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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.084 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.084
§ 433.084. EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the department at all reasonable times shall be given access to documentary evidence of a person being investigated or proceeded against to examine or copy the evidence. The department by subpoena may require the attendance and testimony of a witness and the production of documentary evidence relating to a matter under investigation, at a designated place of hearing in a county in which the witness resides, is employed, or has a place of business.

(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may sign subpoenas, administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence. On disobedience of a subpoena, the department may request the district court to require attendance and testimony of a witness and the production of documentary evidence, and the district court having jurisdiction over the inquiry may order the compliance. Failure to obey the court's order is punishable as contempt.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.251 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.251
§ 231.251. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds that:

(1) the area that surrounds Falcon Lake in Zapata County is frequented for recreational purposes by residents from every part of the state;

(2) orderly development and use of the area is of concern to the entire state; and

(3) buildings in the area that are frequented for resort or recreational purposes tend to become congested and to be used in ways that interfere with the proper use of the area as a place of recreation to the detriment of the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare.

(b) The powers granted under this subchapter are for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, peace, morals, and general welfare and encouraging the recreational use of county land.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 102.19 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 102 / Section 102.19
§ 102.19. PROMOTIONAL GIFT WINE.
Status: in_force

A holder of a winery permit may give one or more unopened bottles of Texas-made wine produced or bottled by the winery to a person 21 years of age or older on the premises of a convention center or civic center that holds a mixed beverage permit if no charge is made by the winery or by the mixed beverage permittee for the wine. A recipient of a bottle of wine under this section must take the unopened gift bottle off the premises of the mixed beverage permittee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7887.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7887 / Section 7887.0105
§ 7887.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Election Code § 173.0831 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 173 / Section 173.0831
§ 173.0831. STATE PAYMENT OF START-UP PRIMARY FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day before the beginning date of the regular filing period for public offices in the general primary election, a county chair may submit to the secretary of state a written statement of estimated primary election expenses.

(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date the statement is received, the secretary of state shall have disbursed to the county chair start-up funds in an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount approved for and expended by the county chair and executive committee in the preceding general primary election.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 8.510 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 8 / Section 8.510
§ 8.510. RIGHTS OF PURCHASER OF SECURITY ENTITLEMENT FROM ENTITLEMENT HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) In a case not covered by the priority rules in Chapter 9 or the rules stated in Subsection (c), an action based on an adverse claim to a financial asset or security entitlement, whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory, may not be asserted against a person who purchases a security entitlement, or an interest therein, from an entitlement holder if the purchaser gives value, does not have notice of the adverse claim, and obtains control.

(b) If an adverse claim could not have been asserted against an entitlement holder under Section 8.502, the adverse claim cannot be asserted against a person who purchases from the entitlement holder a security entitlement or an interest therein.

(c) In a case not covered by the priority rules in Chapter 9, a purchaser for value of a security entitlement, or an interest therein, who obtains control has priority over a purchaser of a security entitlement, or an interest therein, who does not obtain control. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d), purchasers who have control rank according to priority in time of:

(1) the purchaser's becoming the person for whom the securities account, in which the security entitlement is carried, is maintained, if the purchaser obtained control under Section 8.106(d)(1);

(2) the securities intermediary's agreement to comply with the purchaser's entitlement orders with respect to security entitlements carried or to be carried in the securities account in which the security entitlement is carried, if the purchaser obtained control under Section 8.106(d)(2); or

(3) if the purchaser obtained control through another person under Section 8.106(d)(3), the time on which priority would be based under this subsection if the other person were the secured party.

(d) A securities intermediary as purchaser has priority over a conflicting purchaser who has control unless otherwise agreed on by the securities intermediary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8496.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8496 / Section 8496.105
§ 8496.105. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Water Code § 60.110 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.110
§ 60.110. REVENUE SET ASIDE FOR SINKING FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) A resolution or an order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this subchapter shall provide that the revenue from which the obligations are to be paid shall, from month to month as it accrues and is received, be placed in a sinking fund and disbursed in the manner provided in Section 60.109 of this code.

(b) In determining the amount of revenue to be set aside, the commission shall provide that the amount to be set aside and paid into the fund in any year shall not be less than a fixed sum which shall be at least sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on all obligations which mature and become payable each year and shall include a surplus or margin of 10 percent in excess of that amount.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8340.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8340 / Section 8340.005
§ 8340.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Election Code § 162.010 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 162 / Section 162.010
§ 162.010. DURATION OF AFFILIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a party affiliation expires at the end of the voting year in which the person became affiliated.

