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Tex. Government Code § 464.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 464 / Section 464.008
§ 464.008. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, with the advice of the council, shall establish a schedule of fees.

(b) The fees shall be paid to the laboratory and deposited for the use of the laboratory in the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2005.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2005 / Section 2005.004
§ 2005.004. LIMITS OF COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

The amount of coverage under a home protection insurance policy may not exceed $2,000 for any single occurrence.
Tex. Election Code § 82.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 82 / Section 82.008
§ 82.008. INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT.
Status: in_force

A qualified voter is eligible for early voting by mail if, at the time the voter's early voting ballot application is submitted, the voter is a person who is civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, and is ordered as a condition of civil commitment to reside in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Civil Commitment Office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0059
§ 8508.0059. INTEREST IN CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A director who has a financial interest in an authority contract for the purchase, sale, lease, rental, or supply of property, including supplies, materials, and equipment, or for the construction of facilities, shall disclose that fact to the other directors and may not vote on or participate in discussions during board meetings on the acceptance of the contract.

(b) A director's financial interest does not affect the validity of a contract if disclosure is made and the director with the financial interest does not vote on the question of entering into the contract.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 692A.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.006
§ 692A.006. AMENDING OR REVOKING ANATOMICAL GIFT BEFORE DONOR'S DEATH.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 692A.008, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 692A.004 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:

(1) a record signed by:

(A) the donor;

(B) the other person; or

(C) subject to Subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or

(2) a later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.

(b) A record signed pursuant to Subsection (a)(1)(C) must:

(1) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person, or be acknowledged before a notary public; and

(2) state that the record has been signed and witnessed or acknowledged as provided in Subdivision (1).

(c) Subject to Section 692A.008, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 692A.004 may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.

(d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

(e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in Subsection (a).
Tex. Occupations Code § 1901.159 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1901 / Section 1901.159
§ 1901.159. REPLACEMENT OF LOST OR DESTROYED LICENSE.
Status: in_force

On application and payment of a fee, the department shall issue a duplicate license to replace a lost or destroyed license.
Tex. Property Code § 54.024 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 54 / Section 54.024
§ 54.024. DURATION OF LIEN.
Status: in_force

The lien exists while the tenant occupies the building and until one month after the day that the tenant abandons the building.
Tex. Property Code § 114.083 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 114 / Section 114.083
§ 114.083. RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES FOR COMMITTING TORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A personal liability of a trustee or a predecessor trustee for a tort committed in the course of the administration of the trust may be collected from the trust property if the trustee is sued in a representative capacity and the court finds that:

(1) the trustee was properly engaged in a business activity for the trust and the tort is a common incident of that kind of activity;

(2) the trustee was properly engaged in a business activity for the trust and neither the trustee nor an officer or employee of the trustee is guilty of actionable negligence or intentional misconduct in incurring the liability; or

(3) the tort increased the value of the trust property.

(b) A trust that is liable for the trustee's tort under Subdivision (3) of Subsection (a) is liable only to the extent of the permanent increase in value of the trust property.

(c) A plaintiff in an action against the trustee as the representative of the trust does not have to prove that the trustee could have been reimbursed by the trust if the trustee had paid the claim.

(d) Subject to the rights of exoneration or reimbursement under Section 114.062, the trustee is personally liable for a tort committed by the trustee or by the trustee's agents or employees in the course of their employment.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 368.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 368 / Section 368.012
§ 368.012. COUNTY LICENSING AND REGULATION.
Status: in_force

To protect the public health, safety, or welfare, the commissioners court of a county with a population of less than 375,000 may by ordinance:

(1) require a waste hauler who transports waste in unincorporated areas of the county to be licensed by the county;

(2) establish requirements for obtaining and renewing a waste hauler license;

(3) impose a license issuance or renewal fee in an amount that generates annually the approximate amount of revenue needed to fund the licensing program for a year;

(4) establish standards governing the transportation of waste in unincorporated areas of the county;

(5) establish grounds for suspending or revoking a waste hauler license; and

(6) prescribe any other provisions necessary to administer the licensing program.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.253 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.253
§ 151.253.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.253. SECURITY: REQUIREMENTS. (a) The security required by this subchapter may be a cash bond, a bond from a surety company chartered or authorized to do business in this state, a certificate of deposit, a certificate of savings or U.S. Treasury bond, an assignment of negotiable stocks or bonds that has been approved by the comptroller, or any other security deemed by the comptroller to be sufficient for the payment of taxes imposed by this chapter.

(b) The comptroller shall fix the amount of security required in each case, taking into consideration the amount of tax that has or is expected to become due from the person under this chapter and all other applicable local sales and use taxes and the necessity to protect the state against the failure to pay these taxes. The maximum amount of security that may be required is the greater of $100,000 or four times the amount of the person's average monthly tax liability.

