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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 102.0171 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 102 / Section 102.0171
§ 102.0171.
Status: in_force

Art. 102.0171. FINES: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION FUNDS. (a) A defendant convicted of an offense under Section 28.08, Penal Code, in a municipal court, justice court, county court, county court at law, or district court shall pay a fine of $50 for juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti eradication.

(b) In this article, a person is considered convicted if:

(1) a sentence is imposed on the person;

(2) the person receives community supervision, including deferred adjudication; or

(3) the court defers final disposition of the person's case.

(c) The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the fines and pay the fines to the county treasurer, municipal treasurer, or to any other official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county or municipal treasurer for deposit in a fund to be known as the county juvenile delinquency prevention fund or municipal juvenile delinquency prevention fund. A fund designated by this subsection may be used only to:

(1) repair damage caused by the commission of offenses under Section 28.08, Penal Code;

(2) provide educational and intervention programs and materials, including printed educational materials for distribution to primary and secondary school students, designed to prevent individuals from committing offenses under Section 28.08, Penal Code;

(3) provide to the public rewards for identifying and aiding in the apprehension and prosecution of offenders who commit offenses under Section 28.08, Penal Code;

(4) provide funding for teen recognition and teen recreation programs;

(5) provide funding for local teen court programs;

(6) provide funding for the local juvenile probation department;

(7) provide educational and intervention programs designed to prevent juveniles from engaging in delinquent conduct; and

(8) provide funding for youth diversion under Subchapter K, Chapter 45A.

(d) The county juvenile delinquency prevention fund shall be administered by or under the direction of the commissioners court.

(e) The municipal juvenile delinquency prevention fund shall be administered by or under the direction of the governing body of a municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9045.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9045 / Section 9045.057
§ 9045.057. DISTRICT OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall designate, establish, and maintain a district office as provided by Section 49.062, Water Code.

(b) The board may establish a second district office outside the district. If the board establishes a district office outside the district, the board shall give notice of the location of that office by:

(1) filing a copy of the board resolution that establishes the location of the office:

(A) with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; and

(B) in the water control and improvement district records of Harris County; and

(2) publishing the location of the office in a newspaper of general circulation in Harris County.

(c) A district office may be a private residence, office, or dwelling. A district office that is a private residence, office, or dwelling is a public place for matters relating to the district's business.

(d) The board shall give notice of any change in the location of the district office outside the district in the manner required by Subsection (b).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 301.111 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 301 / Section 301.111
§ 301.111. CONTENT OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

In the notice of intention, the applicant must include:

(1) the name and address of the license holder;

(2) the nature and object of the intended operation and the person or organization on whose behalf it is to be conducted;

(3) the area in which and the approximate time during which the operation is to be conducted;

(4) the area that is intended to be affected by the operation; and

(5) the materials and methods to be used in conducting the operation.
Tex. Government Code § 2272.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2272 / Section 2272.002
§ 2272.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies only to a claim:

(1) for:

(A) damages arising from damage to or loss of real or personal property caused by an alleged construction defect in an improvement to real property that is a public building or public work; or

(B) indemnity or contribution for damages described by Paragraph (A);

(2) asserted by a governmental entity with an interest in the public building or public work affected by the alleged construction defect; and

(3) asserted against a contractor, subcontractor, supplier, or design professional.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a claim for personal injury, survival, or wrongful death;

(2) a claim involving the construction of residential property covered under Chapter 27, Property Code;

(3) a contract entered into by the Texas Department of Transportation;

(4) a project that receives money from a state or federal highway fund; or

(5) a civil works project as defined by Section 2269.351.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 462.067 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 462 / Section 462.067
§ 462.067. HEARING ON APPLICATION FOR COURT-ORDERED TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing on court-ordered treatment must be before a jury unless the proposed patient and the proposed patient's attorney waive the right to a jury. The waiver may be filed at any time after the proposed patient is served with the application and receives notice of the hearing. The waiver must be in writing, under oath, and signed and sworn to by the proposed patient and the proposed patient's attorney.

(b) The proposed patient is entitled to a hearing and to be present at the hearing, but the proposed patient or the proposed patient's attorney may waive either right.

(c) A court hearing may be held at any suitable location in the county. On the request of the proposed patient or the proposed patient's attorney, the hearing shall be held in the county courthouse.

(d) The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Texas Rules of Evidence apply to a hearing unless the rules are inconsistent with this chapter. The hearing is on the record, and the state must prove each issue by clear and convincing evidence.

(e) In addition to the rights prescribed by this chapter, the proposed patient is entitled to:

(1) present evidence on the proposed patient's own behalf;

(2) cross-examine witnesses who testify on behalf of the applicant;

(3) view and copy all petitions and reports in the court file of the cause; and

(4) elect to have the hearing open or closed to the public.

