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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 390.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 390 / Section 390.001
§ 390.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(1-a) "Diesel exhaust" means one or more of the air pollutants emitted from an engine by the combustion of diesel fuel, including particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, air toxics, and carbon monoxide.

(2) "Incremental cost" has the meaning assigned by Section 386.001.

(3) "Program" means the clean school bus program established under this chapter.

(4) "Qualifying fuel" includes any liquid or gaseous fuel or additive registered or verified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, other than standard gasoline or diesel, that is ultimately dispensed into a school bus that provides reductions of emissions of particulate matter.

(5) "Retrofit" has the meaning assigned by Section 386.101.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.1013 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.1013
§ 91.1013. APPLICATION FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Commercial oil and gas waste separation facility" means a facility that manages but does not dispose of oil and gas waste on site and that is managed by an owner or operator whose primary business is to provide oil field fluid or oil and gas waste management services for compensation.

(2) "Commercial surface oil and gas waste disposal facility" means a facility that disposes of oil and gas waste on site and that is managed by an owner or operator whose primary business is to provide oil field fluid or oil and gas waste disposal services for compensation.

(3) "Fluid injection well" means any well used to inject fluid or gas into the ground in connection with the exploration or production of oil or gas other than an oil and gas waste disposal well regulated by the commission pursuant to Chapter 27, Water Code.

(4) "Land application permit" means a permit authorizing the covering of a controlled area with gas plant effluent or low-chloride produced water through the use of a sprinkler or other irrigation system.

(5) "Landfarm permit" means a permit authorizing the disposal of low-chloride, water-based oil and gas waste, including drilling fluid, by mixing or tilling the fluid or waste into the natural soil so that the waste will not migrate from the area covered by the landfarm permit.

(6) "Landtreatment permit" means a permit authorizing the disposal of oil-based oil and gas waste, including oil-based drilling fluid, oil-impacted soil, or other oil and gas waste, by mixing or tilling the fluid, soil, or waste into the natural soil to degrade the fluid, impacted soil, or waste so that the fluid, impacted soil, or waste will not migrate from the area covered by the landtreatment permit.

(a-1) With each application for a fluid injection well permit, the applicant shall submit to the commission a nonrefundable fee of $200.

(b) An applicant for a permit to store, treat, or dispose of certain oil and gas waste shall submit to the commission a nonrefundable fee for that application as follows:

(1) $500 for an application for a landfarm, landtreatment, or land application permit or permit amendment;

(2) $2,000 for an application for a commercial oil and gas waste separation facility permit;

(3) $1,000 for an application for an amendment to a commercial oil and gas waste separation facility permit;

(4) $3,000 for an application for a commercial surface oil and gas waste disposal facility permit; and

(5) $1,000 for an application for an amendment to a commercial surface oil and gas waste disposal facility permit.

(c) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund.
Tex. Government Code § 437.252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.252
§ 437.252. LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

Funds, other property, or services may be donated to a unit of the Texas National Guard by any public or private entity, including:

(1) a state agency or department;

(2) a political subdivision, including a county, municipality, or public school district; or

(3) a special purpose district or authority.
Tex. Occupations Code § 951.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 951 / Section 951.001
§ 951.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Prepaid Legal Services Act.
Tex. Water Code § 62.202 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.202
§ 62.202. TAXES; SINKING FUND INVESTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) After district bonds have been voted, the commissioners court shall levy and have assessed and collected on all property in the district taxes sufficient in amount to pay the interest on the bonds and to annually deposit an amount in the sinking fund sufficient to discharge and redeem the bonds at their maturity.

(b) If advisable, the sinking fund shall from time to time be invested by the commissioners court in county, municipal, district, or other bonds which may be approved by the attorney general.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.057
§ 1030.057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a director.

(c) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year.

(d) The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0323 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0323
§ 8513.0323. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

If the authority's exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power granted by this chapter makes necessary relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a railroad or street railway, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the authority's sole expense.
Tex. Finance Code § 62.402 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.402
§ 62.402. ADOPTION OF MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the foreign association must adopt the merger or consolidation plan.
Tex. Government Code § 434.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.103
§ 434.103. COMMISSION FORMS.
Status: in_force

Commission forms shall contain:

(1) the veterans website address maintained under Section 434.102; and

(2) the commission's toll-free telephone number.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.301 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.301
§ 173.301. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

A district may issue revenue bonds and notes in amounts that the board considers necessary or appropriate for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, repair, equipping, improvement, or extension of its commuter rail facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.158
§ 3831.158. ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may impose an assessment on property in the district, including an assessment on a leasehold interest, by agreement with the property owner.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.059 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.059
§ 22.059. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

Money received from the sale of timber or iron ore from the land in the park shall be placed in the state treasury to the credit of the state parks account.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0052 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 113 / Section 113.0052
§ 113.0052. INSURANCE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall ensure that, during each car sharing period, the owner and the driver are insured under an automobile liability insurance policy that meets the requirements of this subchapter.