(b) A party affiliation made in an odd-numbered year expires on the first day on which a person may file an application for a place on the general primary election ballot.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.506 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.506
§ 1701.506. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person dissatisfied with an action of the commission may appeal the action under Chapter 2001, Government Code. The court shall set the matter for hearing not earlier than 10 days after written notice of the appeal is given to the commission and the commission's attorney.

(b) The court may suspend an action of the commission pending a hearing. The order suspending the action takes effect when served on the commission. The commission shall provide its attorney a copy of the petition and order.

(c) The attorney general or the district or county attorney shall represent the commission in the appeal.
Tex. Election Code § 254.038 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 254 / Section 254.038
§ 254.038. SPECIAL REPORT NEAR ELECTION BY CERTAIN CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other reports required by this chapter, the following persons shall file additional reports during the period beginning the ninth day before election day and ending at 12 noon on the day before election day:

(1) a candidate for an office specified by Section 252.005(1) who accepts political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed $1,000 during that reporting period; and

(2) a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate described by Subdivision (1) and that accepts political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed $1,000 during that reporting period.

(b) Each report required by this section must include the amount of the contributions specified by Subsection (a), the full name and address of the person making the contributions, and the dates of the contributions.

(c) A report under this section shall be filed electronically, by telephonic facsimile machine, or by hand, in the form required by Section 254.036. The commission must receive a report under this section filed by telephonic facsimile machine or hand not later than 5 p.m. of the first business day after the date the contribution is accepted. The commission must receive a report under this section filed electronically not later than midnight of the first business day after the date the contribution is accepted. A report under this section is not required to be accompanied by the affidavit required under Section 254.036(h) or to be submitted on a form prescribed by the commission. A report under this section that complies with Section 254.036(a) must be accompanied by an affidavit under Section 254.036(c)(1) unless the candidate or committee has submitted an affidavit under Section 254.036(c)(1) with another report filed in connection with the election for which a report is required under this section.

(d) To the extent of a conflict between this section and Section 254.036, this section controls.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0204
§ 8510.0204. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

The governor fills a board vacancy for the unexpired part of the term in the manner provided by Section 8510.0201.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.1605 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.1605
§ 142.1605. ACTION OR ELECTION TO REPEAL AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE UNDER THIS SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality that granted recognition of an association under Section 142.155 without conducting an election under Section 142.1565 may withdraw recognition of the association by providing to the association not less than 90 days' written notice that:

(1) the governing body is withdrawing recognition of the association; and

(2) any agreement between the governing body and the association will not be renewed.

(b) The governing body of a municipality that granted recognition of an association after conducting an election under Section 142.1565 may order an election to determine whether a public employer may continue to meet and confer under this subchapter. The governing body may not order an election under this subsection until the second anniversary of the date of the election under Section 142.1565.

(c) An election ordered under Subsection (b) must be held as part of the next regularly scheduled general election for municipal officers that occurs after the date the governing body of the municipality orders the election and that allows sufficient time to prepare the ballot in compliance with other requirements of law.

(d) The ballot for an election ordered under Subsection (b) shall be printed to allow voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing __________ (name of the municipality) to continue to operate under the state law allowing a municipality to meet and confer and make agreements with the association representing municipal emergency medical services personnel as provided by state law, preserving the prohibition against strikes and organized work stoppages, and providing penalties for strikes and organized work stoppages."

(e) An election ordered under Subsection (b) must be held and the returns prepared and canvassed in conformity with the Election Code.

(f) If an election ordered under Subsection (b) is held, the municipality may continue to operate under this subchapter only if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the proposition.

(g) If an election ordered under Subsection (b) is held, an association may not submit a petition for recognition to the governing body of the municipality under Section 142.155 before the second anniversary of the date of the election.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.0631 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.0631
§ 503.0631. DATABASE OF DEALER-ISSUED LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop, manage, and maintain a secure, real-time database of information on buyers to whom dealers issue a license plate or set of license plates under Section 503.063 or 503.065 that may be used by a law enforcement agency in the same manner that the agency uses vehicle registration information.

(b) The database must allow law enforcement agencies to use the information required to be included on a license plate to obtain information about the person to whom the license plate was issued.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), before a license plate or set of license plates issued under Section 503.063 or 503.065 may be displayed on a vehicle, a dealer must, as prescribed by the department:

(1) enter into the database through the Internet information about the buyer of the vehicle for which the license plate or set of license plates was issued; and

(2) complete and sign a form prescribed by the department stating that the dealer entered the buyer's information into the database as required by Subdivision (1).

(c-1) Except as provided by Section 503.0633(f), the department may not deny access to the database to any dealer who holds a general distinguishing number issued under this chapter or who is licensed under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code.

