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Tex. Finance Code § 342.153 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.153
§ 342.153. MINIMUM ASSETS FOR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a license holder shall maintain for each office for which a license is held net assets of at least $25,000 that are used or readily available for use in conducting the business of that office.

(b) A license holder who held a license under the Texas Regulatory Loan Act and was issued a license to make loans under that chapter as provided by Section 4, Chapter 274, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, shall maintain for the office for which that license is held net assets of at least $15,000 that are used or readily available for use in conducting the business of that office.

(c) A license holder who paid the pawnbroker's occupational tax for 1967 and was issued a license to make loans under that chapter as provided by Section 4, Chapter 274, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, is exempt from the minimum assets requirement of Subsection (a) for the office for which that license is held.

(d) If a license holder holds a license to which Subsection (b) or (c) applies and subsequently transfers the license to another person, the minimum assets required under Subsection (a) shall apply to the license and the subsequent license holder.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.309 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.309
§ 154.309. REDETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who receives notice of a deficiency determination may submit a written request to the comptroller for redetermination. If the person desires a hearing, the request for a hearing must be included in the written request for redetermination.

(b) A written request for redetermination must be filed at the office of the comptroller not later than the 30th day after the date notice of deficiency is issued. If a written request for redetermination is not filed as required by this subsection, the determination is final.

(c) On receipt of a written request for redetermination, the comptroller shall:

(1) review the request for redetermination if a hearing was not requested; or

(2) provide the person against whom the deficiency determination was made with written notice of the time, place, and date of a redetermination hearing.

(d) The comptroller shall give notice of a redetermination hearing by personal service or by mail. Service by mail is complete when the notice is deposited with the U.S. Postal Service.
Tex. Local Government Code § 26.021 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 26 / Section 26.021
§ 26.021. FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

The municipality may adopt and operate under any form of government, including the aldermanic or commission form.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 3 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 28 / Section 3
§ 3.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. The notice mentioned in Section 2 above shall be sufficient if given in any one of the following ways:

(1) By announcement made by the court in open court in the presence of the defendant or his attorney of record;

(2) By personal service upon the defendant or his attorney of record;

(3) By mail to either the defendant or his attorney of record deposited by the clerk in the mail at least six days prior to the date set for hearing. If the defendant has no attorney of record such notice shall be addressed to defendant at the address shown on his bond, if the bond shows such an address, and if not, it may be addressed to one of the sureties on his bond. If the envelope containing the notice is properly addressed, stamped and mailed, the state will not be required to show that it was received.
Tex. Education Code § 75.303 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 75 / Section 75.303
§ 75.303. ROLE AND SCOPE.
Status: in_force

The institute shall establish and maintain a public health reserve network of public health professionals, community health workers, state and local public health agencies, health care organizations, universities throughout the state, and other relevant entities and persons for the purpose of coordinating efforts to:

(1) protect public health in this state; and

(2) support pandemic and epidemic disaster preparedness and response components of the state emergency management plan required by Section 418.042, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8052.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8052 / Section 8052.0402
§ 8052.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8052.0401, 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. Education Code § 53B.42 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53B / Section 53B.42
§ 53B.42. INVESTMENT OF FUNDS; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

To the extent it is applicable, the law as to the security for and the investment of funds, applicable to cities, controls the investment of funds belonging to authority. The bond resolution or the indenture or both may further restrict the making of investments. The authority may invest the proceeds of its bonds, until the money is needed, in the direct obligations of or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the United States, to the extent authorized in the bond resolution or indenture or in both.
Tex. Education Code § 22.0815 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0815
§ 22.0815. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION AND OTHER CHARTER ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "other charter entity" has the meaning assigned by Section 22A.001.

(b) A prohibition, restriction, or requirement imposed by this subchapter on an open-enrollment charter school applies to the same extent to a district of innovation or other charter entity.

(c) The failure of a district of innovation to provide information required under Section 22.0832 may result in termination of the district's designation as a district of innovation.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 80.031 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 80 / Section 80.031
§ 80.031. USE OF BIO-INTENSIVE CONTROLS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop and adopt rules to allow a citrus producer in a suppression program to use biological, botanical, or other nonsynthetic pest control methods. In developing rules, the commissioner shall consider:

(1) scientific studies and field trials of the effectiveness of a proposed alternative control method;

(2) the feasibility of using a proposed alternative control technique within a particular region;

(3) the degree of monitoring necessary to establish the success of the use of a proposed alternative control; and

(4) methods to prevent the use of substances that would impede the use of alternative controls and the promotion of beneficial insect populations.