(c) A bond qualifying under this subchapter must be a continuing instrument and a new and separate obligation for the penal sum named in the bond for each calendar year or portion of a calendar year while the bond is in effect. The bond must remain in effect until the surety or sureties are released and discharged.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4054.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4054 / Section 4054.102
§ 4054.102. DESIGNATION OF KINDS OF INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

A person who holds a limited life, accident, and health license may write only the kind of insurance designated on the license.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5091 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5091
§ 54.5091. STUDENT RECREATIONAL FACILITY FEE; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
Status: in_force

(a) If approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general election held at the university for that purpose, the board of regents of the University of North Texas may impose a recreational facility fee on each student enrolled in the university in an amount not to exceed $75 per student for each semester of the regular term or 12-week summer session and not to exceed $37.50 per student for each six-week or shorter term of the summer session. The fee may be used only for constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, and equipping a recreational facility or program at the university.

(b) Revenue from a fee imposed under this section shall be deposited to the credit of an account known as the "University of North Texas recreational facility fee account" under the control of the student fee advisory committee established under Section 54.5031.

(c) The student fee advisory committee annually shall submit to the board of regents a complete and itemized budget for the recreational facility with a complete report of all recreational facility activities conducted during the past year and all expenditures made in connection with those activities. The board may make changes in the budget that the board determines are necessary. After approving the budget, the board, in accordance with this section, may impose the recreational facility fees for that year in amounts sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the recreational facility. If the budget approved by the board contains an expenditure for the construction of a facility, the board may contract for the construction of the facility.

(d) The board may not increase the amount of the recreational facility fee by more than 10 percent in any academic year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority of the students participating in a general election held at the university for that purpose.

(e) A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any other use or service fee authorized to be imposed.

(f) A fee imposed under this section may not be considered in determining the maximum student services fees that may be imposed under Section 54.503(b).
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0581 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0581
§ 152.0581. CRANE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Crane County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Crane County.

(b) The juvenile court judge is the chairman of the board and its chief administrative officer.

(c) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board chairman additional annual compensation of not more than $1,200. The commissioners court may pay the other members of the juvenile board additional annual compensation of not more than $600. The additional compensation is for the added duties imposed on the chairman and members and shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the county.

(d) The commissioners court shall certify all claims for expenses of the juvenile probation officer as necessary in the performance of the officer's duties. The commissioners court shall provide the necessary funds to pay the salaries and expenses of the juvenile probation officer.

(e) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Crane County.
Tex. Property Code § 21.048 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.048
§ 21.048. STATEMENT OF DAMAGES AND COSTS.
Status: in_force

After the special commissioners in an eminent domain proceeding have assessed the damages, they shall:

(1) make a written statement of their decision stating the damages, date it, sign it, and file it and all other papers connected with the proceeding with the court on the day the decision is made or on the next working day after the day the decision is made; and

(2) make and sign a written statement of the accrued costs of the proceeding, naming the party against whom the costs are adjudged, and file the statement with the court.
Tex. Labor Code § 501.028 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 501 / Section 501.028
§ 501.028. EXPEDITED PROVISION OF MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES SUSTAINED BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF TEXAS MILITARY FORCES ON STATE ACTIVE DUTY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a member of the Texas military forces who sustains a serious bodily injury, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, on state active duty.

(b) An insurance carrier shall accelerate and give priority to a claim for medical benefits by a member of the Texas military forces to which this section applies, including all health care required to cure or relieve the effects naturally resulting from a compensable injury described by Subsection (a).

(c) The division shall accelerate, under rules adopted by the commissioner of workers' compensation, a contested case hearing requested by or an appeal submitted by a member of the Texas military forces to which this section applies regarding the denial of a claim for medical benefits, including all health care required to cure or relieve the effects naturally resulting from a compensable injury described by Subsection (a). The member shall provide notice to the division and independent review organization that the contested case or appeal involves a member of the Texas military forces.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.160 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.160
§ 504.160. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO CERTAIN OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may, on application and payment of the appropriate fee, issue a license to a person who is licensed or certified by another state as a chemical dependency counselor if the department determines that the license or certificate requirements of that state are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter.

