compliance for the building.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.2011 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.2011
§ 66.2011.
Status: in_force

Sec. 66.2011. RED DRUM AND SPECKLED SEA TROUT: PENALTIES. In addition to the penalty provided in Section 66.218, a person who violates a proclamation issued under Chapter 61 shall have all equipment, other than vessels, in the person's possession used for the taking of red drum or speckled sea trout confiscated. A person who violates a proclamation issued under Chapter 61 three or more times within a five-year period shall have all equipment, including vessels, in the person's possession used for the taking of redfish or speckled sea trout confiscated.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6012
§ 2306.6012. APPROPRIATIONS; DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature shall separately appropriate money to the Manufactured Housing Board within the appropriations to the department for all matters relating to the operation of the division.

(b) The Manufactured Housing Board may accept gifts and grants of money or property under this subchapter and shall spend the money and use the property for the purpose for which the donation was made, except that the expenditure of money or use of property must promote the acceptance of HUD-Code manufactured homes as a viable source of housing for very low, low, and moderate income families.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1109.014 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1109 / Section 1109.014
§ 1109.014. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9059.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9059 / Section 9059.101
§ 9059.101. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and duties provided by general law applicable to a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 463.055 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.055
§ 463.055. CONTRACTS; GRANTS AND LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may contract with any person.

(b) An authority may accept a grant or loan from any person.

(c) An authority may enter one or more agreements with any municipality included in the territory of the authority for the distribution of the authority's revenues.
Tex. Government Code § 442.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.051
§ 442.051. MUSEUM DEFINITION; JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subchapter, "museum" means the National Museum of the Pacific War.

(b) The museum is under the jurisdiction of the commission.
Tex. Property Code § 21.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.001
§ 21.001. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

District courts and county courts at law have concurrent jurisdiction in eminent domain cases. A county court has no jurisdiction in eminent domain cases.
Tex. Government Code § 494.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 494 / Section 494.002
§ 494.002. DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of the institutional division may adopt policies governing the humane treatment, training, education, rehabilitation, and discipline of inmates and may arrange for the separation and classification of inmates according to the inmates' sex, age, health, corrigibility, and type of offense for which the inmate was sentenced to the institutional division.

(b) In addition to a salary, the board shall provide the director of the institutional division with a house and reimburse the director for necessary expenses related to travel for the institutional division.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.003
§ 3938.003. 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 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) The district is created to supplement and not to supplant county services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8274.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8274 / Section 8274.204
§ 8274.204. LOST OR MUTILATED BONDS.
Status: in_force

A trust indenture securing bonds issued under this chapter may provide for the issuance of bonds to replace lost or mutilated bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6712 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6712
§ 2306.6712. AMENDMENT OF APPLICATION SUBSEQUENT TO ALLOCATION BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) If a proposed modification would materially alter a development approved for an allocation of a housing tax credit, the department shall require the applicant to file a formal, written amendment to the application on a form prescribed by the department.

(b) The director shall require the department staff assigned to underwrite applications to evaluate the amendment and provide an analysis and written recommendation to the board. The appropriate monitor under Section 2306.6719 shall also provide to the board an analysis and written recommendation regarding the amendment.

(c) The board must vote on whether to approve the amendment. The board by vote may reject an amendment and, if appropriate, rescind the allocation of housing tax credits and reallocate the credits to other applicants on the waiting list required by Section 2306.6711 if the board determines that the modification proposed in the amendment:

(1) would materially alter the development in a negative manner; or

(2) would have adversely affected the selection of the application in the application round.

(d) Material alteration of a development includes:

(1) a significant modification of the site plan;

(2) a modification of the number of units or bedroom mix of units;

(3) a substantive modification of the scope of tenant services;

(4) a reduction of three percent or more in the square footage of the units or common areas;

(5) a significant modification of the architectural design of the development;

(6) a modification of the residential density of the development of at least five percent; and

(7) any other modification considered significant by the board.

(e) In evaluating the amendment under this subsection, the department staff shall consider whether the need for the modification proposed in the amendment was:

(1) reasonably foreseeable by the applicant at the time the application was submitted; or

(2) preventable by the applicant.

(f) This section shall be administered in a manner that is consistent with Section 42, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 42).
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.005 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 76 / Section 76.005
§ 76.005. AFFIDAVIT OF RIPARIAN RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may require the owner of riparian rights described in Section 76.004 of this code when offering oysters for sale to make an affidavit stating that the oysters were produced on his property.

(b) The failure of an owner of riparian rights described in Section 76.004(a) to have an affidavit when required by the department or to show it to a game warden on request or to the person to whom the oysters are offered for sale when required by the department is prima facie evidence that the oysters were produced from public beds.
Tex. Estates Code § 452.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 452 / Section 452.001
§ 452.001. DUTY TO APPOINT TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

A judge who determines that the interest of a decedent's estate requires the immediate appointment of a personal representative shall, by written order, appoint a temporary administrator with powers limited as the circumstances of the case require.
Tex. Water Code § 15.902 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.902
§ 15.902. DISADVANTAGED RURAL COMMUNITY WATER AND WASTEWATER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The disadvantaged rural community water and wastewater financial assistance fund is an account in the water assistance fund.

(b) The fund consists of:

(1) money transferred to the fund from the water assistance fund under Section 15.011(b);

(2) proceeds from the sale of political subdivision bonds by the board to the Texas Water Resources Finance Authority as provided by Section 17.0871; and

(3) repayments of loans made from the fund.
Tex. Education Code § 32.032 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 32 / Section 32.032
§ 32.032. ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall establish and maintain an accessible electronic information transfer system, as provided by State Board of Education policy, that is capable of transmitting information among school districts, regional education service centers, and other education-related entities and state agencies.

(b) The commissioner may contract with suppliers of computer hardware, software, or communications equipment or services to provide accessible goods or services to school districts, regional education service centers, or the agency. The State Board of Education by rule shall adopt standards for hardware, software, and communications equipment, training, and services supplied through contract under this section.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 36.008 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.008
§ 36.008. USE OF MONEY RECOVERED.
Status: in_force

The legislature, in appropriating money recovered under this chapter, shall consider the requirements of the attorney general and other affected state agencies in investigating health care program fraud and enforcing this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2204.301 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2204 / Section 2204.301
§ 2204.301. GRANT TO UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

The governor may grant to the United States in accordance with this subchapter those portions of the beds and banks of the Pecos and Devils rivers in Val Verde County and of the Rio Grande in Brewster, Cameron, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Maverick, Presidio, Starr, Terrell, Val Verde, Webb, and Zapata counties:

(1) for which title is vested in this state; and

(2) that may be necessary or expedient in the construction and use of the storage and flood control dams and their resultant reservoirs, diversion works, and appurtenances provided for in the Treaty Relating to the Utilization of the Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, and of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico, concluded by the United States and the United Mexican States on February 3, 1944.