(f) The proposed patient or the proposed patient's attorney, by a written document filed with the court, may waive the right to cross-examine witnesses, and, if that right is waived, the court may admit as evidence the certificates of medical examination for chemical dependency. The certificates admitted under this subsection constitute competent medical or psychiatric testimony, and the court may make its findings solely from the certificates. If the proposed patient or the proposed patient's attorney does not waive the right to cross-examine witnesses, the court shall hear testimony. The testimony must include competent medical or psychiatric testimony.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.101
§ 436.101. CLASSIFICATION OF GROWING AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department by order shall designate an area that is coastal water according to the rules of the Parks and Wildlife Commission as an approved area, a conditionally approved area, a restricted area, a conditionally restricted area, or a prohibited area, according to the classification categories in the current National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish or its successor. Coastal water is a prohibited area for the taking of molluscan shellfish unless designated otherwise by the department.

(b) The department shall prohibit the taking of molluscan shellfish for a specified period from water to which molluscan shellfish may have been transferred from a restricted or conditionally restricted area.

(c) The department by order shall designate growing areas as closed areas or open areas. The department shall modify or revoke an order according to the results of sanitary and bacteriological surveys conducted by the department. The department shall file the order in the department's office and shall furnish without charge a copy of the order describing the open or closed area on request.

(d) The department shall conspicuously outline the classifications of areas for the taking of molluscan shellfish on maps and shall furnish the maps without charge on request. The failure of a person to obtain that information does not relieve that person from liability under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3943.0904 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3943 / Section 3943.0904
§ 3943.0904. ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY FOLLOWING DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) After the date the board orders the dissolution of the district, the board shall transfer ownership of all district property to the county, except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) If, on the date on which the board orders the dissolution, more than 50 percent of the district territory is in a municipality, the board shall transfer ownership of the district's property to the municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 886.109 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 886 / Section 886.109
§ 886.109. VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

A local mutual aid association may dissolve by vote of the majority of the members at:

(1) a regular meeting called by the secretary; or

(2) a special meeting called for the purpose of considering dissolution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.560 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.560
§ 201.560. 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 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 shall be 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 § 116.026 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 116 / Section 116.026
§ 116.026. APPLICANTS OUTSIDE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If no bank located in the county applies to be designated as the county depository, the commissioners court may advertise, in the same manner provided by Section 116.022 for advertising for a depository within the county, for applications from banks in an adjoining county or any other county in this state.

(b) If only one bank located in the county applies to be designated as the county depository, the commissioners court may reject the applicant if the applicant proposes terms that:

(1) are not in the best interest of the county;

(2) are not financially competitive with the financial market outside the county; or

(3) impose noncompetitive fees.

(c) If the commissioners court rejects the applicant under Subsection (b), the commissioners court may advertise, in the same manner provided by Section 116.022 for advertising for a depository within the county, for applications from banks in an adjoining county.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 12.057 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 12 / Section 12.057
§ 12.057. REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than January 15, 2015, the commission shall report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate committees of the legislature the commission's findings and recommendations concerning joint action by this state and the State of Oklahoma regarding amendment of the Texoma Area Boundary Agreement to incorporate the boundary between this state and the State of Oklahoma in the Texoma area as redrawn.

(b) Not later than July 30, 2027, the commission shall issue a final report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate committees of the legislature.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3862.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3862 / Section 3862.101
§ 3862.101. 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. Health and Safety Code § 401.211 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.211
§ 401.211. LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The transfer of the title to low-level radioactive waste and land and buildings to the state or to the federal government does not relieve a license holder of liability for any act or omission performed before the transfer or while the low-level radioactive waste or land and buildings are in the possession and control of the license holder.

(b) The acceptance, storage, or disposal of federal facility waste by the compact waste disposal facility license holder at a federal facility waste disposal facility does not create any liability under state law on the part of the state, or on the part of any officer or agency of the state, for damages, removal, or remedial action with respect to the land, the facility, or the waste accepted, stored, or disposed of.

(c) The compact waste disposal facility license must require the license holder to indemnify the state for any liability imposed on the state under state or federal law, as required by the commission for the disposal of federal facility waste.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 641.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 641 / Section 641.001
§ 641.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Fix" means to embody in a recording or other tangible medium of expression, by or under the authority of the author, so that the matter embodied is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration.

(2) "Live performance" means a recitation, rendering, or playing of a series, in an audible sequence, of:

(A) images;

(B) musical, spoken, or other sounds; or

(C) a combination of images and sounds.

(3) "Owner" means a person who owns the sounds fixed in a master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film, or other recording:

(A) on which sound is recorded; and

(B) from which the transferred recorded sounds are directly or indirectly derived.

(4) "Recording" means a tangible medium on which sounds, images, or both are recorded or otherwise stored, including:

(A) an original phonograph record, disc, tape, audio or video cassette, wire, film, memory card, flash drive, hard drive, data storage device, or other medium now existing or later developed; or

(B) a copy or reproduction that wholly or partly duplicates the original.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7944A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7944A / Section 7944A.0303
§ 7944A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.454 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.454
§ 42A.454. CERTAIN INTERNET ACTIVITY PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) This article applies only to a defendant who is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, by court order or otherwise, and:

(1) is convicted of or receives a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for a violation of Section 21.11, 22.011(a)(2), 22.021(a)(1)(B), 33.021, or 43.25, Penal Code;

(2) used the Internet or any other type of electronic device used for Internet access to commit the offense or engage in the conduct for which the person is required to register under Chapter 62; or

(3) is assigned a numeric risk level of two or three based on an assessment conducted under Article 62.007.

