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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 574 / Section 574.021
§ 574.021. MOTION FOR ORDER OF PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
Status: in_force

(a) A motion for an order of protective custody may be filed only in the court in which an application for court-ordered mental health services is pending.

(b) The motion may be filed by the county or district attorney or on the court's own motion.

(c) The motion must state that:

(1) the judge or county or district attorney has reason to believe and does believe that the proposed patient meets the criteria authorizing the court to order protective custody; and

(2) the belief is derived from:

(A) the representations of a credible person;

(B) the proposed patient's conduct; or

(C) the circumstances under which the proposed patient is found.

(d) The motion must be accompanied by a certificate of medical examination for mental illness prepared by a physician who has examined the proposed patient not earlier than the third day before the day the motion is filed.

(e) The judge of the court in which the application is pending may designate a magistrate to issue protective custody orders, including a magistrate appointed by the judge of another court if the magistrate has at least the qualifications required for a magistrate of the court in which the application is pending. A magistrate's duty under this section is in addition to the magistrate's duties prescribed by other law.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 61.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 61 / Section 61.005
§ 61.005. LABELING OF VEGETABLE SEED.
Status: in_force

(a) Each container of vegetable seed that is sold or offered or exposed for sale in this state shall bear or have attached in a conspicuous place a plainly written or printed label in English that provides the information relating to the contents of the container required by this section.

(b) If the container weighs one pound or more, the label shall show:

(1) the name of each kind and variety of vegetable seed component present in excess of five percent of the whole and the percentage by weight of each in order of predominance;

(2) the kind and variety of seed;

(3) the lot number or other lot identification;

(4) the germination and the date of the test to determine germination;

(5) the name and number of noxious weed seeds per pound; and

(6) the name and address of the person who labeled the seed.

(c) If the container weighs less than one pound, the label shall show:

(1) the kind and variety of seed;

(2) the calendar month and year of the germination test or the year for which the seed was packaged;

(3) if the percentage of germination is less than the standard prescribed by rule:

(A) the percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed;

(B) the percentage of hard seed; and

(C) the words "Below Standard" printed in a size not smaller than eight-point type; and

(4) the name and address of the person who labeled the seed.

(d) The labeling requirements of this section are met if the seed is weighed from a properly labeled container in the presence of the purchaser.

(e) The department by rule may provide that a label show an expiration date in lieu of:

(1) the calendar month and year of a germination test; or

(2) the year for which the seed was packaged.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.084 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.084
§ 161.084. MEDICAID SERVICE OPTIONS PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Section 1915(c) waiver program" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.0001, Government Code.

(b) The department, in cooperation with the commission, shall educate the public on:

(1) the availability of home and community-based services under a Medicaid state plan program, including the primary home care and community attendant services programs, and under a Section 1915(c) waiver program; and

(2) the various service delivery options available under the Medicaid program, including the consumer direction models available to recipients under Subchapter C, Chapter 546, Government Code.

(c) The department may coordinate the activities under this section with any other related activity.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.402 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.402
§ 1101.402. WAIVER OF EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

The commission shall waive the examination requirement for an applicant for a broker or sales agent license if:

(1) the applicant was previously licensed in this state as a broker or sales agent; and

(2) the application is filed before the second anniversary of the expiration date of the equivalent license.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.187 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.187
§ 134.187. RIGHTS UNDER OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Sections 134.182 through 134.186 do not restrict any right a person or class of persons may have under a statute or common law to seek enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter or to seek other relief, including relief against the commission.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 122.026 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.026
§ 122.026. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Chapters 252, 262, and 271, Local Government Code, do not supersede this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.205 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.205
§ 347.205. STATEMENT FOR PURCHASE OF OPTIONAL INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A consumer who elects to purchase optional insurance must sign a statement that:

(1) indicates the consumer's election; and

(2) describes the term, premium, and type of insurance purchased.

(b) The statement may be a part of the credit document or a part of a separate document.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.081 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.081
§ 41.081. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The processor at a commodity process point determined by the board shall collect the assessment. Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, the processor at that point shall collect the assessment by deducting the appropriate amount from the purchase price of the commodity or from any funds advanced for that purpose.

(b) If the producer and processor are the same legal entity, or if the producer retains ownership after processing, the processor shall collect the assessment directly from the producer at the time of processing.

(c) The secretary-treasurer of the board, by registered or certified mail, shall notify each processor of the duty to collect the assessment, the manner in which the assessment is to be collected, and the date on or after which the processor is to begin collecting the assessment.

(d) The amount of the assessment collected shall be clearly shown on the sales invoice or other document evidencing the transaction. The processor shall furnish a copy of the document to the producer.