(b) The department may waive any license requirement for an applicant with a license or certificate issued by another state with which this state has a reciprocity agreement.
Tex. Transportation Code § 364.046 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 364 / Section 364.046
§ 364.046. MORTGAGE OR PLEDGE OF REVENUE TO SECURE BONDS.
Status: in_force

To accomplish any of the purposes of this chapter, a county authorized to issue bonds under this chapter with respect to those bonds may:

(1) mortgage or pledge:

(A) all or part of any interest in the county's toll bridge or bridges, together with any associated right or property described by Section 364.002, or any other property acquired or to be acquired with the bonds or the proceeds of the sale of the bonds; or

(B) all or part of the net or gross revenues of any property described by Paragraph (A);

(2) secure the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds and of the sinking fund and reserve fund agreed to be established in connection with the bonds; and

(3) enter into any covenant or agreement with the purchasers of the bonds or any person on behalf of those purchasers with respect to the bonds to secure the payments described by Subdivision (2) and to provide rights and remedies to the purchasers or holders of the bonds or any person on their behalf as the commissioners court may provide by order or resolution.
Tex. Government Code § 497.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.004
§ 497.004. LABOR, PAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may develop by rule and the department may administer an incentive pay scale for work program participants consistent with rules adopted by the board under Subchapter C. Prison industries may be financed through contributions donated for this purpose by private businesses contracting with the department. The department shall apportion pay earned by a work program participant in the same manner as is required by rules adopted by the board under Section 497.0581.

(b) In assigning work program participants to available job training positions in factories, the department shall consider each participant's classification and availability for work. The department shall give priority to work program participants closest to release from imprisonment or supervision in making assignment to those job training positions that provide the most marketable skills.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7939A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7939A / Section 7939A.0502
§ 7939A.0502. 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. Finance Code § 351.162 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 351 / Section 351.162
§ 351.162. MOVING AN OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A license holder shall give written notice to the commissioner before the 30th day preceding the date the license holder moves an office from the location provided on the license.

(b) The commissioner shall amend a license holder's license accordingly.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.108
§ 7803.108.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7803.108. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: PAYMENT. (a) A construction contract may be paid for in partial payments as the work progresses, based on estimates approved by the district's engineer.

(b) The payments may not exceed 90 percent of the amount due at the time of the payments as shown by the approved estimates, except that the final approved estimate, including all prior retainage, must be paid in full.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.109
§ 1052.109. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment for hospital purposes to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.202 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.202
§ 54.202. PROHIBITED MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality or municipal electric system may not offer for sale to the public:

(1) a service for which a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority is required; or

(2) a nonswitched telecommunications service used to connect a customer's premises with:

(A) another customer's premises within the exchange; or

(B) a long distance provider that serves the exchange.

(b) Subsection (a) applies to a service offered either directly or indirectly through a telecommunications provider.

(c) This section may not be construed to prevent a municipally owned utility from providing to its energy customers, either directly or indirectly, any energy related service involving the transfer or receipt of information or data concerning the use, measurement, monitoring, or management of energy utility services provided by the municipally owned utility, including services such as load management or automated meter reading.
Tex. Local Government Code § 318.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 318 / Section 318.004
§ 318.004. APPOINTMENT BY STATE.
Status: in_force

If the commissioners court fails to appoint a commission by April 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Texas Historical Commission may appoint the commission after 30 days' written notice to the commissioners court of its intention to do so. The county judge shall serve as commission chair during any interim period.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.457 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.457
§ 451.457. DELIVERY OF REPORT AND RESPONSE.
Status: in_force

An authority required by Section 451.454 to contract for a performance audit shall, before February 1 of every second odd-numbered year, deliver a copy of each audit report and of the authority's response to the report to:

(1) the governor;

(2) the lieutenant governor;

(3) the speaker of the house of representatives;

(4) each member of the legislature whose district includes territory in the authority;

(5) the state auditor;

(6) the county judge of each county having territory in the authority; and

(7) the presiding officer of the governing body of each municipality having territory in the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1025.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1025 / Section 1025.203
§ 1025.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters.

(b) The order calling the election shall provide for clerks as in county elections and must specify:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of the polling places;

(3) the presiding and alternate election judges for each polling place;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized; and

(5) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(c) Notice of a bond election shall be given as provided by Section 1251.003, Government Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.003
§ 1104.003. TRAINING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A court may not appoint an individual to serve as guardian under this title if the individual has not received the training required under Section 155.204, Government Code, unless waived by the court in accordance with rules adopted by the supreme court under Section 155.203, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 314A.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 314A / Section 314A.052
§ 314A.052. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) One or more parties to a merger agreement may submit an application to the designated agency for a certificate of public advantage governing the merger agreement. The application must include a written copy of the merger agreement and describe the nature and scope of the merger.

(b) If an applicant believes the documents or other information required to be submitted with an application under Subsection (a) contains proprietary information that is required to remain confidential, the applicant shall:

(1) clearly identify the information; and

(2) submit duplicate applications, one application that has complete information for the designated agency's use and one redacted application that will be made available for public release.

(c) A copy of the application and copies of all additional related materials must be submitted to the attorney general and to the designated agency at the same time.