(b) A citrus producer that chooses to use an alternative method of control as provided in Subsection (a) shall notify the board. The board and the citrus producer shall coordinate their actions to prevent the use of substances that would impede the use of alternative controls and the promotion of beneficial insect populations.

(c) The citrus producer shall pay any additional cost of bio-intensive control in addition to any assessment.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.204 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.204
§ 481.204. ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall acquire the tetrahydrocannabinols and their derivatives for use in the research program by contracting with the National Institute on Drug Abuse to receive tetrahydrocannabinols and their derivatives that are safe for human consumption according to the regulations adopted by the institute, the United States Food and Drug Administration, and the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

(b) The executive commissioner shall supervise the distribution of the tetrahydrocannabinols and their derivatives to program participants. The tetrahydrocannabinols and derivatives of tetrahydrocannabinols may be distributed only by the person in charge of the research program to physicians caring for program participant patients, under rules adopted by the executive commissioner in such a manner as to prevent unauthorized diversion of the substances and in compliance with all requirements of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration. The physician is responsible for dispensing the substances to patients.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8344.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8344 / Section 8344.251
§ 8344.251. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.007 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.007
§ 1201.007. EXCEPTION FOR REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not:

(1) modify or amend Chapter 1101 or 1102; or

(2) apply to a person who is licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson under Chapter 1101 and who, as agent of a buyer or seller, negotiates the sale or lease of a manufactured home and the real property to which the home is attached if:

(A) the same person is the record owner of both the manufactured home and the real property; and

(B) the sale or lease occurs in a single real estate transaction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.205
§ 1001.205. PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The Randall County Commissioners Court and the governing body, acting for the board, may agree on terms under which the commissioners court may participate in the operation of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1104.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.110
§ 1104.110. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district.

(b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 102.157 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 102 / Section 102.157
§ 102.157. TERMS OF AGREEMENT OR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Any marketing agreement executed or license issued may:

(1) limit or provide a method for limiting the total quantity of any grade, variety, size, or quality of citrus fruit that may be produced during one or more specified periods and marketed in or transported to a market in intrastate commerce;

(2) allot or provide a method for allotting the amount of citrus fruit or any grade, variety, size, or quality of citrus fruit that each handler may market in intrastate commerce;

(3) determine or provide a method for determining the existence and extent of a surplus of a citrus fruit or of any grade, variety, size, or quality of a citrus fruit, provide for the control and disposition of that surplus in a manner that does not burden or obstruct interstate or foreign commerce, and equalize the burden of a surplus elimination or control among the producers and handlers of the citrus fruit;

(4) provide for administrative committees under Section 102.158 of this code; and

(5) provide other terms or conditions incidental to and consistent with this section.

(b) If the marketing agreement or license allots or provides a method for allotting the amount of a citrus fruit that a handler may handle, the marketing agreement or license must:

(1) be under a uniform rule based on one or both of the following:

(A) the amount of the citrus fruit or grade, variety, size, or quality of the citrus fruit that each handler has available for current shipment; and

(B) the amount shipped by each handler in a prior representative period, as determined by the department; and

(2) equitably apportion among all the handlers the total quantity of the citrus fruit or any grade, variety, size, or quality of the citrus fruit to be marketed in or transported to markets in intrastate commerce.

(c) A marketing agreement or license may include one or more of the terms and conditions under Subsection (a) of this section, but may not include others.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.458 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.458
§ 205.458. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) If after judicial review the administrative penalty is reduced or not imposed by the court, the court shall, after the judgment becomes final:

(1) order that the appropriate amount, plus accrued interest, be remitted to the person if the person paid the penalty; or

(2) order the release of the bond in full if the penalty is not imposed or order the release of the bond after the person pays the penalty imposed if the person posted a supersedeas bond.

(b) The interest paid under Subsection (a)(1) is the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The interest is paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty is paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.205 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.205
§ 143.205. OPEN RECORDS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

All documents relating to an agreement between a fire fighters association and a public employer shall be available to the public pursuant to state statutes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 111.0432 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 111 / Section 111.0432
§ 111.0432. SPECIAL BUDGET FOR REVENUE RECEIVED AFTER START OF FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The county auditor shall certify to the commissioners court the receipt of revenue from a new source not anticipated before the adoption of the budget and not included in the budget for that fiscal year. On certification, the court may adopt a special budget for the limited purpose of spending the revenue for general purposes or for any of its intended purposes.
Tex. Water Code § 16.1351 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.1351
§ 16.1351. RECREATIONAL ACCESS.
Status: in_force

If the board is acquiring an interest in a storage facility, it must also find affirmatively that the applicant has a plan to provide adequate public recreational access areas to suitable recreational resources.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8324.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8324 / Section 8324.110
§ 8324.110. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

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

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; 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:

(1) contain any land outside the area described by Section 2(a) of the Act creating this chapter; or

(2) contain less than 200 or more than 600 acres of land without the prior consent of any municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located.

