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Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.651 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.651
§ 1101.651. CERTAIN PRACTICES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed broker may not pay a commission to or otherwise compensate a person directly or indirectly for performing an act of a broker unless the person is:

(1) a license holder; or

(2) a real estate broker licensed in another state who does not conduct in this state any of the negotiations for which the commission or other compensation is paid.

(b) A sales agent may not accept compensation for a real estate transaction from a person other than the broker that is sponsoring the sales agent or was sponsoring the sales agent when the sales agent earned the compensation.

(c) A sales agent may not pay a commission to a person except through the broker that is sponsoring the sales agent at that time.

(d) A broker and any broker or sales agent appointed under Section 1101.560 who acts as an intermediary under Subchapter L may not:

(1) disclose to the buyer or tenant that the seller or landlord will accept a price less than the asking price, unless otherwise instructed in a separate writing by the seller or landlord;

(2) disclose to the seller or landlord that the buyer or tenant will pay a price greater than the price submitted in a written offer to the seller or landlord, unless otherwise instructed in a separate writing by the buyer or tenant;

(3) disclose any confidential information or any information a party specifically instructs the broker or sales agent in writing not to disclose, unless:

(A) the broker or sales agent is otherwise instructed in a separate writing by the respective party;

(B) the broker or sales agent is required to disclose the information by this chapter or a court order; or

(C) the information materially relates to the condition of the property;

(4) treat a party to a transaction dishonestly; or

(5) violate this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6902.211 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6902 / Section 6902.211
§ 6902.211. APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER.
Status: in_force

(a) On default or threatened default in the payment of principal of or interest on bonds issued under this subchapter that are payable wholly or partly from revenue, a court may, on petition of the holders of outstanding bonds, appoint a receiver for the district.

(b) The receiver may collect and receive all district income, except taxes, employ and discharge district agents and employees, take charge of money on hand, except money received from taxes, unless commingled, and manage the proprietary affairs of the district without the consent of the board.

(c) The receiver may be authorized to sell or contract for the sale of water or renew those contracts with the approval of the court that appointed the receiver.

(d) The court may vest the receiver with any other power or duty the court finds necessary to protect the bondholders.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6904.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6904 / Section 6904.161
§ 6904.161. RIGHTS-OF-WAY; EASEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district has all necessary or useful rights-of-way and easements along, over, under, and across all public, state, municipal, and county roads, highways, and places for any of its purposes. The district shall restore a facility used to its previous condition as nearly as possible at the sole expense of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 615.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 615 / Section 615.005
§ 615.005. ASSISTANCE NOT ASSIGNABLE; PAYMENTS EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

(a) Assistance payable under this chapter is not transferable or assignable at law or in equity.

(b) Money paid or payable under this chapter is not subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any insolvency law.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.32 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 11 / Section 11.32
§ 11.32. RENEWAL APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Renewal applications shall be made under oath and shall contain all information required by the commission or administrator showing that the applicant is qualified to hold the permit. The application shall be accompanied by the required bond and state fee. The commission or administrator may issue a renewal permit if it is found that the applicant is qualified.
Tex. Local Government Code § 341.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 341 / Section 341.001
§ 341.001. POLICE FORCE OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may establish and regulate a municipal police force.

(b) The governing body by ordinance may provide for the appointment of police officers the governing body considers necessary and for the terms of office and qualifications of the officers.

(c) The governing body by ordinance may provide that the police officers serve at the pleasure of the governing body.

(d) Each police officer shall execute a bond as the governing body may require. The bond must be conditioned that the officer will faithfully perform the officer's duties.

(e) A police officer has:

(1) the powers, rights, duties, and jurisdiction granted to or imposed on a peace officer by the Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(2) other powers and duties prescribed by the governing body.

(f) A police officer may serve in each county in which the municipality is located all process issued by a municipal court.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.404 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.404
§ 3.404. IMPOSTORS; FICTITIOUS PAYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) If an impostor, by use of the mails or otherwise, induces the issuer of an instrument to issue the instrument to the impostor, or to a person acting in concert with the impostor, by impersonating the payee of the instrument or a person authorized to act for the payee, an indorsement of the instrument by any person in the name of the payee is effective as the indorsement of the payee in favor of a person who, in good faith, pays the instrument or takes it for value or for collection.

(b) If (i) a person whose intent determines to whom an instrument is payable (Section 3.110(a) or (b)) does not intend the person identified as payee to have any interest in the instrument, or (ii) the person identified as payee of an instrument is a fictitious person, the following rules apply until the instrument is negotiated by special indorsement:

(1) Any person in possession of the instrument is its holder.