(d) A dealer shall obtain 24-hour Internet access at its place of business, but if the dealer is unable to access the Internet at the time of the sale of a vehicle, the dealer shall complete and sign a form, as prescribed by the department, that states the dealer has Internet access, but was unable to access the Internet at the time of sale to enter the buyer's information into the database as required by Subsection (c). Not later than the next business day after the time of sale, the dealer shall submit the information required under Subsection (c).

(d-1) The forms prescribed by the department under Subsections (c) and (d) must contain a notice to the buyer describing the procedure by which the vehicle's registration insignia will be provided to the buyer.

(d-2) Until a vehicle displaying a license plate or set of license plates issued under Section 503.063 is registered to the buyer, the buyer shall keep in the vehicle the original copy of the form provided by the dealer as required by, as applicable, Subsection (c) or (d).

(e) The department shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures as necessary to implement this section.

(f) The dealer may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed $20 for costs associated with complying with this section.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.356 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.356
§ 1104.356. LACK OF CERTAIN REQUIRED CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

A person may not be appointed guardian if the person does not have the certification to serve as guardian that is required by Subchapter F.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.0043 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.0043
§ 408.0043. PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a person, other than a chiropractor or a dentist, who performs health care services under this title as:

(1) a doctor performing peer review;

(2) a doctor performing a utilization review of a health care service provided to an injured employee;

(3) a doctor performing an independent review of a health care service provided to an injured employee;

(4) a designated doctor;

(5) a doctor performing a required medical examination; or

(6) a doctor serving as a member of the medical quality review panel.

(b) A person described by Subsection (a) who reviews a specific workers' compensation case must hold a professional certification in a health care specialty appropriate to the type of health care that the injured employee is receiving.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if a health care service is requested, ordered, provided, or to be provided by a physician, a person described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) who reviews the service with respect to a specific workers' compensation case must be of the same or a similar specialty as that physician.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.609 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.609
§ 361.609. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the executive director determines that a person has successfully completed a voluntary cleanup approved under this subchapter, the executive director shall certify that the action has been completed by issuing the person a certificate of completion.

(b) The certificate of completion shall:

(1) acknowledge the protection from liability provided by Section 361.610;

(2) indicate the proposed future land use; and

(3) include a legal description of the site and the name of the site's owner at the time the application to participate in the voluntary cleanup program was filed.

(c) If the executive director determines that the person has not successfully completed a voluntary cleanup approved under this subchapter, the executive director shall notify the person who undertook the voluntary cleanup and the current owner of the site that is the subject of the cleanup of this determination.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7502.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7502 / Section 7502.203
§ 7502.203. SECURITY FOR REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The principal of and interest on revenue bonds issued under this subchapter and the redemption price of the bonds must be secured by and payable solely from a pledge of all or any part of designated revenue resulting from the operations of the authority's water system.

(b) The board additionally may secure revenue bonds issued under this subchapter by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on all or part of the physical facilities of the authority as provided by Section 54.504, Water Code.

(c) The holders of revenue bonds issued under this subchapter may not demand payment from money raised or to be raised from taxation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1103.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.056
§ 1103.056. PURCHASE OF OR APPLICATION FOR POLICY BY THIRD PARTY.
Status: in_force

An individual of legal age may in a single written document:

(1) consent to the purchase of or application for an individual or group life insurance policy by a third party; and

(2) designate or consent to the designation of any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity as:

(A) a beneficiary of the policy;

(B) an absolute or partial owner of the policy; or

(C) both a beneficiary and an absolute or partial owner of the policy.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.047 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.047
§ 263.047. SALARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of managers shall determine the salaries of the officers and employees of the hospital, including the superintendent.

(b) The salaries may not exceed the appropriation made for the salaries by the commissioners court.

(c) The salaries are full compensation for all services rendered.
Tex. Utilities Code § 16.043 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 16 / Section 16.043
§ 16.043. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The financial transactions of the commission are subject to audit by the state auditor under Chapter 321, Government Code.
Tex. Election Code § 253.159 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 253 / Section 253.159
§ 253.159. EXCEPTION TO CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.
Status: in_force

Section 253.155 does not apply to an individual who is related to the candidate or officeholder within the second degree by consanguinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code.
Tex. Water Code § 36.251 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.251
§ 36.251. SUIT AGAINST DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person, firm, corporation, or association of persons affected by and dissatisfied with any rule or order made by a district, including an appeal of a decision on a permit application, is entitled to file a suit against the district or its directors to challenge the validity of the law, rule, or order.

(b) Only the district, the applicant, and parties to a contested case hearing may participate in an appeal of a decision on the application that was the subject of that contested case hearing. An appeal of a decision on a permit application must include the applicant as a necessary party.

(c) The suit shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in any county in which the district or any part of the district is located. The suit may only be filed after all administrative appeals to the district are final.