(b) If the court grants community supervision to a defendant described by Subsection (a), the court as a condition of community supervision shall:

(1) prohibit the defendant from using the Internet to:

(A) access material that is obscene, as defined by Section 43.21, Penal Code;

(B) access a commercial social networking site, as defined by Article 62.0061(f);

(C) communicate with any individual concerning sexual relations with an individual who is younger than 17 years of age; or

(D) communicate with another individual the defendant knows is younger than 17 years of age; and

(2) to ensure the defendant's compliance with Subdivision (1), require the defendant to submit to regular inspection or monitoring of each electronic device used by the defendant to access the Internet.

(c) The court may modify at any time the condition described by Subsection (b)(1)(D) if:

(1) the condition interferes with the defendant's ability to attend school or become or remain employed and consequently constitutes an undue hardship for the defendant; or

(2) the defendant is the parent or guardian of an individual who is younger than 17 years of age and the defendant is not otherwise prohibited from communicating with that individual.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1103.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.053
§ 1103.053. INSURABLE INTEREST OF BENEFICIARY, OWNER, TRANSFEREE, OR ASSIGNEE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a beneficiary or owner of a life insurance policy who is designated in accordance with this subchapter or an entity to which a life insurance policy or an interest, benefit, right, or title in a life insurance policy is transferred or assigned in accordance with this subchapter has, at all times after the designation, an insurable interest in the life of the individual who is insured under the policy.

(b) An individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity that is directly or indirectly engaged in the business of burying the dead does not directly or indirectly have an insurable interest in the life of an individual unless the interest is established under other applicable statutory law or under common law.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 1103.051, this subsection applies to a life insurance policy issued under Chapter 1101. A person providing care to an individual with a disability, including an intellectual disability, at a state supported living center, as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code, an assisted living facility licensed under Chapter 247, Health and Safety Code, an intermediate care facility licensed under Chapter 252, Health and Safety Code, or a group home, as defined by Section 591.003, Health and Safety Code, does not directly or indirectly have an insurable interest in the life of an individual unless the person is a relative of the individual.

(d) In this section, "relative" means an individual who is related to the insured within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 343.203 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 343 / Section 343.203
§ 343.203. NEGATIVE AMORTIZATION.
Status: in_force

A high-cost home loan may not provide for a payment schedule with regular periodic payments that cause the principal balance to increase, except that this section does not prohibit negative amortization as a consequence of a temporary forbearance, bridge loan, or restructure sought by the borrower.
Tex. Government Code § 1201.061 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.061
§ 1201.061. CONVERSION, RECONVERSION, TRANSFER, OR EXCHANGE OF PUBLIC SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of an issuer may:

(1) provide and covenant for:

(A) conversion of one form of a public security or an interest coupon to another form or forms; and

(B) reconversion of the public security or interest coupon to another form or forms; and

(2) provide procedures for transferring or exchanging a public security for a previously issued public security.

(b) A public security or an interest coupon may be converted, on request of a bearer or owner, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the public security being converted, bearing interest at the same rate or rates as the security being converted, to:

(1) a public security with interest coupons, payable to the bearer, and registrable as to principal and interest or only as to principal;

(2) a fully registered public security without interest coupons; or

(3) any other form, in any denomination.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8271.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8271 / Section 8271.152
§ 8271.152. DISTRICT ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

The district shall keep a complete system of the district's accounts.
Tex. Government Code § 1431.016 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1431 / Section 1431.016
§ 1431.016. CONFLICTS WITH MUNICIPAL CHARTER.
Status: in_force

To the extent of a conflict between a municipal charter and any provision of this chapter relating to an anticipation note or other obligation issued under Section 1431.015, this chapter controls.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0306
§ 8510.0306. POWERS RELATING TO FLOODING.
Status: in_force

The authority may effectuate channel rectification or alignment and the construction, maintenance, and operation of bank stabilization facilities to:

(1) prevent and aid in preventing devastation of lands from recurrent overflows; and

(2) protect life and property in the watershed of the Red River in this state or any tributaries of that river in the authority from uncontrolled floodwaters.
Tex. Family Code § 201.016 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.016
§ 201.016. APPELLATE REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) A party's failure to request a de novo hearing before the referring court or a party's waiver of the right to request a de novo hearing before the referring court does not deprive the party of the right to appeal to or request other relief from a court of appeals or the supreme court.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the date an order or judgment by the referring court is signed is the controlling date for the purposes of appeal to or request for other relief from a court of appeals or the supreme court.

(c) The date an agreed order, a default order, or a final order described by Section 201.007(a)(16) is signed by an associate judge is the controlling date for the purpose of an appeal to, or a request for other relief relating to the order from, a court of appeals or the supreme court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.103
§ 1112.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system.