(2) An indorsement by any person in the name of the payee stated in the instrument is effective as the indorsement of the payee in favor of a person who, in good faith, pays the instrument or takes it for value or for collection.

(c) Under Subsection (a) or (b), an indorsement is made in the name of a payee if:

(1) it is made in a name substantially similar to that of the payee; or

(2) the instrument, whether or not indorsed, is deposited in a depositary bank to an account in a name substantially similar to that of the payee.

(d) With respect to an instrument to which Subsection (a) or (b) applies, if a person paying the instrument or taking it for value or for collection fails to exercise ordinary care in paying or taking the instrument and that failure contributes to loss resulting from payment of the instrument, the person bearing the loss may recover from the person failing to exercise ordinary care to the extent the failure to exercise ordinary care contributed to the loss.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.383 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.383
§ 42A.383. EDUCATION AND TRAINING COURSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The program shall provide program participants with access to workforce development education and training courses developed or approved by the Texas Workforce Commission under Chapter 316, Labor Code.

(b) The education and training courses under this article must focus on providing a participant with useful workplace skills most likely to lead to gainful employment by the participant.

(c) The education and training courses may be individualized based on any physical or intellectual limitations of the participant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8057.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8057 / Section 8057.0105
§ 8057.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

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

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1066.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1066 / Section 1066.159
§ 1066.159. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select at least one bank to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) District money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1066.160(b) and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued or assumed by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and must remain on deposit. This subsection does not limit the power of the board to place a portion of district money on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.

(c) The district may not deposit money with a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unless the bank first executes a bond or other security in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the district money that exceeds the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298E.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298E / Section 298E.002
§ 298E.002. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a hospital district created in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.002
§ 3938.002. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 32.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 32 / Section 32.001
§ 32.001. GIVING CERTIFIED COPIES AND CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

(a) On request and on payment of the required fee, the department shall:

(1) certify a copy of a paper or a record in a department office and give the certified copy to any person when the commissioner determines that providing the copy is not prejudicial to the public interest; and

(2) give a certificate as provided by other law.

(b) A fee collected by the department under this section shall be deposited in the general revenue fund to the credit of the Texas Department of Insurance operating account.
Tex. Water Code § 58.653 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.653
§ 58.653. RENDITION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Land which is taxed on the uniform acreage valuation shall be rendered for taxation as subject to irrigation. When land is rendered, the value need not be stated, and it is unnecessary for the person rendering the property to include the value of the land in an affidavit or for the assessor and collector to set a value on the land.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.029 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.029
§ 383.029. QUALIFICATION OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS; ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each temporary director shall execute a bond in accordance with Section 383.046 and shall take an oath of office.

(b) The board shall meet and organize.
Tex. Government Code § 4001.155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.155
§ 4001.155. PROOF OF CERTAIN RECORDS.
Status: in_force

All records of the former securities divisions of the offices of the secretary of state and the former Board of Insurance Commissioners for which custody was assumed by the commissioner under Chapter 269, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, shall be proven under the commissioner's certificate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.105
§ 1020.105. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's staff and employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8416.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8416 / Section 8416.201
§ 8416.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3951.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3951 / Section 3951.003
§ 3951.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
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, the county, 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, and to accomplish the redevelopment of land in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city or the county from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city or county services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.302
§ 1084.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.455 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.455
§ 521.455. USE OF ILLEGAL LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly uses a driver's license or certificate obtained in violation of Section 521.451 or 521.454 to harm or defraud another.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 323.0051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 323 / Section 323.0051
§ 323.0051. INFORMATION FORM FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS AT CERTAIN FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop a standard information form for sexual assault survivors who arrive at a health care facility that is not a SAFE-ready facility. The information form must include:

(1) information regarding the benefits of a forensic medical examination conducted by a sexual assault forensic examiner;

(2) the Internet website address to the commission's list of SAFE-ready facilities that includes the facilities' physical addresses as required by Section 323.008;

(3) the following statements:

(A) "As a survivor of sexual assault, you have the right to receive a forensic medical examination for sexual assault at this hospital emergency room if you are requesting the examination not later than 120 hours after the assault. For parents or guardians of a minor child, your child has the right to receive the forensic medical examination at any time, regardless of when the assault occurred."; and

(B) "Call 1-800-656-HOPE to be connected to a sexual assault crisis center for free and confidential assistance.";

(4) the names and contact information of legal aid services providers statewide; and

(5) information on the procedure for submitting a complaint against the health care facility.