(e) Unless otherwise provided by the original referendum, no later than the 10th day of each month the processor shall remit the amount collected during the previous month to the secretary-treasurer of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7924A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7924A / Section 7924A.0102
§ 7924A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.401 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1575 / Section 1575.401
§ 1575.401. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "committee" means the Retirees Advisory Committee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6902.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6902 / Section 6902.254
§ 6902.254. ESCROW AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may enter into an escrow or similar agreement with any place of payment, paying agent, or trustee with respect to the safekeeping, investment, administration, and disposition of a deposit made under Section 6902.253(b).

(b) A deposit under Section 6902.253(b) may be invested only in direct obligations of the United States, including obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States, that mature and bear interest payable at the times and in amounts sufficient to provide for the scheduled payment or redemption of the bonds to be refunded. The obligations may be in book-entry form.

(c) The district must enter into an agreement under Subsection (a) if a bond to be refunded is scheduled to be paid or redeemed on a date later than the next scheduled interest payment date.
Tex. Tax Code § 33.44 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 33 / Section 33.44
§ 33.44. JOINDER OF OTHER TAXING UNITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A taxing unit filing suit to foreclose a tax lien on real property shall join other taxing units that have claims for delinquent taxes against all or part of the same property.

(b) For purposes of joining a county, citation may be served on the county tax assessor-collector. For purposes of joining any other taxing unit, citation may be served on the officer charged with collecting taxes for the unit or on the presiding officer or secretary of the governing body of the unit. Citation may be served by certified mail, return receipt requested. A person on whom service is authorized by this subsection may waive the issuance and service of citation in behalf of his taxing unit.

(c) A taxing unit joined in a suit as provided by this section must file its claim for delinquent taxes against the property or its lien on the property is extinguished. The court's judgment in the suit shall reflect the extinguishment of a lien under this subsection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8319.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8319 / Section 8319.107
§ 8319.107. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8319.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.

(b) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land, an easement, or other property that is located more than five miles outside the district's boundaries.
Tex. Occupations Code § 162.206 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 162 / Section 162.206
§ 162.206. LIMITATION ON SCHOOL'S AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A private medical school's authority to retain a physician's professional income does not apply to a physician providing care in a facility owned or operated by the school that is established outside the school's historical geographical service area as it existed June 19, 1999.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 43.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 43 / Section 43.001
§ 43.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Director" means the director of the county experiment station.

(2) "Experiment station" means an agricultural experiment farm and station established under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8485.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8485 / Section 8485.001
§ 8485.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "District" means the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 13.
Tex. Education Code § 30.005 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30 / Section 30.005
§ 30.005. TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
Status: in_force

The Texas Education Agency and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired shall develop a memorandum of understanding to establish:

(1) the method for developing and reevaluating a set of indicators of the quality of learning at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired;

(2) the process for the agency to conduct and report on an annual evaluation of the school's performance on the indicators;

(3) the requirements for the school's board to publish, discuss, and disseminate an annual report describing the educational performance of the school; and

(4) the type of information the school shall be required to provide through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9086.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9086 / Section 9086.0301
§ 9086.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3808.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3808 / Section 3808.201
§ 3808.201. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its other obligations according to their terms.
Tex. Finance Code § 156.404 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 156 / Section 156.404
§ 156.404. RELIANCE ON WRITTEN NOTICES FROM COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

A person does not violate this chapter with respect to an action taken or omission made in reliance on a written notice, written interpretation, or written report from the commissioner, unless a subsequent amendment to this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter affects the commissioner's notice, interpretation, or report.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.214 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4 / Section 4.214
§ 4.214. RIGHT OF CHARGE-BACK OR REFUND; LIABILITY OF COLLECTING BANK; RETURN OF ITEM.
Status: in_force

(a) If a collecting bank has made provisional settlement with its customer for an item and fails by reason of dishonor, suspension of payments by a bank, or otherwise to receive settlement for the item that is or becomes final, the bank may revoke the settlement given by it, charge back the amount of any credit given for the item to its customer's account, or obtain refund from its customer, whether or not it is able to return the item, if by its midnight deadline or within a longer reasonable time after it learns the facts it returns the item or sends notification of the facts. If the return or notice is delayed beyond the bank's midnight deadline or a longer reasonable time after it learns the facts, the bank may revoke the settlement, charge back the credit, or obtain refund from its customers, but it is liable for any loss resulting from the delay. These rights to revoke, charge-back, and obtain refund terminate if and when a settlement for the item received by the bank is or becomes final.

(b) A collecting bank returns an item when it is sent or delivered to the bank's customer or transferor or pursuant to its instructions.

(c) A depositary bank that is also the payor may charge-back the amount of an item to its customer's account or obtain refund in accordance with the section governing return of an item received by a payor bank for credit on its books (Section 4.301).

(d) The right to charge-back is not affected by:

(1) previous use of a credit given for the item; or

(2) failure by any bank to exercise ordinary care with respect to the item, but a bank so failing remains liable.

(e) A failure to charge-back or claim refund does not affect other rights of the bank against the customer or any other party.