(b) Insurance maintained for purposes of this subchapter:

(1) must provide coverage in amounts not less than the amounts described by Section 601.072, Transportation Code;

(2) must be primary during each car sharing period; and

(3) must:

(A) recognize that the shared vehicle insured under the policy is made available and used through a peer-to-peer car sharing program and specifically provide coverage for that use; or

(B) not exclude the use of a shared vehicle by a driver.

(c) The coverage requirements of this subchapter may be satisfied by:

(1) automobile insurance maintained by the owner;

(2) automobile insurance maintained by the driver;

(3) automobile insurance maintained by the peer-to-peer car sharing program; or

(4) a combination of Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3).

(d) If a claim occurs in another state with minimum financial responsibility limits higher than the amounts described by Section 601.072, Transportation Code, during the car sharing period, the coverage maintained under Subsection (a) must satisfy the difference in minimum coverage amounts to the applicable policy limits.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.709 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.709
§ 9.709. PRIORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter, as revised, determines the priority of conflicting claims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before the revision takes effect, this chapter, as it existed before the effective date of the revision, determines priority.

(b) For purposes of Section 9.322(a), as revised, the priority of a security interest that becomes enforceable under Section 9.203, as revised, dates from the time the revision takes effect if the security interest is perfected under this chapter, as revised, by the filing of a financing statement before the revision takes effect that would not have been effective to perfect the security interest under this chapter, as it existed immediately before the effective date of the revision. This subsection does not apply to conflicting security interests each of which is perfected by the filing of such a financing statement.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.152
§ 2269.152. USE OF ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER.
Status: in_force

The governmental entity shall select or designate an architect or engineer to prepare construction documents for the project.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1954.353 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1954 / Section 1954.353
§ 1954.353. OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING; ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may impose an administrative penalty under this subchapter only after the person charged with a violation is given the opportunity for a hearing.

(b) If a hearing is held, the department shall make findings of fact and issue a written decision as to:

(1) the occurrence of the violation; and

(2) the amount of any penalty that is warranted.

(c) If the person charged with a violation fails to exercise the opportunity for a hearing, the department, after determining that a violation occurred and the amount of the penalty that is warranted, may impose a penalty and shall issue an order requiring the person to pay any penalty imposed.

(d) Not later than the 30th day after the date an order is issued after determining that a violation occurred, the department shall inform the person charged with the violation of the amount of any penalty imposed.

(e) The department may consolidate a hearing under this section with another proceeding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8515.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8515 / Section 8515.0102
§ 8515.0102. NATURE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The authority is a conservation and reclamation district in Kerr County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Estates Code § 1022.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1022 / Section 1022.005
§ 1022.005. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING IN COUNTY WITH STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) In a county in which there is a statutory probate court, the statutory probate court has exclusive jurisdiction of all guardianship proceedings, regardless of whether contested or uncontested.

(b) A cause of action related to a guardianship proceeding of which the statutory probate court has exclusive jurisdiction as provided by Subsection (a) must be brought in the statutory probate court unless the jurisdiction of the statutory probate court is concurrent with the jurisdiction of a district court as provided by Section 1022.006 or with the jurisdiction of any other court.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.033 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.033
§ 1001.033. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS PROJECTS.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area that:

(1) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code;

(2) is located in a county any part of which is within 62 miles of an international border; and

(3) consists of 11 or more dwellings that are located in close proximity to each other in an area that may be described as a community or neighborhood.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 3.01(3), eff. September 1, 2019.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 3.01(3), eff. September 1, 2019.

(d) Regarding any projects funded by the commission that provide assistance to colonias, the commission shall require an applicant for the funds to submit to the commission a colonia classification number, if one exists, for each colonia that may be served by the project proposed in the application. If a colonia does not have a classification number, the commission may contact the secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative to obtain the classification number. On request of the commission, the secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative shall assign a classification number to the colonia.
Tex. Election Code § 64.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 64 / Section 64.005
§ 64.005. MARKING THE BALLOT FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATE.
Status: in_force

In an election in which write-in voting is permitted, a vote for a candidate who is not on the ballot must be indicated by writing the candidate's name in the appropriate place provided on the ballot.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.952 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.952
§ 242.952. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a student who is:

(1) enrolled in an accredited school or program that is preparing the student for licensure as a licensed vocational nurse; and

(2) participating in a clinical program at a facility licensed under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1701.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.005
§ 1701.005. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a rider or endorsement that is used at the request of the holder of a policy, contract, or certificate subject to this chapter and that relates to:

(A) the manner of distribution of benefits under the policy, contract, or certificate; or

(B) the reservation of rights and benefits under the policy, contract, or certificate; or

(2) the modification of a previously approved insurance policy form for the sole purpose of adding the statement required by Section 154.2021(a)(3), Finance Code.