(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 8324.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 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 8324.003.

(i) Except as provided by Subsection (c), municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8324.004 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.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by 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.
Tex. Education Code § 54.910 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.910
§ 54.910. DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.
Status: in_force

(a) The participant is the designated beneficiary and the owner of the ABLE account except as described by Subsection (b) and as otherwise permitted by Section 529A, Internal Revenue Code.

(b) If the designated beneficiary of the account is not able to exercise signature authority over the account, or if a designated beneficiary chooses to establish an account but not exercise signature authority, the parent, legal guardian, or other fiduciary of the beneficiary may serve as the participant if permitted by Section 529A, Internal Revenue Code.

(c) A designated beneficiary may own only one ABLE account, and each ABLE account may have only one owner, except as otherwise permitted by Section 529A, Internal Revenue Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8279.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8279 / Section 8279.002
§ 8279.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district and a conservation and reclamation district in Harris County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Labor Code § 352.102 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 352 / Section 352.102
§ 352.102. ELIGIBILITY FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities eligible for those services under federal law.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.157 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.157
§ 200.157. ENFORCEABILITY OF RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF CERTAIN SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A restriction placed on the transfer or registration of the transfer of a security of a real estate investment trust is specifically enforceable against the holder, or a successor or transferee of the holder, if:

(1) the restriction is reasonable and noted conspicuously on the certificate or other instrument representing the security; or

(2) with respect to an uncertificated security, the restriction is reasonable and a notation of the restriction is contained in the notice sent with respect to the security under Section 3.205.

(b) Unless noted in the manner specified by Subsection (a) with respect to a certificate or other instrument or an uncertificated security, an otherwise enforceable restriction is ineffective against a transferee for value without actual knowledge of the restriction at the time of the transfer or against a subsequent transferee, regardless of whether the transfer is for value. A restriction is specifically enforceable against a person other than a transferee for value from the time the person acquires actual knowledge of the restriction's existence.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 15.09 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 15 / Section 15.09
§ 15.09. COMPLAINT MAY BE FORWARDED.
Status: in_force

A complaint in accordance with Article 15.05, may be forwarded as provided by Article 15.08 to any magistrate in the State; and the magistrate who receives the same shall forthwith issue a warrant for the arrest of the accused; and the accused, when arrested, shall be dealt with as provided in this Chapter in similar cases.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0057
§ 546.0057. TRANSITION SERVICES FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall monitor programs and services offered through health and human services agencies designed to assist youth with disabilities to transition from school-oriented living to:

(1) post-schooling activities;

(2) services for adults; or

(3) community living.

(b) In monitoring the programs and services, the executive commissioner shall:

(1) consider whether the programs or services result in positive outcomes in the employment, community integration, health, and quality of life of individuals with disabilities; and

(2) collect information regarding the outcomes of the transition process as necessary to assess the programs and services.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298G.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298G / Section 298G.151
§ 298G.151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING PROVIDER NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board authorizes a health care provider participation program under this chapter, the board may require a mandatory payment to be assessed, either annually or periodically throughout the year at the discretion of the board, on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the district. The board shall provide an institutional health care provider written notice of each assessment under this subsection, and the provider has 30 calendar days following the date of receipt of the notice to make the assessed mandatory payment. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider, as determined by the provider's Medicare cost report submitted for the previous fiscal year or for the closest subsequent fiscal year for which the provider submitted the Medicare cost report. If the mandatory payment is required, the district shall update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be uniformly proportionate with the amount of net patient revenue generated by each paying provider in the district as permitted under federal law. A health care provider participation program authorized under this chapter may not hold harmless any paying provider, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) If the board requires a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall set the amount of the mandatory payment, subject to the limitations of this chapter. The aggregate amount of the mandatory payments required of all paying providers in the district may not exceed six percent of the aggregate net patient revenue from hospital services provided by all paying providers in the district.

(d) Subject to Subsection (c), if the board requires a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the district for activities under this chapter and to fund an intergovernmental transfer described by Section 298G.103(c)(1). The annual amount of revenue from mandatory payments that shall be paid for administrative expenses by the district is $150,000, plus the cost of collateralization of deposits, regardless of actual expenses.

(e) A paying provider may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.

(f) A mandatory payment assessed under this chapter is not a tax for hospital purposes for purposes of Section 4, Article IX, Texas Constitution, or Section 281.045 of this code.