(f) If credit is given in dollars as the equivalent of the value of an item payable in foreign money, the dollar amount of any charge-back or refund must be calculated on the basis of the bank-offered spot rate for the foreign money prevailing on the day when the person entitled to the charge-back or refund learns that it will not receive payment in ordinary course.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3837.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3837 / Section 3837.051
§ 3837.051. GOVERNING BODY.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7973.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7973 / Section 7973.052
§ 7973.052. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Family Code § 157.329 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.329
§ 157.329. NO LIABILITY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH NOTICE OF LEVY.
Status: in_force

A financial institution that possesses or has a right to an obligor's assets for which a notice of levy has been delivered and that surrenders the assets or right to assets to a child support lien claimant is not liable to the obligor or any other person for the property or rights surrendered.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.048 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.048
§ 225.048. JUAN N.
Status: in_force

SEGUIN MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE. (a) The interchange between State Highway 225 and Loop 610 in Houston is designated as the Juan N. Seguin Memorial Interchange.

(b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the interchange number, the designation as the Juan N. Seguin Memorial Interchange, and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a marker at one or more sites on the interchange and approaching the interchange in each direction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8475.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8475 / Section 8475.202
§ 8475.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.024 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.024
§ 22.024. DISPOSAL OF AIRPORT PROPERTY BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government may dispose of an airport or air navigation facility or other property, or a portion of or interest in property, acquired under this chapter in any manner, subject to the laws of this state or provisions of the charter of the local government governing the disposition of other property of the local government.

(b) A local government may dispose of the property to another local government or an agency of the state or federal government for use for aeronautical purposes, notwithstanding Subsection (a), in the manner and on the terms the governing body of the local government considers to be in the best interest of the local government.

(c) An arrangement made under this section is subject to the terms of a grant, loan, or agreement under Section 22.055.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the competitive bidding requirements of Chapters 252 and 272, Local Government Code, do not apply to an exchange, sale, lease, or other disposition of land or other real property interest by a municipality if:

(1) the land or other property interest is part of an air navigation facility that is a former military installation; and

(2) the disposition:

(A) is part of a plan to redevelop the facility as an airport-related industrial park or community; and

(B) promotes the best interest of the municipality.
Tex. Government Code § 125.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 125 / Section 125.002
§ 125.002. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may establish a mental health court program for persons who:

(1) have been arrested for or charged with a misdemeanor or felony; and

(2) are suspected by a law enforcement agency or a court of having a mental illness or an intellectual disability.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 109.06 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 109 / Section 109.06
§ 109.06. PURCHASER'S RIGHT TO USE BEVERAGES.
Status: in_force

A permittee or licensee who purchases alcoholic beverages under this subchapter may treat them as other alcoholic beverages acquired by him as provided in this code.
Tex. Government Code § 404.092 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 404 / Section 404.092
§ 404.092. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "state agency" means an office, institution, or other agency that is in the executive branch of state government, has authority that is not limited to a geographical portion of the state, and was created by the constitution or a statute of this state, but does not include an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.407 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.407
§ 2308.407. MINOR SIGN OR LETTERING HEIGHT VARIATIONS.
Status: in_force

A minor variation of a required or minimum height of a sign or lettering is not a violation of this chapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.294 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.294
§ 17.294. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN ORDER FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION.
Status: in_force

On request by a person protected by an order for emergency protection issued under Article 17.292, or if determined necessary by the magistrate, the court issuing the order may protect the person's mailing address by rendering an order:

(1) requiring the person protected under the order to:

(A) disclose the person's mailing address to the court;

(B) designate another person to receive on behalf of the person any notice or documents filed with the court related to the order; and

(C) disclose the designated person's mailing address to the court;

(2) requiring the court clerk to:

(A) strike the mailing address of the person protected by the order from the public records of the court, if applicable; and

(B) maintain a confidential record of the mailing address for use only by:

(i) the court; or

(ii) a law enforcement agency for purposes of entering the information required by Section 411.042(b)(6), Government Code, into the statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety; and

(3) prohibiting the release of the information to the defendant.
Tex. Government Code § 485.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 485 / Section 485.021
§ 485.021. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "In-state spending" means the amount of money spent in Texas by a production company during the production and completion of a moving image project, including the amount spent on wages to Texas residents. The term does not include wages described by Section 485.024(b).

(1-a) "Incentive fund" means the Texas moving image industry incentive fund established under Section 485.0225.

(2) "Moving image project" means a visual and sound production, including a film, television program, national or multistate commercial, educational or instructional video, or digital interactive media production. The term does not include a production that is obscene, as defined by Section 43.21, Penal Code.

(3) "Production company" includes a film production company, television production company, digital interactive media production company, or film and television production company.

(4) "Texas resident" means an individual who has resided in Texas since the 120th day before the first day of principal photography on a moving image project.

(5) "Underutilized and economically distressed area" includes any area of this state that:

(A) the office determines receives less than 15 percent of the total film and television production in this state during a fiscal year; or

(B) has a median household income that does not exceed 75 percent of the median state household income.