(b) The commissioner by written order may exempt a document from the requirements of this chapter for the period the commissioner considers proper if the commissioner determines that:

(1) this chapter may not practically be applied to the document;

(2) the document's preparation, use, and meaning have become routine or commonplace; or

(3) the filing and approval of the form of the document are not desirable, appropriate, required, or necessary for the protection of the public.
Tex. Estates Code § 358.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 358 / Section 358.051
§ 358.051. AUTHORIZATION FOR LEASING OF MINERALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The court in which probate proceedings on a decedent's estate are pending may authorize the personal representative of the estate, appointed and qualified under the laws of this state and acting solely under court orders, to make, execute, and deliver a lease, with or without a unitization clause or pooling provision, providing for the exploration for and development and production of oil, other liquid hydrocarbons, gas, metals and other solid minerals, and other minerals, or any of those minerals in place, belonging to the estate.

(b) A lease described by Subsection (a) must be made and entered into under and in conformity with this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.092 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.092
§ 502.092. NONRESIDENT-OWNED VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT FARM PRODUCTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue to a nonresident owner a permit for a truck, truck-tractor, trailer, or semitrailer that:

(1) is registered in the owner's home state or country; and

(2) will be used to transport:

(A) farm products produced in this state from the place of production to a place of market or storage or a railhead that is not more than 75 miles from the place of production;

(B) machinery used to harvest farm products produced in this state; or

(C) farm products produced outside this state from the point of entry into this state to a place of market, storage, or processing or a railhead or seaport that is not more than 80 miles from the point of entry.

(b) The department shall issue a receipt for a permit issued under this section in a manner provided by the department. The permit receipt must contain the information required by this section and be carried in the vehicle for which it is issued at all times during which it is valid. A permit issued under this section is valid until the earlier of:

(1) the date the vehicle's registration in the owner's home state or country expires; or

(2) the 30th day after the date the permit is issued.

(c) A person may obtain a permit under this section by:

(1) applying to the department in a manner prescribed by the department;

(2) paying a fee equal to 1/12 the registration fee prescribed by this chapter for the vehicle;

(3) furnishing satisfactory evidence that the motor vehicle is insured under an insurance policy that complies with Section 601.072 and that is written by:

(A) an insurance company or surety company authorized to write motor vehicle liability insurance in this state; or

(B) with the department's approval, a surplus lines insurer that meets the requirements of Chapter 981, Insurance Code, and rules adopted by the commissioner of insurance under that chapter, if the applicant is unable to obtain insurance from an insurer described by Paragraph (A); and

(4) furnishing evidence that the vehicle has been inspected if required under Chapter 548.

(d) A nonresident owner may not obtain more than three permits under this section during a registration year.

(e) A vehicle for which a permit is issued under this section may not be operated in this state after the permit expires unless the owner:

(1) obtains another temporary permit; or

(2) registers the vehicle under Section 502.253, 502.254, 502.255, or 502.256, as appropriate, for the remainder of the registration year.

(f) A vehicle for which a permit is issued under this section may not be registered under Section 502.433.

(g) A mileage referred to in this section is a state highway mileage.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.115
§ 1036.115. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county, municipality, or public hospital as provided by Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The board shall require the sheriff of Hamilton County to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a person who is confined in a jail facility of Hamilton County and is not a district resident.

(c) On behalf of the district, the board may contract with the state or federal government for that government to reimburse the district for treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6602.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6602 / Section 6602.001
§ 6602.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Brazoria County Drainage District Number Five.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.071 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.071
§ 601.071. MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE; REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, a motor vehicle liability insurance policy must be an owner's or operator's policy that:

(1) except as provided by Section 601.083, is issued by an insurance company authorized to write motor vehicle liability insurance in this state;

(2) is written to or for the benefit of the person named in the policy as the insured; and

(3) meets the requirements of this subchapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 47.01 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 47 / Section 47.01
§ 47.01. SUBJECT TO ORDER OF COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an officer who comes into custody of property alleged to have been stolen shall hold it subject to the order of the proper court only if the ownership of the property is contested or disputed.

(b) An officer who comes into custody of property governed by Chapter 371, Finance Code, that is alleged to have been stolen shall hold the property subject to the order of the proper court regardless of whether the ownership of the property is contested or disputed.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 36.09 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.09
§ 36.09. SEVERANCE ON SEPARATE INDICTMENTS.
Status: in_force

Two or more defendants who are jointly or separately indicted or complained against for the same offense or any offense growing out of the same transaction may be, in the discretion of the court, tried jointly or separately as to one or more defendants; provided that in any event either defendant may testify for the other or on behalf of the state; and provided further, that in cases in which, upon timely motion to sever, and evidence introduced thereon, it is made known to the court that there is a previous admissible conviction against one defendant or that a joint trial would be prejudicial to any defendant, the court shall order a severance as to the defendant whose joint trial would prejudice the other defendant or defendants.