(b) A health care facility that is not a SAFE-ready facility shall provide the standard information form developed under this section to each sexual assault survivor who arrives at the facility.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 114.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 114 / Section 114.004
§ 114.004. LIMITATIONS ON ADJUDICATION AWARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The total amount of money awarded in an adjudication brought against a state agency for breach of an express provision of a contract subject to this chapter is limited to the following:

(1) the balance due and owed by the state agency under the contract as it may have been amended, including any amount owed as compensation for the increased cost to perform the work as a direct result of owner-caused delays or acceleration if the contract expressly provides for that compensation;

(2) the amount owed for written change orders;

(3) reasonable and necessary attorney's fees based on an hourly rate that are equitable and just if the contract expressly provides that recovery of attorney's fees is available to all parties to the contract; and

(4) interest at the rate specified by the contract or, if a rate is not specified, the rate for postjudgment interest under Section 304.003(c), Finance Code, but not to exceed 10 percent.

(b) Damages awarded in an adjudication brought against a state agency arising under a contract subject to this chapter may not include:

(1) consequential damages;

(2) exemplary damages; or

(3) damages for unabsorbed home office overhead.
Tex. Government Code § 411.282 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.282
§ 411.282. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission may:

(1) establish a support staff in the department to assist the museum;

(2) use department property to fulfill the purposes of this subchapter; and

(3) enter into a contract with the museum.
Tex. Water Code § 54.014 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.014
§ 54.014. PETITION.
Status: in_force

When it is proposed to create a district, a petition requesting creation shall be filed with the commission. The petition shall be signed by a majority in value of the holders of title of the land within the proposed district, as indicated by the tax rolls of the central appraisal district.
Tex. Education Code § 51.765 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.765
§ 51.765. NURSING SCHOOL APPLICATION CONSOLIDATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A service or organization that provides consolidated application services for applications to medical schools or dental schools, including the Texas Health Education Service at The University of Texas System Administration, must include applications for nursing schools in this state.

(b) The Texas Health Education Service at The University of Texas System Administration shall establish an advisory board to develop:

(1) recommendations for including applications for nursing schools in this state in the consolidated application services for applications to medical schools or dental schools as required under Subsection (a); and

(2) an implementation plan for the recommendations developed under Subdivision (1).

(c) The advisory board shall consist of representatives of professional nursing programs in this state and representatives with expertise in professional nursing program applications appointed by the Texas Health Education Service at The University of Texas System Administration.

(d) The Texas Health Education Service at The University of Texas System Administration shall publish the implementation plan developed by the advisory board under this section on an Internet website operated by the Texas Health Education Service not later than January 1, 2026.

(e) The advisory board is abolished and this subsection and Subsections (b), (c), and (d) expire September 1, 2027.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.302 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.302
§ 1302.302.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1302.302. MUNICIPAL LICENSE: ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. An applicant for a municipal license must:

(1) pass an examination that covers the same subjects as the examination required under Subchapter F for a license of the class that entitles the holder of the license to perform the work the applicant proposes to perform; and

(2) meet experience requirements that are at least as strict as the requirements under Section 1302.255(a)(2).
Tex. Property Code § 71.202 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 71 / Section 71.202
§ 71.202. DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Real property that escheats to the state under this title before January 1, 1985, becomes a part of the permanent school fund. Real property that escheats to the state on or after January 1, 1985, is held in trust by the Commissioner of the General Land Office for the use and benefit of the foundation school fund. The revenue from all leases, sales, and use of land held for the foundation school fund shall be deposited to the credit of the foundation school fund.

(b) Before the 91st day after the day on which a judgment that provides for the recovery of real property is rendered, the clerk of the district court rendering the judgment shall send to the Commissioner of the General Land Office:

(1) a certified copy of the judgment; and

(2) notice of any appeal of that judgment.

(c) The commissioner shall list real property as escheated foundation school fund land or permanent school land as appropriate when the commissioner receives:

(1) a certified copy of a judgment under which the property escheats to the state and from which appeal is not taken; or

(2) a certified copy of notice of the affirmance on appeal of a judgment under which the property escheats to the state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 180.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 180 / Section 180.003
§ 180.003. MAXIMUM DUTY HOURS OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In a county with a population of 372,000 to 400,000, a sheriff, deputy, constable, or other peace officer of the county or a municipality located in the county may not be required to be on duty more than 48 hours a week unless the peace officer is called on by a superior officer to serve during an emergency as determined by the superior officer.

(b) Hours of duty over 48 hours a week, compiled by a peace officer under Subsection (a), may be treated as overtime and may be deducted from future required hours of duty if:

(1) the overtime is used within one year after it is compiled; and

(2) the peace officer obtains the permission of the superior officer.